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In several jurisdictions, sex offenders may be offered chemical castration as an alternative to further incarceration. In some, agreement to chemical castration may be made a formal condition of parole or release. In others, refusal to undergo chemical castration can increase the likelihood of further incarceration though no formal link is made between the two. Offering chemical castration as a...

A rapidly aging correctional population has led to an increasing number of patients with serious progressive and terminal illnesses in correctional settings. "Compassionate release" describes a range of policies offering early release or parole to incarcerated patients with serious or debilitating illnesses. However, in many states that have compassionate release policies, few patients are actu...

Correctional systems, already struggling to meet the basic and functional requirements of older prisoners, will be further challenged by the increasing medical and psychiatric needs of this population. Mental health and general medical care for older adults requires specific on-site or consultation expertise in geriatric medicine and psychiatry, as well as potential changes in infrastructure, b...

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Since October 2013, US Customs and Border Patrol has apprehended 15,979 families on the Southwest Border of the US. Daily, migrating women and children from Mexico and Central America that qualify for humanitarian parole are released from immigration detention to a humanitarian aid organization in Southern Arizona. After several days in detention facilities, these families arrive tired, hungry,...

Cet article, inscrit dans le champ de l’analyse du discours numérique et des Gender & Language Studies, propose penser les réussites échecs discursifs #MeToo en examinant un corpus tweets variés (témoignages, critiques militantes féministes presse). Depuis 2017, mouvement est présenté comme agissant puisqu’il aurait permis la libération parole femmes au sujet violences sexuelles dont elles sont...

Reform of the parole system has emerged as cause célèbre a resurgent law and order politics. Successive governments have seized upon symbolic power to demonstrate ‘toughness’ with respect violent sexual offending, express solidarity victims crime reaffirm populist credo that purportedly stands in opposition an unaccountable out touch penal elite. Published March 2022, Ministry Justice Root Bran...