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Interview with KBOO FM About Federal Prison Handbook

On May 25, 2017, Christopher Zoukis was interviewed by KBOO FM radio host Amy Johnson about his new book, the Federal Prison Handbook. Q: Could you start by telling me about your book? A: When I came to the Federal Bureau of Prisons when I was first charged with a crime, I had no real

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CreditCards.com Interview: The Cost of Debt in Prison

In this June 14, 2017 interview, Christopher Zoukis talks about the prison economy: the loan sharks you’ll meet behind bars, what happens to you if you can’t pay your debts, the currency prisoners come up with, and the most important lessons life behind bars teaches you about finance in the real world. Hear the full

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Press Release: Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Information

The Federal Bureau of Prisons incarcerates 154,859 federal prisoners across 37 states. These inmates are held in 127 stand-alone federal prisons, 68 satellite prison camps, and 12 private prisons. In the fiscal year 2019, 76,656 criminal defendants were sentenced in federal courts. This constitutes a 10.2 percent increase in federal criminal sentencing over the fiscal

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Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice

by Christopher Zoukis, JD, MBA, and Charles Sloan-Hillier, JD “If we catch a drug dealer – death penalty.” President Donald J. Trump, 2018 “Lock the S.O.B.s up.” Former Senator Joe Biden, 1994 As protests and calls for police reforms continue in response to police shootings of unarmed suspects, both the Republican and Democratic parties seem

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Washington State Top Court Nixes Life Without Parole for Minors

The trend of states moving to reject life sentences without the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders continued this year when the Washington State Supreme Court ruled the practice unconstitutional on October 18. In State of Washington v. Brian Bassett, the court noted that states were “rapidly abandoning” the practice since youth are “less criminally

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What Does RAND Say about Prison Education?

RAND Corporation is massive. Its people number 1,850 across 50 countries, representing 80 languages. More than half of the researchers hold one or two doctorates, and 38 percent have one or more master’s degrees. Together, this team performs research and analysis to challenge and change public policy through evidence-based findings. RAND wants to make the

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The Consequences of Spending More on Education Prior to Prison

CNN Money collected data from the Census and the Vera Institute of Justice to learn how much money is spent on an elementary/secondary school student versus housing an inmate in each state. Spoiler alert: every single state spent more money on inmates than it did on public education. Which states were the worst “offenders?” Colorado’s

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Supreme Court Takes Up Case That May Limit Civil Asset Forfeiture

On November 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Timbs v. Indiana, a case that could reshape civil asset forfeiture. Tyson Timbs, who attended the Court’s oral argument, is an Indiana resident who became addicted to opioids he was taking for chronic pain. To support his habit, he became a low-level drug dealer. When

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