Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
2010 may be remembered as the year in which prison oversight finally found a place on the national correction agenda, thanks in significant part to the attention that the American Bar Association has focused on this topic. In this article, we briefly describe the state of American prisons, trace the recent movement toward prison oversight, describe the rationale for oversight and the benefits it provides, and describe the contribution made to this effort by the ABA through the passage of its landmark resolution in 2008, through its Standards on the Treatment of Prisoners calling for prison oversight, and through the follow up work of the Committee on Corrections and its Subcommittee on Implementation of the ABA Resolution on Oversight (which is co-chaired by the authors).
Recommended Citation
Michele Deitch & Michael B. Mushlin , Let the Sunshine In: The ABA and Prison Oversight, in The State of Criminal Justice 243 (2011), http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/983/.