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02590aam a2200397 a 4500 001 2C3EEB2EFAD311E7A45C351A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180116092551 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 121206t20122012nyuah b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781564329691 020 $a 1564329690 035 $a (OCoLC)820455159 040 $a LCI $c LCI $d OCLCO $d CSFLA $d IaU-L $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 050 4 $a HV9304 $b .F45 2012 110 2 $a Human Rights Watch (Organization) $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88622031 245 14 $a The answer is no : $b too little compassionate release in US federal prisons / $c Human Rights Watch. 246 30 $a Too little compassionate release in US federal prisons 246 38 $a United States : the answer is no 264 1 $a [New York, N.Y.] : $b Human Rights Watch, $c [2012] 300 $a 82, 46 pages : $b color illustrations, facsimiles ; $c 27 cm 500 $a "This report was researched and written by Jamie Fellner ... and Mary Price..."--P. 80. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "This 128-page report is the first comprehensive examination of how compassionate release in the federal system works. Congress authorized compassionate release because it realized that changed circumstances could make continued imprisonment senseless and inhumane, Human Rights Watch and FAMM said. But if the Bureau of Prisons refuses to bring prisoners' cases to the courts, judges cannot rule on whether release is warranted. Since 1992, the Bureau of Prisons has averaged annually only two dozen motions to the courts for early release, out of a prison population that now exceeds 218,000. The Bureau of Prisons does not keep records of the number of prisoners who seek compassionate release"--Publisher's website. 530 $a Also available via the internet on the Human Rights Watch website. 650 0 $a Prison furloughs $z United States. 650 0 $a Prison sentences $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010108327 650 0 $a Prisoners $x Civil rights $z United States. 700 1 $a Fellner, Jamie. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85212443 700 1 $a Price, Mary. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79074049 710 2 $a Families Against Mandatory Minimums. 856 40 $u http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us1112ForUploadSm.pdf $z Access online version 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180116145701.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2C3EEB2EFAD311E7A45C351A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search