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This website location contains these six major areas: 2000 Database of Prisoner and Criminal Justice Legislation 1999 Database of Prisoner and Criminal Justice Legislation 1998 Database of Prisoner and Criminal Justice Legislation 1997 Database of Prisoner and Criminal Justice Legislation Links to Relevant Maryland and Other Criminal Justice Websites Issues and Sources Link to Upgraded Ematic Site

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• 2000 Maryland General Assembly Legislation Arranged by Category, Committee and Bill Number:
• Table of Contents - House and Senate Bills 150 - THE BUDGET BILLS

• 1999 Maryland General Assembly Legislation Arranged by Category, Committee and Bill Number:
  End of 1999 Session Results
• 1999 Passed and Enrolled Legislation with Chapter Number and Veto Cross-Reference

• House Bill 11 - Correctional Services (Short Form)
• House Bill 11 - Correctional Services (Expanded Form)
• House Bill 120 - THE BUDGET BILL - First Reader!!!
• House Bill 120 - THE BUDGET BILL - Final, Enrolled Version!!!

• Final 1998 Results Arranged by Category and Committee

• Prisoner/Criminal Justice Legislation in User-Friendly Categories
  
• Committee Chronology (all decisions and progress over the course of the session)
  
• Bills Held Over for Interim Study
  
• First Readers: Introduced but never heard
  
• Died in Committee after hearing
  
• Unfavorable reports by Committee since the beginning of the session
  
• Chronologic History of Legislation Withdrawn by Sponsor
  
• Legislation Sent for Governor Signature arranged by Category
  
• Chronology of Legislation Intended for Baltimore City
  
  
• Explanation of Codes Used
  

• Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
  
• DPSCS Organizational Chart in the Maryland Manual updated October 23, 2000
  
• Division of Correction
  
• Patuxent Institution
  
• Division of Parole and Probation
  
• Maryland Parole Commission
  
• Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy
  
• University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  
• By Will Brady: The Best CJ Resources Directory Now Extant on the Web
  
• The CURE National Website
  
• The New York Chapter of CURE
  

When and if you click on any one or more of the above listed sites, it is with your legal understanding that the Independent Prisoner Advocate is not responsible for anything after you leave this site and strike out on your own. It is disclosed, however, that some of the content you may run into subsequently on the above-listed websites may or may not contain the whole truth and/or something less than the truth. It is your own personal responsibility to evaluate websites as they come along, and you have to realize that one or another website may not be responsible for the sins of another. Good luck on your criminal justice journey"

Building, Budget, Population and Spending

Good Time, Diminution Credits and the Roles of the Judiciary and Legislative Branches

Lifers

• What's Happening in Annapolis
  
• Executive Branch -- Fun with Numbers
  
• Legislative Branch -- 1997 Efforts
  
• Judicial Branch -- Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
  

Legal Services

Death Penalty

• Lessons of History: The Ancient Aztecs and Their Reasons for Practicing Human Sacrifice
  
• Report to the Governor's Commission
  
• What the Death Penalty Means
  
• What the Death Penalty Doesn't Mean
  
• Why the Death Penalty is Harmful to Us All
  

Supermax (MCAC)

Telephone Charges

What are prisoners really like?

Sources by Chronology

• Legal Services Update
• Jailbaby Classification System
• What Would You Do as a Solution to Crime?

1996 December Newsletter with Special Section on MCAC ("Supermax")

• Action Agenda Now in Action
  
• Special Section on MCAC ("Supermax")
  

• The Crime Bill
  
• Burglary and the Mandatory 25 Sentence
  
• Death Penalty
  
• Legal Aid and the Public Defender
  
• Lifers during 1994 and 1995 Plans
  
• The Grinch that Stole Christmas: Data Diskettes Banned
  
• Supermax: Tips for Writing Good Essays
  
• Recommended Reading List of 1994
  
• 1994 DOC Operating Budget Contest: It's Not a Pick 9 Lottery
  

• Division of Correction Capital Budget
  
• Maryland State Government
  
• Death Penalty
  
• Recidivism Figures
  
• Maryland Lifers Fund
  
• Victims' Matters
  
• Recommended Reading List
  
• 1993 DOC Operating Budget Contest
  

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