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the crime bill PresidentClinton signed into law last month is an amendmentthat limits the power of Federal courts to imposepopulation czps on stzte and local prisons andprohibits prisoners from using cass-action suitsagainst state prisons to alleviate alleged overcrowd-ing.In so doing,Heritage Foundation state policyanalysts Wesley Smith and Douglas Seay say,theprovision could prevent many of the early releaseand early parole decisions that have allowed con-victed felons back onto America's streets.  \nIn a paper released Oct.10 by the HeritageGovernors'Forum,Smith and Seay point out thatthe amendment,sponsored by Rep.Charles Canady(R-Fla.)and Rep.Pete Geren(D-Texas),\"requiresthat individual plaintiffs demonstrate that they havesuffered actual harm from overcrowding before thecourts can use that rationale as a basis for imposing'population caps'and other remedies that result inearly release and parole.\"  \nAlso,the provision prevents Federal judgesfrom imposing such caps \"unless it can be shownthat crowding is inflicting cruel and unusual pun-ishment on particular,identified prisoners.\"  \nPreviously,no harmful impact on any indi-vidual prisoner needed to be demonstrated;anyjudge,pursuant to unwritten standards,coulddetermine that such harm was being inflicted on theprison population in general,the analysts say.Furthermore,activist attorneys could organizeprisoners into class-action suits and harass prisons  \nOctober 19,1994  \nPage 1  \nIN THIS ISSUE                 \nFEDERAL COURTS:Now  \nLimited In Prison,Jail Decree.…  …  ……    …1U.S.PRISON:Told To Allow Satanic Rituals……    …1VOTING:Permitted To Inmates By 4 States…     …4JOB LISTINGS…………  ………………  ……5ALIENS:DOJ Gives Money To 7 States……  ………………5TRANSPORT FIRM:Charged  \nWith Assaulting Priaoner.…  ……………………6OHIO:Inmates Win Award In Beating.……  ………7TEXAS:Wants \"Hotela\"For Inmates……………     7  \nN.Y.:Changes Work Release Rules………  …   ….8TEXAS:Executes Killer…    ……    ……    8IN THE COURTS…  ……   ……    ……    9  \n# JUDGE ORDERS U.S.PRISONTO ALLOW SATANIC RrTUALS\n\nA judge has ordered a Federal prison nearDenver to allow an inmate to perform Satanic ritu-als.  \nU.S.District Judge Edward W.Nottinghamtwo weeks ago based his decision on First Amend-ment concerns.The prison's effort to keep inmateRobert James Howard Jr.from performing hisrituals \"appears to have been based on the contentof plaintiff's beliefs--an unacceptable criteriaaccording to the Supreme Court,\"the judge wrote.  \nThe rituals Howard wants to perform do notinvolve bloodletting or violence,the judge noted.He added that Howard is asking for \"the sameprivileges granted to every other religious group.\"  \nSee SATANIC RITUALS,page four)  \nCORRECTIONS DIGEST  \nCRIME LAW,from page one)  \ninto letting convicts go before their full sentenceshad been served,without proving that any particu-lar prisoner was being harmed.  \n\"Since the 1960s,Federal judges have forcedcities and states to release prisoners early withoutever investigating whether alleged abuses were infact occurring or whether a population cap orforced release would actually remedy the problem,\"the analysts say.The result is that today,39 statesand 300 of the nation's largest jails operate undersome form of Federal court direction.And,\"almost one-third of violent crimes now are com-mitted by people on pretrial release,probation orparole.By the mid-1980s,violent criminals onaverage were spending less than a third of theirsentences behind bars.\"  \nThe Canady-Geren amendment is \"an unex-pected ray of hope for states and local govern-ments,\"say Smith and Seay.\"By itself,it will noteliminate early release of violent prisoners.Butstate officials now have a tool to prevent Federaljudges from running roughshod over state and localgovernments.\"  \nThe complete text of the report by Smith andSeay follows.  \n# R","cbCaikbMCWMW8as6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikbMCWMW8as6","pdf",3393444,11,"English","# FEDERAL COURTS: Now Limited in Prison, 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