Prison reform: Congress gets tough

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The Philadelphia district attorney's office was opposed to a court-imposed limit to prison population and helped write and lobbied for the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA). The Act set strict limits on judges' powers to release criminals on grounds of overcrowding, but prison-reform activists objected mainly to provisions in the PLRA aimed at limiting prisoner lawsuits in federal court.

Author: Katel, Peter
Publisher: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2007
Powers and duties, United States. Congress, Prison reform, Prison overcrowding

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Consumer safety: Cutting corners: a great American tradition

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The compromise of product safety and quality by China in its quest to increase exports is similar to the export practices of 19th-century America.

Author: Katel, Peter
Publisher: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2007
China, Government domestic functions, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Consumer Protection Laws, Consumer protection, Social policy, Product safety, 19th century AD

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Subjects list: United States, Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation
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