×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
California Parole Condition Prohibiting Computer Access For Molester Ruled Unreasonable
Loaded on July 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2005, page 21
The California Court of Appeals granted habeas corpus relief sought by a paroled child molester who complained that the condition of parole forbidding him from either using a computer or getting on the Internet was unreasonable. Ramon Stevens was convicted in 1997 of lewd conduct on a child. When arrested, …
Filed under:
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Computers,
Sentencing,
Parole,
Internet.
Location:
California.
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- The History of Prison Legal News, by Paul Wright
- PLN in Court
- $600,000 Awarded To Paraplegic Jail Prisoner Hurt By Riding In Non-Handicap-Accessible Vehicle
- From the Editor
- Prison Legal News at 15, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Interview with Leonard Schroeter, by Todd Matthews
- Alabama Prisoner Awarded $90,000 For Work-Related Eye Injury
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, by Daniel Manville
- Summary Judgment Reversed in Louisiana Jail Conditions Case
- Crime Lab Problems Continue In Texas, Elsewhere, by Michael Rigby
- Three California Prisons Ration Water Due To Contaminated Wells
- Two Pennsylvania Prisoners Win $1.2 Million For MRSA Skin Infections Contracted County Jail
- California Parole Condition Prohibiting Computer Access For Molester Ruled Unreasonable
- U.S. Supreme Court Holds California Policy Of Double-Celling By Race During Prison Intake Must Pass, by Marvin Mentor
- U.S. Department of Justice Reports Soaring Justice Expenditures
- Contraband Cell Phones On The Rise In U.S. Prisons
- Sex Offenders Living In Nursing Homes
More from these topics:
- Nevada Prisoners, Families Call Out Predatory Tablet Program, Sept. 1, 2026. Computers, Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- California Supreme Court Limits Money Bail for Nonviolent Charges, July 1, 2026. Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Due Process, Constitutional Challenges/Law, Pretrial Detention and Detainees.
- Oregon Supreme Court: Jail Credit Statute Focuses Upon Legal Custody Not Physical Custody Location, July 1, 2026. Civil Procedure, Sentencing, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Criminal Justice, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
- Louisiana’s Atavistic Approach to Criminal Sentencing and Parole Demonstrates Politicians’ Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Parole, Prisoners' Rights.
- California Gave Every Student in Prison a Laptop. How Community Colleges Are Using Them, July 1, 2026. Education, Computers, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Access to Computers.
- California Appeals Court Sustains Amendments to CDCR that Narrow Youth Parole Eligibility Rules, July 1, 2026. Parole, Equal Protection Clause/Claims, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Credits, Prison Regulations.
- Two More Guards Face Prison Time for Messiah Nantwi Killing, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Sentencing, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
- Sixth Circuit Rules Prisoner Held After Parole Board Ordered Release on Parole Could Not State a Rights Violation Claim, June 1, 2026. Parole, Overdetention, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
- Our Money Is Disappearing Inside ViaPath’s Prison Tablets, June 1, 2026. Contractor Misconduct, Computers, Trust Accounts, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Totality of Conditions, Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Americans with Disabilities Act.