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Parole Violators Flood Pennsylvania Prisons
In the latest performance of justice by the numbers, a behind the scenes power struggle is playing out between the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) and the state Board of Probation and Parole (BPP). As usual, prisoners are caught in the middle.
Conflicting priorities are fueling the dispute. The DOC, …
Conflicting priorities are fueling the dispute. The DOC, …
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More from this issue:
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- What's Wrong With the ACA?, by Elizabeth Alexander
- From the Editor
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- Interest Awarded in New Hampshire Canteen Surcharge Fee
- CCA Guard Arrested for Sexually Abusing Vermont Prisoners
- First They Came For Lynne Stewart, by Marjorie Cohn
- Houston Grand Juries Mostly Law-Enforcement, by Matthew Clarke
- Parole Violators Flood Pennsylvania Prisons, by Michael Rigby
- Michigan: Money Bilked From Prisoners
- Texas Prison Expert Pays the Price for Telling the Truth, by Matthew Clarke
- $7,500 of Personal Injury Award Exempt From Attachment By Illinois DOC
- Nebraska Law Automatically Restores Felon Voting Rights
- Habeas Hints, by Kent Russell
- Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections Continue to Plague Prisons, Jails, by Michael Rigby
- Iowa's Governor Grants Ex-Prisoners Automatic Voting Rights Restoration
- Florida Bans Sex Offenders from Hurricane Shelters
- 300 More Washington Prisoners Headed to CCA Prisons
- Mother Of New York Prisoner Awarded $377,200 For Suicide, by Michael Rigby
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- U.S. Supreme Court: Michigan Plea Bargainers Have Right to Counsel On Appeal
- Massachusetts DOC Fails to Meet Women's Special Needs
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- Only One California Jail Has State-Mandated Psychiatric Treatment Center Licensure
- Miami-Dade Pays $6.25 Million to Settle Illegal Strip Search Suit
- California Guards Assigned Word Puzzles to Satisfy Training Requirements
- Summary Judgment for CMS/NJ DOC Reversed in Physical Therapy Suit
- California Guards Union Intimidates Prison Staff For Infracting Guard Misconduct
- Ban On Male Guards In Michigan Women's Prisons Upheld, by Michael Rigby
- Seventh Circuit Upholds Indiana Sex Offender's Banishment From City Parks
- Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for CMS, Prison Doctor
- Ninth Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Webcams In Arizona Jail, by Michael Rigby
- Confiscation of "New Afrikan" Literature May Violate First Amendment
- Guard Denied Qualified Immunity in MI Prisoner's Retaliation Claim
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More from Michael Rigby:
- Report On Arizona Hostage Crisis May Never Be Released , Aug. 23, 2016
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- Wisconsin Appeals Court Orders Photos Delivered to Prisoner, April 15, 2013
- New York: Indigent Defendants' Suit Over Non-representation Ruled Justiciable, March 15, 2013
- Trial and Conviction in Washington Jailhouse Courtroom Overturned, March 15, 2013
- Scientific Advances in Arson Investigations Reveal Wrongful Convictions, Jan. 15, 2013
- Ninth Circuit Rules Right to Court Access Violated When Lockdown Prevents Prisoner from Researching Issues Related to Direct Appeal, Nov. 15, 2011
- Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data, April 15, 2011
- Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water, April 15, 2011
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- 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.
- SCOTUS Announces Sentencing Reform Act Does Not Authorize Automatic Extension of Supervised Release When Defendant Absconds, Resolving Circuit Split, April 1, 2026. Sentencing, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
- Colorado Law Intended to Reduce Prison Population Hasn’t Improved Conditions, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Parole, halfway houses, Reduction of Prison Population.
- Fourth Circuit Holds Federal Prisoner Does Not Earn First Step Act Time Credits While in Transit Between Prisons, March 1, 2026. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, First Step Act, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Credits.
- Texas State Jails Fail: Institutions Conceived as Safe Spots for Rehabilitation After Minor Drug Convictions Now Flooded With Drugs and Major Felons, March 1, 2026. Drug Overdose, Staffing, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Good Time, Drug Treatment/Rehab.
- Maine Was the First State to Abolish Parole. Incarcerated Mainers, Advocates Hope to Bring it Back., March 1, 2026. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, De Facto Life Sentence.
- Colorado Lawmakers Approve Prison Bed Funding, Despite DOC Understaffing, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Staffing, Parole, Overdetention, Reduction of Prison Population.
- North Carolina Parole Commission Agrees to Stop “Moving Goalposts” for Prisoners Who Committed Crime as Juveniles, Feb. 1, 2026. Parole Board Misconduct, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
- Virginia Prisoners Stuck Waiting for Education Programs, Feb. 1, 2026. Staffing, Education, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, State Legislation.

