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Early Release Debacle Prompts Nevada Prison Director’s Resignation
Early Release Debacle Prompts Nevada Prison Director's Resignation
by Matthew T. Clarke
Jackie Crawford, director of the Nevada state prison system since May 2000, announced her resignation from the $116,000-a-year position on September 15, 2005. The announcement cited health issues -- a worsening back problem -- as the reason for …
by Matthew T. Clarke
Jackie Crawford, director of the Nevada state prison system since May 2000, announced her resignation from the $116,000-a-year position on September 15, 2005. The announcement cited health issues -- a worsening back problem -- as the reason for …
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More from this issue:
- Reflections on Katrina’s First Year: The Story of Chaos and Continuing Abuse in One of America’s Worst Justice Systems, by Bob Williams
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Mentally Ill Connecticut Prisoner Assaulted by Guard Awarded $250,000, Plus $121,384.80 in Fees
- California DOC Stipulates to Providing Comprehensive Dental Care Program, by John Dannenberg
- PLN Sues Dallas County Jail for Censorship
- Two Registered Sex Offenders Murdered in Maine, by Matthew Clarke
- Does Parole Work? Apparently Not.
- Two Victories in New York’s Struggle Against Unjust Telephone Contract, by Rachel Meeropol
- Early Release Debacle Prompts Nevada Prison Director’s Resignation, by Matthew Clarke
- California DOC Substance-Abuse Contractor Audits Reveal $5 Million in Overcharges, by John Dannenberg
- Alabama Transfers Prisoners to Louisiana Rather Than Use In-State Prison, by Gary Hunter
- Pennsylvania County Pays U.S. INS $16 Million for Detainee Housing Overcharges, by John Dannenberg
- Prisoners In 13 States Allowed Work-Access To Social Security Numbers, by John Dannenberg
- Deaths In Alabama Jail Prompt Changes, by Gary Hunter
- Eight Tennessee Guards Convicted in Prisoners’ Beatings, Death, by Gary Hunter
- Washington State Supreme Court Justice Reprimanded For Visiting Prisoners
- Sexual Victimization in Prison Statistically Analyzed, by John Dannenberg
- Yale University Divests CCA Stock Following Student and PLN Protests
- Tennessee Prison Contracting Official Engaged to Contractor
- California Corrections Standards Authority Chided by Inspector General for Failure to Develop Prison Guard Selection and Training Standards, by Marvin Mentor
- Illinois DOC Capitulates On Prison Newspaper Ban, by John Dannenberg
- Corruption and Violence Plague South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Prisons, by Gary Hunter
- Chicago Juvenile Detention Center Workers Resist Court-Ordered Reforms, by John Dannenberg
- Maryland’s Public Information Act Exempt from Administrative Exhaustion Requirements
- California Sexual Predators’ Suit Alleging Unconstitutional Civil Confinement Conditions Survives Dismissal, by John Dannenberg
- California Prisoner Fed Finger Settles with Florida Food Manufacturer
- Ninth Circuit: Before Conducting Warrantless Parole Search, Police Need Probable Cause to Believe Parolee Lives There, by John Dannenberg
- BOP Mail Rule Banning Internet Downloads and Soft Cover Publications Not Sent by Publisher Held Unconstitutional, by John Dannenberg
- Oklahoma Orthodox Jewish Prisoners Win Kosher Diet, by John Dannenberg
- Marin County, California Settles Wrongful Jail Death For $1 Million, by John Dannenberg
- California-Based Mental Health Systems, Inc.Fails 23 Audits, by John Dannenberg
- Ninth Circuit: Failure to Timely Set Fractured Thumb is Actionable, by John Dannenberg
- California State Prisoner Wins $21,800 for 250 Days Excess Incarceration
- California Prisoner IFP State Civil Filing Fee Statutes Interpreted, by John Dannenberg
- Sensitive Illinois DOC Personnel Records Compromised
- News in Brief:
- Expungement, Not Rehearing, Mandated in Colorado Disciplinary Reversals, by Bob Williams
- Los Angeles County Sheriff Immune from Suit on Jail Housing Policies, by John Dannenberg
More from Matthew Clarke:
- Idaho Supreme Court Holds Indigent Parents Have Constitutional Right to Counsel at Public Expense, July 1, 2026
- Free Phone Calls Saved Prisoners and Their Families More than $600 Million, Report Finds, July 1, 2026
- California Appeals Court Holds Defendant Cannot Be Penalized for Failing to Appear at Sentencing When He Was Being Held in Another County’s Jail on Preexisting Charges, July 1, 2026
- Tenth Circuit Upholds $33 Million Jury Award in Suit Over Detainee’s Horrific Death in Oklahoma County Jail, July 1, 2026
- Texas Prison System Bans Prisoners from Receiving Hardback and Used Books, July 1, 2026
- CoreCivic’s Long Record of Abuse and Neglect in Tennessee, June 1, 2026
- Dallas County Jail Deaths, Many Preventable, Dramatically Increase Under Sheriff Marian Brown, June 1, 2026
- Ninth Circuit Lets Stand Ruling That Federal Prisoners’ Gradually Accumulated Savings Are Subject to Restitution Turnover, June 1, 2026
- Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Against Prison Dental Staff, June 1, 2026
- Nebraska Lifts Suspension of Native American Religious Practices Hours Prior to Federal Court Hearing, June 1, 2026
More from these topics:
- BOP Supervisor in Colorado Indicted for Smuggling Over 400 Vapes, July 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
- Colorado Prison Wardens Participated in Longstanding Racist, Homophobic Group Chat, July 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Gay/Lesbian, Employee Litigation.
- Alabama Prison Warden Reportedly Arrested and Walked Off Job, June 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct.
- $112,500 Paid to Former New Mexico Prisoner Denied Public Records of Excessive Force by Guards, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Public Records Act, False Imprisonment.
- Florida Federal Court Excoriates BOP for Health Care Failures, Grants Prisoner Early Release to Seek Treatment for Possible Breast Cancer, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Failure to Treat, Compassionate Release.
- Former Georgia Prison Warden Indicted for Role in Smuggling Scheme, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, RICO, Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
- Colorado DOC Allows Some Prisoners Convicted of Sex Crimes to be Released While Delaying Parole Consideration for Others, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Overcrowding, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Sex Offender Treatment, De Facto Life Sentence.
- Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison, June 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Prison Labor, Exposure to Heat, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Deliberate Indifference.
- $250,000 Paid by Maine to Former Prisoner Held in Solitary Confinement—Which the State DOC Says Doesn’t Exist, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Americans with Disabilities Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
- Former Maine Prison Official Will Serve 5 Years in Prison for $2.4 Million Bribe, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Bribery/Extortion/Theft.

