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Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn’t Enough
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2008
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2008, page 14
Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn't Enough
Filed under:
Crime/Demographics,
Databases,
Wrongful Imprisonment.
Locations:
Florida,
Georgia,
Massachusetts.
by David M. Reutter
One of the most basic functions of a prison system is releasing prisoners when their sentences expire. In April 2007, the Massachusetts Department of Correction (MDOC) admitted its system for determining sentence expiration dates was a "mess," ...
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- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Oregon Parole Officer’s Molestation Victim’s Suicide Claims Settled for $210,000
- Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn’t Enough, by David Reutter
- Arizona Prison Guard Awarded $750,000 for False Sexual Misconduct Allegations
- Colorado Farms Out Prisoners to Replace Immigrant Farm Workers
- Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County'sJail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket, by Rick Anderson
- Washington State: No Restoration of Felon Voting Rights Until Fines and Restitution are Paid
- Los Angeles Settles County Jail Murder Suit For $1 Million, by John Dannenberg
- Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop, by Gary Hunter
- Non-Convicted Michigan Sex Offenders Required to Register
- Independent Monitor Issues First Report on Delaware Health Care
- "Let Freedom Ring" -- Cellphones Abound In California Prisons
- Privately Run Seal Beach, California Jail Closed Following Checkered Past, by John Dannenberg
- New York Prisoner Awarded $4,250 for Knee Injury While Shackled
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- Nevada Jail Strip Searches Before Release on Own Recognizance Unconstitutional
- Alabama Judge Resigns Amid Prisoner Spanking Allegations and Judicial Improprieties
- Lawsuit Exposes Jail Limbo for Mentally Incompetent Defendants in Texas, by Matthew Clarke
- BOP Removes Religious Books; Capitulates After Public Outrage, Lawsuit
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- Second Circuit Rejects New York’s Interlocutory Appeal of Prisoner's $7.65 Million Failure-to-Protect Jury Verdict, by John Dannenberg
- Transsexuals Treated Poorly in New York Prisons, by David Reutter
- WA Prisoners Entitled to Minimal Due Process Before Risk Level Demotion
- Broward County, FL Sheriff Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges, by David Reutter
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- Federal Suit Over Wisconsin Suicide Attempt Settles for Millions, by Michael Rigby
- $100,000 Settlement in Missouri Jail Prisoner’s Methamphetamine Overdose Death
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