By Jimmy Franks

In a decision filed December 18, 2008, the 10th Circuit reversed a district court dismissal of a §1983 claim brought by a prisoner in the Saline County Detention Center in Salina, Kansas. The prisoner, Kendall Trent Brown, filed the civil rights claim pro se on March 7, …

By Jimmy Franks

As vote-hungry politicians and vengeance-minded citizens continue to make it increasingly difficult for parolees to successfully reintegrate into society, prison recidivism remains a problem of epic proportions. Viewed objectively, the correlation between these two phenomena is readily apparent, although no one seems intent upon making any positive …