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Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
California Prisoner Wins Round Before Magistrate in Lawsuit Over Marriage Application Delayed Two Years by It took California state prisoner Rafael Salas almost two years before he was able to marry in May 2022, due to repeated delays by state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials at Kern Valley …
Third Circuit Unhappy with Federal Detainee’s Denied Marriage Request at Pennsylvania GEO Group Lockup by On September 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit revived a claim by Brian Davis, a Jamaican national held for four years at Pennsylvania’s Moshannon Valley Correctional Center (MVCC). The prison …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Marriage
Conjugal Visits in Prison Discourse - Is It Even an Offender Rehabilitation Option in Africa M Ss Advanced Journal of Social Science ISSN: 2581-3358 Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 67-76, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21467/ajss.8.1.67-76 REVIEW ARTICLE Conjugal Visits in Prisons Discourse: Is it Even an Offender Rehabilitation Option in Africa? Samson …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Third Circuit Reinstates Claims by Immigration Detainee in GEO-Operated Prison Seeking to Marry U.S. Citizen by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 11, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated some of the claims brought by a couple seeking permission to marry, one of whom is …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Marriage
Beltway Sniper Marries in Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins For three weeks in October of 2002, the residents of the Washington, D.C. area lived in fear of unknown assassins taking aim at random victims. Thirteen people were shot during that period; 10 died. Perhaps the only thing more …
Brief • June 7, 2019
Gillpatrick v. Frakes, NE, Order, Prisoners' Right to Marriage, 2019 4:18-cv-03011-RFR-CRZ Doc # 56 Filed: 06/07/19 Page 1 of 15 - Page ID # 1070 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA PAUL GILLPATRICK and NICCOLE WETHERELL, Plaintiffs, 4:18CV3011 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. SCOTT FRAKES, Director, …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Kentucky Law Requiring Abused Spouse to Pay for Abuser’s Divorce Attorney Abolished by The Kentucky legislature has closed a loophole in a statute that required a victim of domestic violence to pay the cost of an attorney for their incarcerated abuser when seeking a divorce. Kentucky law requires a person …
Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: Marriage
Nebraska Supreme Court Reverses Injunction Against Ban on Prisoner-Prisoner Marriages by On September 29, 2017, the Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a state district court’s summary judgment order and grant of injunctive relief that enjoined the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) from denying a marriage ceremony via videoconference to two …
This cruel new policy makes it near impossible for kids to see their incarcerated parents by By Dana Bazelon, Vox Unless you are an attorney, it requires a great deal of effort and some organization to visit someone in prison. You have to want it. There are forms to be signed …
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
Filed under: Prosecutors, Family, Marriage
New York DA Supervisor Engages in Kinky Fetishes, Wife Claims by Derek Gilna The estranged wife of Jeffrey Stein, the top administrative supervisor in the prosecutor’s office for Nassau County, New York, filed a civil divorce petition claiming her husband’s kinky sexual preferences gave her post traumatic stress disorder. According …
Article • November 1, 2016
Texas Plans to Allow In-Prison Marriage Ceremonies for Prisoners by Texas prison officials have announced plans to permit what has long been prohibited in Texas prisons--weddings. The move was spurred by the elimination of proxy marriages for prisoners, the traditionally method used by Texas prisoners to marry. Proxy marriages allow …
Article • September 8, 2016
Britain Allows Same-Sex Civil Partnerships Inside Prisons by Same-sex prisoner couples in Britain, including those in the highest security classification, have been given the go ahead to enter into civil partnership and have appropriate ceremonies. Prison Service Order 4445 outlines the requirements for prisoners seeking to enter into same-sex civil …
Article • August 19, 2016
Fifth Circuit Reverses Supervised Release Condition Prohibiting Defendant from Residing with Anyone Who Is Not A Blood Relative or Who He Is Not Married To by On June 16, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a supervised release condition prohibiting a defendant from living with …
Idaho DOC Can’t Stop Love; State Senator’s Ex-wife Weds Prisoner by Mark Wilson Lance Conway Wood, 48, was described as “a strong-willed inmate” with an extensive “history of ‘crossing the line’” who “exploits the human weaknesses of prison staff,” according to a federal judge. Wood, however, undoubtedly views himself as …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Seventh Circuit Reverses Denial of Former Prison Guard’s Marriage to Prisoner by Derek Gilna Rebecca Riker, a kitchen supervisor at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Indiana, became romantically involved with prisoner Paul Vest, who also worked in the kitchen. When their relationship was exposed, Riker resigned her position and …
Brief • April 20, 2016
Filed under: Settlements, Marriage
Riker v. Lemmon, IN, Settlement Agreement, Marriage Ceremony, 2016
Article • March 30, 2016
Filed under: Discrimination, Marriage
Missouri: Law Requiring Prisoners’ Presence for Marriage Licenses Unconstitutional by Joe Watson U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner ruled on February 6, 2014, that a Missouri law that effectively prohibits prisoners from getting married is unconstitutional because it violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. The law – Missouri …
Publication • March 1, 2016
ASPE Research Brief: Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, ASPE, DHHS, 2016 ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MARCH 2016 MULTI-SITE FAMILY STUDY ON INCARCERATION, PARENTING AND PARTNERING Change in Couple Relationships Before, During, and …
Publication • March 1, 2016
ASPE Research Brief - Multisite Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, ASPE, DHHS, 2016 ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MARCH 2016 MULTI-SITE FAMILY STUDY ON INCARCERATION, PARENTING AND PARTNERING Change in Couple Relationships Before, During, …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Texas Prisons to Allow In-person Wedding Ceremonies after Prohibition on Proxy Marriages by Prisoners in Texas will once again be allowed to marry someone on the outside under new rules formulated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) in the wake of an outcry of public opinion following a …
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