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After Judge’s Letter, at Least 22 Former FCI Dublin Prisoners Granted Compassionate Release by Matthew Clarke In May 2024, California federal District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers took the unusual step of writing a letter to numerous other judges who had sentenced women formerly incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution Dublin and …
The Dangerous Practice of Late-Night Jail Releases by Anthony Accurso Researchers from the Harvard Kennedy School have released data on jails which have the practice of releasing prisoners, usually approved for bond, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., revealing that this practice significantly increases the chances that …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
$1.6 Million Class-Action Settlement for Virginia Prisoners Subjected to Delayed Release by In an amended agreement filed in the federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia on January 28, 2025, state Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Chadwick Dotson and his predecessor, Harold Clarke, promised to pay a total of …
$2.8 Million Settlement in National NUMI Debit Release Card Class Action by David Reutter A $2.8 million partial settlement was reached on March 4, 2024, in a national class action lawsuit challenging excessive fees on jail and prison “debit release” cards. The case was filed in 2015 by the Human …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Former Tacoma Reentry Center Severs Washington DOC Contract by Progress House Association (PHA), the sole reentry center in Washington’s Pierce County, ended its contract with the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) on June 30, 2024. Founded by the late Rev. Leo C. Brown Jr., PHA served the formerly incarcerated for …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
New TV Show Dramatizes Prisoner’s Re-entry by In July 2024, the second season premiered of UnPrisoned, a series on TV streaming service Hulu that tells the story of a father rebuilding a relationship with his daughter after serving 17 years in prison. Dealing with reentry after incarceration and its effects …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Florida Reentry “Success” Story: Convicted Embezzler Promoted to Oversee Miami-Dade County Contracts by Though convicted of stealing nearly $500,000 from the Florida town where he used to work, Christopher Kovanes was hired and promoted by Miami-Dade County. That is to the County’s credit, for giving the former prisoner a chance. …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Missouri Prisoners Losing Reentry Money to “Incarceration Reimbursement” by A little-known Missouri law allows the state to confiscate money from prisoners to pay for the costs of their incarceration. That alone is sadly not unusual; most states have some sort of “pay-to-stay” policy. But the severity of such laws—and how …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Cleveland Jail Warden Dismissed After Asking for More Reentry Assistance for Detainees by According to a report on December 7, 2023, when Warden Jeremy Everett sounded the alarm two months earlier over insufficient reentry assistance at Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County Jail, the administration of County Executive Chris Ronayne demanded Everett resign.   …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Colorado Program Employs Prisoners as Professors by David Carrillo, 49, was released from prison on January 31, 2024, a month after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) commuted his sentence. Polis praised Carrillo for completing a GED, a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in business administration while in prison. Carillo is …
Article • April 26, 2024
After Stripping Crucial Jail Services, NYC Splurges on $90,000 in Submachine Guns for Rikers Island Guards by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi According to a purchase order posted online by the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services on June 22, 2023, the city Department of Correction [DOC] paid …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Second Circuit Says New York Prisons Must Answer for Denying Court-Ordered Rehab by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 4, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to New York state prison officials who refused a prisoner’s judicially ordered …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Virginia Prisoner Wins Habeas Release on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney There was good news and bad news for former Virginia prisoner Jeramiah Chamberlain on December 22, 2021. That’s when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed dismissal of his suit …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
New York Jailhouse Lawyer Wins Resentencing, Release by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart At 28 years old, drug addicted and semi-homeless, Kelly Harnett was nobody’s idea of a model citizen. So when implicated along with boyfriend Thomas Donovan in a July 2010 murder in a public park in Queens, New …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Fifth Circuit Greenlights Suit by Louisiana Prisoners Held in Local Jails Beyond Release Date by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that Louisiana prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity (QI) for delays in calculating release …
Publication • 2022
CFPB-Justice Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace-Jan. 2022 CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU | JANUARY 2022 Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace C cial e r Finan C o n s uctimon Bureau Prote Table of contents Table of contents......................................................................................................... 1 Executive summary..................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction........................................................................................................... 3 2. Pretrial …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry
University of Maryland-Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes, 2022-03 Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes: The Unger Story Michael A. Millemann Jennifer Elisa Chapman Samuel P. Feder University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022–03 ....... ~ ..· IV'ERSITY. of MARYLAN'D …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry, jobs
$1.1 Million Colorado Initiative Set to Assist Prisoners With More Employment Opportunities Upon Release by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Individuals leaving prison often face obstacles securing basic necessities like employment, housing, and health care. This can make reintegration into society exceedingly difficult. The restrictions and limited opportunities that ex-prisoners …
Brief • October 19, 2021
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consent Order Re JPay, 2021 2021-CFPB-0006 Document 1 Filed 10/19/2021 Page 1 of 42 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 2021-CFPB-0006 In the Matter of: CONSENT ORDER JPay, LLC The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) has reviewed the practices of …
Publication • July 8, 2021
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Ltr to Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Re Pell Grant Restoration 2021 WASHINGTON, DC 20510 July 8, 2021 The Honorable Patty Murray Chair Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations 136 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 …
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