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Article • October 14, 2015
$90,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Case and Former Sheriff Sentenced to Year in Prison by $90,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Case and Former Sheriff Sentenced to Year in Prison In May 2013, former Jefferson County Sheriff Robert Shirley was sentenced to a year in prison for using excessive force during …
Article • October 14, 2015
$18,000 Settlement in New York Jail Excessive Force Suit by $18,000 Settlement in New York Jail Excessive Force Suit On November 12, 2013, a lawsuit was settled where a New York jail prisoner claimed he was beaten by guards in a display of unconstitutionally excessive force. The defendants paid $18,000 …
Article • October 14, 2015
Filed under: Civil Commitment
Sex Offender Loses Adam Walsh Civil Commitment Appeal by Sex Offender Loses Adam Walsh Civil Commitment Appeal The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed, on December 10, 2013, the judgement of the District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina civilly committing appellant Richard Savage …
Article • October 14, 2015
New York: Class Action Filed against Prison Officials for Applying Illegal Sentences by New York: Class Action Filed against Prison Officials for Applying Illegal Sentences Two men have filed a class action complaint in federal court against current and former New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) employees for …
Article • October 14, 2015
Post-Mortem Images of Bin-Laden Classified Top Secret, Exempt from Disclosure. by Post-Mortem Images of Bin-Laden Classified Top Secret, Exempt from Disclosure. In May 2013, the D.C. Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Judicial Watch seeking to compel the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to disclose post-mortem images of Osama Bin …
Article • October 14, 2015
Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna A report issued by Death Penalty Information Center claims that only 2% of all U.S. counties are responsible for a …
Article • October 14, 2015
Two States Approach Stun Gun Law Differently by Two States Approach Stun Gun Law Differently On June 9 and 10, 2014, Connecticut and Vermont passed laws regulating taser use by police; but, different catalysts led focus to different aspects of regulation. In Connecticut, where 22-yer-old Jose Maldonado died after being …
Article • October 14, 2015
California Enacts Youthful Offender Legislation by California Enacts Youthful Offender Legislation California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on September 27, 2014 Assembly Bill 1276 establishing a panel-based review board to determine whether incoming prisoners, age 22 and under, are to be housed in maximum security units. The bill, advocated …
Nebraska District Court Rules on Medical Deliberate Indifference Case by Nebraska District Court Rules on Medical Deliberate Indifference Case On November 13, 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska denied in part and granted in part motions proffered by three different groups of defendants in a …
Article • October 14, 2015
Oregon Jail Overcrowding Emergency Releases Skyrocket 3,552 Percent by Mark Wilson Oregon Jail Overcrowding Emergency Releases Skyrocket 3,552 Percent by Mark Wilson The number of emergency early releases by Oregon’s largest jail system, Multnomah County, has spiked an eye-popping 3,552 percent, up from 25 releases in 2010 to 913 releases …
Article • October 14, 2015
Arkansas Prisoners’ Community-Punishment Denied by Arkansas Prisoners’ Community-Punishment Denied In 1997 Joseph Ritter entered a guilty plea to one count of rape and one count of kidnapping. He was sentenced in the Circuit Court of Searcy County, Arkansas, to consecutive sentences of 228 months and 114 months, respectively. The offenses …
Article • October 14, 2015
Washington Psychologist Suspended After Prostitute Steals Laptop with Clients’ Information by Joe Watson Washington Psychologist Suspended After Prostitute Steals Laptop with Clients’ Information by Joe Watson A psychologist who was contracted to evaluate Washington state prisoners was first placed on probation by the state's Department of Health for unprofessional conduct …
Article • October 14, 2015
Prisoner Phone Service Providers Cannot Block Call Routing Service Calls by Prisoner Phone Service Providers Cannot Block Call Routing Service Calls The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered an order that concluded inmate calling services (ICS) providers are not authorized to block prisoners’ calls to persons who subscribe to call routing …
Article • October 14, 2015
Filed under: Parole, Juveniles
Michigan Must Comply with Graham and Miller by David Reutter Michigan Must Comply with Graham and Miller by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court ordered Governor Rick Snyder to provide a “fair, meaningful, and realistic” opportunity for parole to all prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes committed …
Vermont DOC Practive of Imprisoning People After Rejecting Parole Plan by Vermont DOC Practive of Imprisoning People After Rejecting Parole Plan The Vermont Department of Corrections’ (VDOC) process of reviewing prisoners’ post-prison accommodations plan is the subject of a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging VDOC abuses its discretion in denying prisoners release …
In-the-News Article • October 14, 2015
HRDC's Prison Ecology Project cited in Sierra Club article on prison environmental issues Oct. 14, 2015 Articles with PLN Quotes Sierra Club GRAPPLE   From the Nov./Dec. 2015 issue of Sierra Magazine FACTORY FARMS FOR HUMANS BY DASHKA SLATER   On a February evening in 2005, a couple hundred people showed …
In-the-News Article • October 14, 2015
Brief mention of PLN in article about jail escapee in Texas Oct. 14, 2015 Articles that mention PLN Houston Chronicle Inmate still on lam after escape from Liberty County Jail By St. John Barned-Smith Updated 12:24 pm, Wednesday, October 14, 2015 An inmate remains on the lam after escaping  from the …
Publication • October 14, 2015
Joint letter to TX officials about private immigration family detention facilities October 13, 2015 The Hon. Greg Abbott Governor Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711-2428 The Hon. John J. Specia, Jr. Commissioner Texas Department of Family and Protective Services 701 West 51st Street Austin, Texas 78751 …
Brief • October 14, 2015
Betances v. Fischer, NY, Memorandum and Opinion Denying Defendants Appeal, Post-Release Supervision, 2015 Case 1:11-cv-03200-SAS Document 121 Filed 10/14/15 Page 1 of 30 i :USOC SONY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT I DOCUMENT LELECTRONICALLY Jj nee#: __ . . ll tI FILED ll _ j\ ~-~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~-~~-~~-~-~~~-------------~LR~TE t:l~:~~~~fr!j;?"=JJ PAUL BETANCES, LLOYD A. …
Article • October 13, 2015
Fired Mississippi Jail Guard Sues for Wrongful Arrest by David Reutter Fired Mississippi Jail Guard Sues for Wrongful Arrest by David Reutter A former guard at Mississippi’s Hinds County Jail (HCJ) has sued the Hinds County Sheriff Department after being fired and arrested for bringing contraband into HCJ. The arrest …
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