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Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson In 2012, 6.98 million Americans were under some form of correctional supervision, with 2.2 million in prison or jail and another 4.8 million on probation or parole, according …
Article • June 12, 2015
Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson As Oregon prison officials scramble to reduce a $1.4 billion bi-annual corrections budget, the Secretary of State released an audit concluding that they are …
Article • June 12, 2015
Alaska’s Retroactive Application of ASORA Amendments Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Alaska’s Retroactive Application of ASORA Amendments Violates Ex Post Facto Clause The Alaska Supreme Court held that its rule prohibiting precedential effect of 2-to-l decisions does not apply retroactively. Therefore, Doe v. State, 189 P3d 999 (Alaska 2008)(Doe …
Article • June 12, 2015
$500,000 Settlement in Detainee’s Death from Overprescribed Medication by $500,000 Settlement in Detainee’s Death from Overprescribed Medication During trial of a civil rights action that alleged constitutional violations resulting in the death of a New York pretrial detainee, a $500,000 settlement was reached. The detainee, Michael DiCamillo, died from toxic …
Article • June 12, 2015
Colorado Sheriff Appropriates $349K of Unclaimed Money in Ex-Prisoners’ Accounts by Joe Watson Colorado Sheriff Appropriates $349K of Unclaimed Money in Ex-Prisoners’ Accounts by Joe Watson When is a check too small to cash? It’s when you've just been released from jail and hope to get as far away as …
Article • June 12, 2015
Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson A former guard at the Spring Creek Correctional Center—Alaska's only maximum-security prison—is now contesting his November 2012 termination for bringing a pocketknife to work …
Article • June 12, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Escapee Says Denver Jail Guard Expected $500K after Busting Him Out by Escapee Says Denver Jail Guard Expected $500K after Busting Him Out A Denver jail guard claims he was forced to help a prisoner escape on April 7, 2013 to protect his family. But the prisoner, who turned himself …
Texas Cops Granted Qualified Immunity for False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution by David Reutter Texas Cops Granted Qualified Immunity for False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution by David Reutter The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the grant of summary judgment to two police officers sued for false arrest and malicious prosecution by …
Article • June 12, 2015
$25,000 Jury Award in Missouri Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by David Reutter $25,000 Jury Award in Missouri Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by David Reutter A Missouri federal jury awarded a prisoner $25,000 in a failure to protect case. The district court also awarded $23,401.05 in attorney fees and …
Brief • June 12, 2015
Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Complaint, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 1 Filed 06/12/15 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI ) FILE 0 CHEVON ELIZABETH T HOM PSON, et al.) …
Norsworthy v. Beard et al, 9th Cir, Amicus Brief - BALIF, PREA transgender safety, 2015 Case: 15-15712, 06/12/2015, ID: 9572339, DktEntry: 29, Page 1 of 33 CASE NO. 15-15712 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MICHELLE-LAEL B. NORSWORTHY Plaintiff–Appellee, v. JEFFREY BEARD ET AL. Defendants–Appellants. BRIEF OF …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Religious Diet
U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods by Matthew Clarke U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods By Matt Clarke In February 2013, the U.K.’s Department of Justice issued an apology and suspended a prison meat supplier after traces of …
Article • June 11, 2015
Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts by Matthew Clarke Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts By Matt Clarke John Whitmire, D-Houston, the chairman of the state Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee wants to cut the cost of incarcerating Texas prisoners and …
Article • June 11, 2015
$200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit by $200,000 Verdict in Shackling of Tennessee Prisoner in Labor Overturned by Sixth Circuit The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the grant of summary judgment to a woman who was shackled to a hospital bed …
Article • June 11, 2015
Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards by Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards Officials with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) say changes in the state’s prison management system are responsible for an overall decline in assaults against prison guards …
Article • June 11, 2015
$175,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Suit by Los Angeles Deputies by $175,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Suit by Los Angeles Deputies The County of Los Angeles paid $175,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging excessive force by deputies upon a prisoner. Alejandro Alarcon was arrested in the early morning hours on …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Exonerated Ohio Man Dies Four Years after Release from Serving 26 years by Exonerated Ohio Man Dies Four Years after Release from Serving 26 years Just four years after his exoneration in a robbery and murder that he did not commit, Timothy Howard, 53, died of a heart attack. Howard …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Classification, Escapes
Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction by Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction On July 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a prisoner who escaped …
Article • June 11, 2015
Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Iowa Prisoner's Failure-to-Protect Suit by Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Iowa Prisoner's Failure-to-Protect Suit On August 18, 2014, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed an Iowa district court order which found for the defendants in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner alleging cruel …
Article • June 11, 2015
Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation by Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation On August 13, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a trial court properly refused to allow a disruptive criminal defendant to represent himself at trial. The court erred, however, in doubling its twelve …
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