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Collateral Consequences Resource Center - Pathways to Reintegration Criminal Record Reforms in 2019 Pathways to Reintegration: Criminal Record Reforms in 2019 February 2020 s COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public engagement on the myriad issues raised by …
Article • January 19, 2020
$1.5 million for Michigan man wrongfully convicted, then exonerated by A Michigan man who spent over 45 years in prison for a murder he did not commit received $1.5 million in compensation. Richard Phillips, 73, was exonerated in 2018, which made him the longest-serving exoneree in the United States, after …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Missouri County Votes to Eliminate Jail Fees, Wiping Out $3.4 Million in Debt for Former Prisoners by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In August 2019, a half-dozen 10-year-old jail fees were eliminated by the county council in St. Louis, Missouri, wiping out nearly $3.4 million in debt for unpaid fees …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Restitution
Government Wants Federal Prisoner’s $250,000 Settlement to Pay Restitution by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A federal prisoner who won a $250,000 settlement against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), following an injury that required surgery and a month-long hospital stay, is fighting government lawyers who want that money to …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Money/Property
Virginia Circuit Court Awards $197.55 to Prisoner in Property Tort Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 28, 2019, the Grayson County Circuit Court awarded $197.55 to state prisoner Gary Brown following a bench trial in which he proceeded pro se on a tort claim against the Commonwealth …
Article • December 30, 2019
Federal Judge Allows 'Nationwide' Class-Action Lawsuit Against GEO Over Alleged Forced Labor on Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A federal judge has granted class-action status in a federal lawsuit filed against GEO Group, alleging the private, for-profit company forced immigration detainees to work in order to avoid punishment. …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Ninth Circuit Reverses Seizure of Funds from Federal Prisoner for Restitution by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In a case decided on August 28, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s order allowing the federal Bureau of Prisons to seize $6,671.81 from prisoner Lonnie …
Louisiana District Attorney Allows Probation Buyouts by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  John DeRosier became Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana’s District Attorney in a 2005 special election. He is a Democrat who opposed the state’s 2018 bill requiring unanimous guilty verdicts by criminal juries and supports continuing juvenile life-without-parole sentences and other …
Worth Rises: Paying for Jail - How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities, 2019 PAYING FOR JAIL How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities DE C EMBE R 2 01 9 C O- PUBL IS H E D BY: WO RTH RISES Worth Rises is a …
Raul Novoa, et al. v. The GEO Group, Inc., order, class certification, forced labor, 2019 Case 5:17-cv-02514-JGB-SHK Document 223 Filed 11/26/19 Page 1 of 28 Page ID #:4532 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL EDCV 17-2514 JGB (SHKx) Case No. Date November 26, 2019 Title Raul …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
How High-Priced Drugs Cripple Prison Health Care – and Reform by Priti Krishtel by Priti Krishtel, The Crime Report In a deeply divided political electorate, prison reform is one of the few issues that attracts bipartisan support. Yet there’s something missing from the current conversation about criminal justice reform: the …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Money/Property
Behind Bars, Co-Pays Are a Barrier to Basic Health Care by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Truthout When Taylor Lytle began fainting every morning when she stood up, she had to make a decision: Should she seek medical care or should she save her hard-earned wages to buy soap, shampoo, …
Grottano et al. v. The City of New York, et al., NY, order granting preliminary approval of class action settlement, strip searches of jail visitors, 2019 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 Filed 10/30/19 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 Filed 10/30/19 Page 2 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 …
Alaska State Supreme Court Rules Due Process Afforded to Prisoners Seeking Laundry Job Reinstatement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Billy Dean Smith and Jacob Lee Anagick were prisoners at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Alaska when an unannounced shakedown took place. The reason for the search: Prison staff …
Grottano, et al. v. The City of New York, et al., settlement and order, strip searches of jail visitors, 2019 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 251-3 Filed 10/21/19 Page 2 of 41 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DANA GROTTANO; N.D.; A.R.; and D.M., individually and on behalf of …
Article • September 14, 2019
Disciplinary Hearing Restitution Order Enforceable in Bankruptcy Proceeding by An Idaho federal Bankruptcy Court held that a prison disciplinary restitution order was enforceable and may be distributed from the proceeds of a lawsuit settlement. While an Oregon prisoner, Marlin B. Pohlman was subjected to a misconduct charge for a property …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Pensions
New York City May Expand Investment Bar to Prison Service Providers by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Under a policy adopted in 2017 by the Comptroller of New York City, none of the city’s five pension funds has any investments in private prison operators due to concerns about investing public …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Court Certifies Class of Former Washington State Prisoners Challenging Debit Release Cards in HRDC Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke At the vast majority of the nation’s jails, when someone is arrested their money is confiscated during the booking process. Those funds are placed in a trust account, where …
Filing • August 9, 2019
Filed under: Money/Property
Reichert v. Keefe Commissary Network, WA, Amended Complaint, Debit Release Cards, 2019 Case 3:17-cv-05848-RBL Document 100 Filed 08/09/19 Page 1 of 28 HON. RONALD B. LEIGHTON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 11 JEFFREY REICHERT, and …
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