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Article • May 15, 2007
Brother Sentenced in Attempted Escape of Federal Prisoner by The United States District Court of New Mexico sentenced Adalberto Nava-Sotelo, alias Robert Montoya and El Guero, in the attempted escape of his older brother Oswaldo Nava-Sotelo, a prisoner in federal custody. On May 8, 2001, Adalberto Nava-Sotelo drove from his …
Article • May 15, 2007
WA Reasonable Doubt Instruction Re-Defined in Prison Escape by Bruce Bennett was convicted in the Clallam County Superior Court of attempted first degree escape from the Clallam Bay Corrections Center. Before the jury began its deliberations, the court gave its instructions. Among them was the comment that the jury must …
Article • May 15, 2007
Escape Triggers Texas Statute of Limitations for Civil Case Filing by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner's escape lifts his disability to allow the statute of limitations to run for the filing of a tort suit. This action was filed by Texas a prisoner, alleging …
Article • May 15, 2007
Inevitable Arrest Precludes Downward Departure Sentence for Escape by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner being sentenced for escape was not entitled to a downward departure sentence for voluntarily surrendering because his willingness to cooperate arose in connection with his arrest for trespassing. Christopher Blandin …
Article • May 15, 2007
Private Transportation Company Owes No Legal Duty To Escapee's Victim's Family by In 1999, Kyle Bell was tried and convicted of the 1993 murder of Jeanna North by the state of North Dakota. Transcor America Inc., a private prison transportation company, was contracted by the state of North Dakota to …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Three Work-Release Van Drivers Escape from Arkansas Prison; Practice Discontinued by Gary Hunter Two prisoners escaped from Arkansas? Benton Unit prison on July 9, 2006. Tab Delancey and Clifton Sanders were drivers in the prison?s work-release program. Arkansas was one of the few states that, until recently, allowed unsupervised prisoners …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
BOP Halfway House Walkaway Is Not Federal “Crime of Violence” by John Dannenberg BOP Halfway House Walkaway Is Not Federal "Crime of Violence" by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a walkaway from a federal halfway house did not fit the categorical "crime of …
Illinois Cook County Jail Embroiled in Shootings, Scandals and Escapes by by Gary Hunter Shootings, stabbings, suicides, a death and multiple escapes have turned the Cook County Jail in Chicago on its proverbial ear over the past year, in addition to misconduct by guards, a change in the jails leadership …
Private Geo Prison in Texas Rocked By Prisoner Abuse, Disturbance and Escape by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Recently, the Newton County Correctional Center (NCCC), a private prison in Newton, Texas run by the Boca Raton, Florida-based Geo Group, has experienced several incidents involving the out-of-state Idaho prisoners housed …
Unique Texas Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Has Successes/Failures by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Texas has a unique form of civil commitment for sexual predators which allows outpatient treatment and requires most of the civilly committed to live at a halfway house. A committed man's recent escape from a …
For-Profit Transportation Companies: Taking Prisoners, and the Public, for a Ride by Alex Friedmann According to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, as of June 2005 approximately 2.2 million people were incarcerated in prisons and jails nationwide not including immigration detention centers and …
$500,000 CCA Escape/Hostage Damage Award Upheld by The Tennessee State Court of Appeals upheld a $500,000 compensatory damage award against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), to a woman who was taken hostage by an escaped CCA prisoner. Mike Settle was a prisoner at Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF), a CCA …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
FL Work Releasees Reporting to Work Late Doesnt Amount to Escape by FL Work Releasees Reporting to Work Late Doesn't Amount to Escape Leon Williams, a prisoner in a state work release center, left the center to walk to work but was 90 minutes late getting there. When he arrived …
Problems Continue In Maryland Prisons and Jails by Michael Rigby A battle is raging in Maryland over how best to improve prison safety. Some advocate hiring more guards and medical personnel. Others want to expand prisoner rehabilitation services. Neither side seems to be considering the possibility that both are needed. …
CCA Florida Jail Operations: An Experiment in Mismanagement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After being in business for twenty-three years, one would think that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) would have refined the art of running prisons and jails. Yet an examination of CCA's three jails in Florida …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
BOP Transfers Unescorted Prisoners On Civilian Buses, Some Escape by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke In a little-known program, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has been allowing unescorted prisoners to transfer between prisons using Greyhound and other civilian buses. Not surprisingly, some never show up at their destination. …
Crimes of the Heart: Incarceration Collusion by Bob Williams by Bob Williams & G.A.Bowers What would a woman do for her man? Run a frontend loader through a jail wall? Drive her lover out of prison in a food service truck? Murder witnesses? Smuggle in guns and drugs? Melt her …
Texas Federal District Judge Throws Out VitaPro Convictions by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke In another bizarre twist to an already bewildering prosecution history, on September 9, 2005, Texas federal district judge Lynn Hughes, by judicial fiat, acquitted Andy Collins, the former executive director of the Texas Department of …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Fall Escapes Plague Local, State Agencies in Houston Area by by Michael Rigby During a two week period in late 2005, prisoners in the Houston area escaped from all levels of custody. One prisoner escaped from the city jail, another vanished from the back of a prison van, and a …
Abu Ghraib: Enduring Symbol of Hated Regimes by Matthew T. Clarke Abu Ghraib, a 280-acre prison complex located 20 miles west of Baghdad, is a well known symbol to the Iraqi people. Abu Ghraib holds about 3,500 of the approximately 10,500 prisoners held by American forces in Iraq. All prisoners …
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