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Article • October 3, 2014
Connecticut Abolishes Death Penalty for Future Capital Crimes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 25, 2012, Connecticut Governor Daniel P. Malloy signed into law legislation that eliminates the death penalty for future crimes and replaces it with life without parole – part of a trend to abolish capital …
Article • October 3, 2014
Wisconsin Open Records Law Prohibits Charging Redaction Fee by Wisconsin Open Records Law Prohibits Charging Redaction Fee   The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that governmental entities have no authorization to charge the public for time spent redacting confidential information from public records.   The ruling came in a lawsuit brought …
Article • October 3, 2014
Kansas Sentencing Law Creates Disparity for Old Law Prisoners by Kansas Sentencing Law Creates Disparity for Old Law Prisoners   Hundreds of Kansas prisoners who committed crimes prior to July 1, 1993 are serving sentences that would have been much shorter under current law. These “old law” prisoners are serving …
Article • October 3, 2014
Law Prohibits Washington State Prisons from Manufacture of Guard Uniforms by Law Prohibits Washington State Prisons from Manufacture of Guard Uniforms   Innovative sewing practices by Washington state prisoners compelled state legislatures to enact a law that prohibits prisoners from making or assembling guards’ uniforms.   “There was some hanky-panky …
Article • October 3, 2014
Washington Supreme Court Reverses Premature Public Record Ruling; Requester Identity Irrelevant to Whether Records Exempt by Washington Supreme Court Reverses Premature Public Record Ruling; Requester Identity Irrelevant to Whether Records Exempt   The en banc Washington State Supreme Court held that a lower court prematurely decided that the identity of …
Article • September 12, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Brazil: Brazilian authorities announced on January 15, 2014 that an investigation would be initiated into atrocities at the infamous Pedrinhas penitentiary. Bloody battles between rival prison gangs resulted in complaints of mass rapes of women visitors and the posting of a video depicting …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: As previously reported in PLN, former Clay County jail administrator Jeffrey “Scott” Cotney filed a lawsuit alleging defamation, slander, libel and other claims related to accusations that he had used his position at the jail to sexually abuse prisoners. [See: PLN, March …
Article • July 11, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
North Carolina Repeals Racial Justice Law by North Carolina Repeals Racial Justice Law In June 2013, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed legislation repealing the state’s Racial Justice Act of 2009 (the Act), a controversial law that supporters said was an effort to address racism in death penalty cases. Opponents, …
Article • July 4, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Arizona: A prisoner serving time for gang- and drug-related offenses, as well as his attorney-wife, mother, sister, ex-wife and another woman have been indicted on more than 250 charges following a two-year investigation into the New Mexican Mafia prison gang. Angel Lopez Garcia …
Article • June 7, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, News
For Sale: New York Lakefront Property with Garage, Pig Farm and 736 Prison Cells by For Sale: New York Lakefront Property with Garage, Pig Farm and 736 Prison Cells What New York State is doing with some of its closed prisons is like dragging an old, unwanted couch out to …
Article • June 6, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Food, News
Bureau of Prisons Mistakenly Served Meat Intended as Pet Food by Derek Gilna Bureau of Prisons Mistakenly Served Meat Intended as Pet Food by Derek Gilna A Texas meat manufacturer has pledged to adopt new procedures to ensure compliance with food safety laws and paid almost $400,000 to resolve a …
Article • June 5, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Arizona: Former state prison guard Robert Joseph Hamm, 34, was sentenced on September 9, 2013 to 11 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a Tucson teenager. He had previously served a year in prison after pleading guilty in 2011 to …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: News
Washington County Jail Remains Closed after Voters Reject Tax Hike by Washington County Jail Remains Closed after Voters Reject Tax Hike   Officials in Yakima County, Washington say a deal struck with the city of Fife, near Tacoma, to house the city’s prisoners will help make up for lost income …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
California Improves Compensation Process for Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners by California Improves Compensation Process for Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners   On October 13, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 618, legislation that streamlines the process for providing financial compensation to people who are wrongfully convicted, exonerated and released …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief   District of Columbia: Before sending former jail guard Jonathan Womble to prison for just over three years on October 9, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton called Womble’s crime “reprehensible and one of the most serious anyone could commit.” Heroin, marijuana, …
Brief • May 7, 2014
Filed under: Voting, State Legislation
Scott v. Bowen, CA, Writ of Mandamus, Right to Vote, 2014 1 2 3 4 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA 7 8 9 10 11 12 MICHAEL SCOTT, et al, Case No. RG14-712570 Plaintiffs, ORDER (1) GRANTING PETITION OF …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
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News in Brief by Alabama: Carbon Hill Mayor James “Pee Wee” Richardson, 61, was arrested on September 19, 2013 on multiple charges related to sexually abusing four prisoners at the city’s municipal jail; he was released eight days later after posting a $250,000 property bond. In addition to the criminal …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Two prisoners at the Yavapai County Jail have been sentenced for their involvement in a fraudulent tax refund scheme. James Borboa pleaded guilty and on September 8, 2013 received an additional term of 18.5 years in prison for using other prisoners’ IDs to file tax …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: Prisoners in the segregation unit at Spring Creek Correctional Center were not happy with an inspection order that required them to make their beds and clean their cells. On August 5, 2013, around 14 prisoners showed their displeasure by yelling, breaking porcelain sinks and toilets, …
Article • February 15, 2014
Filed under: News
Dying in Prison by By Graham Kates In 2006, Edgar Barens went to prison every day for six months. The Iowa State Penitentiary had granted the Chicago-based film-maker unprecedented access to shoot a documentary about the prison’s fledgling hospice program. There, he met and filmed the eponymous lead of his …
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