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Publication • 2020
Council on Criminal Justice, Reshaping Criminal Justice After COVID-19, 2020 ., .... '· .~tj•. ., -1- ' •• .. ..1 About the Council The Council on Criminal Justice (the “Council”) works to advance understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and build consensus for solutions that enhance …
Publication • 2020
The Square One Project - Understanding Health Reform as Justice Reform 2020 THE SOUARE ONE PROJECT REIMAGINE JUSTICE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE POLICY OCTOBER 2020 Lynda Zeller, Michigan Health Endowment Fund Jackie Prokop, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, PhD, University of Texas at Tyler UNDERSTANDING …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Coalition Fights to Ensure Jailed Voters in Arizona Can Vote by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that jail detainees who are under no voting disability — which essentially means that they have not yet been convicted of a felony and lost their right …
Publication • April 29, 2020
Abolishing Private Prisons: A Constitutional and Moral Imperative, University of Baltimore Law Review, 2020 CRAIG-CUMMINGS (DO NOT DELETE) 4/29/20 11:21 AM ABOLISHING PRIVATE PRISONS: A CONSTITUTIONAL AND MORAL IMPERATIVE Robert Craig* and andré douglas pond cummings+ I. INTRODUCTION President Richard Nixon declared a “War on Drugs” in 1971.1 President Ronald …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Voting, State Legislation
More States Restore Felony Voting Rights by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In 2019, Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Nevada enacted legislation to restore voting rights to felons who have been released from prison but are still under such supervision, the latest of 24 states to make similar …
California Prison Officials Put Hold on Policy That Led to “Gladiator Fights” by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. In September 2019, California prison administrators and officials agreed to put a hold on a policy known as “incremental release” after complaints from prisoners and their relatives that it had …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
GEO Group, Largest Private Prison Contractor, Cranks Up Political Contributions During Trump Years by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. In August 2016, just after an Obama administration decision to stop contracting with for-profit private prisons sent its stock price tumbling, GEO Group, Inc., the country’s largest private prison …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Santa Rita Sheriff’s Office Says Prisoners Not Being Maltreated; Prisoners’ Protest Says Otherwise by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Detainees and prisoners at the Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) in Dublin, California, participated in a peaceful protest over the unsanitary and unconstitutional conditions in the jail. Beginning October 30, 2019, between …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Most States Saw Criminal Justice Reforms in 2019, But Incarceration Rates Remain High by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, reprinted from Truthout On December 20, 2019, criminal justice advocates celebrated the news that President Trump signed the Fair Chance Act into law. Tucked into a massive defense spending bill, the …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Organizing
Riots At South Carolina Prison Spark Wave of Lawsuits by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The April 15, 2018, riot at South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Institution (LCI) illustrates the consequences of prison understaffing. That riot was the worst in America’s prisons in 25 years. The toll was seven …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Voting, Statistics/Trends
States Rush to End Prison Gerrymandering Before Districts Are Set For Another 10 years by Aleks Kajstura by Aleks Kajstura, Legal Director, Prison Policy Initiative In January, New Jersey became the 7th state to end prison gerrymandering – the practice of using incarcerated people to inflate the population of rural …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Prison Rebellion
Hawaii Prisoners Rebel Over Prison Conditions, Fined For Damages by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Prisoners of the Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) rioted March 11, 2019, over unstable, inhumane and unconstitutional living conditions. Complaints about broken telephones, uncollected mail, overcrowding, shortened visits and other problems resulted in prisoners from …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Prison Reform
Biden’s Current Prison Reform Stance Counter to His Abysmal Record by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter After decades of leading the charge during the tough-on-crime era, Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is trying to fashion himself as a champion of prison …
Brief • February 10, 2020
Petrelis v. City & County of San Francisco, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force Against Protestor, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-01032 Document 1 Filed 02/10/20 Page 1 of 25 • MAyitqg,vEo 1 Donald Cloyce Wagda (CA Bar No. 257254) 547 Blackhawk Club Drive 2 Danville, California 94506 Telephone: (650) 644-7151 3 Facsimile: (925) 204-3834 …
Brief • January 15, 2020
Filed under: Protests
Street v. O'Toole, MO, Complaint, Protest, 2020 Case: 4:19-cv-02590-CDP Doc. #: 13 Filed: 01/15/20 Page: 1 of 68 PageID #: 1466 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION ALICIA STREET, et.al Plaintiffs, v. LT. COL. LAWRENCE OTOOLE, et. al Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Arnold v. Butler, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case Name Official Case # Case# 17-79 17-CV-79 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel : Institutions: Filed Arnold, Sean #B37516 v. Butler, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received closed xx/xx/xx 7/5/17 Date Served Status Class Action 0 On Appeal D Spears …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Criminal Justice Reformers Apologize for Not Vetting Conference Speaker by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Organizers of the Smart on Crime Innovations conference – an annual gathering of community leaders, elected officials, organizers, researchers, journalists and lawyers aimed at reforming the criminal justice system – tweeted an apology …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs
California AB Prison Gang Members, Others Indicted by Feds by A 143-page federal indictment filed on May 21, 2019 described criminal violations allegedly committed by Ronald Yandell, Daniel Troxell, William Sylvester, Travis Burhop, Brant Daniel, Donald Mazza, Pat Brady, Jason Corbett, Matthew Hall, Samuel Keeton, Michael Torres, Jeanna Quesenberry, Kevin …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs
Arizona Court Equates Prison Gang Dropouts with Confidential Informants to Require Redaction of STG Files by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Arizona Court of Appeals held on September 25, 2019 that the possibility of information about gang members who had dropped out or were not in “good standing” falling …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Oregon Passes Historic Juvenile Justice Reform Bill but Refuses to Apply it Retroactively by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 22, 2019, Oregon joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in eliminating life without parole sentences for prisoners who committed their offenses as juveniles. The state enacted …
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