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Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Oregon Parole Board: “Don’t Have to Explain Nothing to Nobody” by Oregon Parole Board: “Don’t Have to Explain Nothing to Nobody” For at least the fifth time, a state court has ordered the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (Board) to provide more than boilerplate reasons for its decisions. …
Article • June 12, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative by Christopher Petrella Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative by Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the City University of New York, writes that “capitalism never resolves its problems; it simply rearranges them geographically.” The same can be …
Article • June 6, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Parole
California: Lack of Insight Cannot be Inferred when Prisoner Accepts Responsibility for Crime and Expresses Genuine Remorse by Michael Brodheim California: Lack of Insight Cannot be Inferred when Prisoner Accepts Responsibility for Crime and Expresses Genuine Remorse by Michael Brodheim In the wake of the California Supreme Court’s ruling in …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: Sanctions, Parole
Oregon PPS Sanctions May Not Exceed 180 Days; Prior Contrary Ruling Overturned by Mark Wilson Oregon PPS Sanctions May Not Exceed 180 Days; Prior Contrary Ruling Overturned   by Mark Wilson   The Oregon Court of Appeals has held that the Parole Board lacks authority to impose incarceration sanctions in …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
GPS Monitoring System in Los Angeles Plagued by False Alerts, Ignored Alarms by Christopher Zoukis Los Angeles County’s GPS monitoring system, designed to keep track of high-risk probationers, has overwhelmed probation officers with thousands of false alerts each day – so many that some officers simply ignore them. As a …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
South Dakota Parole Board Improperly Enhanced Prisoner’s Parole Date by The South Dakota Supreme Court has held that the state Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board) exceeded its authority when it calculated a prisoner’s initial parole release date by treating Class 4 felonies as Class 2 felonies. Lloyd Rowley was …
Michigan Parole and Probation Supervision Scrutinized; Three Officials Fired by The failure to properly supervise parolees and probationers accused of committing high-profile murders has resulted in the firing of three Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) employees. The MDOC supervises around 20,000 parolees and 50,000 probationers. “Our parole/probation staff performs critical …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Medical Parole for Texas Prisoners on the Decline by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The number of prisoners granted medical parole in Texas decreased in fiscal year 2012 compared with those paroled due to medical reasons in the previous two years. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles approved just …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
California Parole Board Agrees to Implement Policy to Fix Terms at Lifers’ Initial Hearings by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On December 16, 2013, the California Board of Parole Hearings (Board) and life-sentenced state prisoner Roy Butler entered into a settlement agreement wherein the Board agreed to fix base …
New York Prisoner Awarded Almost $16 Million Due to Poor Medical Treatment by Christopher Zoukis In March 2012, a New York state prisoner was awarded $15.7 million after being left a quadriplegic due to inadequate medical care. The judgment was entered by a New York Court of Claims which found …
Brief • December 16, 2013
Filed under: Parole, Habeas Corpus
In re Butler, CA, Settlement Order, Parole Board Standards Habeas Suit, 2013 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION 2 In re ROY BUTLER On Habeas Corpus. Case Nos. A139411 & A137273 Alameda County Case No. 91694B STIPULATION AND [~] ORDER REGARDING SETTLEMENT …
Publication • December 1, 2013
BJS Report on Prison and Probation, 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2013, NCJ 243826 Bul l etin Probation and Parole in the United States, 2012 Laura M. Maruschak and Thomas P. Bonczar, BJS Statisticians D uring 2012, the number of adults …
Publication • November 1, 2013
Filed under: Parole
PEW - The Impact of Parole in New Jersey, 2013 A brief from Nov 2013 The Impact of Parole in New Jersey Overview Nearly 700,000 offenders were released from U.S. prisons in 2011.1 Ensuring their successful re-entry into the community remains a critical issue for public safety. A new analysis …
Brief • October 22, 2013
Morales v. Monreal, IL, Complaint, Denial of Counsel at Parole Hearings Class Action, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-07572 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/22/13 Page 1 of 21 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MOISES MORALES; MONTREAL THOMAS; and JOAQUIN ROCHA on behalf …
Brief • September 1, 2013
Allen v. Heyns, MI, Order Granting Pls' MSD & Denying Defs' MSD, Class Action, Parolable Life Sentences, 2013 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE 30TH (INGHAM COUNTY) CIRCUIT COURT ______________________________________________ EDWARD ALLEN, OLIVER HARDY, and MICHAEL WATKINS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, File No. 12-907-CZ v. …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
West Virginia Court-Supervised Parole and Condition Barring Association with Spouse Upheld by West Virginia's Supreme Court has upheld a circuit court's authority to impose court-supervised parole, and affirmed a parole condition that barred a parolee's association with convicted felons – including her spouse. On June 9, 2009, Karen Tanner pleaded …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
New Tennessee Parole Board Members have Apparent Bias Against Granting Parole by Alex Friedmann Tennessee Board of Parole Chairman Charles Traughber, who had served almost four decades on the Board and had a reputation for ruling it with an iron hand, retired in June 2013. To fill Traughber's vacant position, …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Third Circuit: Requiring Admission of Guilt to Participate in Mandatory-for-Parole SOTP Not a Fifth Amendment Violation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that requiring an admission of guilt to participate in an in-prison sex offender treatment program (SOTP) did not violate the …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Longest-Serving Texas Prisoner Makes Parole; Other Long-term Prisoners Not so "Lucky" by Longest-Serving Texas Prisoner Makes Parole; Other Long-term Prisoners Not so "Lucky" Harvey Stewart, 83, first entered the Texas prison system in 1951 to serve a 10-year stint for robbing a junk yard. Paroled six years later, he returned …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
DC Circuit: Qualified Immunity for Retroactive U.S. Parole Commission Regulations by The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit has affirmed a district court's grant of qualified immunity to U.S. Parole Commission officials related to the retroactive application of parole regulations. In 1993, Melvin Taylor was convicted …
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