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Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And D by Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And Data Analysis The California State Auditor issued a stinging 58 page report in November 2005 that squarely fixed the blame for the purported failure of the …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Nevadas Son of Sam Statute of Violates First Amendment by Mark Wilson Nevadas Son of Sam Statute of Violates First Amendment by Mark Wilson The Nevada Supreme Court held that the States Son of Sam law violates the First Amendment. In 1977, New York enacted the nations first Son of …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Love Letter Mail Scam Nets Ten Prisoners $221,000 and Fed Time by On October 4, 2005, Karen Ann Erdely, 40, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, was sentenced to the maximum term of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The federal court found that she was the …
Hawaii Guard Given Probation for Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Hawaii Guard Given Probation for Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Brian Freitas, a former guard was sentenced to one year probation for his part in the death of Antonio Revera, a prisoner at Halawa prison in Hawaii. Revera was beaten …
Publication • 2006
Department of Justice - The Attorney General's Guidelines Regarding the Use of FBI Confidential Human Sources, 2006 T H E A T T O R N E Y G E N E R A L ' S G U I D E L I N E S REGARDING T H …
California Guards Lose Appeals On Federal Conspiracy Conviction, Bail; Still Free by Two former California prison guards, who were convicted in federal court of conspiracy to violate the constitutional rights (18 U.S.C. § 241) of Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) prisoners, lost both the appeals of their convictions of denial …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Former Florida Correctional Privatization Commission Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing State Funds by David Reutter Former Florida Correctional Privatization Commission Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing State Funds by David M. Reutter The former Executive Director of Floridas now defunct Correctional Privatization Commission (CPC) has pled guilty to charges of fraud and …
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 …
Report Details Suicide and Homicide Rates in Prisons, Jails by Michael Rigby Even though suicide and homicide rates among prisoners have been falling since the 1980s, thousands still die in U.S. prisons and jails every year. During 2001 and 2002, 5,824 state prisoners died in custody, according to a Bureau …
Four CCA Guards Indicted in Murder of Nashville Prisoner by Matthew T. Clarke Four guards have been indicted for reckless homicide and aggravated assault in the July 2004 murder of a female prisoner at the Metro Detention Facility in Nashville, Tennessee, previously reported in PLN. [see PLN, Apr. 2005, p. …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Nearly 7 Million Under Correctional Supervision In U.S. by Michael Rigby At yearend 2004, nearly 7 million adults were in prison, on parole, or on probation in the U.S.--2.5 million more than in 1990--according to a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics released on November 2, 2005. Put another …
BJS Director Sacked For Telling Truth About Racial Profiling by Matthew T. Clarke Lawrence A. Greenfield was the director of the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a low-profile government agency that employs some 50 people for the task of preparing reports on statistical analysis of criminal justice-related issues …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award by West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award On August 16, 2005, state prisoner Mark Allen Harris was awarded $50,000 for facial injuries he sustained when he fell out of a jail van. Two days - later, …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
U.S. Prison Population Hits Nearly 2.3 Million In 2004 by Michael Rigby The U.S. reached a new milestone in 2004: the imprisonment of nearly 2.3 million citizens, according to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released in October 2005. On December 31, 2004, 2,267,787 men, women, and …
Georgia Prisons: A Blight On The Peach State by Michael Rigby During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Shermans devastating march through the South was a blight on Georgia and all who lived there. Today, the safety of many Georgians particularly the 50,000 confined in the states 37 prisons is …
Former Georgia Parole Chairman Loses Appeal of Corruption Conviction by by Gary Hunter Former Georgia parole board chairman Bobby K. Whitworth launched a last-ditch attempt, in the Georgia Court of Appeals, to thwart his felony conviction for corruption. He failed. Whitworths tenure with the Georgia prison system is replete with …
Repercussions from Georgia Courthouse Escape, Shootings Continue by Inadequate security, which had existed for years at Georgia's Fulton County Courthouse, as well as lapses by Sheriff's deputies, are being blamed for the deadly March 11, 2005 escape of Brian Nichols. PLN has previously reported on the many problems afflicting the …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
Alabama Work Release Prisoners Reclassified Following Escapes by In late September 2005, 275 minimum-security Alabama prisoners were moved from work camps to maximum-security prisons pursuant to an order by Governor Bob Riley. The prisoners had done nothing wrong. The move was purely reactionary following the escape of 3 prisoners in …
Los Angeles County Pays $900,000 to Parents of Murdered Informant in Jail by The County of Los Angeles (L.A.) agreed to pay $700,000 to the mother, and $200,000 to the father, of a 20 year old county jail prisoner murdered in his cell by a free-roaming prisoner against whom he …
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