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Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
CDCR Tried to Conceal Report on Prisoner Suicides by A report that linked oppressive conditions in California prisons to preventable prisoner suicides was suppressed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), while the state tried to convince a federal judge that court oversight was no longer needed in …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
CA Prison Guards’ Union Loses Appeal, Must Pay $4.96 Million Judgment by A federal lawsuit filed against the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), the union that represents state prison guards, resulted in a $12.5 million damages award in October 2010. The award was reduced by the district court to …
Former Pennsylvania DOC Director Hired to Run CDCR by Anne-Marie Cusac Jeffrey A. Beard, an almost 40-year old veteran of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and most recently that state’s Corrections Secretary, was hired by California Governor Jerry Brown in December 2012 to become the new head of the California …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
California: Condition of Parole Restricting Parolee from Residing Near Victim’s Next of Kin Held Invalid by The California Court of Appeals has held that Penal Code section 3003(f), which limits a parolee convicted of certain offenses from living within 35 miles of the victim or witness to the crime – …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Time for Sentencing Reform by George Gascón From the Capitol to the courtrooms, prosecutors can chart a new path on public safety by championing at both local and state levels one of the biggest ways we can transform our justice system in this generation – sentencing reform. Right now, the …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
California Prison Industry Authority Loses $24 Million in Last Two Years but Reduces Recidivism by In January 20013, California's Prison Industry Board (PIB) submitted its annual report to the state legislature regarding the activities and financial status of the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA), the agency it is charged with …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Defendants Must Challenge Joint and Several Liability for Attorney Fees on Initial Appeal or Issue is Waived by On May 22, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that defendants found liable for civil rights violations had failed to challenge in their initial appeal an order that they were …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Court Upholds California Prison Guard’s Termination for Telling Prisoner to Hang Herself by In March 2012, the California Court of Appeal, 4th District, affirmed a lower court’s judgment that reinstated the termination of a former state prison guard, Thomas Norton, who had told a mentally ill female prisoner to hang …
Article • April 15, 2013
9th Circuit: Constitution Protects Homeless Persons from Government Seizure and Destruction of Their Unattended but Unabandoned Personal Property by In February 2012, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of preliminary injunctive relief to nine homeless individuals living on the streets of the Skid Row …
Article • April 15, 2013
US Court of Appeals Finds for Defendant District Attorney in Autopsy Photo Leak by The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in May 2012 the decision of the USDC SD California, dismissing the §1983 claim against and granting qualified immunity to a retired deputy district attorney …
Article • April 15, 2013
Ninth Circuit: Improper Screening of Prisoner's Grievances May Excuse Failure to Exhaust Under PLRA by In a ruling with potentially significant consequences, the Ninth Circuit held on September 27, 2010 that a prison official's improper screening out of a prisoner's grievances may excuse the prisoner's failure to exhaust administrative remedies, …
Article • April 15, 2013
California: Stanford Report Analyzes Lifer Paroles by In a first-of-its-kind, long-overdue study, the Stanford Criminal Justice Center (SCJC) has examined the parole release process for parole-eligible "life" prisoners in California, now numbering more than 32,000. As of 2010, lifers comprised more than one-fifth of California's prisoner population, a higher percentage …
Former California Deputy Sheriff Maintains Clean Record Despite Recent and Past Sexual Misconduct Allegations by A 60-year-old former Nevada County, California deputy sheriff who was caught in a hotel room with a male prisoner will not face charges or discipline for sexual misconduct. As a Nevada County deputy in October …
Article • April 15, 2013
Federal Jury Awards $561,582 to Survivors of California Man Killed by Police by On September 20, 2012, a California federal jury awarded a total of $411,582 to the family of a man fatally shot by Santa Rosa, California police. Richard DeSantis lived with his wife and two minor children in …
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Mail, Publications/Books
Ninth Circuit Affirms Confiscation of Book about Black Panthers Sent by Mail to Prisoner by In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment to prison officials who confiscated a book from a prisoner’s incoming mail. In 2009, prison officials seized a book, The Black Panthers …
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
California Court of Appeals Affirms Grant of Parole by The Fourth District Court of Appeals for the State of California affirmed in May 2012 the grant of a writ of habeas corpus filed by prisoner William Jon Pugh contesting the governor’s reversal of a grant of parole. Pugh was convicted …
Article • April 15, 2013
California Prison Officials Ordered to Provide Prisoners with Copies of their Administrative Appeals by In January 2008, the Fresno County Superior Court ordered Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) officials to provide PVSP prisoners with photocopies of their administrative appeals at all levels of review. The order covered the administrative appeals …
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
California Court of Appeal Grants Increased Award of Conduct Credit to Jail Detainee by The California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, has held that an amendment to Penal Code section 4019, which increased the amount of presentence conduct credit to which a jail detainee is entitled, operates to the …
Brief • April 9, 2013
Ashker v. Brown, CA, Order, Pelican Bay Shu Confinement, 2013 Case4:09-cv-05796-CW Document191 Filed04/09/13 Page1 of 19 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 TODD ASHKER, et al., 5 6 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS (Docket No. 160) v. 7 EDMUND …
Brief • March 28, 2013
Contreras v. City of Los Angeles, Atty Fees Order, Police Excessive Force, 2013 Case 2:11-cv-01480-SVW-SH Document 239 Filed 03/28/13 Page 1 of 10 Page ID #:4063 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. 2:11-cv-1480-SVW-SH Date Title Robert Contreras v. City of Los Angeles, …
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