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Brief • January 16, 2013
Filed under: Videotaping, False Arrest
Montgomery v. Philadelphia, PA, Complaint, False Arrest for Recording Police, 2013
Forms of Judicial Deference in Prison Law by Sharon Dolovich by Sharon Dolovich1 Anyone familiar with the constitutional law of prisoners’ rights knows how ready courts are to find against prisoners in the name of “judicial deference.” It is not unreasonable for courts to grant a measure of deference to …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Louisiana Public Service Commission Votes to Lower Prison and Jail Phone Rates by Mel Motel On December 12, 2012, after a “raucous” hearing with four hours of testimony, the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) voted to lower the cost of telephone calls made from state prisons and local jails. With …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over almost 23 years of publishing PLN, the saddest duty I have had as editor has been noting the passing of many of our friends and supporters. One person who liked my PLN obituaries, and thought I wrote them well, was my father, Rollin …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
FBI Reports Drop in Violent Crime; DOJ Reports Increase by Violent crime fell nationally in 2011 according to the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released in October 2012. The FBI reported a 3.8 percent drop in violent crime – including murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault – with an …
Venezuelan TV Station Fined $2.16 Million for Prison Reporting by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Globovisión is the last remaining Venezuelan television station that is openly critical of President Hugo Chávez. In May 2010, Globovisión president Guillermo Zuloaga was arrested for making offensive comments about Chávez while discussing a government …
Dramatic Increase in Percentage of Criminal Cases Being Plea Bargained by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Over the course of the past few decades there has been a significant increase in the percentage of criminal cases being plea bargained and a corresponding decrease in cases that are taken to trial. …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Pennsylvania: Former BOP Warden Pleads Guilty to Cover-up by Troy Levi, the former warden of Federal Detention Center (FDC) Philadelphia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 13, 2011. Levi, 49, was charged with multiple counts of obstruction of justice, witness tampering and making false statements to federal …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Cook County, Illinois Lowers Jail Phone Rates by Mel Motel On December 18, 2012, the Board of Commissioners for Cook County, Illinois voted to lower the outrageous cost of telephone calls made by prisoners at the Cook County Jail. The county has a contract with Securus Technologies, which operates phone …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
First Circuit: RLUIPA Does Not Provide Relief from Transfer to Remote Prison where Opportunities for Religious Exercise are Limited by On March 29, 2012, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §§2000cc et seq., does not provide a …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arkansas: While held at the Independence County jail, Michael Dennis Grubbs was charged with theft and breaking and entering after he reportedly used a comb to pick the lock to the property room and stole items belonging to other prisoners. Jail officials searched Grubbs’ cell after …
9th Circuit: Class-action by Civilly Committed Sexually Violent Predators May Proceed on Claims for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief by Following remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit reversed in part its previous published ruling, Hydrick v. Hunter, 500 F.3d 978 (9th Cir. 2007) [PLN, April 2007, p.34], which …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Despite Budget Crunch, Texas Rarely Grants Medical Paroles by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Faced with a $23 billion shortfall in its 2011-2012 budget, Texas officials nevertheless have refused to take advantage of a potential money-saver: paroling state prisoners who are elderly, infirm or terminally ill, who pose little threat …
Iraqi Prison Breaks Likely Inside Jobs by On September 27, 2012, prisoners at the Tasfirat prison in Tikrit seized weapons after breaking into a storage room, overpowered guards and engaged in a gun battle with security forces during an escape attempt. The late evening incident, which lasted several hours, left …
Contraband Smuggling a Problem at Prisons and Jails Nationwide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The smuggling of illicit items such as drugs, cigarettes and cell phones into prisons and jails continues to be a significant problem throughout the United States. Often the people doing the smuggling are guards or …
NH Corrections Officer, Suspended After Fight, Obtains Back Pay Plus $250,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees by NH Corrections Officer, Suspended After Fight, Obtains Back Pay Plus $250,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees On October 31, 2011, a state court jury found that the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (NHDOC) …
Louisiana Sex Offender Internet Restrictions Unconstitutional by In a February 16, 2012 opinion, a Louisiana federal court held that restrictions placed on sex offenders’ Internet access were unconstitutional. John and James Doe are pseudonyms for two Louisiana registered sex offenders who filed a federal civil rights action, pursuant to 42 …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
California Lawsuit Challenges Voting Prohibition on County-level Offenders by On March 7, 2012, the League of Women Voters, two prisoners’ rights organizations and a female prisoner filed suit against California election officials, alleging that offenders in county jails or on county supervision were being improperly disenfranchised. In an attempt to …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Law Enforcement Forfeiture Corruption Scandal in Michigan Includes Police Chief by The former chief of police in Romulus, Michigan, his wife and five detectives have been charged with dozens of criminal offenses related to their alleged misuse of funds seized under forfeiture laws. Romulus is located just outside Detroit, in …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Massachusetts Prisoners Receive Refunds for Illegal Fees Imposed by Sheriff by A class of prisoners at the Bristol County House of Correction in Massachusetts has received settlement checks from a lawsuit challenging an illegal $5-a-day fee imposed by the sheriff for room-and-board. The checks were mailed out on May 3, …
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