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Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Ninth Circuit Holds CAFRA Attorney Fees Should be Paid to Claimant, not Attorney by In a case brought under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on April 26, 2011 that “attorneys fees awarded under CAFRA are payable to the claimant, not the …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Fifth Circuit Holds Louisiana Prisons Can’t Ban Nation of Islam Newspaper by In 2005, Louisiana prison officials instituted a statewide ban on The Final Call, a newspaper published by the Nation of Islam. The ban was based solely on the content of a statement of beliefs called “The Muslim Program,” …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Filed under: Voting, News, State Legislation
New York Court Upholds Law Requiring Census Count to Use Prisoners’ Pre-Incarceration Address by On December 1, 2011, a New York Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit that sought a judicial declaration that a state statute requiring prisoners to be counted for reapportionment purposes in their last known residence prior to …
Article • October 15, 2012
Filed under: Organizing
What HRDC and Prison Legal News Accomplished in 2012! by Alex Friedmann Last January, the Center for Civic Media at MIT declared the work of Prison Legal News and PLN editor Paul Wright to be "The Front Line of the US Censorship Battle." See: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/456_displayNews.aspx Interestingly, CCM provided the perfect …
Article • October 15, 2012
Bad behavior in state workplace costs taxpayers nearly $2m in settlements by Naomi Schalit By: John Christie, Matt Drange and Naomi Schalit | December 19, 2012 One corrections officer spread a false rumor that the new female officer at the state prison in South Windham was a stripper. Another one …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Texas Abolishes Last Meals for Death Row Prisoners, Reduces Weekend Meals by Matthew Clarke Texas served its final last meal to condemned prisoner Lawrence Russell Brewer, who, on September 21, 2011, was executed for the infamous racially-motivated 1998 dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. Brewer requested an extensive last meal …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Manhattan Prosecutor Who Moonlights as Dominatrix Suspended, Resigns by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2008, then-New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo heaped lavish praise on Alisha Smith, a prosecutor in Manhattan who helped secure a $5 billion settlement in a securities fraud case involving Bank of America and other …
Report Cites Rising Violence, Other Problems at Illinois Maximum-Security Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report by the John Howard Association of Illinois (JHA) found that overcrowding and understaffing at the Menard Correctional Center (Menard) has resulted in an “alarming” increase in staff and prisoner assaults. Opened …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Private Prison Monopolies by Christopher Petrella As the late business historian Alfred Chandler, Jr. once said, the visible hand of the corporation has been of far greater importance to capitalism than has Adam Smith’s so-called invisible hand of the market. Although modern forms of capitalism are justified, and often sanitized, …
46 California Prisoners Injured in Disturbance at CCA-run Oklahoma Facility by Widespread fighting among black and Hispanic California prisoners at the privately-operated North Fork Correctional Facility in Sayre, Oklahoma last year left dozens of prisoners injured. The disturbance began shortly before noon on October 11, 2011 and was described by …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Washington State Post-Judgment Interest Award Required when Judgment Increased by Appellate Court in Records Case by The Division One Court of Appeals for the State of Washington held on August 15, 2011 that where an appellate court “merely modifies the trial court award and the only action necessary in the …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Violence in Tennessee Prisons up 20 Percent Under New Commissioner by Alex Friedmann On September 18, 2012 the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, released data indicating that levels of violence in Tennessee state prisons had increased approximately 20 percent since Tennessee Department of …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Mug Shot Websites Based on Extortion Business Model by David Reutter by David M. Reutter One of the most insidious businesses to grow out of the prison industrial complex revolves around mug shots. Natural curiosity compels many people to view jail booking photos taken by law enforcement agencies when someone …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Advanced Criminal Procedure in a Nutshell, 2nd Ed., by Mark E. Cammack and Norman M. Garland (Thomson West, 2006). 505 pages, $38.00 by John Dannenberg Book review by John E. Dannenberg Advanced Criminal Procedure in a Nutshell is an informative book that covers procedural aspects of a criminal case after …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Florida: Two Men Sentenced in Prison Canteen Kickback Scheme by A federal district court in Jacksonville has sentenced two men to short prison terms after they pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to paying kickbacks to former Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) Secretary James V. Crosby, Jr. and former FDOC …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Eight Puerto Rican Prisoners Drown in Flooded Van by On November 7, 2011 in Puerto Rico, eight prisoners died in a transport van trapped in rising floodwaters. The van contained two guards and ten shackled prisoners, all of whom were pre-trial detainees; most had been unable to afford bail and …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Oregon Guard Shoots, Wounds Prisoner; Unreported Earlier Prisoner Murder Exposed by An Oregon state prisoner was shot by a tower guard on the recreation yard at the Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI) last year, after he ignored orders to stop fighting. That incident followed an unreported prisoner murder on the …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Oregon Passes Legislation to Move Juveniles Out of Adult Jails by “Youth who are held in adult jail[s] are at significantly increased risk of experiencing violence, committing suicide, and they’re actually at much higher risk of recidivating as well,” stated David Rogers, executive director of the Partnership for Safety and …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 13, 2012, two state prisoners picking up trash on an outside road crew were hit by a vehicle on Interstate 10 near Loxley. One, Kenric Turner, was killed; the other, Kelvin Dejan Jordan, was transported by helicopter to the University of South Alabama …
Article • October 15, 2012
Filed under: Organizing, Telephone Rates
"Strong Families, Safe Communities" Sends Clear Message for Phone Justice by Mel Motel Mel Motel: "Strong Families, Safe Communities" Sends Clear Message for Phone Justice 2012-11-15 The Campaign for Prison Phone Justice is a national effort challenging prison phone kickbacks and the U.S. Prison Telephone Industry. The campaign is jointly …
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