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Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Fifth Circuit Reverses $250,000 Award to Mississippi Prisoner Held too Long by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Christopher B. Epps, the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), was entitled to qualified immunity after a prisoner was held beyond the date …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Arkansas Prison Director Suspended by Board of Corrections by Ray Hobbs, director of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADOC), was suspended without pay for two weeks, starting January 2, 2012, for failing to promptly inform the Board of Corrections about a computer glitch that resulted in hundreds of prisoners being …
Iowa Reconsidering Costs, Benefits of Sex Offender Supervision Law by Joe Watson Over the past decade more than 20 states have created “special sentences” that require community supervision for sex offenders after their release, even if they expire their prison terms. But Iowa is currently reevaluating whether the millions in …
California Female Prisoners Eligible for Early Release, but Disqualified Due to Lack of Local Rehabilitative Services by In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Plata v. Brown, mandating that California take immediate steps to reduce prison overcrowding, state officials have proposed innovative ideas to help accomplish that …
$2.3 Million Jury Award in Washington, D.C. Wrongful Parole Revocation Suit by A District of Columbia (D.C.) federal jury has awarded $2.3 million to a former prisoner who spent ten years in prison after his parole was wrongfully revoked based on unreliable hearsay evidence. Charles Singletary was convicted of robbery, …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
California Supreme Court Restricts Lifer Parole Challenges by In its second review in three years of a state prisoner’s habeas corpus petition seeking review of an adverse parole decision, on December 29, 2011 the California Supreme Court again reversed the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Div. 1, which had ordered …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Termination from Drug Treatment Program Fails to State Liberty Interest Claim by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the decision of prison officials to remove a prisoner from a drug treatment program, which made him ineligible for a probated sentence, was insufficient to confer a liberty interest …
Ninth Circuit Holds BOP Individual RDAP Determinations Not Subject to Judicial Review by Individualized decisions related to the federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) are not subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has …
Brief • August 15, 2012
Allen v. Heyns, MI, Complaint, Class Action, Parolable Life Sentences, 2012 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. Hon. Joyce Draganchuk DANIEL HEYNS, Director of …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Audits Identify Problems with Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Two audit reports, one by Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General in 2012 and the other by the State Budget Office in 2011, both found shortcomings with the Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative (MPRI). Michigan took …
California U.S. District Court Holds that Prop. 9 Does Not Supersede Previously-Issued Injunction Regarding Parole Revocation Procedures by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Senior U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence K. Karlton has upheld a 2004 injunction that conflicts with the parole revocation provisions of California’s so-called Victims’ Bill of …
Brief • July 11, 2012
Burdette et al v. Town of Harpersville, Al, Order, JCS private parole deptors prison, 2010 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 7/11/2012 3:26 PM CV-2010-900183.00 CIRCUIT COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA MARY HARRIS, CLERK
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
California Lifers: Deaths Exceed Parole Releases by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Between 2000 and 2010, 775 California lifers died in prison while 674 were granted parole. Those statistics, released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) pursuant to a public records request, reflect the grim reality …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Ninth Circuit Holds No Due Process Right Created by California’s Parole Scheme by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decisively dismissed any lingering hopes that the federal courts might continue to review denials of parole to California prisoners, in order to determine whether such denials were supported by “some …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
New York Not Liable for DOCS’ Unauthorized Addition of Post-Release Supervision by The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has held that the state cannot be held liable for the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) adding post-release supervision to prisoners’ sentences when such supervision had not been …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
California Appeals Court Holds Release from Prison Moots Challenge to Parole Denial by The California Court of Appeal, Third District, has held that release from prison moots a prisoner’s habeas corpus petition challenging an adverse decision by the Board of Parole Hearings (“Board”). Convicted of second-degree murder in 1984, Damian …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
New Washington State Law Eliminates Tolling of Community Custody upon Violation by The Washington State Court of Appeals, Division Three, has ruled that a 2011 state law “eliminates tolling of the term of community custody while the offender is serving a sanction for violation of the conditions of that community …
Article • May 15, 2012
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Illinois Supreme Court Upholds County Probation Departments' "Sanction" Alternative by Illinois Supreme Court Upholds County Probation Departments' "Sanction" Alternative In a consolidated appeal of cases from Cook County and Livingston County in the State of Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court has recognized the power of a county probation department to …
Former Puerto Rican Prisoner Wins Release but Loses § 1983 Action by Derek Gilna Former Puerto Rican Prisoner Wins Release but Loses § 1983 Action By Derek Gilna Angel Luis Feliciano-Hernandez, sentenced by a Puerto Rican court in 1981 to a "term of perpetual imprisonment for treatment" for a "record …
Article • May 15, 2012
California Court of Appeal Grants Habeas Relief to Lifer Following Initial Board Appearance by In January 2012, in an unpublished opinion, the California Court of Appeal granted habeas relief to a life prisoner who challenged the decision of the Board of Parole Hearings to deny him parole at his initial …
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