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Two Registered Sex Offenders Murdered in Maine by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke A violent criminal predator used Maine's sex offender registry web site to identify two sex offenders so he could murder them. Stephen A. Marshall, 20, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, used his laptop to methodically …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
North Carolina Enacts Innocence Inquiry Commission by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On August 3, 2006, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley signed into law H-1323, a bill creating an eight-member Innocence Commission wherein prisoners who have exhausted their court appeals but still claim they were wrongly convicted may reopen …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Vermont, the Last State to Pass Sex Abuse Laws by Gary Hunter On May 23, 2006, Vermont became the fiftieth and final state to outlaw sex between detention facility employees and prisoners. The proposed measure had been under debate for five years before Governor James Douglas finally signed the bill …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Texas Prisoners Face Mandatory Testing For HIV by Gary Hunter From January to May 2006, 480 Texas prisoners tested HIV-positive upon their release from prison. Testing for the virus has now become mandatory in Texas before a prisoner can be released. The bill for mandatory testing, passed in May 2005, …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
California Governor Vetoes Open Records, Prisoner Condoms and Media Access Bills by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On September 29, 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislative bills that would have permitted better access to public records, condoms in state prisons as well as media access to specified prisoners. The …
New York’s Governor Vetoes New Treatment Facilities For Mentally Ill Prisoners by John Dannenberg New York's Governor Vetoes New Treatment Facilities For Mentally Ill Prisoners by John E. Dannenberg Prior to leaving office, on August 16, 2006, then New York Governor George Pataki (R)vetoed Assembly Bill No. 3926-A, which would …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Michigan Jail Prisoners Pay For Incarceration by Gary Hunter Under a law passed by Michigan legislators prisoners can now be required to pay up to $60 per day for the cost of their incarceration in city jails. Proposed by State Sen. Laura M. Toy, R-Livonia the law was signed into …
California’s “High-Risk” Sex Offender Parolees Ostracized; Parole Official Fired by John Dannenberg California's "High-Risk" Sex Offender Parolees Ostracized; Parole Official Fired by John E. Dannenberg California's 2,000 "high-risk" sex offenders (HRSOs) currently on parole are increasingly being ostracized following relentless publicity as to their whereabouts, forcing parole officials to continuously …
Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Wisconsin “Boondoggled” Into Buying Broken Down New Private Prison by Wisconsin "Boondoggled" Into Buying Broken Down New Private Prison After buying a private prison for $87.1 million, the Wisconsin Legislature is crying foul upon discovering the Stanley prison violates electrical, plumbing, and safety codes that will cost $5 million to …
Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006
Many U.S. Prisoners Give Birth In Chains by Michael Rigby Childbirth is sacred in most cultures. But for many female prisoners in the U.S., the process can be cruel and degrading. According to a March 1, 2006, report by the human rights group Amnesty International U.S.A., 23 state prison systems …
Federal Judge Suspends Some Georgia Sex Offender Residency Restrictions by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On June 29, 2006, e federal judge in Georgia granted class-action status and a temporary restraining order (TRO) suspending enforcement of some provisions of Georgias sex offender residency law (SORL), Ga.Code.Ann. § 42-15. The …
Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David M. Reutter When first created in 1999, Florida's Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) was hyped as a place to house sexually violent predators for protection of the public while providing …
New Yorks Son of Sam Law Constitutional, Damages Seized by New York's Son of Sam Law Constitutional, Damages Seized The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, has held that the state's Son of Sam law, which allows a victim to seek restitution from crime perpetrators, is constitutional. Ibn Kenyatta was …
Focus on Sex Offenders Increases While Number of Sex Offenses Decline by In September, 2006 the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics released its annual Crime Victimization report for 2005, which indicated a dramatic drop in the number of rapes and sexual assaults nationally. The 191,670 reported incidents represent an almost …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Delaware Law: Punishing Prisoners for Reporting Sexual Abuse by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In July 1980, the state of Delaware criminalized all sex in its prisons. Critics cry that the law requires a prisoner to be convicted even when the sex is non-consensual, preventing prisoners from …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Virginia's General Assembly Sells Out Prisoners' Families for Phone Money by Gary Hunter Virginia's General Assembly reneged on their agreement with a prisoner advocate group to substantially reduce phone rates between prisoners and their families. Virginia's Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) had lobbied for years to have …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Oklahoma Requires Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies For Ex-Prisoner Suits by The Oklahoma Legislature has enacted a law that prohibits former prisoners from bringing a civil action unless the prisoner has exhausted all administrative remedies. To PLNs knowledge, this is the first law of its kind. The legislation, which was signed …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Delaware Legislature Rejects Bill Upgrading Prison Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a public outcry condemned the health care services provided to prisoners held by the Delaware Department of Corrections, (DDOC) the Delaware Legislature has passed a bill that provides an inflation adjustment for services and …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Texas State Representative Criticized For Helping Prisoners and Families by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Representative Terri Hodge has been taking heat for (gasp!) helping prisoners and their families, in other words--for doing her job. Hodge is accused of the following: (1) helping arrange rare face-to-face meetings between parole-eligible prisoners and …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Texas Politicians Provided Perks Using Prisoner Slave Labor by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Correctional Industries (TCI), the industrial division of the Texas prison system, has been operating as a cut-rate, custom craft-goods supplier for dozens of Texas legislators. One politician furnished his new home with prisoner made goods. The goods …
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