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$100 Million In Restitution Fines Collected From California Prisoners Since 1992 by In an April 26, 2007 speech at the National Crime Victims? Rights Week in southern California, Governor Schwarzenegger announced that over $100 million had been collected from prisoners since 1992 in the form of court-ordered restitution fines. ?If …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Probation
Probation Condition Restricting Pets at Residence Held Overbroad by The California Court of Appeal, District 4, held that a probation condition requiring informing a probation officer of any pets in the probationer?s residence was invalid because it was overbroad. Reyes Quintero pled guilty to methamphetamine possession and was sentenced to …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Parole
Absence of Parole Revocation Administrative Appeal Process Entitles Prisoner to Trial Court Determination of Custody Credits by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal, Sixth District, held that when a parolee both violated parole and committed a new offense, and disputed his parole revocation hearing findings …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On September 17, 2007, Kollin Folsom, 24, and Roy Townsend, 37, Washington state prisoners imprisoned at the Corrections Corporation of America run Florence Correctional Center escaped from the prison by overpowering a guard, tying him up and using ladders to climb over fences surrounding the …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Notice of Appeal Deemed Filed When Presented to Prison Officials; Burden on State to Refute by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner's notice of appeal is considered filed on the date it is given to prison officials, and the state has the burden of proof …
Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution - Sheriff Arpaio's assault on the First Amendment by Michael Lacey Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution Joe Arpaio, Andy Thomas and Dennis Wilenchik hit New Times with grand jury subpoenas By Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin Published: October 18, 2007 This newspaper and its editorial …
Below the Belt - Phoenix New Times article on Sheriff Arpaio's smear campaign against political opponent by Paul Rubin By Paul Rubin, Phoenix New Times It came as little surprise to most people in the know that Buckeye Police Chief Dan Saban lost his recent defamation trial against Sheriff Joe Arpaio …
Article • October 15, 2007
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, News
Boob's Tube - Phoenix New Times article about Sheriff Arpaio's attack on political opponent by Paul Rubin Boob's Tube Here's how publicity hound Joe Arpaio used a TV station to try to destroy rival Dan Saban with a bogus rape claim By Paul Rubin Published: January 25, 2007 On the …
Article • October 15, 2007
The Cost of Cruelty - $9 million verdict for prisoner's death at Sheriff Arpaio's Maricopa Co. jail by John Dougherty The Cost of Cruelty A federal jury returned a $9 million verdict against Maricopa County in still another jailhouse death By John Dougherty Published: March 30, 2006 A federal jury …
Histrionics Lesson - Phoenix New Times article on Public Records suit against Sheriff Arpaio by John Dougherty Histrionics Lesson Again, a judge bends over and allows Sheriff Joe Arpaio to sneer at Arizona's public records law By John Dougherty Published: August 11, 2005 Superior Court Judge Michael D. Jones should …
Article • October 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Elections
Recall Joe! - Phoenix New Times article on Sheriff Arpaio's relection campaign, past misdeeds by John Dougherty Recall Joe! That's what a group led by the well-connected family of one of Arpaio's own injured deputies is working to see happen By John Dougherty Published: February 10, 2005 Yeah, he won …
Article • October 15, 2007
Pariah Joe - Phoenix New Times article on Sheriff Arpaio's improprieties by John Dougherty Pariah Joe Dan Saban turns over materials to the FBI showing alleged improprieties by Arpaio and the MCSO. By John Dougherty Published: October 21, 2004 Let's face it, Joe Arpaio's going to win re-election November 2 …
Article • October 15, 2007
Special Treatment - Phoenix New Times article about special treatment of celebrity prisoners by Sheriff Apraio by John Dougherty Special Treatment Is justice for sale? Ask privileged characters like Jerry Colangelo. John Dougherty Published: August 19, 2004 We all know how Joe Arpaio serves up justice to average schmucks. He …
Little State, Big Problems: Maine’s Prison Crisis Continues Unabated by Lance Tapley Little State, Big Problems: Maine?s Prison Crisis Continues Unabated by Lance Tapley Only big prison systems mistreat prisoners, right? Only prison systems where racism, right-wing tough-on-crime attitudes, or prison-industrial-complex power have full reign, like in California or Texas, …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Old Media Access Consent Decrees Violated in Maine by Lance Tapley The Maine Department of Corrections has been violating at least two of three 35-year-old federal court orders that grant prisoners access to the press, allow them to write to newspapers, and prohibit prison officials from arbitrarily transferring prisoners out …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
From the Editor by Paul Wright In the course of attending events in different parts of the country I am often asked "which prison system is the worst?" That's a tough question to answer because it depends on how you define "bad". Medical neglect in prisons and jails is pretty …
Massachusetts District Court: FBI Ordered to Pay $101.7 Million for Malicious Prosecution by Michael Rigby A federal judge in Massachusetts has awarded $101.7 million to four innocent men who were framed by the FBI for a murder they did not commit. In a scathing 228-page decision entered on July 26, …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Maryland Prison Audit Reveals Potential Fraud “Undetectable” by Michael Rigby Maryland Prison Audit Reveals Potential Fraud "Undetectable" by Michael Rigby Maryland employees responsible for millions of dollars worth of equipment and funds perform their duties without adequate oversight or fiduciary controls, an audit of the Jessup Region of the Maryland …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Clarification: by The July 2007 issue of Prison Legal News reported Sarsfield v. City of Marlborough, $13,655,940 Award for False Massachusetts Rape Conviction and Gregory v. City of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Settles with Wrongly Imprisoned Man for $3.9 Million. Barry Scheck was lead counsel for both plaintiffs, but while he …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Florida Supreme Court Enacts Rules Regulating “Super Sealing” of Court Records by David Reutter Florida Supreme Court Enacts Rules Regulating "Super Sealing" of Court Records by David M. Reutter On April 5, 2007, the Florida Supreme Court implemented new rules that "provide a procedural vehicle for making circuit and county …
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