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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 …
Article • October 15, 2012
Report: More Should be Done to Preserve Rights of Incarcerated Parents by Joe Watson A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office has recommended that federal and state agencies do more to address the needs of families of incarcerated parents and their children, beginning with reporting requirements to better identify …
Publication • October 1, 2012
Punishing Pregnancy Article on Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners Pricilla Ocen Cal. L. Rev. 2012 Dignam, Brett 8/7/2014 For Educational Use Only PUNISHING PREGNANCY: RACE, INCARCERATION, AND..., 100 Cal. L. Rev. 1239 100 Cal. L. Rev. 1239 California Law Review October, 2012 Article PUNISHING PREGNANCY: RACE, INCARCERATION, AND THE SHACKLING OF …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Birthing Behind Bars: A Campaign for Reproductive Justice in Prisons by Victoria Law by Victoria Law and Tina Reynolds “I never thought of advocating outside of prison. I just wanted to have some semblance of a normal life once I was released,” stated Tina Reynolds, a mother and formerly incarcerated …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
New York Court of Appeals Holds Sex Offense Does Not Prove Parental Neglect by The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has held that the fact that a defendant was convicted of a sex offense against a minor, was a level-three registered sex offender and had not …
Brief • June 20, 2012
Nabors v. Nevada DOC, Complaint, Shackles During Child Birth, 2012 Case 2:12-cv-01044-APG-VCF Document 1 Filed 06/20/12 Page 1 of 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Staci Pratt Nevada Bar No. 12630 pratt@aclunv.org Allen Lichtenstein Nevada Bar No. 3992 allenaclunv@lvcoxmail.com Katrina Rogers Nevada Bar No. 12635 rogers@aclunv.org …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Filed under: Family, Marriage
Hawaii ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of Women Who Want to Marry Prisoners by Alex Friedmann On May 15, 2012, the ACLU of Hawaii filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) of unlawful discrimination by prohibiting four women from marrying Hawaii prisoners housed …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
New York Prison System Allows Same-Sex Partners to Participate in Family Reunion Program by In late April 2011, the New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) formally adopted a regulation permitting same-sex married partners and those in civil unions to participate in the prison system’s family reunion program, also referred …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Family, Family Law
Juvenile Facility Guard’s Bigamous Marriage Complicates Death Benefits by Following the death of a guard at a Cleveland, Ohio juvenile detention center, the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program (PSOB), which provides payments to the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, made an award of $157,873 …
Article • May 15, 2012
Maine: Final Order of Protection Vacated where Prisoner Not Afforded Opportunity to be Heard by In December 2011, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court vacated a district court judgment granting an order of protection from abuse where the alleged abuser had advised the court that, because he was incarcerated, he would …
Brief • May 14, 2012
Mendiola-Martinez v. Arpaio, AZ, Amended Complaint, Shackling Pregnant Prisoners, 2012 Case 2:11-cv-02512-DGC Document 7 Filed 05/14/12 Page 1 of 19 1 2 3 4 Joy Bertrand, Esq. PO Box 2734 Scottsdale, Arizona 85252-2734 Telephone: 480-656-3919 Fax: 480-361-4694 joyous@mailbag.com www.joybertrandlaw.com Arizona State Bar No. 024181 5 6 ATTORNEY FOR: PLAINTIFF 7 …
Brief • May 9, 2012
Villegas v Davidson Co Sheriff, TN, Amicus Brief, Shackling Pregnant Inmates, 2012 Case: 11-6031 Document: 006111300751 Filed: 05/09/2012 Page: 1 CASE NO. 11-6031 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT JUANA VILLEGAS, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY/NASHVILLE – DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, Defendant/Appellant, On …
Brief • April 20, 2012
Rich v. Taser International, Inc., NV, Plf. Memo re Minor's Adoption Precluding Action by Natural Parent, Taser Wrongful Death, 2012 1 John Snow, Nevada State Bar No. 4133 VANCOTT, BAGLEY, CORNWALL & McCARTHY 2 2300 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 800 Las Vegas, NV 89102 3 E-mail: jsnow@vancott.com Telephone: (801) 532-3333 …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Texas Harasses, Denies Compensation to Wrongly Convicted by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Texas has a generous compensation package for prisoners who are exonerated, which includes $80,000 per year of wrongful incarceration, an annuity with annual payments in the same amount, free college tuition and free medical care. [See: PLN, …
Brief • March 23, 2012
Filed under: Telephone Rates, Family
Complaint against DTC, MA, Memo of Pet Opp Dismissal, collect call phone rates, 2012
Clemons v. Corrections Corporation of America, TN, Complaint, CCA medical neglect pregnant inmate infant death, 2011 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0384 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0385 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0386 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0387 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0388 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0389 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0390 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0391 CCA-AF (6/2/14 …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Incarceration Alone Insufficient to Terminate Parental Rights in Michigan by In addition to finding that a lower court committed legal errors in terminating a prisoner’s parental rights, the Michigan Supreme Court held that incarceration alone is not a sufficient reason for termination of parental rights. While serving a prison sentence …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Civil Contemptor Facing Incarceration Requires Procedural Safeguards Absent Counsel by The U.S. Supreme Court held on June 20, 2011 that counsel need not be provided to a person facing civil contempt for failure to pay child support so long as the state has “in place alternative …
Article • November 15, 2011
New York Court of Appeals Upholds Sex Offender Visitation Rights by The New York Court of Appeals, Third Division, upheld a family court’s ruling that the father who is convicted of 49 counts of child molestation of his male students be granted visitation rights with his young daughter. The New …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Tennessee Jail Detainee Shackled During Childbirth Awarded $200,000 by Juana Villegas won a $200,000 jury award in a § 1983 action against the Metro-Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in Nashville, Tennessee for being shackling while she was in the final stages of labor during her pregnancy and past-partum recovery. Villegas had …
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