Adult Corrections Report, VA Senate Finance Committee, 2007 S An Assessment of the Fiscal Outlook for the Remainder of the 2000-02 Biennium Adult Corrections Senate Finance Committee Staff August 20, 2001 Senate Finance Committee November 15-16, 2007 Introduction • Virginia’s state- and local-responsible adult offender population continues to grow. • …
General Order - Use of Force Manual, Henrico PD, 1996 TYPE OF DIRECTIVE GENERAL ORDER NUMBER G-28-96 REV. .0.~ SUBJECT LESS-THAN-LETHAL WEAPONS EFFECTIVE DATE 11/30/96 POUCE REFERENCE BATON, TASER, TACTICAL DEVICES, OC REVIEW DATE 10/01/98 ~EtlR1CO ~ CALEA STANDARDS (3rd Edition) RESCINDS G-28-96 PURPOSE To establish guidelines governing the use …
Review of Jail Mental Health Services, VA Inspector General, 2014 2014 A REVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL JAILS MMiicchhaaeell FF.. AA.. MMoorreehhaarrtt,, CCPPAA State Inspector General January 2014 COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA Office of the State Inspector General Michael F. A. Morehart State Inspector General James Monroe …
ACLU of VA Letter to Governor McAuliffe re Solitary Confinement of Juveniles Ban, 2016 CLAIRE GASTANAGA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACLU AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION of VIRGINIA January 26, 2016 The Honorable Terry McAuliffe Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia 3 rd Floor, Patrick Henry Building 1111 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 Dear …
Terrorism Threat Assessment, Virginia Fusion Center, 2009 2009 VIRGINIA TERRORISM THREAT ASSESSMENT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE VIRGINIA FUSION CENTER MARCH 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE 2009 VIRGINIA TERRORISM THREAT ASSESSMENT This is LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE information and is protected by Code of Virginia Title 52-48 and 52-49 unless …
Going Home to Stay, VA Offender Re-entry Initiative, 2003 Virginia Serious and Violent Offender Re-entry Initiative (VASAVOR Initiative): “Going Home to Stay” Abstract National statistics are supported by Virginia data indicating that there are a large number of serious and violent offenders who are completing their sentences and “Going Home” …
Only Once I Thought About Suicide, Yale Law Forum Journal, 2016 THE YALE LAW JOURNAL FORUM JANUARY 15, 2016 Only Once I Thought About Suicide Reginald Dwayne Betts i. Every prison and jail in Virginia has a series of cells used for solitary confinement. Fairfax County Jail had three units …
Virginia’s Treatment of Jailed Mentally Ill Persons Found Lacking by David Reutter Jails have become an essential part of Virginia’s mental health system, but they lack the capacity to satisfy the current demand for mental health services. That is a finding of a report by Virginia’s Office of the State …
Virginia Police Officers Entitled to Sovereign Immunity in Wrongful Death Suit by Virginia Police Officers Entitled to Sovereign Immunity in Wrongful Death Suit The Virginia Supreme Court has held that two Virginia police officers accused in the wrongful death of a cyclist were not liable due to sovereign immunity. City …
Virginia DOC Settles with Prisoner Over Disabilities Act Violations by Virginia DOC Settles with Prisoner Over Disabilities Act Violations At the magistrate’s bench of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, plaintiff Robert Allen Bane, a prisoner with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC), settled his §1983 Civil Rights …
Internal Grievance Procedure May Give Rise To Discipline Of Employee Without Special Burden of Justification By The Government Employer by Internal Grievance Procedure May Give Rise To Discipline Of Employee Without Special Burden of Justification By The Government Employer Two employees from Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) filed 42 U.S.C. …
PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail by PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail In September 2015, Prison Legal News filed a lawsuit in federal court against unconstitutional censorship practices at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center (NWADC) in Winchester, Virginia. The suit names the Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, …
Supreme Court Upholds Virginia FOIA's Exclusion of Non-Virginians by Matthew Clarke Supreme Court Upholds Virginia FOIA's Exclusion of Non-Virginians by Matt Clarke On April 29, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the provision of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) providing that "all public records …
PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit against Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office by Gary Hunter PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit against Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office by Gary Hunter In March 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted summary judgment in favor of Prison Legal News (PLN) against …
News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …
Prison Legal News v. Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, VA, Complaint, Jail Censorship, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Harrisonburg Division PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, 5:15CV00061 Case No.:__________ COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY, INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND DAMAGES AND JURY DEMAND v. NORTHWESTERN …
Automatic Placement of Death Row Prisoner in Segregation Does Not Violate Due Process by David Reutter Automatic Placement of Death Row Prisoner in Segregation Does Not Violate Due Process by David M. Reutter A Virginia federal district court held in November 2013 that automatic and indefinite placement of a death-sentenced …
Thornhill v. Aylor, VA, Complaint, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE DIVISION ____________________________________ ) SHERRY LYNN THORNHILL, for herself ) and as Administrator of the Estate of her ) son, Shawn Christopher Berry, deceased, ) individually and on behalf of all others …
