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Brief • March 9, 2018
Mock v. Glynn, GA, Motion Class Cert., Bail, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00025-LGW-RSB Document 4 Filed 03/09/18 Page 1 of 3 FILED U.S DISTRICT COURT BRUNSWICK DIV UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 20)8 M/IR-9 AM fiBRUNSWICK DIVISION ' AH CLERK Margery Freida Mock and Eric Scott Ogden, …
Brief • March 9, 2018
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
Mock v. Glynn Cty, GA, Complaint, Bail, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00025-LGW-RSB Document 1 Filed 03/09/18 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA BRUNSWICK DIVISION FILED U.S. DISTRICT COURT BRUNSWICK DIV. Z0I8 m -9 AH 8: 38 CLERK Margery Freida Mock and Eric Scott Ogden, …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Kansas DOC Raids Inmate Benefit Fund for $6.7 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Since 2004, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) has drained over $6.7 million from the prison system’s Inmate Benefit Fund (IBF), and spent it on goods and services prohibited by state law. The IBF is …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Four Guilty in Federal Student Loan Scam Using Prisoners’ Identities by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On January 12, 2018, Mercedes Diaz, 28, was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in an identity theft scheme that preyed upon 181 prisoners in Colorado, Arizona, Ohio, Florida and Illinois …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Settlements in Arizona DOC, BOP Lawsuits Over Release Debit Card Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The parties in a class-action suit filed in federal district court, which alleged Bank of America (BOA) charged excessive fees for debit cards given to Arizona state prisoners upon their release, reached a …
Brief • March 1, 2018
U.S. v. Brown, TX, Opinion, Security Vandalism, 2018 Case: 16-11340 Document: 00514369189 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/01/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 16-11340 United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED March 1, 2018 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff …
Bread for the World Institute - Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger, 2018 BRIEFING PAPER NUMBER 35, FEBRUARY 2018 Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger by Marlysa D. Gamblin Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and poverty, as well as strategies to end it. …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Texas: Federal Court Grants Injunction Against Discriminatory Money Bail System by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, of the Eastern District of Texas, issued a 193-page opinion on April 28, 2017 that effectively gutted what she termed a “discriminatory money bail system” in Harris …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Poor and Mentally Ill Languish in Mississippi Jails for Months or Years Awaiting Indictments by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Some people arrested on felony charges in Mississippi face months, a year or even longer in jail before they are indicted. Some are never indicted before their release. All …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Missouri Supreme Court: Restitution Must be for Losses “Due to” Crime of Conviction by The en banc Missouri Supreme Court held that a trial court may order restitution only for “losses ‘due to’ the offense for which the defendant has been found (or pleaded) guilty.” Under Mo. Rev. Stat. 559.105.1, …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Co-pays Deter Prisoners from Accessing Medical Care by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis More than four decades have passed since Estelle v. Gamble, the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which held prisoners cannot be denied necessary medical care under the Eighth Amendment. But when cash-strapped state Departments of Corrections charge …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
HRDC Files Class-action Suit Over CDCR Debit Release Cards by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, filed a complaint on January 12, 2018 seeking class-action status in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The …
Brief • January 17, 2018
Christianson v. Markquart, MN, Order, 2018 CASE 0:16-cv-01034-JRT-KMM Document 43 Filed 01/17/18 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Civil No. 16-1034 (JRT/KMM) ERIK DANIEL CHRISTIANSON, Plaintiff, v. ORDER JEFFREY MARKQUART, in his official capacity as Martin County Sheriff, Defendant. Bradford W. Colbert, LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO …
Article • January 16, 2018
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Wisconsin Property Claim by Edward Lyon by Edward Lyon Wisconsin prisoner Christopher Streckenbach submitted two boxes of personal property for his son to pick up at a visit. The son never came within the policy's 30 day period. The property was weighed for mailing by …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Restitution
Majority of Federal Prisoner’s Settlement Seized for Restitution; Tenth Circuit Affirms by A federal prisoner who obtained a $200,000 settlement from the Bureau of Prisons was ordered to pay $145,640 towards restitution to compensate his victims. Kappelle Simpson-El was convicted in 2008 on 25 counts related to a scheme where …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Seventh Circuit: Court Erred in Dismissing Prisoner’s Suit for Failure to Include Trust Account Ledger by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 7, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s civil rights lawsuit that was brought in forma …
Political Contributions Drove Juvenile Prison Privatization by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida is moving to privatize all of its state-run juvenile detention centers. The move comes despite allegations of abuse at two of the state’s private juvenile detention centers. “These programs offer unique services and facilities that should …
Jasmine Still v. El Paso County, CO, Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-02656-KLM Document 10 Filed 12/28/17 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 17-cv-02656-KLM Jasmine Still, Plaintiff, v. El Paso County, Colorado, Defendant. ______________________________________________________________________________ FIRST AMENDED …
Article • December 14, 2017
Texas Court of Appeals Dismisses Prisoner's Petition for a Writ of Injunction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 9, 2016, a Texas court of appeals dismissed a prisoner's writ of injunction because the prisoner had no other proceeding in that court. Tracey W. Murphy, a Texas state prisoner, …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
Efforts to End “Scourge of Money Bail” Meeting with Success by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The initiative by Equal Justice Under Law to end the incarceration pending trial of persons too poor to post bail is reaping positive outcomes.  Each day, there are about 500,00 human beings who …
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