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Article • July 5, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
with the District Attorney’s office based on the hair testimony, and had DNA testing performed that exonerated Bridges. On October 1, 2015, he was released on bond; the charges against him were dismissed ...
Article • August 24, 2016
Filed under: Due Process
of conspiring to deliver a drug and conspiring to smuggle a drug into prison, Vargas was appointed a public defender, as was Angeline, who also faced charges. On March 1, 2012 – evidently the month Vargas ...
Article • August 10, 2016
sentences in 2012, continuing a generally downward trend that began in the mid-1990s. As of April 1, 2012, there were a total of 3,170 men and women awaiting execution in the United States, approximately 50 ...
Article • August 23, 2016
postcard-only policies are financially burdensome to families, who are already paying as much as $1 per minute for phone calls, and untold costs for jail commissary items. Sakala directly compared the cost ...
Article • August 24, 2016
proceeding, including appeals or collateral attacks on their conviction were: (1) denied privileges and amenities; (2) precluded from participating in the Violent Offender Group, which was a prerequisite ...
in a CNN article. The lawsuit was stayed in June 2016 after Johnson filed for bankruptcy, and remains pending. See: Mincey v. Georgia Dept. of Corrections, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Ga.), Case No. 1:15-cv-04459-WSD ...
Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017
with other law firms participating. Peterson Paletta apparently submitted the best bid, as the state entered into a new three-year contract with the firm effective October 1, 2015 at a cost of $831,600 ...
for Alameda County jail prisoners will likely remain a bleak one; CFMG, like its competitor Corizon, has a history of litigation based on complaints of deficient medical care. [See: PLN, April 2016, p.1 ...
into treatment, effective July 1, 2016. In recognition of his efforts to improve mental health services in the criminal justice system, in late 2015 Judge Leifman received the William H. Rehnquist Award ...
to influence state and local officials. Despite a long history of problems, the state has continued partnering with private prison firms. [See: PLN, July 2013, p.1]. In June 2016, Arizona’s legislature ...
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
judges can sentence defendants to jail due to non-payment of court fees or fines. As of September 1, 2016, state courts are no longer allowed to jail a defendant for failure to pay unless they first ...
Article • November 28, 2017
Filed under: Costs, Juveniles
of protecting society against the misdeeds of their children." See In re Jerald C., 36 Ca1.3d 1, 10-11 (Cal 1984). The Court subsequently upheld the current version of § 903, noting that it properly limits ...
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
’s report and recommendation consistent with the court’s order. The case remains pending. See: Prison Legal News v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S.D.C. (D. Col.), Case No. 1:15-cv-02184-RM-STV ...
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
punishment by guards. [See: PLN, April 2017, p.38; Feb. 2016, p.1]. Despite a letter sent to State Attorney Katherine Frenández Rundle by advocacy group Stop Prison Abuse Now (SPAN), no official ...
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
. But the BJA’s new initiative includes additional federal resources for housing assistance for other newly-released offenders. Those resources are intended to 1) improve reentry outcomes and reduce ...
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
-million dollar settlement by a New Mexico county in cases involving maltreatment of prisoners within the past five years. See: Baker v. Dodds, U.S.D.C. (D. N.M.), Case No. 1:17-cv-00900-JAP-KK.&nbsp ...
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Food
the quality of food and its temperature when served. [See: PLN, Aug. 2018, p.1]. Until the 21st century, food service departments in Washington prisons prepared meals from scratch and exercised autonomous ...
Article • August 12, 2016
of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, 442 U.S. 1, 99 S.Ct. 2100 (1979) and Swarthout v. Cooke, 562 U.S. 216, 131 S.Ct. 859 (2011) — defeat his argument. "In the end, what matters for the Greenholtz ...
Article • August 12, 2016
," the Court concluded that controlling post-Matthews precedent — Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, 442 U.S. 1, 99 S.Ct. 2100 (1979) and Swarthout v. Cooke, 562 U.S. 216 ...
Article • August 11, 2016
claims. The court reduced Plaintiffs' requested attorney's fees by 50 percent, for a total fee award of $128,499.85. Just before 1 a.m., on January 8, 2010, Champlin, Minnesota police responded ...
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