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Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Former North Dakota State Psychologist Who Treated Sex Offenders Busted for Child Porn by Facing a sentence ranging from 5 to 30 years, Joseph Belanger, a North Dakota psychologist who treated sex offenders at the State Hospital in Jamestown, was sentenced on January 28, 2009 to 84 months in federal …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
U.S. Senator John Ensign, Author of Ensign Amendment, Falls From Grace by Brandon Sample There is nothing like a good sex scandal to get things stirred up in Washington, and it’s even better when the scandal involves the likes of U.S. Senator John Ensign, a conservative Republican and member of …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Florida Jail Death Ruled a Homicide; Investigations Pending by The Florida Medical Examiner’s Office called the March 31, 2009 in-custody death of 62-year-old Nicholas Christie at the Lee County Jail a homicide, finding that restraint methods and pepper spray were contributing factors in his death. “You could tell immediately there …
Pennsylvania Private Juvenile Prison Scandal Results in Guilty Pleas by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 9, 2009, attorney Robert J. Powell of Hazeltown, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to charges related to an illegal scheme involving two for-profit juvenile facilities – PA Child Care in Luzerne County and Western PA …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Terms of Parole Injunction Supersede Conflicting Provisions of California Voter Initiative by Michael Brodheim In the latest chapter of a 15-year-old class-action lawsuit, a U.S. District Court held that the passage of Proposition 9 by California voters on November 4, 2008 could not override a stipulated permanent injunction entered four …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Ohio Prison Guards Party, Federal Stimulus Funds Save Their Jobs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Only weeks before ordering $640 million in spending cuts, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland paid more than 800 employees of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) to attend a “Year End Review” …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Orange County Sheriff Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison by Gary Hunter Orange County Sheriff Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison by Gary Hunter “I need a sheriff I can trust. Lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by the county’s highest-ranking law enforcement officer.” That was what …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Outgoing Mail Censorship Assessed Under Procunier, not Turner; Oregon Court Applies Wrong Standard by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s dismissal of an Oregon prisoner’s outgoing mail censorship suit, finding that the “dismissal relied on an incorrect legal standard.” Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP) prisoner Jacob …
Massachusetts Prison Officials Assault Prisoner With Feces, Settle Lawsuit for $5,000 by In January 2009, Eric Bargoot, a Massachusetts prisoner who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder, as well as a heart condition, settled his § 1983 lawsuit for damages arising from events in September 2004, during which …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Georgia Attorneys Abandoning Indigent Defendants by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For almost 50 years, following the Supreme Court’s 1963 decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, criminal defendants have had a constitutional right to legal representation. However, Georgia lawmakers have decided that as a result of the state’s budget shortfall …
Florida to Allow Exportation of Prisoners to Other States by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida lawmakers have handed a victory to the private prison industry by passing a bill (SB 1722) that allows Florida prisoners to be exported to out-of-state facilities, which are mostly privately-operated. When Governor Charlie …
Oklahoma Legislators Not Considering Closing State Prisons, Unless They Are by Matthew T. Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 7, 2009, Oklahoma State Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee was accused of asking the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) to conduct a study analyzing the cost of closing certain state …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Indiana DOC Directive Limiting Educational Credit to Only One Associate’s Degree Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Brandon Sample A directive issued by the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) that limits the award of educational sentence credit to only one Associate’s Degree cannot be applied retroactively without running afoul of …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Texas Supreme Court: Prisoner May Appeal Despite Incomplete Indigence Affidavit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 16, 2008, the Supreme Court of Texas held that an indigent prisoner whose indigence was uncontested may proceed with an appeal despite deficiencies in his affidavit of indigence. Lawrence Higgins, a Texas …
Ninth Circuit: “Three Strike” Conviction Does Not Allow Use of Old Offenses for Impeachment Purposes in § 1983 Suit; Heck Does Not Bar Admission of Evidence by John Dannenberg Ninth Circuit: “Three Strike” Conviction Does Not Allow Use of Old Offenses for Impeachment Purposes in § 1983 Suit; Heck Does …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches
$5.9 Million Settlement in Philadelphia Jail Strip Search Class Action by Philadelphia's prison system has agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle the claims of class members in a class action lawsuit alleging their rights were violated as the result of a strip search policy. The settlement does not include …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Illinois Governor’s Failure to Act on Clemency Petitions Not Actionable by Brandon Sample In March 2008, U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschal held that persons seeking executive clemency in Illinois have a protected liberty interest in having their petitions decided within a reasonable time by the governor. However, that ruling …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Indiana Sex Offender Residency Restriction Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Indiana’s “residency restriction statute,” which prohibits sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, youth center or public park, violates the ex post facto clause of the state constitution as applied to sex offenders convicted before the …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Wisconsin Courts Sealing Cases by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A basic principle of the American court system is that the public has a right to know what happens in the nation’s courtrooms. In Wisconsin, however, that principle has been compromised to protect certain parties in court proceedings, including …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Former Mississippi DOC Chief Medical Officer Charged with Embezzlement by Dr. Kentrell Liddell, 35, was arrested on May 21, 2009 and charged with 13 counts of embezzlement. She was taken into custody at her current job at the Madison County Medical Center in Canton, Mississippi, and booked into the Hinds …
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