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Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Filed under: Release and Reentry
months of 2013, more than 90 applications were approved. “We found that about 1,300 out of 170,000 inmates – less than 1 percent – were costing the state around $200 million a year,&rdquo ...
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
, convicted and sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison). In the case of former Governor Schwarzenegger, what makes his particular act of clemency controversial is the appearance of favoritism. But for the fact ...
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Hennessey was not entitled to qualified immunity. The defendants then filed an interlocutory appeal. Determining whether officials are entitled to qualified immunity involves two inquiries: (1) whether ...
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
to reduce and reform its juvenile justice system following a major sex abuse and conditions of confinement scandal in 2007. [See: PLN, July 2008, p.18; Feb. 2008, p.1]. Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut ...
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
.” Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001). The court chose to follow Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976) and Helling v. McKinney, 509 U.S. 25 (1993) [PLN, Sept. 1993, p.1] in regard to Villegas’ deliberate ...
an additional $5,799.20 for medical expenses. The plaintiffs accepted the new remittitur and filed a stipulation dismissing the case. See: McCabe v. United States Secret Service, U.S.D.C. (N.D. Iowa), Case No. 1 ...
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP), and under 18 U.S.C. § 1761(c), state officials have a duty to comply with the program’s statutory requirements. [See: PLN, March 2010, p.1]. In Nevada many ...
. The Juvenile Offender Model Bartlett “Barry” Stoodley, 68, who retired February 1, 2013 as associate commissioner for juvenile services after 42 years at the DOC, credits independent Governor Angus King ...
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
State Hospital. By early 2007, Atascadero had a 70 percent vacancy rate for psychiatrists and a 100-to-1 patient-to-psychiatrist ratio. In June 2007 the district court ordered additional pay raises ...
Article • March 15, 2013
into the sunlight. This article was originally published by Huffington Post on April 1, 2013 at the following link; it is reprinted by PLN by permission of the author: www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-mcgowan ...
. The changes resulted in a decreased prison population, saving the MDOC millions of dollars and allowing it to close several facilities. [See: PLN, June 2010, p.13; April 2009, p.1]. However, three incidents ...
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
resulting from his repeatedly impregnating one of the women. Under a plea agreement, Castro pleaded guilty and was sentenced on August 1, 2013 to life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years. The following ...
Article • November 16, 2015
(1) files a timely application, (2) show[s] an interest in the action, (3) evidences prejudice “by the disposition of the action, and (4) show[s] that the interest is not protected adequately ...
Article • November 16, 2015
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
that section 1038 did not mention nor authorize the “imposition of defense costs against a party’s counsel.” The appellants also claimed that (1) the commissioner did not have jurisdiction ...
Article • November 17, 2015
600A.6A(1). The Supreme Court also reaffirmed its holdings in In re S.A.J.B. and held that the juvenile court had properly determined that the mother was constitutionally entitled to counsel and that IDM ...
Article • November 17, 2015
judge and had expressed in the interview that (1) some drivers were harming themselves by taking the course, (2) law enforcement was offering legal advice influencing a driver’s decision whether ...
Article • November 17, 2015
; motion for summary judgment and Doe appealed. Doe argued on appeal that (1) SORA’s notification and registration amendments were punitive, violating the ex post facto clause, (2) he had been deprived ...
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Filed under: Smoking, Eighth Amendment
, Sept. 1993, p.1]. In 2001, 25 states had introduced full or partial smoking bans in their correctional facilities; that number rose to 48 states by 2011. Federal prison commissaries stopped selling ...
from 2005 to 2007. The case continues to drag on. See: Disability Law Center, Inc. v. Massachusetts DOC, U.S.D.C. (D. Mass.), Case No. 1:07-cv-10463-MLW. There is also an apparent correlation between ...
of recommendations, including, most controversially, 1) the reporting of all egregious prosecutorial misconduct, regardless of whether it is deemed harmless by the courts; 2) identifying (in appellate opinions ...
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