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Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Last September produced a bumper crop of prison and jail escapes around the country, including a desperate escape by two Texas prisoners that resulted in the death of a guard, a car jacking and two shootouts. Plus a …
As Connecticut's Prison Population Increases, So Does the Number of Imprisoned Mentally Ill by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Like other prison systems throughout the nation, Connecticut's is reaching peak capacity. In the midst of dealing with overcrowding and parole issues, the Connecticut Department of Correction (CDOC) must also …
Three Murders in Three Months at Mississippi Control Unit Lead to Improvements And New Consent Decree by "Taken as a whole, I am convinced the conditions in Unit 32 are as bad as anywhere in the whole country," observed Margaret Winter, a lawyer with the National Prison Project of the …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Pennsylvania Lifers' Commutation-Law Ex Post Facto Suit Remanded to Determine Standing by John Dannenberg by John D. Dannenberg In 1997, an amalgam of Pennsylvania prisoners, taxpayers and public interest groups sued the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons (Board) and top state officials in U.S. District Court, challenging restrictive 1997 amendments to …
ADX Media Visit Staged To Dispel "Myths And Rumors" by Bob Williams On the sixth anniversary of the 9-11 World Trade Center attacks, Ron Wiley, warden of the Federal Supermax known as ADX, staged a tightly controlled first-ever media visit at the Federal stronghold. Its stated purpose was an education …
Administrative Errors and Poor PHS Medical Care Precede Chronically Ill Vermont Prisoner's Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Report by the Vermont Protection and Advocacy System (VP & A) has found breakdowns by staff of the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) in its furlough procedure and troubling …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Jail Uprisings in Oklahoma and Arkansas by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke June 2007 saw three disturbances at two jails in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Pittsburg County, Oklahoma jail was built in 1974 and designed to hold 64 prisoners. On June 26, 2007 almost 100 were packed into the facility. …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Florida Woman Sentenced to Probation for Unauthorized Practice of Law by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida court has sentenced civil rights activist Nancy Jo Grant to 15 years probation, with no possibility of early termination, for practicing law without a license. Grant, 55, was also ordered to …
California Sex Offenders Uprooted by New Restrictive Residency Law by California?s pernicious ?Jessica?s Law,? overwhelmingly approved by voters on November 7, 2006 as a result of Proposition 83, restricts certain paroled sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school, park or other areas where children are present. As …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Michigan Counties Unsuccessful at Collecting Costs of Jail Imprisonment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 12, 2007, the Lenawee County Commission became embroiled in a debate over how to collect $6.3 million in outstanding ?room and board? fees from former jail prisoners that had accrued over the past …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
California’s Compassionate Release Law Expanded to Include the Medically Incapacitated by California's Compassionate Release Law Expanded to Include the Medically Incapacitated California's compassionate release law, which already provided that prisoners who were physician-certified to have less than six months to live may apply for recall of sentence and release, was …
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Audit of Iowa Prison System’s Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Released by Matthew Clarke Audit of Iowa Prison System's Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Released by Matt Clarke On May 25, 2007, the Iowa Department of Management released a performance audit of substance abuse treatment in the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC). …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Wrongful Death Following Alleged Mistaken Washington Jail Release Settles For $1,800,000 by On September 6, 2007, the City of Algona and King County, Washington, agreed to pay $1,800,000 to the estate of a man killed by a hit and run driver who was, according to the lawsuit, mistakenly released from …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Overcrowded, Understaffed California DOC Pays $471 Million in Overtime by John Dannenberg A combination of prison overcrowding and a 10.9% staff vacancy rate in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) resulted in $471 million in overtime being paid in fiscal year 2006-2007 ? a 17% increase over 2005-2006. …
Oregon Sheriff Sentenced to Jail/Sex-Offender Registration by On August 28, 2007, the former sheriff of Curry County Oregon, was sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender, for groping three female county employees. Mark Metcalf spent nearly 25 years in law enforcement. He was …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
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News in Brief: by Argentina: On December 13, 2007, Prefect Febres, a member of government death squads during the US backed military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976-1983 was found murdered in his prison cell by cyanide poisoning a few days after being convicted of torturing political prisoners, murdering them …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
New Los Angeles County Policy: Keep Lawsuit Settlements Confidential by Lawyers for Los Angeles (L.A.) County have ceased making public their internal memos recommending settlements on major lawsuits against the county because they fear that this information is only encouraging attorneys in other lawsuits to arbitrarily increase their settlement demands. …
Making the Bad Guy Pay: The Growing Use of Cost Shifting as an Economic Sanction by Kirsten D. Levingston by Kirsten D. Levingston1 "At some point, we have to be able to say to people who have been incarcerated, and served time on probation or parole upon release, you have …
Meet Gus Puryear: Bush's Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime Judgeship by Silja JA Talvi This exclusive article was first published on Alternet, at: www.alternet.org/rights/84388 and www.alternet.org/rights/84491 By Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet Posted on May 5, 2008, Printed on May 7, 2008 Editor's Note: In 2004, Estelle Richardson's lifeless and …
Lawsuits test crackdown on sex criminals by john gramlich Friday, April 18, 2008 Stateline Article By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer A death-penalty case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court this week marks the latest constitutional challenge to an ongoing, nationwide crackdown on sex criminals. From California to North Carolina, …
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