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Publication • December 1, 2017
The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders U N I T E D S TAT E S S E N T E NC I NG COM M I S S ION United States Sentencing Commission One Columbus Circle, N.E. …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Databases, Wrongful Death
University of Texas Researcher Makes Data on In-custody Deaths Comprehensible by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke All law enforcement agencies, jails and prisons in Texas are required by state law to report in-custody deaths, but the raw statistics are not easily understood. That shortcoming prompted University of Texas Institute for …
Article • June 2, 2017
Filed under: Databases, FBI
FBI to Overhaul Crime Tracking Program and Encourage Local Agency Cooperation by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton For more than eighty years the FBI has operated the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which allows law enforcement agencies to report and compile numbers and types of crimes that were reported to them. …
Brief • October 28, 2016
First Look Media Works, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security, DC, Complaint, FOIA Violation, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-02165-CKK Document 1 Filed 10/28/16 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FIRST LOOK MEDIA WORKS, INC., 114 Fifth Ave. 18th Floor New York, NY 10011, PLAINTIFF vs. …
Maine Prisons "Safer" Despite Recent Killings and Assaults, Commissioner Says by Christopher Zoukis At a press conference addressing the violent attempted escape of three juvenile prisoners, Maine State Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte says Maine prisons are safer than they were three to four years ago.  His comments came …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Audit - Improving WA Criminal History Database, WA State Auditors Office, 2015 NO V 11 , 1 8 8 9 SH INGT Washington State Auditor’s Office N AUD W A OR OF ST E AT IT O I n d e p e nd e n ce • Re spe …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
“Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law “Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law "Selene” had been out of prison for one month when she applied to Dutchess Community College and Ulster …
Criminal Background Checks Criticized for Incorrect Data, Racial Discrimination by Derek Gilna A July 2013 study by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) found that widespread errors in FBI arrest data – which is increasingly relied upon by employers conducting criminal background checks – has reached alarming proportions. According to …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Connecticut Supreme Court Reverses FOIA Disclosure of NCIC Printout by The Connecticut Supreme Court held on September 27, 2012 that a National Crime Information Center (NCIC) printout was exempt from production under the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), because a federal regulation barred its disclosure. Rashad El Badrawi was …
Brief • June 21, 2013
Kiminski v. Hunt, MN, Complaint, Abuse of Drivers License Database, 2013 CASE 0:13-cv-00185-JNE-TNL Document 51 Filed 06/21/13 Page 1 of 34 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA ________________________________________________________________________ Jennifer KIMINSKI, Paul KIMINSKI, Rosemary STIFF, Kathryn Susan Barton and Eugene Barton as legal guardians for Kathryn Sarah BARTON, …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Faulty Background Checks Blamed on Digitized Records, Greedy Amateurs by Joe Watson Whoever said that living in the past is a fruitless endeavor never tried to make money off background checks. Billions of publicly-available records have resulted in a global army of unskilled, wanna-be detectives who make quick bucks by …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
New York Creates “All Crimes DNA Database” by New York has become the first state in the nation to establish a so-called “all crimes DNA database.” Like most states, New York already collects DNA samples from convicted felons. On March 19, 2012, however, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law …
Article • March 15, 2013
NACDL Wins Appeal for Eyewitness Identification Data by Brandon Sample In 2006, when Illinois officials released results from a study comparing the effectiveness of traditional eyewitness identification with other methods, the results created an uproar. The study, commissioned by the Illinois General Assembly, found the "traditional" line-up method of identification …
U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Snared, Deported by DHS and ICE by Derek Gilna An increasing number of American citizens have been questioned, detained and even deported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as a result of databases that incorrectly identify them as undocumented …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
State Auditor Finds Flaws in Texas Criminal Justice Information System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2011, the Texas State Auditor released a report on the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) used by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The …
Report Deconstructs Urban Legend of 100,000 Missing Sex Offenders by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Like dormitory gossip or the childhood game Whisper-Down-the-Lane,” the assertion that “over 100,000 sex offenders [are] ‘missing’ from registries across the country has galvanized the urban legend that over years of telling, took on …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Federal Bureau of Prisons Says DNA Backlog No Longer Exists by Derek Gilna In July 2011, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced that it had eliminated a backlog of over 90,000 DNA samples from federal prisoners. This milestone occurred more than a decade after Congress passed the DNA Analysis …
Murderer Registry Becomes Law in Illinois by Joe Watson For ex-prisoners hoping for a fresh start upon their release, the slope is becoming increasingly slippery. A bill signed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on July 21, 2011 has established the state’s first registry for convicted murderers. Also known as “Andrea’s …
Article • August 15, 2011
California’s Child Abuse Database (CACI) Violated Due Process by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that California’s “Child Abuse Central Index” (CACI) database violates due process because identified individuals are not given a fair opportunity to challenge the allegations against them. Under California Penal …
Article • August 15, 2011
States Start Meth Offender Registries: by Gary Hunter By Gary Hunter Several states have started websites listing the names of convicted methamphetamine manufacturers. Tennessee started the first online registry in 2005 with a list of about 400 names. Georgia, Oklahoma, Washington and West Virginia followed shortly after. Oregon has gone …
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