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United Kingdom: Queen Elizabeth Unveils Judicial and Prison Reform Shakeup by On May 18, 2016, Queen Elizabeth announced a plan – touted as the “biggest shakeup” in criminal justice reform since Victorian times – that will provide more self-governance to UK prisons and allow prisoners greater access to technology. The …
Publication • July 12, 2016
Electronic Monitoring Is Not the Answer - Critical reflections on a flawed alternative, Kilgore, 2015 JAMES KILGORE 0 Electronic Monitoring Is Not the Answer Critical reflections on a flawed alternative James Kilgore October 2015 Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center A part of the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) JAMES KILGORE 1 …
Publication • 2016
Use of Electronic Offender-Tracking Devices, PEW, 2016 A brief from Sept 2016 Use of Electronic Offender-Tracking Devices Expands Sharply Number of monitored individuals more than doubled in 10 years Overview The number of accused and convicted criminal offenders in the United States who are monitored with ankle bracelets and other …
CB v. Walnut Grove Correction Authority, MS, Monitor Report Pursuant to Class Action Consent Decree, 2016 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 Filed 05/05/16 Page 1 of 29 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 Filed 05/05/16 Page 2 of 29 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 Filed 05/05/16 Page 3 of 29 Case 3:10-cv-00663-CWR-FKB Document 188 …
Article • March 31, 2016
New Jersey’s SOMA Violates Ex Post Facto Prohibitions by Mark Wilson The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the retroactive application of the 2007 Sex Offender Monitoring Act (SOMA) violates state and federal ex post facto prohibitions. In 1986, George Riley was convicted of sex offenses against a child and …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
10th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Halfway House Escape Charge by Derek Gilna 10th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Halfway House Escape Charge by Derek Gilna A federal prisoner without any detainers (“holds” placed by other law enforcement agencies) can generally count on a period of community confinement at the end of …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Corporations You’ve Never Heard of are Making Millions from Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore By James Kilgore, Truthout Likely the most well-known prison profiteers in the United States are the Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group. Between them, these two firms pulled in about $3.3 billion last year running …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Some GPS Monitoring Devices Capable of Audio Recording by Christopher Zoukis Some GPS Monitoring Devices Capable of Audio Recording by Christopher Zoukis Civil libertarians and prisoner advocacy groups have expressed shock and outrage at the discovery that some Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices, used to monitor the movement and …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
GPS Monitoring System in Los Angeles Plagued by False Alerts, Ignored Alarms by Christopher Zoukis Los Angeles County’s GPS monitoring system, designed to keep track of high-risk probationers, has overwhelmed probation officers with thousands of false alerts each day – so many that some officers simply ignore them. As a …
Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999
Satellite Tracks Parolees by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely Defense Department satellites designed to help guide nuclear missiles hang in geosynchronous orbit 12,500 miles above. The network of 24 military satellites hasn't been used much raining thermonuclear destruction on godless communists since the end of the Cold War. So, the …
Fourth Amendment Forbids Taping of Jail Confession to Clergy by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that state prosecutors, judges and jail officials violated the fourth amendment and the now defunct Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb, by secretly taping the confession a jail …
Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
Electronic Guards of the Future? by B.S. The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) is conducting a pilot program at the Cook Unit. If they like the results, ADC will implement the program state-wide. I am sure you are familiar with these electronic ankle bracelets that people on home arrest are …
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SURVEILLANCE: WHAT JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO KNOW, Jennifer R. Henrichsen and Hannah Bloch-Wehba ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SURVEILLANCE: WHAT JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO KNOW Jennifer R. Henrichsen and Hannah Bloch-Wehba* I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 2 II. LEGAL AND REGULATORY PROTECTIONS FOR JOURNALISTS ......................... 4 A. Constitutional protection: …
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