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Eighth Circuit Strands Missouri Prisoners Sentenced to Life Without Parole as Juveniles in ‘Opaque’ Review Process by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 30, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that Missouri’s parole review process does not violate the constitutional rights of prisoners who …
Article • August 25, 2022
Two Juvenile Behavioral Treatment Centers in Detroit Ordered to Close by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On June 23, 2022, the state of Michigan notified two youth residential behavioral treatment centers in Detroit they had to shutter operations by July 8 due to shocking allegations of staff abuse …
$1.4 Million Paid by King County, Washington to Settle Juvenile Solitary Confinement Class Action by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 18, 2022, the federal court for the Western District of Washington approved a class-action settlement awarding 76 juvenile offenders a total of $1,357,665, or $500 a day for …
Medical Staff Shakeup But No Charges After Teen Dies in Ohio Juvenile Facility by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The deaths of young Black men at the hands of police have drawn increasing scrutiny in the media and among the political chattering class, but less attention has been given to …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Oregon Judge Invalidates Governor’s Clemency Grant to Dozens Sentenced to Life as Juveniles, Halting Parole Hearings by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 1, 2022, a lawsuit challenging clemency orders by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) was mostly rejected in Marion County Circuit Court. However, in ruling on the …
Video Released of Guards Killing Kansas Teen at Juvenile Facility; DA Says “Stand-Your-Ground” Law Prevents Him from Filing Charges by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The webpage of Kansas’ Sedgwick County crashed on June 10, 2022, under the weight of a surge in traffic driven by the release of surveillance …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
$11 Million Settlement Reached in Tennessee Suit Alleging False Arrest and False Imprisonment of Minors by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On December 20, 2021, a settlementwas approved by a federal court in a lawsuit alleging the illegal arrest and detention of some 1,500 children at the Rutherford County Juvenile …
Teen Who Murdered Out of Jealousy Killed in Exercise Yard of Northern California Prison by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott Nineteen-year-old Michael Hastey, sentenced in June 2021 to life with possibility of parole for murdering a romantic rival two years before in Trinity County, was killed by two …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Former Florida Prison Guard Sentenced for Conspiracy to Assault Youthful Offenders by On September 8, 2021, a former guard with the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) was sentenced to 33 months in prison and two years of supervised release for “conspiring to assault youthful offender inmates at the South Florida …
Article • February 26, 2022
Cops, Leave Those Kids Alone: New York Will Not Criminalize Children Under 12 by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott   New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill in early January of this year protecting children under the age of 12 from arrest and criminal adjudication for virtually all …
Article • February 19, 2022
$11,333.33 Paid by Santa Clara County to Teenage Girl Allegedly Beaten by Guards at County Juvenile Hall by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman For a payment of $11,333.33, Santa Clara County, California, agreed on September 10, 2018, to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who, while still underage, was …
Settlement for New Jersey Special Needs Prisoner Students Includes Damages, Fees and Education by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 15, 2021, a settlement agreement and order was entered in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, putting an end to a four-year-old class action lawsuit against …
Publication • December 21, 2021
U.S. DOJ Investigation of Manson Youth Institution U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney General 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW - RFK Washington, DC 20530 December 21, 2021 The Honorable Ned Lamont Governor of Connecticut State Capitol 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 RE: Investigation of Manson Youth Institution …
Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Illegal Juvenile LWOP Sentence Undermined Validity of Later Conviction by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney  The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that an illegal mandatory sentence of life without parole (“LWOP”) imposed upon a juvenile undermined the validity of a later conviction for assault by a life …
G.H. V. Tamayo, FL, Order Compelling Discovery, Solitary Confinement of Juveniles, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00431-RH-MJF Document 169 Filed 11/18/21 Page 1 of 3 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION G.H. and R.L., Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO. 4:19cv431-RH-MJF DEPARTMENT OF …
G.H. V. Tamayo, FL, Order Certifying Class, Solitary Confinement of Juveniles, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00431-RH-MJF Document 157 Filed 10/22/21 Page 1 of 15 Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION G.H. et al, Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO. 4:19cv431-RH-MJF JOSEFINA TAMAYO …
Brief • August 23, 2021
Ramsey v. Butte County, CA, Settlement, False Arrest, 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE IN CONSIDERATION of the agreement to settle this matter for the sum of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars and no cents ($17,500.00), Plaintiff CHRISTINE BRYAN, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR K.R., a minor, MEAGAN RAMEY ("Plaintiff') ("RAMSEY" …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Tennessee Juvenile Murderer’s Sentence Commuted by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon One of the late great singer Karen Carpenter’s hit songs was Bless the Beasts and the Children, wherein she lamented that neither has choice nor voice. Such was the case with young Cyntoia Brown, who found herself being trafficked …
Brief • July 6, 2020
Ramsey v. Butte County, CA, Complaint, False Arrest, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-01339-JAM-DMC Document 1 Filed 07/06/20 Page 1 of 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 PORTER I SCOTT A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Stephen E. Horan, SBN 125241 Matthew W. Gross, SBN 324007 350 University Avenue, …
Publication • 2020
Berkeley Law, CA, Electronic Monitoring of Youth in the California Juvenile Justice System,2020 ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF YOUTH IN THE CALIFORNIA JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM ADDITIONAL DATA CATHERINE CRUMP & AMISHA GANDHI SAMUELSON LAW, TECHNOLOGY & PUBLIC POLICY CLINIC UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, SCHOOL OF LAW Berkeley Law Samuelson Law, Technology & …
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