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Publication • January 25, 2023
Filed under: Overdetention
DOJ Investigative Finding-Louisiana DOC, Jan. 2023 Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Investigative Findings and Next Steps On January 25, 2023, following an extensive investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division and the three U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the State of Louisiana notified the Louisiana Department …
Publication • January 25, 2023
Filed under: Overdetention
Investigation of the Lousiana Dept. Of Public Safety & Corrections-Jan. 2023 INVESTIGATION OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division January 25, 2023 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 II. SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 1 III. INVESTIGATION .................................................................................................................. 3 IV. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................... …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
NJ Supreme Court: Excess Time in Prison Must Be Used to Reduce Parole Period by Matthew Clarke “Parole is the legal equivalent of imprisonment” by Matt Clarke On August 3, 2021, the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the time a prisoner spent in prison in excess of that …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention
$731,000 Jury Award to Illinois DOC Prisoner Held 23 Months Beyond Release Date, Over $210k in Fees Awarded As Well by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court found that a prison records clerk deprived a former prisoner of his liberty and caused him to serve …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
District Court Certifies Class Status in Louisville Jail Overdetention of Prisoners’ Suit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky granted plaintiffs’ motion seeking class certification in a suit alleging the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) holds people after their court-ordered …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Parole, Overdetention
Colorado Parole Board Cannot Confine Parolee Beyond Statutory Max by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On January 13, 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado granted the habeas corpus petition of a parolee who had been re-confined for the remainder of his prison term after the Court …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Paroled New Yorker Wrongfully Confined; Awarded $3,250 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Clarence Delaney, Jr. was granted $40 per day for 88 days of unlawful confinement by the State of New York, receiving a total payment of $3,250. He also was able to recover his 42 USC § 1983 …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: Overdetention, Suicides
Suit: Mississippi Man Sentenced to Two Days Hangs Himself After Jail Kept Him 52 Days Longer by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney After he lost work and was unable to pay a fine, Robert Wayne Johnson was sentenced to the Keller Neshoba Regional Correctional Facility (KNRCF) in rural Kemper County, …
Publication • May 1, 2020
U.S. Prison Decline: Insufficient to Undo Mass Incarceration, The Sentencing Project, 2020 U.S. PRISON DECLINE: INSUFFICIENT TO UNDO MASS INCARCERATION U.S. Prison Decline: Insufficient to Undo Mass Incarceration By yearend 2018, the U.S. prison population reached 1.4 million people, declining by 9% since reaching its peak level in 2009. This …
Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force review, 2019 Criminal Justice Investment Task Force Acknowledgements While the work of a number of subcommittees of the Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force is ongoing and not reflected within this report, the Task Force would like to thank the following agencies, associations, and …
Article • August 11, 2019
Will Trump grant more pardons and clemency as campaign season heats up? by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The president has unfettered discretion under the U.S. Constitution to grant pardons and clemency to persons convicted of federal crimes. President Trump has used this power to grant mercy to …
Vera Institute of Justice - Gatekeepers: The Role of Police in Ending Mass Incarceration, 2019 Gatekeepers: The Role of Police in Ending Mass Incarceration S. Rebecca Neusteter, Ram Subramanian, Jennifer Trone, Mawia Khogali, and Cindy Reed August 2019 From the Director Reforming the criminal justice system has become a bipartisan …
Modern-Day Gulag In the Golden State by Barbara Koeppel by Barbara Koeppel, The Washington Spectator, June 4, 2019 Back in 1997, the Supreme Court ruled that the practice known as civil commitment was legal. This meant that 20 states—which had passed laws permitting the ongoing incarceration of sex offenders—could continue …
Human Rights Watch 2014 Report Set Goals to Reduce Human Costs of Excessive Incarceration by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna  The nonprofit Human Rights Watch in 2014 published a 21-page report, “Nation Behind Bars: A Human Rights Solution,” which outlined the problems caused by mass incarceration and offered suggestions on …
Urban Institute - Next Steps in Federal Corrections Reform, Implementing and Building on the First Step Act, 2019 JUSTICE POLICY CENTER Next Steps in Federal Corrections Reform IMPLEMENTING AND BUILDING ON THE FIRST STEP ACT Julie Samuels, Nancy La Vigne, and Chelsea Thomson May 2019 The topic of federal corrections …
The Next Step - Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes, 2019 The Next Step Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org twitter.com/sentencingproj facebook.com/thesentencingproject instagram.com/endlifeimprisonment This report was written by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., …
SPLC Americans for Immigrant Justice: Prison by Any Other Name - A Report on South Florida Detention Facilities, 2019 PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME A REPORT ON SOUTH FLORIDA DE TENTION FACILITIES ABOUT THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery, Alabama, is a nonprofit …
Article • January 22, 2019
Prison Policy Institute Study Says Juvenile Justice System Problems Mirror Adult Issues by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Prison Policy Institute (PPI) in 2018 published a study of the juvenile justice system, which concluded that it “mirrors” many of the same problems of the adult criminal justice system. This …
Under “In-House Parole,” New Mexico Prisoners Remain in Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Parole is generally defined as conditional release from prison before a sentence has expired. But in New Mexico, every month dozens of “release-eligible” offenders join a pool of paroled state prisoners who nevertheless remain incarcerated. …
Thompson, et al. v. Jackson, et al., GA, Order, Inmates Denied Release, 2018 Case 1:16-cv-04217-MLB Document 105 Filed 11/15/18 Page 1 of 38 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION Oswald Thompson, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:16-cv-04217 Michael L. Brown United …
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