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New Virginia Law Requires Oversight of Jail Deaths by As of May 2018, Virginia’s Board of Corrections (BOC) had counted 21 jail deaths in the state since the start of the year. But thanks to a new law passed in 2017, the BOC now has authority to review deaths in …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
State Criminal Justice Reform Efforts Gaining Traction by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On the federal level, hopes for criminal justice reform have fallen victim to partisan bickering in Congress and a lack of substantive interest from the White House. Fortunately, state officials are not waiting around, and state-level reform …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Crisis in Maryland as Mentally Incompetent Defendants Languish in County Jails by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis When criminal defendants are found mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge typically orders their transfer to a psychiatric hospital for treatment to restore competency. But many states struggle with a shortage of …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Porn Reading Rooms in Iowa Prisons Placed on Legislative Hit List by A proposed law, Senate Study Bill 3035, would put an end to “pornography reading rooms” in Iowa prisons. The rooms have existed since a 1988 federal court ruling that held the Iowa DOC’s rules on pornography were unconstitutionally …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Smoking, State Legislation
Oklahoma Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Lift Prison Smoking Ban by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin The Enid News & Eagle reported on February 23, 2018 that Oklahoma State Representative Rick West had introduced a bill to dismantle a six-year ban on cigarette sales and smoking inside state prisons. The measure, …
California: Governor Signs Bill to Block Expansion of For-profit Detention Centers by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law in October 2017 that blocks the expansion of for-profit immigration detention facilities, demonstrating the state’s opposition to President Trump’s efforts to crack down on …
Publication • June 7, 2017
ACLU SoCal - Letter Re Lexipol Policy On “Immigration Violations”, 2017 April 12, 2017 VIA E-MAIL Bruce Praet, Chairman Lexipol, LLC bpraet@aol.com Re: Lexipol Policy On “Immigration Violations” Dear Mr. Praet, It has come to our attention that your company has provided legally erroneous policy language on the enforcement of …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Missouri Prisoners Vexed by Bills for Incarceration Costs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Current and former Missouri state prisoners have been experiencing “sticker shock” as they are presented with bills for the cost of their incarceration. The Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act (MIRA) has been around since 1988, but wasn’t …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Delaware Supreme Court Declares Death Penalty Retroactively Unconstitutional by On December 15, 2016, Delaware’s Supreme Court issued a unanimous 15-page decision that held the unconstitutionality of the state’s death penalty statute should be applied retroactively to prisoners previously sentenced to death. [Also, see p. 54.] While the ruling only mentioned …
Prop 47 Makes Thousands of Drug, Property Offenders Eligible for Release by Joe Watson The passage of California's Proposition 47 in November 2014—which reduced many felony drug-possession and property crimes to misdemeanors— might be a harbinger of criminal-justice reform nationwide. But for now, reform advocates will gladly accept the imminent …
Publication • July 28, 2016
Laws and Regulations, California Board of Psychology, 2015 California Board of Psychology Laws and Regulations State of California Department of Consumer Affairs Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor California Board of Psychology Laws and Regulations 2015 EDITION 2015 EDITION State of California Department of Consumer Affairs Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor …
Publication • February 15, 2016
Filed under: News, State Legislation
California Lifer Newsletter, Issue 42, December, CLN, 2011 Volume 7 Number 6 CLN #42 DECEMBER 2011 CALIFORNIA LIFER NEWSLETTER™ Legislation & Initiatives SENATO R GAINES WITHDRAWS ANTI-LAWRENCE BILL; SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING CANCELLED Senate Bill 391 (Sen. Gaines) (#) Please see CLN # 41, p. 1; #39, p. 5. SB 391 …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Texas Enacts Legislation to Reduce Wrongful Convictions by Matthew Clarke Texas Enacts Legislation to Reduce Wrongful Convictions by Matt Clarke Legal experts in Texas are trying to iron out a wrinkle they say is an unintended consequence arising from a new law governing discovery in criminal cases, but despite the …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
California Legislation Permitting NVDP Incarceration Held Unconstitutional by Mark Wilson California Legislation Permitting NVDP Incarceration Held Unconstitutional by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, held on January 20, 2015 that a section of California’s realignment legislation improperly amended Proposition 36, a voter initiative, in violation of the …
Article • November 10, 2015
New Hampshire Legislative Report Criticizes Prisoner Work Release Controls by Derek Gilna New Hampshire Legislative Report Criticizes Prisoner Work Release Controls         by Derek Gilna        State legislatures nationwide, confronted with tight budgetary constraints, have demanded more efficiency out of the programs they fund, and New Hampshire is no exception.  The Office …
Article • November 3, 2015
Budget Savings Plan for Michigan Department of Corrections a Failure by Christopher Zoukis Budget Savings Plan for Michigan Department of Corrections a Failure by Christopher Zoukis In December 2012, the Michigan legislature passed a law that would allow up to 250 retired state prison guards to come back to work …
Mass Incarceration: The Most Important Political Issue of 2016 No One Wants to Talk About by David J. Krajicek Mass Incarceration: The Most Important Political Issue of 2016 No One Wants to Talk About The mushrooming prison population is a political ticking timebomb. by David J. Krajicek Five years ago, …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Ohio Appellate Court Orders Review of State Budget Over Private Prison Sale by Gary Hunter Ohio Appellate Court Orders Review of State Budget Over Private Prison Sale by Gary Hunter Ohio Governor John Kasich joined legislators in protesting an order by Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals that instructed a …
Article • October 14, 2015
Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna Report Finds Two Percent of Counties Produce Majority of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna A report issued by Death Penalty Information Center claims that only 2% of all U.S. counties are responsible for a …
Article • October 14, 2015
Two States Approach Stun Gun Law Differently by Two States Approach Stun Gun Law Differently On June 9 and 10, 2014, Connecticut and Vermont passed laws regulating taser use by police; but, different catalysts led focus to different aspects of regulation. In Connecticut, where 22-yer-old Jose Maldonado died after being …
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