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Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Filed under: Editorials, Juveniles
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month?s cover story on abuse in the Texas youth prisons is of notable interest for exposing the shallow hypocrisy of many politician?s ?protect the children? mantra which tends to go hand in hand with being ?tough on crime.? PLN has previously reported that …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Oregon Parole Officer’s Molestation Victim’s Suicide Claims Settled for $210,000 by Oregon Parole Officer's Molestation Victim's Suicide Claims Settled for $210,000 Aaron Munoz never had a chance in life. He was born addicted to alcohol and heroin because his mother, Deanna Murphy, a longtime heroin user, abused drugs and alcohol …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn’t Enough by David Reutter Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn't Enough by David M. Reutter One of the most basic functions of a prison system is releasing prisoners when their sentences expire. In April 2007, the Massachusetts Department of Correction …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Arizona Prison Guard Awarded $750,000 for False Sexual Misconduct Allegations by On March 26, 2007, an Arizona jury awarded $750,000 to an Arizona prison guard who claimed a state investigator knowingly withheld evidence exonerating him of alleged malfeasance and sexual misconduct. A female state prisoner accused the plaintiff, a 31-year-old …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
PLN Sues CDCR Over Failure to Produce Public Records by On December 17, 2007, Prison Legal News filed suit against the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) after the department failed to respond to PLN?s public records request seeking the CDCR?s payouts in prison-related settlements, claims, verdicts and judgments. …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Illinois: On June 3, 2007, over 50 prisoners at the Tri County Justice and Detention Center in Ullin rebelled and barricaded themselves in their housing unit and set fire to mattresses and property. Police and guards used tear gas to suppress the rebellion within 30 minutes. …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
New Jersey "Anthrax" Legal Mail Policy Unconstitutional; Count Condemns Opening Outside Prisoner's Presence by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a New Jersey Department of Corrections' (NJDOC) policy of opening prisoners' legal mail outside their presence is unconstitutional. That policy was enacted by a NJDOC memorandum dated …
Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors by Gary Hunter During the 2006 elections, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ran television ads touting the capture of the state's 500th Internet child predator. Shortly after elected lawmakers convened in 2007 they went to work on a bill that …
Article • February 15, 2008
Filed under: News, State Legislation
Wave of reform by Lance Tapley There is now a chance to fix Maine?s broken corrections system, but only if the public speaks up By: LANCE TAPLEY 2/6/2008 11:49:12 AM A wave of change is moving swiftly toward Maine?s jails and prisons. It could bring major reform - or a …
Article • February 15, 2008
Filed under: Education, News
Educating inmates by Lance Tapley By: LANCE TAPLEY 2/6/2008 4:48:35 PM Another wave of reform is surging from Lewiston's Bates College: a movement to expand college courses for prisoners. The goal has been embraced by the state Department of Corrections. At a Bates meeting on January 21, Max Kenner, of …
Article • February 15, 2008
Meet Bush's Prison Nominee by Stephanie Mencimer Tennessee's next trial court judge might be a prison company executive who has less courtroom experience than most inmates. Mother Jones article Stephanie Mencimer February 20, 2008 -- In October 2000, Dick Cheney faced off for a debate with Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman. …
Article • February 15, 2008
Math-challenged Sheriff Joe Arpaio can't account for the $41 million he's cost taxpayers by From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons Published: January 10, 2008 Nothing makes this mallard madder than Tyra Banks after someone's said her booty's too big than having the truth-twisters over …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Colorado Farms Out Prisoners to Replace Immigrant Farm Workers by Colorado is renting its prisoners to local farmers to replace migrant agricultural workers - mostly Mexican and Central American - who have been scared away by the state's restrictive immigration laws. In 2006, the Colorado legislature passed what it trumpeted …
Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County'sJail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County's Jail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket by Rick Anderson A few months after two prisoners in the downtown King County Jail in Seattle, Washington …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Washington State: No Restoration of Felon Voting Rights Until Fines and Restitution are Paid by On July 26, 2007, a majority of the Washington State Supreme Court held that pursuant to state law, felons must first pay all court-imposed fines and restitution before their voting rights are restored. A strong …
Article • February 15, 2008
Cumulative Tightening of Michigan Lifers' Parole Eligibility Rules Held Ex Post Facto by John Dannenberg by John R. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, has held that a decade of cumulative changes to parole eligibility regulations for Michigan's life-sentenced prisoners violated the U.S. …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop by Gary Hunter In February 2005, Louisiana sheriff Ronald ?Gun? Ficklin was indicted on 22 counts of conspiracy, trafficking in motor vehicles with removed or altered Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs), removing or altering VINs, aiding and abetting the possession of a …
Los Angeles Settles County Jail Murder Suit For $1 Million by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On August 14, 2007, Los Angeles County settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill prisoner who was stomped to death in a holding cell by two prisoners, while guards …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Non-Convicted Michigan Sex Offenders Required to Register by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Michigan's Sex Offender Registration law, which requires persons charged with but not convicted of sex crimes to register as sex offenders, is constitutional. The Court's ruling affirms an order granting summary judgment to …
Independent Monitor Issues First Report on Delaware Health Care by by David M. Reutter Joshua W. Martin III, the Independent Monitor who is overseeing an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Delaware Department of Corrections (DDOC), has issued his first semi-annual report. The agreement with the …
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