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Louisiana District Attorney Allows Probation Buyouts by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  John DeRosier became Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana’s District Attorney in a 2005 special election. He is a Democrat who opposed the state’s 2018 bill requiring unanimous guilty verdicts by criminal juries and supports continuing juvenile life-without-parole sentences and other …
Article • December 8, 2019
BJS fuels myths about sex offense recidivism, contradicting its own new data by Wendy Sawyer A new government report reinforces harmful misconceptions about people convicted of sex offenses. Here’s our take on how to parse the data. by Wendy Sawyer, Prison Policy Initiative By now, most people who pay any …
Article • December 6, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Education
Wasted Minds: Prisoners Languish in Florida Prisons with Little Access to Education by Ryan McKinnon, Josh Salman by Ryan McKinnon and Josh Salman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune / GateHouse Media Dade Correctional Institution employs one teacher for a population of 1,500 men – and just 16 prisoners have earned GED diplomas there …
Article • December 1, 2019
Oregon Court of Appeals: Entering iPhone Passcode is Testimonial Act; Can Be Compelled if State Establishes Defendant’s Knowledge of Passcode is ‘Foregone Conclusion’ by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson In a case of first impression, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that entering a passcode into a smartphone is testimonial …
Article • December 1, 2019
Filed under: Court Appearances
Oregon Release Agreement Did Not Require Personal Appearance; FTA Conviction Reversed by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a first-degree failure to appear conviction, finding that the release agreement allowed for an appearance through counsel rather than personal appearance. Zachary Michael Lobue was detained in …
Article • November 25, 2019
Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Prisoner Visitation Denial by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Alaska prisoner Keilan Ebli met substance abuse counselor Kerri Pittman at the Goose Creek Correctional Center (GCCC). According to evidence gathered by GCCC staff and investigators, Ebli and Pittman entered into a personal relationship, which is prohibited …
Article • November 23, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs
DEA Turning Probable Cause into a Lost Cause by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney For over 20 years, the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) has run multiple bulk records collections. According to a report from the Inspector General (“IG”), the DEA targeted phone calls placed to “drug nexus” countries. (Almost anywhere …
Article • November 23, 2019
Arkansas Supreme Court Denies Judicial Review of Prisoner’s Disciplinary Case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Malik Muntaqim, a prisoner assigned to the Arkansas Department of Correction’s (ADC) Ouachita River Unit, was seeking a transfer to a different prison unit and experienced racial discrimination. In his written transfer request, Muntaqim …
Article • November 20, 2019
A Jail Increased Extreme Isolation to Stop Suicides. More People Killed Themselves. by Jason Pohl, Ryan Gabrielson The Kern County, CA Sheriff’s Office places hundreds of people into suicide watch each year. They’re held for days or weeks in rooms without mattresses and sometimes toilets. The state can’t stop it. …
Article • November 19, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat
Seventh Circuit Holds Magistrate Judge May Dismiss Case Using Wisconsin’s Memorandum of Understanding Granting Limited Consent by On October 10, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a limited granting to the exercise of jurisdiction by a United States Magistrate Judge (magistrate), as expressed in …
Article • November 19, 2019
Guard and 17 Incarcerees Indicted for Violent Robberies at Texas Youth Lockup by On October 9, 2019, one guard and 17 juveniles were indicted in connection with multiple violent robberies of juveniles incarcerated at the McLennan County State Juvenile Facility in Mart, Texas, just east of Waco. The grand jury …
Article • November 19, 2019
New York Prisoner Wins Claim for Excessive Confinement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  While Terrell Hales was imprisoned at the Cayuga Correctional Facility (CCF) of New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DCCS), he was charged with drug misuse. On April 15, 2013, he filed a Freedom of …
Article • November 19, 2019
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
BJS Releases Annual Data Collection on Capital Punishment for 2017 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Bureau of Justice Statistics (“BJS”) released its data collection on capital punishment for 2017. The BJS obtained data relating to every person under sentence of death in the federal government (excluding military prisoners) …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In September 2018, Grantt Culliver, then-Associate Commissioner for Operations for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), was placed “on leave” after misconduct allegations surfaced. “Your absence from work is deemed to be in the best interest of the department due to the nature of the …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Media
NBC Sends Anchorman Lester Holt to Prison as Part of its “Justice for All” Series by Chad Marks by Chad Marks NBC anchorman Lester Holt has been to many prisons as part of his news reporting. But he had never slept in a locked cell for a few nights – …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
The Cost of Prison Censorship: Florida Taxpayers to Pay $1.2 Million in HRDC Case by On October 22, 2019, a federal district court in Tallahassee awarded almost $1.2 million in attorneys’ fees and costs in a censorship lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC). The suit, filed in 2011 …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
$8,500 Settlement in Allegheny County Jail Sexual Harassment Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania paid $8,500 to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by a former female guard. Tanisha Ramsey started working at the Allegheny County Jail on June 30, 2015. While …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$860,000 Settlement in Suit Over Michigan Female Prisoner’s Suicide by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $860,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a female prisoner who hanged herself after a guard placed a bet on whether …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Organization Connected to Missouri Prison Director Gets No-Bid Contract by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Staffing shortages in the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) have been problematic for a number of years, due in part to a high turnover rate fueled by the fact that MDOC employees are among the …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Federal Prisoner Challenges Constitutionality of Death Penalty; Gets Plea Deal for Life Without Parole by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 28, 2018, a Vermont federal judge approved a plea bargain to grant life without parole to a death-sentenced federal prisoner who had challenged the constitutionality of the death …
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