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US v. Wilson, PA, Opinion, Crimes of Violence, 2018 PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________ No. 16-3485 _____________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JEROME WILSON, Appellant _______________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (D.C. No. 2-15-cr-00049-001) District …
Brief • January 12, 2018
Uranga v. Davis, TX, Court Order, Drug Conviction, 2018 Case: 15-10290 Document: 00514307344 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/12/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 15-10290 United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED January 12, 2018 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk JOHN URANGA, III, Petitioner-Appellant, …
Article • January 3, 2018
3 Murders in 10 Months at Oklahoma Prison Run by CCA by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Three prisoners were murdered in a span of 10 months at an Oklahoma facility run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest for-profit prison operator in the country. The trio of homicides …
Article • January 3, 2018
Filed under: Escapes, Magazines
$4,000 Awarded to Subject of Esquire Article by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Timothy Murphy and Joe Hoffman dug a makeshift tunnel in an attempt to escape from Michigan's Kinross prison in March 2007. While their effort was ultimately foiled at the last minute, a feature article in the August …
Publication • January 1, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018 World Prison Population List twelfth edition Roy Walmsley Introduction This twelfth edition of the World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 223 prison systems in independent countries and dependent territories. It shows the …
Article • December 27, 2017
Eighth Circuit: Prior Convictions Not Relevant to Escape by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Leonard Lester Slaughter III was serving a 115-month sentence at a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility when he escaped. After pleading guilty to the escape, the District Court concluded that two prior convictions were not "relevant …
Brief • December 22, 2017
Snodgrass v. Messer, Amici Curiae, 2017 No. 17-635 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ———— KEVIN SNODGRASS, JR., Petitioner, v. S.L. MESSER; M.L. COUNTS; C. BISHOP; E.R. BARKSDALE; J. BENTLEY; JOE FANIN; TORI RAIFORD; GARRY A. ADAMS; HAROLD CLARK, Respondents. ———— On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari …
Second Chance Reforms 2017 CCRC Limiting Second Chance Reforms in 2017 Roundup of new expungement and restoration laws December 2017 COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public discussion of the collateral consequences of conviction, the legal restrictions and …
Article • December 14, 2017
Filed under: War on Terror, Terrorism, FBI
D.C. Circuit Holds Bivens Not Available for Extraterritorial Incidents by On October 23, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that a man who had been detained, interrogated and tortured for four months in three African countries by and with the consent of FBI agents could not …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: War on Terror, Terrorism
Fourth Circuit Allows Abu Ghraib Torture Suit to Move Forward by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has reversed a district court's ruling that a war crimes lawsuit brought by Iraqi nationals allegedly tortured by military contractors in 2003 and 2004 cannot go forward. …
Publication • December 11, 2017
Filed under: War on Terror, Immigration
Concerns About ICE Detainee Treatment Concerns about ICE Detainee Treatment and Care at Detention Facilities December 11, 2017 OIG-18-32 DHS OIG HIGHLIGHTS Concerns about ICE Detainee Treatment and Care at Detention Facilities December 11, 2017 Why We Did This Inspection In response to concerns raised by immigrant rights groups and …
State Counsel for Offenders Report Review of the Operations of State Counsel for Offenders Report by the State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee1 Approved for Publication December 8, 2017 Disclaimer: The following report and the underlying research were completed by members of the …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
New Study Indicates Annual Cost of Incarceration Exceeds $1 Trillion by Audry Spade by Audry Spade A new research study has estimated the total cost of incarceration in the United States has surged to a staggering $1 trillion per year – 11 times the $80 billion spent annually on corrections …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Most Black “Neighborhoods” in Wisconsin are Actually Jails, Prisons by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A 17-year-old has made a startling discovery about Wisconsin: more than half of the state’s black “neighborhoods” are actually jails. The young researcher, Lew Blank, used the Weldon Cooper Center’s Racial Dot Map and Google …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
State Sanctioned Murder: By the Numbers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Death Penalty Information Center has released a report highlighting significant changes in the number of executions in the United States in 2016. According to the report, there were 20 executions in the U.S. during calendar year 2016 …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Study: Prison Spending Grew at Three Times the Rate of Education Spending over Last Three Decades by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton A July 2016 report by the U.S. Department of Education found that spending on prisons and jails nationwide outpaced what public officials spent on education at a rate …
Study Indicates Racial Bias Skews Criminality Risk Assessment Tool by The use of software to predict future criminality is increasing in popularity. However, a study by ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit news agency that produces investigative journalism, found that prediction programs are racially skewed. Risk assessments are gaining traction in courtrooms …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
USP Atlanta Escapes Result in Convictions by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin PLN previously reported the February 3, 2017 arrest of federal prisoner Justin B. Stinson, who was caught sneaking back into the minimum-security prison camp at USP Atlanta carrying a duffel bag filled with a cell phone, scissors, two …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
In Midst of Opioid Crisis, an Addiction Medication Program for Federal Prisons Fizzles by Mike Ludwig by Mike Ludwig, Truthout In the spring of 2014, as rising rates of opioid misuse and fatal overdoses were capturing the nation’s attention, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was working on …
Publication • December 1, 2017
The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders U N I T E D S TAT E S S E N T E NC I NG COM M I S S ION United States Sentencing Commission One Columbus Circle, N.E. …
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