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Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Money/Property
$103,000 Settlement Between Colorado Town and ACLU Over “Pay or Serve” Jail Policy by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 4, 2016, Colorado Springs officials signed off on a $103,000 settlement that will end the practice of municipal judges converting fine-only violations of municipal ordinances into jail time for …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
Increasing Number of Cities and States Enact Bail Reform – but is it Enough? by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Bail reform did not happen soon enough to save the life of Walter Scott, a forklift operator whose fatal shooting by a police officer intensified a national debate not only …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Harvard Law School Report Highlights Ill Effects of Criminal Justice Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In September 2016, Harvard Law School published a report titled “Confronting Criminal Justice Debt: A Guide for Policy Reform,” which questioned the moral justification of a criminal justice system that relies on fees …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Corporate Cash Helps Fill Indiana Politicians’ Coffers by Leah Carter, James Benedict, Madison Hogan and Paige Ferguson by Leah Carter, James Benedict, Madison Hogan and Paige Ferguson On paper, Indiana has a strict cap on campaign contributions from corporations. But in practice, it’s easy for businesses to turn on the …
Brief • June 9, 2017
Filed under: Bail Bonds, Immigration
Vasquez v. Libre, CA, Complaint, Immigration Detention Bond, 2017 Case 4:17-cv-00755-CW Document 28 Filed 06/09/17 Page 1 of 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 JEFFREY KALIEL, California Bar No. 238293 ANNICK M. PERSINGER, California Bar No. 272996 TYCKO & ZAVAREEI LLP 483 Ninth Street, Suite 200 Oakland, CA 94607 …
Santos v. Curran, IL, Amended Complaint, False Imprisonment & Retaliation, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-02761 Document #: 6 Filed: 06/09/17 Page 1 of 9 PageID #:13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION EMIL J. SANTOS, Plaintiff, v. MARK C. CURRAN, JR., SHERIFF, LAKE COUNTY, in his …
Publication • June 8, 2017
Filed under: Work, Attorney, Money/Property
Oregon Law Practice Management - Crowdfunding Your Law Practice, 2016 9/4/2016 Crowdfunding Your Law Practice | Oregon Law Practice Management Oregon Law Practice Management Practice Management Tip for Oregon Lawer Crowdfunding Your Law Practice Posted on 01/12/2015 Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture  raising monetar …
Publication • June 7, 2017
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
Color of Change - $elling Off Our Freedom, ACLU, 2017 MAY 2017 $ELLING OFF OUR FREEDOM How insurance corporations have taken over our bail system CONTENTS Color Of Change and ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice would like to acknowledge: Katie Unger, who spearheaded the research and analysis for this report. …
Publication • June 7, 2017
Filed under: Money/Property
County of Los Angeles - Annual Litigation Cost Report, 2017 COUNTY COUNSEL ANNUAL LITIGATION COST REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 I. Overview In Fiscal Year ("FY") 2015-2016, the County of Los Angeles paid $131.8 million in litigation expenses, up 11 percent from $119 million paid in FY 2014-2015 ("2014-15"). The …
Brief • June 2, 2017
Cook v. Black, LA, Stipulated Settlement, Debtors Prison, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-11024-ILRL-MBN Document 91-1 Filed 06/02/17 Page 1 of 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LATASHA COOK, ROBERT LEVI, EBONY ROBERTS, ROZZIE SCOTT, RICHARD BOLGIANO, BENNY GRAHAM, JAMES LORIO, BRADLEY MOSES, and MARISA PAM, …
Publication • 2017
Legal Aid Justice Center - Driven by Dollars, 2017 DRIVEN BY DOLLARS A State-By-State Analysis of Driver’s License Suspension Laws for Failure to Pay Court Debt Authored by Mario Salas and Angela Ciolfi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Work on this project was made possible by a grant from the Laura and John Arnold …
Publication • 2017
Prison Policy Initiative - How Much Do Incarcerated People Earn in Each State, 2017 How much do incarcerated people earn in each state? by Wendy Sawyer, April 10, 2017 How much do incarcerated people earn? In 2003's The Prison Index, we included wages reported by an obscure publication in 2001. …
Brief • May 12, 2017
Pederson v. County of Plumas, CA, Order for Sanctions and Report, Access to Dentures, 2017 Case 2:89-cv-01659-KJN Document 91 Filed 05/11/17 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PEDERSON, et al., 12 …
Article • May 10, 2017
How Our User-Pay Justice System Drives Mass Incarceration by Jon Wool by Jon Wool (Director, Vera Institute of Justice New Orleans Office) A few years ago, when the district attorney in New Orleans proposed shifting misdemeanor marijuana cases from the state court to the municipal court, the state court judges …
Publication • May 8, 2017
GAO - Prisoner Labor, 1993 I ----------i t l11ikd St at.<"s Ge1wral A<·cmrnt in~ Of'f1<'e GAO l{eport to the llonorablc 1Tarry Flcid, lJ.S. Senate PRISONER LABOR Perspectives on Paying the Federal Minimum Wage GAO/G<i D-H:l-H8 .--------·-; GAO United States General Accounting Offtce Washington, D.C. 201548 General Government Division B-253226 May20, …
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 &ldquo;sticker shock&rdquo; 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&rsquo;t …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Quickest Path to Reducing Pretrial Incarceration? Eliminate Money Bail by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna According to the non-partisan Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), the fastest way to reduce the number of pretrial detainees held in local jails is simple: Eliminate or reduce the use of money bail. In a money …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Fourth Circuit: IFRP Challenges Cognizable Under § 2241 by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held in December 2015 that a federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. &sect; 2241 is the proper means for a federal prisoner to challenge their obligation to make restitution payments through the Bureau of …
Brief • May 4, 2017
Filed under: Money/Property
Fowler v. Johnson, MI, Complaint, Driver's License Suspensions, 2017 2:17-cv-11441-LVP-MKM Doc # 1 Filed 05/04/17 Pg 1 of 32 Pg ID 1 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ____________________________________ ) ADRIAN FOWLER and KITIA HARRIS, ) on behalf of themselves and ) others similarly situated, …
Brief • April 28, 2017
Corbin v. Knox County, IL, Settlement Agreement, Jail Suicide, 2017 4/11/2017 11:02:24 FMB Fax Server 4:16-cv-04232-JEH # 25-1 Page 1AM of 10PAGE Fax Server 21011 E-FILED Thursday, 27 April, 2017 04:48:43 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD ..... t'ASP . N"D· I:.' ~·E· . ,.., -·"r'A-,·· ~-..~··~"''''' ., !ihkL:~,dLr.1:,,_.,._,;,v,,,e.!If'.Ii,:J,,.t:.~~JTIN.:!c ...... …
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