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Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Miami Sex Offenders Still Living Under Bridge; Lawsuits Fail to Solve Problem by David Reutter by David M. Reutter PLN has reported several times on the plight of Florida sex offenders forced to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami due to restrictive sex offender residency laws. [See: PLN, …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Rape Victim and Family of Exonerated Man Who Died in Prison Become Activists by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Tim Cole achieved widespread recognition when he was exonerated 24 years after his arrest for the rape of a university student in Amarillo, Texas. Another man confessed to the crime and …
Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Brazil: At least five prisoners died and around 40 others were injured in a fire at the Joao Pessoa jail in northeastern Brazil in October 2009. According to a military police spokesman, prisoners had set the fire to protest another prisoner’s transfer to a high-security facility. …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Former PA Lawmaker Who Took Sex Offenders into His Home Files Suit Against Zoning Board by Thomas E. Armstrong, a former tough-on-crime Pennsylvania lawmaker who took three registered sex offenders into his home in Marietta Borough, filed a lawsuit last year challenging a decision by zoning officials to force the …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Alabama: In September 2009, criminal defense attorneys in Birmingham donated 2,700 rolls of toilet paper, soap and other supplies to the Jefferson County Jail when they learned officials were severely rationing those items. The jail was reportedly allowing prisoners no more than three strips of toilet …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
North Carolina Courts, Legislature Take Steps to Resume Executions by Michael Brodheim The North Carolina judiciary and legislature have both taken steps to clear the way to resume executions, which have remained dormant in the state for the past three years. On May 1, 2009, a split North Carolina Supreme …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
U.S. Senator John Ensign, Author of Ensign Amendment, Falls From Grace by Brandon Sample There is nothing like a good sex scandal to get things stirred up in Washington, and it’s even better when the scandal involves the likes of U.S. Senator John Ensign, a conservative Republican and member of …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Ohio Prison Guards Party, Federal Stimulus Funds Save Their Jobs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Only weeks before ordering $640 million in spending cuts, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland paid more than 800 employees of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC) to attend a “Year End Review” …
Florida to Allow Exportation of Prisoners to Other States by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida lawmakers have handed a victory to the private prison industry by passing a bill (SB 1722) that allows Florida prisoners to be exported to out-of-state facilities, which are mostly privately-operated. When Governor Charlie …
Oklahoma Legislators Not Considering Closing State Prisons, Unless They Are by Matthew T. Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 7, 2009, Oklahoma State Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee was accused of asking the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) to conduct a study analyzing the cost of closing certain state …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Alabama: On July 23, 2009, former prison guard Kenya Morton, 27, was sentenced to a year in jail and 3 years supervised release for promoting contraband. He was caught during a routine search at the Bibb County Correctional Facility with two bags of marijuana and hydrocodone …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Innocent Georgia Man Receives $500,000 as Compensation for Rape Conviction by The State of Georgia paid $500,000 to a man who spent 28 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. John Jerome White was arrested in 1979 after an elderly woman identified him during a police line …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Filed under: Voting, News, State Legislation
Washington States Passes New Law for Automatic Restoration of Voting Rights by Eric Nygren Governor Christine Gregoire has signed into law a bill that reforms Washington’s convoluted system for restoring voting rights. The measure will restore the right to vote automatically to citizens who have come out of the criminal …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On July 17, 2009, 27-year-old Danny Torres, a guard at the Corrections Corporation of America run Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, was shot and killed during a home invasion robbery in Tucson. Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy Dawn Barkman said Torres was one of three men …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Alabama: On May 25, 2009, Ashton Mink, 22, and Joshua Southwick, 26, escaped from the Perry County Corrections Center in Uniontown. The facility is owned and operated by LCS Corrections Services. The prisoners escaped when Ashton’s sister, Angela Mink, 25, and Jacquelin Mink, 25, his wife, …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Filed under: Crime, News, State Legislation
Oregon’s Criminal Justice Economic Recovery Plan: Keep Digging! by Mark Wilson Like every other state, Oregon has been hit hard by the worst economic crisis in recent American history. Yet standing in an ever-deepening fiscal crater, prosecutors and victims’ rights groups keep handing out shovels and Oregonians stubbornly refuse to …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Report Recommends Lawmakers Reinstate College Programs in Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Citing the benefits of college prison programs, a report by the Correctional Association of New York recommended several policy changes to increase and recognize participation in degree-awarding programs. The report says the principal benefits of …
Preserving the Rule of Law in America’s Jails and Prisons: The Case for Amending the Prison Litigation Reform Act by Margo Schlanger by Margo Schlanger and Giovanna Shay** Prisons and jails pose a significant challenge to the rule of law within American boundaries. As a nation, we are committed to …
Texas Posthumously Exonerates Man Who Died in Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 6, 2009, Travis County District Judge Charlie Baird did what no other Texas judge had done before – he exonerated a dead man. Timothy Brian Cole, who died of asthma due to medical neglect …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
UNICOR Robs Jobs from Private Sector; Prisoners Sue Over Working Conditions by Brandon Sample It is already hard enough for free world workers to hold down a job without having to compete with UNICOR, the prison labor arm of the federal Bureau of Prisons. But that is exactly what a …
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