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Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Private Prison Companies’ Plan to License “Baby Jails” Fails in Texas Legislature by Bob Libal by Bob Libal Legislation developed by private prison corporation GEO Group that would have licensed immigrant family detention centers as “child care facilities” failed in the Texas legislature in May 2017 following widespread opposition by …
Brief • August 24, 2017
Adams v. Livingston, TX, Deposition of Owen Murray, Heat Stroke Death, 2017 1 OWEN MURRAY, D.O. - 8/24/2017 · · · · · · ·IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT · · · · · · ·FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS · · · · · · · · …
Article • August 4, 2017
$187,000 Settlement for TX County Jail Administrator Turned Whistleblower by Joe Watson by Joe Watson A former jail administrator in Bastrop County, Texas, agreed to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit for $187,000 against his old boss, a former sheriff who had pleaded guilty to charges of corruption and abuse of …
Going to Prison in Texas in 2015 by William T. Habern by William T. Habern, David P. O’Neil, and Debra Bone Introduction For over 30 years our firm has represented offenders and their families in prison and parole administrative and legal issues. The first version of this article was published …
Brief • August 1, 2017
Tellez v. GEO Grp, TX, Memorandum Opinion, 2017 FILED IJNITEI) STATES DISTRICT CO1.JRI FOR TH.E WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUG 0 1 2017 CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT CLERK WESTERN D!.TRcT OF TEXAS BY RAYMONI) TELLEZ, DEPUTY Plaint 1ff, Case No: 5:iS-ev.-465-RCL V. TUE GEO GROUP INC., Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff R)'mond …
Brief • August 1, 2017
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Tellez v. GEO Grp, TX, Order, 2017 Case 5:15-cv-00465-RCL Document 87 Filed 08/01/17 Page 1 of 1 FILED AUG 0 12017 UNiTED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CLERK. U.S. O$STRICT CLERK WESTERN ISTICT OF TEXAS BYxJ DEPUTY ) RAYMOND TELLEZ, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) …
Texas Prisoner was Emaciated and Sick when Killed by Cellmate by A fight with his cellmate, Joe Greggs, led to the January 19, 2016 death of prisoner Alton Rodgers at the William P. Clements Unit in Texas. An official report listed Rodgers’ fatal injury as trauma consistent with having his …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Suicide at Texas Jail Results in Firings, Lawsuit, Investigation and Legislation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 10, 2015, Sandra Bland was stopped while driving in Prairie View, Texas. The 28-year-old Illinois native was in the process of moving to Waller County when she was stopped by Texas …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Forced to Endure Extreme Heat, Prisoners are Casualties of Texas’ Climate Denial, Documents Show by Candice Bernd by Candice Bernd, Truthout On a spring day in May, temperatures in Dallas, Texas were already in the 90s. Sunlight glinted off the barbed wire perimeter outside the Hutchins State Jail, located just …
Article • July 20, 2017
Filed under: War on Drugs, Juries
When Laws Are Unjust: A Primer on Jury Nullification by Joe Watson by Joe Watson The 2014 trial of Jacob Lavaro—a 19-year-old from Austin, Texas, who was facing five years to life for making a pound-and-a-half of pot brownies— has again provoked the ire of criminal justice reform advocates, including …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Filed under: Money/Property
Texas Judges Jail Defendants too Poor to Pay Fines, Debts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The original 1836 Constitution of the Republic of Texas included a prohibition against imprisoning people who were unable to pay their debts. In the modern Texas Constitution, that concept is enshrined in the state’s …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Local Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Challenged in Texas by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In many U.S. cities, local ordinances prohibit registered sex offenders from living in certain areas – generally within 1,000 feet or more of schools, playgrounds and daycare centers. But when a city is just a few …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
Texas Forensic Science Commission Addresses Problem with DNA Testing Protocols by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The mission of the Texas Forensic Science Commission (TFSC) is to set standards for the use of scientific evidence in the state’s criminal justice system. In investigating the proper standards for DNA testing during …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Texas Fraud Prosecutions Privately Funded by Insurance Company by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Texas lawmakers recently took action to address the relationship between the Texas Mutual Insurance Company (TMIC) and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, after finding the connection between the pair was too close for comfort. Since …
Brief • June 22, 2017
Ostrander v. Kosteck, TX, Verdict, Retaliation for Filing Grievance, 2017 C~e 6:13-cv-00360 Document 184 Filed IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS WACODMSION § DANIEL OSTRANDER, § § Plaintiff, § § § § v. HAROLD KOSTECK, et al., 0~/22/2017 Page 1 of 12 Fl LED …
Article • June 14, 2017
Hearing Required Before Assessment of Appointed Attorney Fees in Texas by On July 20, 2016, a Texas court of appeals held that, before fees incurred by a court-appointed attorney are assessed against an indigent criminal defendant, the court must hold a hearing and determine that the defendant is capable of …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Houston Police Officer's Retaliation Jury Award by On August 19, 2015, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals upheld a federal jury's $23,000 award for retaliation by the police department and returned an additional award of $127,000 for evaluation of how much of it was due to future …
Article • June 14, 2017
Filed under: Medication, Death Penalty
Fifth Circuit Denies Stay in Challenge to Texas Execution Drug by On September 12, 2016, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a stay of execution to five Texas death row prisoners challenging the state's failure to retest the execution drugs it use before each use. Jeffery Wood, Rolando Ruiz, …
Article • June 14, 2017
Fifth Circuit Denied Claim of Immunity by Sheriff's Deputy, Rejects His Appeal in Fourth Amendment False Arrest Lawsuit by On September 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the appeal of a Hunt County, Texas, sheriff's deputy who claimed the lawsuit against him for …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: Databases, Wrongful Death
University of Texas Researcher Makes Data on In-custody Deaths Comprehensible by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke All law enforcement agencies, jails and prisons in Texas are required by state law to report in-custody deaths, but the raw statistics are not easily understood. That shortcoming prompted University of Texas Institute for …
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