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Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories by Brandon Sample Federal Prison Industries (FPI), the largest legal sweatshop in America, has jeopardized the lives and safety of untold numbers of prisoners and staff working in its recycling factories, according to a preliminary report in an investigation by the …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
115,000 Florida Ex-Felons Have Civil Rights Restored Under New Rules by Changes to Florida’s rules for restoration of civil rights were made in April 2007; since that time, 115,232 former felons have had their rights to vote, serve on juries, run for office, and obtain various business licenses restored. That …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Will California’s $11 Billion Prison Outlay Survive State Budget Cuts? by Marvin Mentor As California deals with a projected $28 billion budget shortfall over the next 18 months, it remains to be seen if the requisite two-thirds of the state legislature has the political courage to make cuts to the …
Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional by Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause of the U.S. Constitution in enacting the civil commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Act, a Minnesota U.S. …
Article • January 15, 2009
New Jersey State Audit Reports DOC Life Skills Program Contractually Noncompliant by Bob Williams By Bob Williams The New Jersey State Legislature Auditor's Office conducted an investigation into contractual expenditures, policies and provisional compliance of the Department of Correction’s (DOC) Life Skills Academy (LSA) program. The 2006 report reflected the …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
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News in Brief: by Arkansas: On July 24, 2008, Joshua Albright, a prisoner in the Johnson county jail, was being transported to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to serve a 40 year sentence for armed robbery. Deputies stopped at the Johnson county jail so Albright could use the bathroom and …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
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News in Brief: by Arkansas: On June 9, 2008, Rolanda Barron, 33, the director of nursing at the Tucker unit prison was arrested after a search disclosed she was smuggling tobacco into the prison as well as cell phones, cell phone chargers and batteries, all of which are prohibited in …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million by Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed an executive order on May 6, 2008, that awards Alan Crotzer $1.25 million for the 24 years he spent in prison for a rape and kidnapping conviction he did not commit. Crotzer …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Filed under: News, Federal Legislation
Native American Reservations in Dire Need of Better Jails, Get Money to Build More by Native American Reservations in Dire Need of Better Jails, Get Money to Build More In August 2008, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) closed its jail in Pine Ridge, South Dakota due to deteriorating conditions, …
New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded by New Registration Law by New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded by New Registration Law The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dealt a blow to sex offenders in New York state when it ruled that despite an earlier suit and settlement …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Colorado DOC Increases Legal Photocopy Fees 400 Percent by As if cutting prisoner wages 70 percent (from $2 per workday to $0.60 while providing nothing but one roll of toilet paper per week) was not enough, Colorado Department of Corrections executive director Aristedes Zavaras has ordered the facility law libraries …
Private Prisons a Public Disgrace in Texas by Gary Hunter So much human feces covered the floors of a GEO Group-run juvenile prison in Coke County, Texas that departing inspectors stopped outside to wipe their shoes in the grass. The Coke County Juvenile Justice Center was in such bad shape …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback by David Reutter Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback by David M. Reutter A panel headed by Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons has approved a contract that reduces the cost of in-state collect …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
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News in Brief: by Arizona: On September 20, 2008, Amado Martinez, a guard at the Pinal county jail was arrested and charged with stealing money from prisoners booked into the jail. California: On July 26, 2007, governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a pardon for former San Quentin prison guard Kevin Martino, …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Bill Introduced to Exempt Wrongfully Convicted from Federal Income Taxes by Bill Introduced to Exempt Wrongfully Convicted from Federal Income Taxes On December 6, 2007, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Sam Brown (R-KS) introduced a bill to exempt wrongfully convicted former prisoners from having to pay federal income …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
States Expand Registration Laws to Include Drug Offenses by States Expand Registration Laws to Include Drug Offenses In 2003, Montana began including persons convicted of manufacturing illegal drugs on its sex offender and violent offender Internet registry. Since then, Tennessee, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois have created online registries for people …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition by Federal Prisoner in State Jail Custody Illegally Denied State Court Name Change Petition The California Court of Appeal has reversed the Fresno Superior Court’s denial of a name-change petition filed by a federal prisoner awaiting sentencing …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
$305,021 Awarded to Missouri Prisoner Struck by Tree; State Legislature Takes Note by Brandon Sample $305,021 Awarded to Missouri Prisoner Struck by Tree; State Legislature Takes Note by Brandon Sample A Missouri prisoner was awarded $305,021 after being struck by a tree. In February 2000, Hortense Cain, a female prisoner …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Texas Adds Sex Offender Employment and School Information to Registry by Texas Adds Sex Offender Employment and School Information to Registry The Texas Department of Public Safety has announced it is adding information about where sex offenders work and go to school to its online sex offender registry. The registry …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by California: On April 3, 2008, four prison guards at the state prison in Tehachapi were stabbed by two Hispanic prisoner members of the Surenos gang, and the entire state prison system was placed on lockdown. Other guards used batons, pepper spray and physical force to stop …
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