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The Common Law of Supermax Litigation, David Fathi

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Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

The Common Law of Supermax Litigation, David Fathi \\server05\productn\P\PLR\24-2\PLR209.txt unknown Seq: 1 16-FEB-05 13:57 The Common Law of Supermax Litigation David C. Fathi* Like chain gangs and boot camps before them, “supermax” prisons were a raging fad in the 1990s—yet another round in the perpetual “tough on crime” political bidding …

Pro Se 15-4

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Filed under: Magazines, Pro Se Magazine

Pro Se 15-4 Vol. tS Number 4: Fall20QS Published by Prisoners' Legal Services of New York Court Fillds DOCS' Telephone Rates May Be Unconstitutional DOCS' practice ofcollecting a large commission on all phone calls made by prison inmates--and passing the costs on to their families--may be unconstitutional, held a New …

Dolovich American Criminal Law Review Strategic Segregation in the Modern Prison 2011

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Filed under: Classification

Dolovich American Criminal Law Review Strategic Segregation in the Modern Prison 2011 ARTICLES STRATEGIC SEGREGATION IN THE MODERN PRISON Sharon Dolovich* INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

Taser Univ Dayton Arrest

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Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

Taser Univ Dayton Arrest Police arrest man at university dorm Faces charges of trespassing, resisting arrest By Mark Fisher e-mail address: mark_fisher@coxohio.com Dayton Daily News DAYTON | University of Dayton police arrested a 39-year-old Kettering man Sunday night, accusing him of trespassing on a women's floor of Marycrest Hall. Investigators …

Execsum Women on Parole in CA177

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Filed under: Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Sentencing, Parole

Execsum Women on Parole in CA177 Breaking the Barriers for Women on Parole An Executive Summary Of the many scandals gripping California’s correctional system, the failure to reduce crime, violence and drug abuse among parolees is one of the greatest. The costs and consequences of this failure are most onerous …

Bjs Report Hiv in Prison 2005 Released 2007

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Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS

Bjs Report Hiv in Prison 2005 Released 2007 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin September 2007, NCJ 218915 HIV in Prisons, 2005 By Laura M. Maruschak BJS Statistician On December 31, 2005, correctional authorities reported that 20,888 State inmates (1.8%) and 1,592 Federal …

Pew Center on the States Business Leaders Make the Case for Corrections Reform

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Filed under: Organizing, Prison Reform

Pew Center on the States Business Leaders Make the Case for Corrections Reform Issue Brief JANUARY 2010 Right-Sizing Prisons: Business Leaders Make the Case for Corrections Reform You don’t normally see the business community leading efforts to reform state policies on public safety issues, yet in several states around the …

Taser Seattle Pd Manual M26 Revision

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Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

Taser Seattle Pd Manual M26 Revision SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DRAFT OF MANUAL REVISION Section 1.170 Chapter 170 – M26 Taser I. Qualification A. Officers must successfully complete an authorized training class approved by the Commander of the Training, Procedures, and Audit Section before they may carry an M26 Taser. B. …

Burton Representing Clients Injured by Tasers 1983 Litigation 2010

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Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

Burton Representing Clients Injured by Tasers 1983 Litigation 2010 Part C. Section 1983 Litigation Chapter 3 Representing Clients Injured by TASER International Electrical Control Devices* John Burton and Peter M. Williamson‡ Introduction Electrical control devices (ECDs)1 are handheld weapons that deliver brief bursts of rapidly pulsing electrical current. Used primarily …

Nc Doc Inmate Phone Policy 2007

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Filed under: Telephones

Nc Doc Inmate Phone Policy 2007 State of North Carolina Department of Correction Division of Prisons POLICY & PROCEDURES Chapter: Section: Title: Issue Date: Supersedes: D .0800 Inmate Access to Telephone 10/12/07 07/25/05 .0801 GENERAL The maintenance of family and social relationships as well as pre-release planning activities are integral …

Cca Metro Davidson Jail Mail Policy Oct 2009

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Filed under: Mail

Cca Metro Davidson Jail Mail Policy Oct 2009 POLIC Y TITLE CHAPTER Correspondence Procedures 16 POLI CY NUMBER 16-1 Page EFFECTIVE DATE SUPER SEDES DATE CORRECTIONS CORPORATIONOf AMERICA OCTOB ER 28, 2009 NOVEMBER 1, 1997 SIG NA TURE ON FILE A T FACILI TY _~UPPOR T CEN TER FACILITY NAM …

Guide to Public Benefits for Immigrants Ny Immigration Coalition 2009

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Filed under: International, Immigration

Guide to Public Benefits for Immigrants Ny Immigration Coalition 2009 2009 Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and the New York Immigration Coalition’s Guide to Public Benefits for Immigrants The Public Advocate for the City of New York Betsy Gotbaum To access an online copy of the guide, please visit: www.pubadvocate.nyc.gov/PublicBenefitsGuide.htm Visit …

Hrw Report on Attack Dogs in Us Prisons - 2006

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Filed under: Excessive Force

Hrw Report on Attack Dogs in Us Prisons - 2006 October 2006 Volume 18, No. 5(G) Cruel and Degrading The Use of Dogs for Cell Extractions in U.S. Prisons Summary ................................................................................................................. 1 Cell Extractions ........................................................................................................ 3 How Dogs Are Used in Cell Extractions ..................................................................... 5 Policy and Practice in Seven …

Center for Media and Democracy Alec Model Legislation Bail Forfeiture Relief and Remission Act

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Filed under: Organizing, American Legislative Exchange Council

Center for Media and Democracy Alec Model Legislation Bail Forfeiture Relief and Remission Act See Center for Media and Democracy's quick summary at bottom Exposed ALEC EXPOSED Search By the Center for Media and Democracy www.prwatch.org D I D YOU KNOW? Corporations VOTED to adopt this. Through ALEC, global companies …

Voices of the Disappeared Nj Immigration Detention 2008

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Filed under: International, Immigration

Voices of the Disappeared Nj Immigration Detention 2008 Voices of the Disappeared: An Investigative Report of New Jersey Immigrant Detention “History and common sense teach us that an unchecked system of detention carries the potential to become a means of oppression and abuse of others.” -Immigrant detainees at Hudson County …

Counsel for the Poor the Death Penalty Sb Bright 1994

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Filed under: Court Access, Indigent Defense

Counsel for the Poor the Death Penalty Sb Bright 1994 COUNSEL FOR THE POOR: THE DEATH PENALTY NOT FOR THE WORST CRIME BUT FOR THE WORST LAWYER Stephen B. Bright1 Volume 103, Yale Law Journal page 1835 (1994) Copyright (c) 1994 by The Yale Law Journal Co., Inc. After years …

Taser Kettering 2001

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Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

Taser Kettering 2001 From: Sent: To: 'Mark Subject: Steve Tuttle Tuesday, August 21, 2001 3:39 PM Matheson'; Phil Smith; Rick Smith RE: Article Here's today's clips. I don't have a distribution list per se, but I do collect interesting clips. I am out of the office frequently, but will send …

Aclu v Dod Doj Questionnaire Regarding Detainees 00002355

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Filed under: Crime/Demographics, War on Terror

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Ma Prisoner Phone Rates Ics Response to Petition Against Phone Companies 2012

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Filed under: Telephones

Ma Prisoner Phone Rates Ics Response to Petition Against Phone Companies 2012 January 17,2012 Via Overnight Delivery Ms. Catrice Williams, Commission Secretary MA Department of Telecommunications & Cable 1000 Washington Street Suite 820 Boston, MA 02118 RE: Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC d/b/a ICSolutions D.T.C.11-16: In the matter of Petition of …

Su School of Law and One America Report Subj Voices From Detention Human Rights Violation at the Nwdc July 2008

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Filed under: International, Immigration

Su School of Law and One America Report Subj Voices From Detention Human Rights Violation at the Nwdc July 2008 voices from detention: A Report on Human Rights Violations at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington July 2008 Seattle University School of Law International Human Rights Clinic in collaboration …