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Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Michigan Court Forced to End “Pay or Stay” Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Michigan state district court judge was ordered to end a “pay or stay” policy that he used to toss poor defendants in jail for their inability to pay fines, fees and court costs.  …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Bail, Money/Property, Bail Bonds
Community Funds, Federal Legislation Challenging Bail System from Different Angles by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Kalief Browder was a 16-year-old arrested in New York City in 2012 on charges of stealing a backpack. The charges were later dismissed, but not before he sat in jail on Rikers Island for …
Brief • August 2, 2017
AAAJ-ALC v. DHS, CA, Complaint, Immigration Bond Public Records, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-04388-EDL Document 1 Filed 08/02/17 Page 1 of 27 1 JAYASHRI SRIKANTIAH (CA Bar No. 189556) JENNIFER STARK (CA Bar No. 267062) 2 IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS CLINIC Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 3 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott …
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 20, 2017
Filed under: Informants, Bail Bonds
Federal Jailhouse Snitch Testifies Against Former Prison Doctor at Bond Hearing by David Reutter by David Reutter             Federal prosecutors used the testimony of a jailhouse snitch at a bond hearing to argue a doctor charged with tax evasion and fraud should be denied bond because …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Embattled Private Probation Company Ceases Operations by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In July 2016, Pathways community Corrections, a private probation company, announced that it had voluntarily ceased operations in Tennessee following a series of complaints, a federal lawsuit and an investigation by state officials that uncovered evidence the company …
Brief • June 16, 2017
Filed under: Injunctions, Bail Bonds
Walker v. City of Calhoun, GA, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction -- Indigent Bail Procedures (2017) Case 4:15-cv-00170-HLM Document 68 Filed 06/16/17 Page 1 of 30 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN NORTHERN DISTRICT DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ROME DIVISION DIVISION MAURICE WALKER, on behalf of himself and …
Brief • June 16, 2017
Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds, LA, Complaint and Class Status Certification, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-05899 Document 1 Filed 06/16/17 Page 1 of 37 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA RONALD EGANA, SAMANTHA EGANA, and TIFFANY BROWN, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, …
Publication • June 15, 2017
Prison Policy Initiatice - Detaining the Poor, 2016 DETAINING Ill :::c I- PIRlllSIOIN POLICY INITIATIVE i MAY 2016 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bernadette Rabuy is the Senior Policy Analyst at the Prison Policy Initiative. Bernadette produced the first comprehensive national report on the video visitation industry, Screening Out Family Time: The …
Publication • June 14, 2017
Filed under: Lobbying, Bail, Bail Bonds
ACLU - $elling Off Our Freedom, 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. Thanks to the …
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 …
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 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. …
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 …
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 …
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 ...... …
Brief • April 28, 2017
O'Donnell v. Harris County, TX, Opinion, Harris County Bail System, 2017 Case 4:16-cv-01414 Document 302 Filed in TXSD on 04/28/17 Page 1 of 193 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION MARANDA LYNN ODONNELL, …
Article • March 14, 2017
Connecticut Supreme Court: Insanity Acquittee May Be Held in Prison on Bond by On November 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that an insanity acquittee who was being held in a maximum-security psychiatric hospital could be held in prison if unable to pay the $100,000 bond set for …
Al-Kadi v. Ramsey County et al., MN, Amended Complaint, Religious Discrimination, 2017 CASE 0:16-cv-02642-JRT-TNL Document 28 Filed 03/02/17 Page 1 of 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA AIDA SHYEF AL-KADI, Civil No. 16-2642 (JRT/TNL) Plaintiff, AMENDED COMPLAINT v. RAMSEY COUNTY, RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, and OFFICER JESSICA WALKER, …
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