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State of Hawai’i HCR 85 Task Force on Prison Reform - Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities, 2018 Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities Final Report of the House Concurrent Resolution 85 Task Force on Prison Reform to the Hawai‘i Legislature 2019 Regular Session Prepared by the HCR 85 TASK FORCE with …
Safe Alternatives to Segregation, Center on Sentencing and Corrections, 2018 December 2018 The Safe Alternatives to Segregation Initiative: Findings and Recommendations for the Virginia Department of Corrections Byron Kline, Elena Vanko, and Léon Digard, PhD Vera Institute of Justice, Center on Sentencing and Corrections © 2018 Vera Institute of Justice. …
Brief • September 19, 2018
Pesce v. Coppinger, MA, Complaint, Failure to Treat, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-11972 Document 1 Filed 09/19/18 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ____________________________________ ) GEOFFREY PESCE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) KEVIN F. COPPINGER, in his official ) capacity …
McKibben v. McMahon, CA, Settlement, LGBT Wrongful Treatment, 2018 Case 5:14-cv-02171-JGB-SP Document 78 Filed 08/15/18 Page 1 of 26 Page ID #:714 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DAN MCKIBBEN, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No.14-2171-JGB-SP [Hon. Jesus G. Bernal] vs. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT JOHN MCMAHON, et al., Defendants. Plaintiffs1 …
Initial Report of Joint Mental Health Expert Kathryn A. Burns MD MPH, U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2018 EXHIBIT A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Ollie Carruthers, et al., v Scott Israel, et al. Case No. 76-6068-CIV-MIDDLEBROOKS INITIAL REPORT OF JOINT MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT KATHRYN …
Lynas v. Stang, MN, Complaint, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2018 CASE 0:18-cv-02301-JRT-KMM Doc. 1 Filed 08/07/18 Page 1 of 33 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA David W. Lynas, as Trustee for the next-of-kin of James C. Lynas, Case No. _ _ _ _ _ __ Plaintiff, v. …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Arkansas and Oklahoma Rehab Programs Sued for Using Court-ordered Defendants for Forced Labor by David Reutter by David Reutter A federal lawsuit filed in October 2017 accuses an Arkansas-based drug rehab center of “human trafficking and forced labor” for abusing a court-ordered pre-trial diversion program. The rehab center reportedly compelled …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Civil Commitment Used to Imprison Drug Users in Massachusetts by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon While most states have laws allowing the involuntary civil commitment (ICC) of the mentally ill, some states extend such laws to addicted drug abusers. Massachusetts is the only state to specify by statute that people …
Article • June 7, 2018
California Law Allows Transfer to Jail in Another County, But Prisoner Must First Exhaust Administrative Remedies, Court of Appeal Holds by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case of first impression, the California Court of Appeal held that State law does allow a prisoner to request a transfer to …
Publication • 2018
Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic, Vera Institute of Justice, 2018 March 2018 Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from New York State’s Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program Vedan Anthony-North, Leah G. Pope, Stephanie Pottinger, and Isaac Sederbaum From the Director The numbers behind America’s current opioid crisis …
Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Jacob Kang-Brown, Oliver Hinds, Jasmine Heiss, and Olive Lu June 2018 From The Director The turn of the century marked a new direction for the nation’s prisons and jails: after three decades of …
Texas Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice--Open Roads and Overflowing Jails--Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration, May 2018 OPEN ROADS AND OVERFLOWING JAILS: Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration by Marc Levin and Michael Haugen May 2018 May 2018 by Marc Levin Michael Haugen Center for Effective Justice …
Penal Reform International, Thailand Institute of Justice: Global Prison Trends, 2018 GLOBAL PRISON TRENDS 2018 SPECIAL FOCUS Pull-out section The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders in the era of sustainable development Global Prison Trends 2018 This document is co-published and produced with financial assistance from the Thailand Institute of Justice …
The Criminalization of the Mentally Ill in Maine by by Lance Tapley, Pine Tree Watch In April, 2017, while incarcerated at the Maine State Prison’s Intensive Mental Health Unit in Warren, James Staples removed his own eyeball. The 66-year-old prisoner, who has a lengthy history of both mental illness and assault …
From Cages to the Community: Prison Profiteers and the Treatment Industrial Complex by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Criminal justice reform is slowly taking hold in the U.S. Since 2014, at least 30 states have passed legislation aimed at reducing their prison populations. And following the election of “law and …
Lindon v. Saffold, Complaint, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-00442-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 02/23/18 1 of 12. PageID #: 1 Case: 1:18-cv-00442-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 02/23/18 2 of 12. PageID #: 2 Case: 1:18-cv-00442-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: 02/23/18 3 of 12. PageID #: 3 Case: 1:18-cv-00442-DCN Doc #: 1 Filed: …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
They Thought They Were Going to Rehab. They Ended up in Chicken Plants by Amy Julia Harris, Shoshana Walter by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter, Reveal The worst day of Brad McGahey’s life was the day a judge decided to spare him from prison. McGahey was 23 with dreams of …
Office of the Inspector General, Nebraska Correctional System, 2016-17 Annual Report, 2017 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NEBRASKA CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM 2016/2017 ANNUAL REPORT Abstract An annual report regarding the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and the Nebraska Office of Parole Administration. The report is a summary of the year’s …
Article • December 14, 2017
Deference to Prison Officials Jury Instruction Improper in Medical Care Case by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a prisoner’s civil rights action that made significant holdings in regards to jury instructions. First, it held that when a pro se litigant fails to object to a …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
In Midst of Opioid Crisis, an Addiction Medication Program for Federal Prisons Fizzles by Mike Ludwig by Mike Ludwig, Truthout In the spring of 2014, as rising rates of opioid misuse and fatal overdoses were capturing the nation’s attention, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was working on …
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