Skip navigation

Search

87 results
Page 3 of 5. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 | Next »

Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Mug Shot Websites Based on Extortion Business Model by David Reutter by David M. Reutter One of the most insidious businesses to grow out of the prison industrial complex revolves around mug shots. Natural curiosity compels many people to view jail booking photos taken by law enforcement agencies when someone …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Google Provides Law Enforcement and Courts with User Information, Censors Content by Joe Watson Tech giant Google congratulated itself in October 2011 for refusing two “takedown” requests from U.S. law enforcement agencies that claimed videos of police brutality posted on YouTube were defamatory. Google owns YouTube, the Internet’s most popular …
Colorado District Court Examines Responsibility in Issuing Search Warrants Following $425,000 Settlement for Illegal Computer Search by A $425,000 settlement was reached in December, 2011 in a federal civil rights action against a prosecutor who approved an application for an illegal search. It may be the first ruling of its …
United States District Court Grants Summary Judgment in Internet Libel Case by The United States District Court granted a Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit, claiming violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. This action arose out of Thomas Mink’s publication of an internet based …
Charges Against Phoenix New Times Editors Dropped/Private Prosecutor Dismissed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In the middle of the night of October 18, 2007, Phoenix New Times founders Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin were arrested at their homes and charged with revealing grand jury information for publishing an article …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby One downside of the information age is that both prison guards and prisoners have found themselves in trouble due to their accounts on Facebook, the Internet’s premier social networking site. Three Nebraska prison guards were fired …
Article • March 15, 2011
Sixth Circuit Certifies to Ohio Supreme Court for Interpretation of State Law by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sua sponte certified questions to the Ohio Supreme Court as to the proper interpretation of the scope of an Ohio statutory scheme restricting internet communications. In 2002, the Ohio Legislature enacted …
Child Porn Investigations May Snare the Innocent by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby A new threat looms in the Internet age – the threat of improper prosecutions and wrongful convictions for the unwitting receipt, possession or attempted possession of child pornography. Everyone is at risk, as these offenses can be …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Technology, Budget Cuts Make Sex Offender Monitoring More Difficult by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Technological innovations and tech-savvy sex offenders, combined with budget cuts, have made it harder for law enforcement authorities to monitor the nation’s estimated 716,750 registered sex offenders (RSOs). That does not include all RSOs, as …
Bashimam v. City of Tallahassee, FL, Plaintiff Interr, Police Misconduct, 2010 PLAINTIFF’S FIRST INTERROGATORIES TO DEFENDANT CITY I. Persons 1. As to the person answering these interrogatories, please identify (see “Identification of a Natural Person” in Definitions) yourself and describe your basis for knowledge of the information sworn to, all …
Utah Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated by On August 20, 2009, a Utah federal court lifted the injunction it had previously issued against the Utah sex offender registry requiring registered sex offenders to register their internet names and passwords. John Doe is the pseudonym for a man who was convicted …
Inmate Communication Rules and Regulations, Federal Register, 2010 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 78 / Friday, April 23, 2010 / Rules and Regulations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie R. Berson, Center for Veterinary Medicine (HFV–110), Food and Drug Administration, 7500 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 240–276–8337, email: melanie.berson@fda.hhs.gov. Orion …
Article • January 15, 2010
Georgia Mail Policy Limiting Who Can Send Internet Material Upheld, then Changed by On December 4, 2007, Chief U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson upheld a Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) policy that prohibited prisoners from receiving materials printed from the Internet from persons other than publishers, vendors, or attorneys. Danny …
Article • January 15, 2010
First Circuit Rejects Internet, Pornography Restrictions on Sex Offenders by On January 21, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed two special conditions of supervised release imposed on a sex offender. The two conditions, one banning all internet use at home, the other prohibiting the possession …
Article • October 15, 2009
Florida DOC’s Pen Pal Advertisement Prohibition Challenged by The operators of two pen pal advertising services have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections’ rule that prohibits prisoners from receiving information from or posting ads with pen pal advertisement services. The lawsuit was filed by the Florida …
Indiana Lifelong Violent Offender Registration Preliminary Injunction Upheld in Part by On December 29, 2008, an Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a superior court’s preliminary injunction against lifelong registration for violent offenders. A July 1, 2007 Indiana statute added people who had been convicted of certain violent crimes to the …
Oregon Jail Guards Lose Access to Porn Sites by Mark Wilson Guards at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) couldn’t be trusted to stay off Internet porn sites during work hours, so Sheriff Bob Skipper pulled the plug effective December 1, 2008. Rampant, improper use of the Internet at the …
FBI Arrests Former Prisoner Indicted for Hacking Massachusetts Jail Computer by On November 5, 2008, the FBI arrested Francis G. Janosko, 42, for hacking into a computer at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility (PCCF) while he was incarcerated at the Massachusetts jail. A previously-sealed indictment was handed down a week …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Online Postings Lead To Stiffer Sentences by Brandon Sample Prosecutors are increasingly using photos posted on Facebook and MySpace, popular social networking sites, to obtain harsher sentences. It was bad taste, to say the least, when Joshua Lipton, a 20-year-old college junior charged with seriously injuring a woman during a …
Article • February 15, 2009
Dancing Prisoners: Why it isn't funny anymore by Carlo Osi By Carlo Osi | 09/22/2008 10:44 AM PHILADELPHIA – The Dancing Prisoners, if you will recall, was the Internet sensation in 2007 when prisoners from Cebu danced their way to international stardom by moving to the groove of Michael Jackson's …
Page 3 of 5. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 | Next »