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Article • November 7, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Louisiana Sex Offender Restrictions, Harsh Laws Prolong Prison Sentences by “There is nothing else I have left to complete,” said Antoine Hartley. The Louisiana prisoner became eligible for release in 2013. But his inability to find post-release housing approved for sex offenders will likely force him to complete his entire …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Mentally Incompetent Detainees Stuck in California Jails Spark Class-action Lawsuit, Fines by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis California county jails are facing lawsuits and court-imposed fines over their handling of detainees who have been determined incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness. In Ventura County, the families of mentally …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Contempt Motion Filed after Pennsylvania Officials Refuse to Release Detainee by Officials at Pennsylvania’s York County Prison face a contempt motion filed by an attorney on behalf of a terminally ill pre-trial detainee. The motion claims the officials refused to comply with a court order for the prisoner’s release. Thomas …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Declaratory Judgment in Mississippi Case Challenging Indefinite Jail Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Mississippi federal district court has issued an agreed declaratory judgment in a case brought by two defendants who were held for long periods of time in the Scott County Detention Center without an individualized …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Overdetention, Immigration
Virginia: Undocumented Immigrant Receives $12,000 Settlement for Overdetention by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In May 2017, the sheriff’s office in Henrico County, Virginia entered into a $12,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging an undocumented immigrant was held in jail beyond his scheduled release date. Following his arrest …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Estimated 10.35 Million Prisoners Worldwide, Three Million in Pre-trial Detention by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Institute of Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), part of the Birkbeck University of London, has collected statistics that indicate approximately three million people were held in pre-trial/remand detention worldwide as of the end of …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Indiana Jail’s Overdetention of Pretrial Detainees Erroneously Denied Class-action Status by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an Indiana federal district court’s denial of class-action status for a subclass in a civil rights action alleging that the policies and practices of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office caused pretrial detainees …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Federal Court Holds PLN Lawsuit Challenging ADX Censorship Not Moot by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 14, 2017, a Colorado federal district court vacated its prior order granting a motion to dismiss filed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and held that a lawsuit filed by Prison …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Sentencing, Overdetention
Sentencing Project Report Examines Increasing Number of Life Sentences by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The non-profit Washington, D.C.-based Sentencing Project released a report in May 2017, titled “Still Life: America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences,” that explores the high number of prisoners serving life sentences despite declining …
Article • December 27, 2017
Filed under: Overdetention, Immigration
$10,000 Settlement to Citizen Detained by ICE by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton   In 2007 the United States of America agreed to pay $10,000 to man who was illegally detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for three days in early 2006 on the mistaken belief the man was …
Article • December 26, 2017
A NY Supreme Court Certifies for Persons Held on ICE Detainers Past Scheduled Release. by A New York Supreme Court certified a class in a lawsuit alleging the New York Department of Corrections (DOC) falsely imprisoned over 9,000 persons with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers. The class consists …
Second Chance Reforms 2017 CCRC Limiting Second Chance Reforms in 2017 Roundup of new expungement and restoration laws December 2017 COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public discussion of the collateral consequences of conviction, the legal restrictions and …
Article • December 11, 2017
Florida Supreme Court Speaks Out of Both Sides of Mouth in Prisoner Sanction Case by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The Florida Supreme Court has issued an unusual opinion in which it simultaneously sanctioned a prisoner for too many filings and pointed out that the prisoner may be serving an …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
D.C. Man Subjected to 77 Days Overdetention; Marshals Service Denies Responsibility by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Carlton O. Harris, a 28-year-old journeyman roofer, was mistakenly held at the District of Columbia’s jail for 77 days without a chance to see a judge or be appointed a defense attorney after …
Article • November 30, 2017
Michigan Juveniles Entitled Miller Montgomery Resentencing by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit remanded a suit challenging Michigan juvenile life without parole (LWOP) statutes, to address the issues under the legal landscape established by the United States Supreme Court. On remand, …
Brief • November 28, 2017
U.S. V. King-Gore, DC, Opinion, Sentencing, 2017 United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued October 23, 2017 Decided November 28, 2017 No. 13-3010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE v. KAMAL KING-GORE, APPELLANT Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Reform of Florida’s Criminal Justice Laws Urged by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida taxpayers spend around $2.3 billion annually on the state’s Department of Corrections – twice what they spend on Florida’s 28 public colleges combined. At least five other states also led by Republican governors and GOP …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Kansas Supreme Court: Four Years of Pretrial Detention too Long by In December 2016, the Kansas Supreme Court ordered the release of a man who had been held in jail more than four years awaiting trial under the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act (KSVPA). The state’s high court held that …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Brennan Center Asks: “How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated?” by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After three years of research, the highly-respected, non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law published an extensive report in December 2016 which concluded that while “mass incarceration has emerged as …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
New York Prison Cannot Hold Sex Offender Beyond Expiration of Sentence by The Supreme Court's Appellate Division, Third Department, held that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) may not hold a prisoner beyond his maximum sentence expiration date even if suitable post-release housing has not …
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