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Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Unlike U.S., Many Governments Releasing Large Numbers of Prisoners to Reduce Threat of COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Around the globe, governments are releasing prisoners in an attempt to mitigate the threat of COVID-19-related mass deaths in their jails and prisons. However, Third World countries are far ahead …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Federal Judge’s Order Granting COVID-19 Relief to Elderly Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2020 the United States Supreme Court rejected a class-action lawsuit filed by two elderly Texas prisoners that would have forced the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Alabama Should Release Elder Prisoners at Risk for COVID-19 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The efficacy of states continuing to retain elderly prisoners has been questioned by corrections experts for decades. The problems with continuing to needlessly incarcerate senior prisoners has become even more germane amidst the ongoing coronavirus …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Pennsylvania Judge Verdict: A Potential Death Sentence for Shoplifting Conviction by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Thirty-six-year-old Ashley Via Menser of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, is battling both cervical and ovarian cancer from prison after being convicted and sentenced in January 2020 for shoplifting $109.63 worth of groceries. As her case progressed …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
BOP Loses Fight Against Orders to Release Ohio Prisoners Threatened By Coronavirus by Noting a “significant level of infection” of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Elkton, Ohio, U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal on April …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Ohio Prisoner with Coronavirus Released Without Use of Preventative Measures; Cases Inside Soaring by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) is being criticized for its mishandling of circumstances surrounding a prisoner’s release during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kevin Cherry was released from Marion Correctional …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Large Scale Releases and Public Safety by Peter Wagner Can governments safely release hundreds or thousands of people from prison? We offer 14 historical examples to show that, in fact, they already have. by Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/04/09/large-scale-releases/ To protect the American public from COVID-19, schools have closed, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Coronavirus Crisis: Wisconsin Releases Around 1,600 Prisoners, an ‘Inconsequential’ Number by By May 8, 2020, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections had released almost 1,600 prisoners as the coronavirus spread, Madison.com reports.  “The vast majority — 1,447 individuals released from March 2 to May 4 — are inmates who had been …
Torres v. Milusnic, CA, Notice of Ex Parte Communication Re Preliminary Injunction, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-04450-CBM-PVC Document 18 Filed 06/01/20 Page 1 of 72 Page ID #:441 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Terry W. Bird – Bar …
Publication • 2020
Filed under: Compassionate Release
US Sentencing Commission, Compassionate Release Report, 2020 U.S. Sentencing Commission Compassionate Release Data Report Calendar Year 2020 July 2021 Introduction As part of its ongoing mission, the United States Sentencing Commission provides Congress, the judiciary, the executive branch, and the general public with data extracted from and based on sentencing …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Lawsuit: Release Prisoners in Virus Tinderbox to Home Confinement by David Reutter Patrick Jones first federal prisoner to die after judge rejects plea by David M. Reutter A non-violent federal drug offender who pleaded for early release in the months prior to the COVID-19 pandemic hitting America died of the …
Brief • June 30, 2016
Willis v. Comissioner of Indiana DOC, IN, Complaint, Prison Newspaper Censorship, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION WESLEY WILLIS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) COMMISSIONER OF THE INDIANA ) DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, in his ) official capacity, and SUPERINTENDENT ) …
Brief • February 26, 2016
Garber v. Sheriff Conway, GA, Response to Supplemental Motion to Dismiss, Jail Newspaper Ban, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION ADAM GARBER, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. SHERIFF BUTCH CONWAY, COL. DON PINKARD, Defendants. Case No.: …
Brief • January 25, 2016
State of Oklahoma v. Federal Communications Commission, 10th Circuit, Petition for Review, Prison Phone Systems, 2016 Selected docket entries for case 16−9503 Generated: 01/31/2016 09:42:52 Filed 01/25/2016 Document Description Main Document Attachments Petition for Review Letter Page Docket Text [10337380] Petition for review filed. Served on 2 01/25/2016. Manner of …
Publication • October 16, 1996
Washinton Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Presonal Computer Usage by DOC Prisoners-Oct. 1996 WACDL Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Lenell Nussbaum President Teresa Mathis Executive Director October 16, 1996 Mr. Chase Riveland, Secretary Department of Corrections P. 0 . Box 41101 Olympia, WA 98504-1101 RE: Personal Computer Usage by Department …
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