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Man Mistakenly Released 13 Years Ago Won’t Have to Return to Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Connecticut man arrested for his unintentional failure to serve a 13-year-old federal prison sentence was released from custody in March 2019. Philadelphia native Demetrius Anderson had not only remained free for those …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Judge Orders Federal Prisoner with Cancer Released Due to Poor Medical Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2019, a U.S. District Court ordered that a prisoner held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama be released due to the poor medical care she received from the …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Court Grants Compassionate Release After BOP Says Prisoner Wasn’t Dying Fast Enough by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case that demonstrates exactly why the First Step Act included much-needed changes for compassionate release for federal prisoners, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana granted immediate release …
First Step Act Update: Over 1,600 Sentences Reduced, 3,000 Prisoners Released by Dale Chappell, Douglas Ankney by Dale Chappell and Douglas Ankney As of late July 2019, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had released over 3,000 prisoners under the First Step Act, a landmark criminal justice reform measure signed …
Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Increasing Number of Walkaways from California Early-Release Programs by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  In 2018, almost half of California’s 50 prison escapees walked away from early-release programs where they were finishing their sentences – more than double the number of “walkaways” in 2014, the first year the programs were …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Some Prisons Are Using Virtual Reality for Reentry and Other Programs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  Since 2016, Colorado has been using virtual reality (VR) reentry programs for some long-term prisoners. Other states, most notably Pennsylvania and Alaska, are also experimenting with VR for reentry training and other purposes. …
Settlement Reached in Suit Over Failure to Keep Released L.A. County Prisoners from Becoming Homeless by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by the federal government against Los Angeles County over how the county’s jail system cycles “people with mental illnesses and …
Illinois Court Rules Indefinite Detention of Sex Offenders Due to Lack of Approved Housing Unconstitutional by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer “Paul Murphy is indigent and homeless.” So begins a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Virginia M. Kendall, released on March 31, 2019. Murphy, convicted of possession of child …
Louisiana State Prisoners Routinely Held Past Scheduled Release Dates by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In the wake of a 2017 state audit that revealed Louisiana prisoners were regularly being held for weeks, months and sometimes even years past their scheduled release dates, a 2019 investigation of court …
Georgia: Court Certifies Class Action for Prisoners Held Beyond Their Release Date by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A U.S. District Court judge in Georgia has certified a class-action suit that seeks to hold the Fulton County Jail liable for failing to release dozens of prisoners after they posted bond or …
Incorrigible: The First Step Act and the Carceral State by Marie Gottschalk by Marie Gottschalk With much fanfare, President Donald Trump signed the First Step Act into law in December 2018. New Jersey senator and presidential candidate Cory Booker hailed the legislation as a milestone that marked a “meaningful break …
Taylor v. County of Pima, AZ, Amicus Brief, Post-Incarceration Rights, 2019 No. 17-16980 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ___________________________ LOUIS TAYLOR, A SINGLE MAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF PIMA, A BODY POLITIC, AND THE CITY OF TUCSON, A BODY POLITIC, Defendants-Appellants. ___________________________ Appeal from …
Taylor v. County of Pima, AZ, Amicus Brief, Post-Incarceration Rights, 2019 No. 17-16980 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ___________________________ LOUIS TAYLOR, A SINGLE MAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF PIMA, A BODY POLITIC, AND THE CITY OF TUCSON, A BODY POLITIC, Defendants-Appellants. ___________________________ Appeal from …
National Consumer Law Center - Commercialized (In)Justice - Consumer Abuses in the Bail And Corrections Industry, 2019 COMMERCIALIZED (IN)JUSTICE CONSUMER ABUSES IN THE BAIL AND CORRECTIONS INDUSTRY NCLC® March 2019 NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER ® © Copyright 2019, National Consumer Law Center, Inc. All rights reserved. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian …
Aging Prison Population Finds Parole Elusive by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a recent study by the U.S. Department of Justice, about 11% of the state and federal prison population in 2016 was over age 55. Of those prisoners, numbering roughly 160,000, around 38,000 were 65 or older. …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Vera Institute Announces Increase in Federal Funding to House Former Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On August 30, 2018, the Vera Institute of Justice announced an expansion of federal assistance to provide housing for prisoners who are reentering society. The “Opening Doors to Public Housing Initiative,” a program …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Trump Establishes Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On March 7, 2018, President Trump issued an executive order that launched the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry. The order revoked a presidential memorandum that had established a similar …
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 …
Report: Homelessness and Housing Insecurity are Hurdles for Former Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna More than a half-million Americans are homeless on any given day, and for the five million ex-prisoners in the U.S., the rate of homelessness is almost 10 times higher than among the general population. …
Under “In-House Parole,” New Mexico Prisoners Remain in Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Parole is generally defined as conditional release from prison before a sentence has expired. But in New Mexico, every month dozens of “release-eligible” offenders join a pool of paroled state prisoners who nevertheless remain incarcerated. …
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