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Poor Parents Fail to Pay Child Support, Go to Jail by Matthew Clarke Child support is an enormous issue in the United States. In August 2015, Mark Greenberg, the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Prison and Jail Officials Face New Challenge: Drones Used to Smuggle Contraband by Lonnie Burton Drones are increasingly being used in attempts to smuggle drugs and other contraband into prisons worldwide. Previously, smugglers had to bribe guards, use their body cavities or have accomplices sneak forbidden items through prison visitation. …
Condoms Now Available to Prisoners in Three States by Joe Watson Legislation in California, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September 2014, allows prisoners in the state’s 34 adult correctional facilities access to condoms. With the signing of Assembly Bill 999 – also known as the Prisoner Protections …
Oregon DOC Sees Spike in Gang-related Murders by Mark Wilson “This is a systemic problem,” said attorney Dennis Steinman, who represented the widow of an Oregon prisoner murdered in his cell. “This is not only about Snake River. This is about the prisons statewide.” Steinman appears to be correct, given …
A Victory in the Fight to Stop Prisoner Rape by In 2012, Cornelius, a prisoner at a Florida state prison, wrote a letter to a nearby rape crisis center. Cornelius had been sexually assaulted multiple times while incarcerated. The first time was a gang rape that had happened 17 years …
Registered Sex Offenders Fall Victim to “Vigilante Justice” by According to prosecutors, an Anchorage man assaulted and robbed three men on Alaska’s sex offender registry, keeping a notebook that listed the names of his victims and the items he stole from them. Jason Christian Vukovich, 41, allegedly plotted the attacks …
Outcomes of California’s Proposition 47 by Joe Watson The passage of California’s Proposition 47 in November 2014 – which reduced many felony drug possession and property crimes to misdemeanors – might be a harbinger of criminal justice reform nationwide. But for now, reform advocates have gladly accepted the release of …
Suicides Plague North Carolina Prison System by Four suicides occurred in North Carolina state prisons during a 17-day period from April 19 to May 5, 2016, bringing the total number of self-inflicted prisoner deaths to five this year and surpassing last year’s total of three. An investigation by The Charlotte …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Michigan Courthouse Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 2 Injured by Larry Darnell Gordon, 45, was being transported to a Berrien County court proceeding on July 11, 2016 when he overpowered a deputy, stole his gun and tried to take hostages during an escape attempt. Gordon fatally shot two bailiffs in the …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Mexico: Drug Cartel Used Prison to Dispose of Bodies by Mexico’s national defense department calls the Zetas “the most formidable death squad to have worked for organized crime in Mexican history.” U.S. officials agree, saying the gang is “the most technologically advanced, sophisticated and dangerous cartel operating in Mexico.” One …
Department of Justice Announces Plan to Phase Out For-profit Prisons by On August 18, 2016, the Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced, via a memo to the acting director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, that the DOJ plans to phase out contracts with private, …
Navy Nurse Refuses to Force-feed Guantanamo Prisoners by Derek Gilna An unnamed Navy nurse at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that houses alleged terrorist detainees, who was facing expulsion from the Navy for his refusal to participate in force-feeding prisoners, has been allowed to return to his …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Obama Issues Another 214 Commutations for Federal Prisoners by Derek Gilna President Obama announced 214 commutations on August 3, 2016, spurring hope that the pace will increase as he nears the end of his term in office. This latest batch, the largest number of commutations issued in a single day …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Classification Guidance for CIA High Value Detainee Information (redacted), CIA, undated
Publication • September 1, 2016
Classification Guidance for CIA Rendition, Detention and Interrogation (redacted), CIA, 2011
Publication • September 1, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, PLRA
Screening Inmate Cases in Texas - A Brief Overview of Federal and State Inmate Litigation, Justice for Texans, undated T. Michael Kennedy, P.C. 1431 Greenway Drive Suite 800 Irving, TX 75038 972-281-5888 www.justicefortexans.com email: tmichael@justicefortexans.com Screening Inmate Cases in Texas: A Brief Overview of Federal and State Inmate Litigation in …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Sexual Violence Data - Actions Needed to Improve Clarity and Address Differences Across Federal Data Collection Efforts, GAO, 2016 United States Government Accountability Office Report to the Ranking Member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate July 2016 SEXUAL VIOLENCE DATA Actions Needed to …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Filed under: Census, HRDC Publications
HRDC comment filed with Census Bureau re counting prisoners - Sept 2016 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS September 1, 2016 Submitted via Email Only to: POP.2020.Residence.Rule@census.gov Karen Humes, Chief Population Division U.S. Census Bureau, Room 6H174 Washington, D.C. 20233 Re: Comment on Proposed 2020 Census Residence …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Brutality Case Summaries, PLS Plattsburgh Office, 1997 BRUTALITY CASE SUMMARIES for the PLATTSBURGH OFFICE of PRISONERS’ LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK Prepared and compiled by Michael Cassidy, Managing Attorney for Litigation, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, 22 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, New York 12901 Revised, October 1997 1 I. Successful …
Report Finds Systemic Waste, Unproven Programming in New Mexico's Prisons by A New Mexico legislative committee is perplexed by the state's $2-million giveaway to GEO Group, since the Florida-based private-prison company has cut staff at one prison but continues to charge New Mexico's Corrections Department (NMCD) as if it's still …
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