Skip navigation

Search

808 results
Page 4 of 41. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 37 38 39 40 41 | Next »

Prison Systems Solve Bed Space Problems by Using Out-of-State Facilities by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Several state prison systems are facing a dilemma: too many prisoners and not enough beds. An increasingly popular solution to this problem is to transfer prisoners to facilities in other states, sometimes thousands of …
Mentally Ill Wisconsin Prisoners Held in Solitary Improperly Reclassified by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has employed a unique method to reduce the number of seriously mentally ill prisoners being housed in solitary confinement: Their mental health classification competency levels were administratively changed without an …
Former Prisoner, Jailhouse Lawyer Mujahid Farid Has Died by Laura Whitehorn by Laura Whitehorn This issue of Prison Legal News is dedicated to Mujahid Farid. Farid, 69, who died of cancer on November 20, 2018 in the Bronx, New York, often said he was only one of many people who …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Some Arizona Prison Logs Show Temperatures up to 119 Degrees; Others Falsified by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Since February 2015, a settlement and stipulation in Parsons v. Ryan has required the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) to monitor and log indoor temperatures at state prisons. According to the Phoenix …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Federal Compassionateless Release by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell For thousands of federal prisoners who have filed for compassionate release after the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) expanded eligibility criteria in 2013, the response has been a familiar and consistent refrain: “Denied.” Over the following four years, just six percent of …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Federal Prisoner’s Custody Status Continues While “on Loan” to Face State Charges by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on November 21, 2017 that a federal prisoner remains in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General despite being held on behalf of state officials. Bud Ray Brown was serving …
Manus v. Erie County, PA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case Case1:18-cv-00202-SPB 1:05-mc-02025 Document Document 1011 Filed Filed07/20/18 07/20/18 Page Page11ofof17 17 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BRYANNA MANUS and AMANDA TUCHOLSKI, as CO-ADMINISTRATORS of the ESTATE of FELIX L. MANUS, Plaintiffs​, v. ERIE COUNTY, JOSHUA …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
UK Court Blocks Extradition of Accused Hacker to United States by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a virtually unheard of ruling, a British appellate court has refused to allow a citizen of the United Kingdom to be extradited to the U.S. to face federal charges. The court found that …
Ms. L, et al. v. U.S. Immigration, order on class certification, 2018 Case 3:18-cv-00428-DMS-MDD Document 82 Filed 06/26/18 PageID.1706 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Ms. L.; et al., Case No.: 18cv0428 DMS …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Ohio Death Row Prisoner Avoids Execution then Dies in Prison by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On March 3, 2018, Alva Campbell, a 69-year-old death row prisoner convicted of two murders, died in prison. Ironically, he passed away just five months after his poor health forced the postponement of his …
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 …
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018 Everywhere and Nowhere Compassionate Release in the States By Mary Price June 2018 1 About the Author Mary Price is general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). She directs the FAMM Litigation Project and advocates …
The Osborne Association Report, May, 2018, The High Costs of Low Risk - The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The High Costs of Low Risk: The Crisis of America’s Aging Prison Population The Osborne Association May 2018 Executive Summary Executive Summary During the past four decades, we have experienced …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Tennessee Sheriff Offered “Church Release” to Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Maury County, Tennessee Sheriff Bucky Rowland was elected to office in 2014 on a platform that promoted prisoner rehabilitation. While it is not unusual for an elected official to give lip service to the concept of rehabilitating …
Article • December 21, 2017
Threats by Arkansas Prison Administration Warrants Transfer by David Reutter by David Reutter The Eighth Circuit of Appeals reversed and remanded a federal district court's denial of prisoner James Walker's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 petition seeking his transfer to a federal prison or some other state's prison because he had …
Publication • December 1, 2017
The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders The Effects of Aging on Recidivism Among Federal Offenders U N I T E D S TAT E S S E N T E NC I NG COM M I S S ION United States Sentencing Commission One Columbus Circle, N.E. …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Parole Remains Elusive for Virginia Prisoners by David Reutter by David Reutter Virginia has more than 3,500 prisoners eligible for parole, representing over 9% of its prison population of 38,000 – a significant number considering that the state abolished parole over 20 years ago. Still, even for those long-serving prisoners …
Article • September 8, 2017
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Part of Louisiana Prisoner's Failure-to-Protect, Medical Indifference Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On February 9, 2017, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmedin part and reversed in part a district court's order granting summary judgment to prison officials in a …
Article • August 23, 2017
Vermont Prisoner’s Ex Post Facto Challenge to Program Change Fails by David Reutter by David Reutter The Vermont Supreme Court held that statutes and policies that do not retroactively after or limit the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) discretion over a prisoner’s treatment programming and early release, their application did …
Going to Prison in Texas in 2015 by William T. Habern by William T. Habern, David P. O’Neil, and Debra Bone Introduction For over 30 years our firm has represented offenders and their families in prison and parole administrative and legal issues. The first version of this article was published …
Page 4 of 41. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 37 38 39 40 41 | Next »