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Brief • April 12, 2016
Payne v. County of Cook, IL, Amended Complaint, Illegal Police Search, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-03154 Document #: 120 Filed: 04/12/16 Page 1 of 49 PageID #:782 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ORANGELO PAYNE, Plaintiff v. ) ) ) ) COUNTY OF COOK, …
Article • March 1, 2016
Inside Kentucky's Unregulated, Private Probation Industry by By James McNair, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting This article was produced by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, a new, nonprofit newsroom from 89.3 WFPL News and Louisville Public Media. Read more at kycir.org. ELIZABETHTOWN -- Getting busted with a small amount …
Article • February 3, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Settlement Ends Montgomery, Alabama Debtor’s Prison by David Reutter Debtor’s prison has come to an end in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. Following a federal district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction requiring the city to correct its unconstitutional practice of jailing people who could not afford to pay fines, …
California’s Jail-building Boom: What Comes After Mass Incarceration? Local Incarceration. by Anat Rubin by Anat Rubin, Marshall Project In the desert city of Indio, California halfway between Los Angeles and the Arizona border, a small monument to the state’s prison downsizing experiment is materializing in a shopping center storefront, where …
Article • January 12, 2016
Filed under: Probation
California’s Lack of Oversight for Probationary Programs Allows Questionable Business into Loop by David Reutter California law encourages life-skill organizations to become involved in criminal justice, but a lack of oversight has allowed some non-profits to talk about responsibility while the organization itself shirks it. A review by the Voice …
Brief • December 17, 2015
Rodriguez v Providence Community Corrections, TN, Memo, privatized probation, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION CINDY RODRIGUEZ, et al. Plaintiffs, v. PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, INC., et al. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. 3:15-cv-01048 …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
California Legislation Permitting NVDP Incarceration Held Unconstitutional by Mark Wilson California Legislation Permitting NVDP Incarceration Held Unconstitutional by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, held on January 20, 2015 that a section of California’s realignment legislation improperly amended Proposition 36, a voter initiative, in violation of the …
Brief • November 30, 2015
Betances et al v. Fischer et al, 2nd Cir, Brief against Def Mot for Stay, post-release supervision, 2015 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT PAUL BETANCES, et al., No. 15-2836 Plaintiffs-Appellees, -againstBRIAN FISCHER, et al., Defendants-Appellants. MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR A STAY …
Article • November 3, 2015
Parole or Probation Violation Arrests Qualify as “Arrest” for Oregon Resisting Arrest Statute by Parole or Probation Violation Arrests Qualify as “Arrest” for Oregon Resisting Arrest Statute On July 10, 2014, the en banc Oregon Supreme Court held that arrest for a parole or probation violation qualifies as an arrest …
Article • October 23, 2015
Former Federal Prisoner’s Appeal Challenging Potential Self-Incrimination Dismissed as Moot by Former Federal Prisoner’s Appeal Challenging Potential Self-Incrimination Dismissed as Moot The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has dismissed a former prisoner’s appeal challenging, on Fifth Amendment grounds, the lower court’s revocation of his supervised release, the …
Publication • October 19, 2015
Filed under: Parole, Probation
HRDC testimony on sanctions for technical violations in Tennessee Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF ALEX FRIEDMANN 1 Tennessee Senate Committee on the Judiciary October 19, 2015 My discussion will focus on the Taskforce on Sentencing and Recidivism’s fifth recommendation, which states: “Develop additional …
Article • October 14, 2015
New York: Class Action Filed against Prison Officials for Applying Illegal Sentences by New York: Class Action Filed against Prison Officials for Applying Illegal Sentences Two men have filed a class action complaint in federal court against current and former New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) employees for …
Brief • October 14, 2015
Betances v. Fischer, NY, Memorandum and Opinion Denying Defendants Appeal, Post-Release Supervision, 2015 Case 1:11-cv-03200-SAS Document 121 Filed 10/14/15 Page 1 of 30 i :USOC SONY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT I DOCUMENT LELECTRONICALLY Jj nee#: __ . . ll tI FILED ll _ j\ ~-~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~-~~-~~-~-~~~-------------~LR~TE t:l~:~~~~fr!j;?"=JJ PAUL BETANCES, LLOYD A. …
Untreated Drug Offenders Cost Oregon $21.6 Million by Mark Wilson Untreated Drug Offenders Cost Oregon $21.6 Million by Mark Wilson Failing to treat substance abuse addictions of nearly half of the highest risk Oregon offenders, released between 2008 and 2011, cost crime victims and the state an estimated $21.6 million, …
Brief • October 9, 2015
Bell v. Jackson, MS, Class Action Complaint, Debtor Prisons, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION SOUTHl:RN DISTRICT r i'AIS ·, ) JEROME BELL, JAMES SHEPPARD, MARTEZE HARRIS, DOMONIC BUTLER, MICHAEL DAVIS, RICKY LAMBERT, JARMALE WALKER, et al. Plaintiffs, ) ) ) …
Article • October 6, 2015
$10 Million Budgeted to Oregon Counties for Criminal Justice Reforms by Mark Wilson $10 Million Budgetetd to Oregon Counties for Criminal Justice Reforms by Mark Wilson On August 1, 2013, the Oregon legislature passed a sentencing reform bill, designed to shift “low level” offenders from prison to community corrections. With …
Brief • October 2, 2015
Filed under: Probation
Rodriguez v. Providence Community Corrections, TN, Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, Probation Supervision, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION CINDY RODRIGUEZ, et al. Plaintiffs, v. PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, INC., et al. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. …
Brief • October 1, 2015
Rodriguez v. Providence Community Corrections, TN, Complaint, Private Probation, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION ) CINDY RODRIGUEZ, STEVEN GIBBS, ) PAULA PULLUM, YOLANDA CARNEY, ) JACQUELINE BRINKLEY, CURTIS ) JOHNSON, FRED ROBINSON, ) ) On behalf of themselves and all …
Brief • October 1, 2015
Rodriguez v. Providence Community Corrections, TN, Class Action Complaint, Probation Supervision, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION ) CINDY RODRIGUEZ, STEVEN GIBBS, ) PAULA PULLUM, YOLANDA CARNEY, ) JACQUELINE BRINKLEY, CURTIS ) JOHNSON, FRED ROBINSON, ) ) On behalf of themselves …
Digital Darkness and Silence for Sex Offenders in the Information Age by Andrew Extein by Andrew Extein, Truthout Is my Furby a computer?” With five months in jail and eight months of parole behind him, and four years of probation to go, Trevor finds himself contemplating the artificial intelligence of …
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