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Article • November 10, 2015
Undisclosed Settlement in Alabama Prisoner’s Death from Non-Treatment by Undisclosed Settlement in Alabama Prisoner’s Death from Non-Treatment The estate of an Alabama prisoner who died of a heart attack received an undisclosed settlement. The lawsuit alleged that the private medical contractor provided inadequate medical treatment. After her probation was revoked …
Article • November 10, 2015
$130,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Injured From Top Bunk Fall by David Reutter $130,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Injured From Top Bunk Fall by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims has awarded $130,000 to a prisoner who was injured after negligently being assigned a top bunk …
Article • November 10, 2015
Los Angeles County Jail Home Detention Program a Failure by Christopher Zoukis Los Angeles County Jail Home Detention Program a Failure by Christopher Zoukis The Los Angeles County Jail's early release program began in the late 1980s as a result of an adverse finding by a federal judge that the …
Article • November 10, 2015
No Resources for Programs to Help Prisoners Make Parole in West Virginia by Christopher Zoukis No Resources for Programs to Help Prisoners Make Parole in West Virginia by Christopher Zoukis West Virginia's prison and jail population has continued to grow despite the passage of a sweeping prison reform bill, so …
Article • November 10, 2015
China's Forced Prison Labor and Re-Education Camps Await Prostitutes After Roundups by Christopher Zoukis China's Forced Prison Labor and Re-Education Camps Await Prostitutes After Roundups by Christopher Zoukis Notwithstanding China's great economic boom that has created a new class of millionaires and well-to-do urban citizens, the specter of Mao-era re-education …
Article • November 10, 2015
Study Details States’ Abuses of Out-Of-State Prisoner Transfers to For-Profit Prisons by Derek Gilna Study Details States’ Abuses of Out-Of-State Prisoner Transfers to For-Profit Prisons by Derek Gilna            The corrections industry maintains that one of its priorities is to help detainees maintain ties with their family and communities to assist …
Article • November 10, 2015
New York Inspector General Finds COPS CARE Misused State Funds by New York Inspector General Finds COPS CARE Misused State Funds A 2013 report by New York state's Inspector General (IG) concluded that COPS CARE , an organization consisting of policemen and prison guards, misused tens of thousands of dollars …
Article • November 10, 2015
GAO Report Faults BOP’s Lack of Budget Transparency by Derek Gilna GAO Report Faults BOP’s Lack of Budget Transparency by Derek Gilna A December 2013 General Accounting Office (GAO) report, faulting the lack of transparency in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) budget, shows that the agency spent $6.9 billion …
Article • November 10, 2015
Filed under: Jail Specific
Budget Constraints Force Ohio County to Move Female Prisoners by Derek Gilna Budget Constraints Force Ohio County to Move Female Prisoners by Derek Gilna         The Lorain County, Ohio women’s detention center has fallen victim to the failed attempt of county officials to raise the sales tax to continue funding the …
Article • November 10, 2015
Filed under: Detainers, Immigration
Third Circuit Decision an “Enormous” Victory for the Wrongfully-Detained Undocumented by Derek Gilna Third Circuit Decision an “Enormous” Victory for the Wrongfully-Detained Undocumented by Derek Gilna The Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the case of Galarza v. Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, which ruled that local jails need only treat …
Article • November 10, 2015
New Hampshire Legislative Report Criticizes Prisoner Work Release Controls by Derek Gilna New Hampshire Legislative Report Criticizes Prisoner Work Release Controls         by Derek Gilna        State legislatures nationwide, confronted with tight budgetary constraints, have demanded more efficiency out of the programs they fund, and New Hampshire is no exception.  The Office …
Article • November 6, 2015
South Carolina: Autopsy Reports Not Open Records by South Carolina: Autopsy Reports Not Open Records In an opinion delivered on July 16, 2014, the Supreme Court of South Carolina held that autopsy reports are "medical records" within the meaning of the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, Title 30, Chapter …
Article • November 6, 2015
State's Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Denied by State's Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Denied The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion by the state to dismiss a prisoner's lawsuit on the grounds …
Article • November 6, 2015
Court Rules National Geographic and Naturist Catalogue Pictures Not Child Pornography by Court Rules National Geographic and Naturist Catalogue Pictures Not Child Pornography John Rex is a prisoner at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk. On August 31, 2011, after a search of Rex's cell, guards found an envelope containing …
Article • November 6, 2015
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
Pre-Conviction DNA Collection Unconstitutional in Vermont by Pre-Conviction DNA Collection Unconstitutional in Vermont Holding that the Vermont Constitution affords greater protections than the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution from unconstitutional search and seizures, on July 11, 2014, the Supreme Court of Vermont held that the most recent amendment …
Article • November 6, 2015
Virginia Police Officers Entitled to Sovereign Immunity in Wrongful Death Suit by Virginia Police Officers Entitled to Sovereign Immunity in Wrongful Death Suit The Virginia Supreme Court has held that two Virginia police officers accused in the wrongful death of a cyclist were not liable due to sovereign immunity. City …
Article • November 6, 2015
Parole Reinstated After Improperly Rescinded by Parole Reinstated After Improperly Rescinded On June 26, 2014, the New York Superior Court issued a one-page decision reinstating the parole and release of Pablo Costello, ruling that the New York State Board of Parole ("Board") had improperly rescinded it. Prisoner Pablo Costello's first …
Article • November 6, 2015
Access to Documents Related to Conviction Denied in Mississippi by Access to Documents Related to Conviction Denied in Mississippi In a 6-3 ruling, the Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the denial of a public records request of a man who was attempting to show his conviction was unlawful. Timothy Pryer …
Wyoming Lifers Required to Maintain Savings Account by Wyoming Lifers Required to Maintain Savings Account The Wyoming Supreme Court has held that prisoners serving life sentences must still maintain mandatory savings accounts even though they have "little hope of ever leaving the prison system." In 1992, Kenneth Dale Nicodemus pled …
Article • November 6, 2015
Filed under: Informants
New York Police Spend Millions Buying Information by New York Police Spend Millions Buying Information In a report released by the New York Police Department (NYPD) following a public records request and a subsequent lawsuit, it was revealed that in the last six years the NYPD has paid out at …
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