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Article • February 15, 2008
Filed under: Education, News
Educating inmates by Lance Tapley By: LANCE TAPLEY 2/6/2008 4:48:35 PM Another wave of reform is surging from Lewiston's Bates College: a movement to expand college courses for prisoners. The goal has been embraced by the state Department of Corrections. At a Bates meeting on January 21, Max Kenner, of …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
California: 1st Degree Occupied Burglary Doesn’t Bar Working in Licensed by California: 1st Degree Occupied Burglary Doesn't Bar Working in Licensed Community Care Facilities Convicted felons suffer many civil disabilities, even after discharge from custody and post-release supervision. In California, a person whose criminal past includes a "crime against a …
Arizona Law Requires Ineligible Prisoners to Fund Transition Programs by The Arizona Legislature has enacted a law that requires prisoners to pay five percent of their earnings to fund re-entry transition programs. The pay deduction applies to prisoners who are ineligible to participate in such programs because of their crimes. …
Article • December 15, 2007
Settlement Agreement Involving New York Principal's Dismissed Disciplinary Actions Ordered Disclosed by New York Jericho Teacher's Association Vice President Anthony LaRocca appealed a State Supreme Court's 1993 dismissal of a petition to disclose settlement documents regarding the discipline of a principal. The dismissal was reversed and a redacted disclosure was …
WI ACLU Overview of Prisoners' First Amendment Rights by Larry Dupuis EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN BAR ASSOCIATION Pro Bono Continuing Legal Education Program Prisoner Litigation An Overview of Prisoners' First Amendment Rights March 29, 2007 Larry Dupuis, ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation IMPORTANT NOTE: This outline was prepared in March 2007. …
Article • December 15, 2007
New York School Construction Authority's Property Acquisition Details Ordered Disclosed by New York attorney Michael Greco petitioned for the disclosure of appraisal and settlement documents involving New York School Construction Authority (Authority) acquisitions. The Authority moved to dismiss but the court ordered the documents produced. The Authority took parcels of …
Article • December 15, 2007
Settlement Agreement Confidentiality Provisions Maintained, Not Exposed In Courtroom Dispute by Georgia's Savannah College of Art and Design, Inc. (SCAD), appealed a 1998 court order unsealing settlement documents between the SCAD and the School of Visual Arts (SVA). The agreement's provisions stipulated to strict confidentiality. The court reversed the disclosure …
Article • December 15, 2007
Lawfully Mandated Disclosure, Contract Stipulation Precludes Breech For Settlement Agreement Production by Texas former student of El Paso County Community College District (District) Constance Thomas, as well as the District, appealed a 2000 court ruling in a dispute awarding breech of contract to Thomas. The judgment was reversed because the …
Both Thumbs, One Finger Amputated Nets Prisoner $25,000 by A New York prisoner whose thumbs and left ring finger were amputated was awarded $25,000. Mr. Saleh, a 31-year-old New York prisoner, was a carpentry student. While operating a circular saw, making name plates, he suffered "a traumatic amputation of the …
Retroactive Application of NJ Sex Offender Law Upheld by The plaintiffs were convicted before September 1979 of sex offenses and their conduct determined to be characterized by "a pattern of repetitive and compulsive behavior." They were sentenced to indeterminate terms in an Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center and could not …
Overcrowded Washington DOC’s Solution: Ship ’Em Out of State by David Reutter Overcrowded Washington DOC's Solution: Ship ?Em Out of State by David M. Reutter Overcrowding is pinching the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). To alleviate that problem, the department ordered less than 100 community supervision violators released without a …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Study on Barriers to Employment of Ex-Prisoners in Milwaukee Released by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In early 2007, the Employment Training Institute (ETI) of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee released a study assessing the legal and employment needs of ex-prisoners residing in Milwaukee County. The study of 26,772 adults released …
California Inspector General: $1 Billion In DOC Drug Treatment Program “A Complete Waste Of Money” by Marvin Mentor California Inspector General: $1 Billion In DOC Drug Treatment Program "A Complete Waste Of Money" by Marvin Mentor California's Inspector General Matthew Cate issued a scathing 52-page report in February 2007 which …
$100 Million In Restitution Fines Collected From California Prisoners Since 1992 by In an April 26, 2007 speech at the National Crime Victims? Rights Week in southern California, Governor Schwarzenegger announced that over $100 million had been collected from prisoners since 1992 in the form of court-ordered restitution fines. ?If …
Article • October 15, 2007 • from PLN October, 2007
Final Report on Ohio Prisoner Reentry Study by G.A. Bowers by G. A. Bowers The Urban Institute?s Justice Policy Center released in April 2007 One Year Out, the final report of its Returning Home study of nearly 300 former prisoners living in Cleveland, Ohio, one year after their release from …
California’s Solution To Prison Overcrowding: $7.4 Billion To Build 53,000 New Beds by Marvin Mentor California's Solution To Prison Overcrowding: $7.4 Billion To Build 53,000 New Beds by Marvin Mentor Faced with three federal judges threatening to place a population cap on California's overcrowded prison system, the state Legislature and …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Chains of Love by Siobhan O'Connor by Siobhan O?Connor Nearly half a million women are married to men in prison. Maintaining these relationships involves a constant struggle with an often unsupportive penal system, despite growing evidence that a healthy marriage is one of the best tools for rehabilitation. Welcome to …
Gannet New Jersey’s Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records by Matthew Clarke Gannet New Jersey's Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records by Matthew T. Clarke The media in New Jersey, spearheaded by Gannett New Jersey publications, has embarked on a campaign to root out public employees …
Article • September 15, 2007 • from PLN September, 2007
Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Bilking Prisoners’ Families by Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Bilking Prisoners' Families On November 1, 2006, Ohio's Supreme Court suspended attorney Derek A. Farmer from the practice of law for two years. Admitted to the bar in 1999, Farmer became known as a prisoners' lawyer, maintaining a …
Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007
Breaking the Prison Habit by Mumia Abu-Jamal Book Review by Mumia Abu-Jamal Changin? Your Game Plan: How To Use Incarceration As A Stepping Stone For Success (Self-published: Big Mouth Street Media, 2006) pp.234] $14.99 This writer usually does reviews for political books, or ones which address the controversial or newsworthy …
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