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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 …
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
Prison Skin-Art Pared From Canadian Budget by Gary Hunter An innovative plan to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in Canadian prisons has been axed by Canada?s Conservative government. In 2005, $350,000 in startup funds plus $600,000 for operating costs were allocated to implement a safe-tattoo program in six federal …
San Francisco Civil Grand Jury Cites Continuing Jail Deficiencies by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In November 2005, the jurors of the San Francisco Grand Jury inspected city and county jails and found longstanding unremediated problems of inadequate budgets, staffing shortages, overcrowding and high (40%) recidivism rates. The Jury …
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
Governor’s Task Force Recommends Changes in Florida’s Prison System Mission by Governor's Task Force Recommends Changes in Florida's Prison System Mission Recognizing that 90% of all Florida prisoners will eventually be released into society, former Governor Jeb Bush commissioned the Ex-Offender Task Force (Task Force) on February 7, 2005 to …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Study: Supermax Prisons Achieve Control While Inflicting Debilitating Side Effects, But Don’t Reduce Recidivism by John Dannenberg Study: Supermax Prisons Achieve Control While Inflicting Debilitating Side Effects, But Don't Reduce Recidivism by John E. Dannenberg The Justice Policy Center of the Urban Institute (UI) issued a research report, Evaluating the …
New York Jail’s Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court by New York Jail's Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a federal court may only grant relief in a civil rights action filed by a prisoner on federal law claims …
Supreme Court Discusses § 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status by The United States Supreme Court held that a South Carolina nonprofit private school, which prescribed and enforced racially discriminatory admission standards on the basis of religious doctrine, did not qualify as a tax-exempt organization under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. …
Denial of Compensation to Unemployed Prisoner Doesn't Violate Constitution by The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Pennsylvania federal district court's dismissal of a state prisoner's suit where the prisoner claimed that denial of "idle pay" violated his constitutional rights. Joseph Fidtler sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections …
Article • May 15, 2007
Religious Belief Allows NY Jewish Prisoner to Grow Beard by The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that an Orthodox Jewish prisoner has a protected right under the First Amendment to grow a beard, and that a Department Directive cannot prevent the prisoner from growing a …
Article • May 15, 2007
NY DOC Beard Ban Upheld by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a New York Department of Corrections (DOC) rule banning beards longer than one inch. Yevgen Fromer, an Orthodox Jewish prisoner, brought a civil rights action alleging that the DOC's policy prohibiting beards in excess …
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