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Article • June 16, 2015
Buddha of the Blues by St Clair, Jeffrey Buddha of the Blues by Jeffrey St. Clair, CounterPunch In the summer of 1998, Alexander Cockburn and I spent a few days in North Richmond, California, a battered industrial city just outside of Berkeley. We had just published our book Whiteout on the CIA and …
No State Medical Privilege in § 1983 Actions; CCA Compelled to Provide Discovery by No State Medical Privilege in § 1983 Actions; CCA Compelled to Provide Discovery by Mark Wilson A Tennessee federal court refused to “recognize the state peer review privilege” in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, and …
Article • June 13, 2015
Texas Group Finds Correlation between Incarceration Rate and Academic Achievement by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Group Finds Correlation between Incarceration Rate and Academic Achievement by Matt Clarke Stand for Children – Dallas used data from the Justice Atlas of Sentencing and Correction to determine which ten Dallas zip codes had …
Article • June 12, 2015
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Grooming
Fifth Circuit: Texas May Not Enforce Rule Prohibiting Religious Beards by Matthew T. Clarke Fifth Circuit: Texas May Not Enforce Rule Prohibiting Religious Beards By Matt Clarke On April 2, 2013, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice could not continue to enforce …
Article • June 12, 2015
BOP Prisoner Count Increases Despite Continuing Drop in State Prisoners by Derek Gilna BOP Prisoner Count Increases Despite Continuing Drop in State Prisoners by Derek Gilna Showing once again that the federal government continues to be out of step with declining crime rates nationwide, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Article • June 12, 2015
June, 2013 Proves To Be Deadly Month for California Prisoners by Michael Brodheim June, 2013 Proves To Be Deadly Month for California Prisoners by Michael Brodheim In unrelated incidents, two California prisoners were killed on the same day in June 2013, one at Wasco State Prison in Kern County, the …
Article • June 12, 2015
California: Commission Recommends Reforms for Jail Overcrowding, Sentencing by Michael Brodheim California: Commission Recommends Reforms for Jail Overcrowding, Sentencing by Michael Brodheim In a May 2013 letter to the Governor and to members of the state legislature, Jonathan Shapiro, Chairman of the Little Hoover Commission, addressed problems of jail overcrowding …
Article • June 12, 2015
Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful by Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) released a report that details the stories of persons detained at the Broward Transition Center (BTC) to exhibit how that facility needlessly detains immigrants in inhumane conditions, wasting millions …
Sheriff Ordered to Reinstate Contractors’ Security Clearances to Remedy Retaliation for Blanket Strip-Search Litigation by Sheriff Ordered to Reinstate Contractors’ Security Clearances to Remedy Retaliation for Blanket Strip-Search Litigation A Virginia federal district court ordered a sheriff to reinstate the security clearances of six contractors after it found the Sheriff …
Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson In 2012, 6.98 million Americans were under some form of correctional supervision, with 2.2 million in prison or jail and another 4.8 million on probation or parole, according …
Article • June 12, 2015
Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson As Oregon prison officials scramble to reduce a $1.4 billion bi-annual corrections budget, the Secretary of State released an audit concluding that they are …
Article • June 12, 2015
Alaska’s Retroactive Application of ASORA Amendments Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Alaska’s Retroactive Application of ASORA Amendments Violates Ex Post Facto Clause The Alaska Supreme Court held that its rule prohibiting precedential effect of 2-to-l decisions does not apply retroactively. Therefore, Doe v. State, 189 P3d 999 (Alaska 2008)(Doe …
Article • June 12, 2015
$500,000 Settlement in Detainee’s Death from Overprescribed Medication by $500,000 Settlement in Detainee’s Death from Overprescribed Medication During trial of a civil rights action that alleged constitutional violations resulting in the death of a New York pretrial detainee, a $500,000 settlement was reached. The detainee, Michael DiCamillo, died from toxic …
Article • June 12, 2015
Colorado Sheriff Appropriates $349K of Unclaimed Money in Ex-Prisoners’ Accounts by Joe Watson Colorado Sheriff Appropriates $349K of Unclaimed Money in Ex-Prisoners’ Accounts by Joe Watson When is a check too small to cash? It’s when you've just been released from jail and hope to get as far away as …
Article • June 12, 2015
Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson A former guard at the Spring Creek Correctional Center—Alaska's only maximum-security prison—is now contesting his November 2012 termination for bringing a pocketknife to work …
Article • June 12, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Escapee Says Denver Jail Guard Expected $500K after Busting Him Out by Escapee Says Denver Jail Guard Expected $500K after Busting Him Out A Denver jail guard claims he was forced to help a prisoner escape on April 7, 2013 to protect his family. But the prisoner, who turned himself …
Texas Cops Granted Qualified Immunity for False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution by David Reutter Texas Cops Granted Qualified Immunity for False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution by David Reutter The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the grant of summary judgment to two police officers sued for false arrest and malicious prosecution by …
Article • June 12, 2015
$25,000 Jury Award in Missouri Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by David Reutter $25,000 Jury Award in Missouri Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by David Reutter A Missouri federal jury awarded a prisoner $25,000 in a failure to protect case. The district court also awarded $23,401.05 in attorney fees and …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Religious Diet
U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods by Matthew Clarke U.K. Ministry of Justice Announces Finding Pork DNA in Halal Prison Foods By Matt Clarke In February 2013, the U.K.’s Department of Justice issued an apology and suspended a prison meat supplier after traces of …
Article • June 11, 2015
Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts by Matthew Clarke Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts By Matt Clarke John Whitmire, D-Houston, the chairman of the state Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee wants to cut the cost of incarcerating Texas prisoners and …
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