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Article • October 3, 2014
Florida Governor Eliminates Innocence Commission by  Florida Governor Eliminates Innocence Commission   Faced with the dubious honor of 23 death row prisoner being exonerated since 1973 and 12 exonerations via DNA evidence since 2001, the Florida Supreme Court created the Florida Innocence Commission. With the stroke of his veto pen, …
Article • October 3, 2014
California Officials Deny Amnesty International’s Findings on Isolation Units by California Officials Deny Amnesty International’s Findings on Isolation Units   California corrections officials are proving—simply by opening their mouths—that long-term exposure to a cruel and dysfunctional prison system causes a detachment from reality.   In response to Amnesty International's (AI) …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Media, Access to Media
California's Governor Vetoes Bill Granting Journalists Access to Prisoners by California's Governor Vetoes Bill Granting Journalists Access to Prisoners   On September 30, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown of California vetoed a bill which would have restored media access in the California prison system (CDCR) to the level it was at …
Article • October 3, 2014
California: Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins One Provision of Simi Valley's Halloween Ordinance by California: Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins One Provision of Simi Valley's Halloween Ordinance   In October 2012, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order enjoining City of Simi Valley officials from enforcing a provision of the City's …
California: CDCR Agrees to Pay $7,500 to Settle Pro Se Prisoner's § 1983 Retaliation Lawsuit by California: CDCR Agrees to Pay $7,500 to Settle Pro Se Prisoner's § 1983 Retaliation Lawsuit   In June 2012, after five years of litigation, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) entered into …
Article • October 3, 2014
California Prisoners Forced to Deal with Threat of Valley Fever by California Prisoners Forced to Deal with Threat of Valley Fever   The best way to avoid catching valley fever is to, naturally, stay out of the valley. But in central California's San Joaquin Valley, where the fungus that causes …
Article • October 3, 2014
Arizona Fines Wexford $10,000 for Neglect, Hepatitis C Exposure by Arizona Fines Wexford $10,000 for Neglect, Hepatitis C Exposure   The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) disciplined its former prison healthcare provider like a parent who banishes a teenager to the cozy confines of his bedroom.   Wexford Health Sources, …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Media
Depiction of Prisoner's Wife as Drug Smuggler Actionable by Depiction of Prisoner's Wife as Drug Smuggler Actionable   A Tennessee federal court denied a motion to dismiss a defamation claim brought by a prisoner's wife who was portrayed as a drug smuggler in a television program.   An episode of …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners
$5,000 Settlement for Housing Discrimination Based on Disability by On January 28, 2010, Vermont Human Rights Commission (VHRC) found reasonable grounds that Dismas of Vermont, Inc., illegally discriminated against Finbar Patrick McGarry in housing based on his disability. McGarry had filed a housing complaint with VHRC and with U.S. Office …
Article • October 3, 2014
1st Circuit Permits Massachusetts X-ray Drug Search by 1st Circuit Permits Massachusetts X-ray Drug Search   The 1st Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed a Massachusetts district court decision permitting an x-ray search of defendant Shane Spencer under the aegis of a search warrant, and dismissed his …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Good Time, Wrongful Release
$1.21 Million Settlement after Washington State Prisoner Released in Error Kills Store Clerk by $1.21 Million Settlement after Washington State Prisoner Released in Error Kills Store Clerk   As a result of an earned good-time mix-up, a prisoner at Walla Walla State Prison in Washington State was prematurely released on …
Article • October 3, 2014
Systematic Problems Result in Closure of Florida Juvenile Facilities by David Reutter Systematic Problems Result in Closure of Florida Juvenile Facilities   by David M. Reutter   The systematic lack of training, supervision, and oversight at two Florida juvenile detention centers caused unconstitutional conditions of confinement, a report by the …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Some States Refuse to Implement SORNA, Lose Federal Grants by Some States Refuse to Implement SORNA, Lose Federal Grants As of August 2014, twenty-eight states were still struggling with the costs and bureaucratic nuisance of implementing the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) – also known as the Adam …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Voting
Volunteers Help Prisoners Vote at D.C. Jail by Volunteers Help Prisoners Vote at D.C. Jail For most prisoners in jail awaiting trial, voting is an afterthought. But volunteers at the District of Columbia jail manned the polls for the first two days of early voting in October 2012 and instructed …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Some GPS Monitoring Devices Capable of Audio Recording by Christopher Zoukis Some GPS Monitoring Devices Capable of Audio Recording by Christopher Zoukis Civil libertarians and prisoner advocacy groups have expressed shock and outrage at the discovery that some Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices, used to monitor the movement and …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Indiana Supreme Court Holds Agreed Court Order with Prosecutor is Binding on DOC by Matthew Clarke Indiana Supreme Court Holds Agreed Court Order with Prosecutor is Binding on DOC by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of Indiana has held that a court order regarding whether a sex offender could be …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Incarceration is Excusable Default in New York Housing Court Proceeding by Mark Wilson Incarceration is Excusable Default in New York Housing Court Proceeding by Mark Wilson On October 7, 2013, the New York City Housing Court held that a tenant who could not attend court proceedings due to incarceration was …
Recidivism Performance Measures for Private Halfway Houses in Pennsylvania by Alex Friedmann Recidivism Performance Measures for Private Halfway Houses in Pennsylvania by Alex Friedmann In 2013, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) officials announced they would provide financial incentives to privately-operated community corrections facilities – halfway houses – that reduce the …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Modern-Day Slavery in America’s Prison Workforce by Beth Schwartzapfel Why can’t we embrace the idea that prisoners have labor rights? by Beth Schwartzapfel Laurie Hazen has bad taste in men. “They’re my downfall,” the 41-year-old jokes in her Massachusetts accent. “I have to really stay single.” An ex-boyfriend first introduced …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Sex Offender Residence
South Florida Landlord Bucks Trend, Offers Housing to Sex Offenders by South Florida Landlord Bucks Trend, Offers Housing to Sex Offenders Laws that restrict where sex offenders can live when they are released from prison leave many homeless, but one south Florida apartment manager is providing housing opportunities by leasing …
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