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Publication • May 26, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Parole
Parole Review Decisions 2015, California State Governor, 2015 EXECUTIVE REPORT ON PAROLE REVIEW DECISIONS DECISIONS FOR THE PERIOD January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 BY GOVERNOR EDMUND G. BROWN JR.
Brief • May 21, 2016
Gadsden v. City of New York et al, Filed Motion to Compel CI Info, disclosure of informant records, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-06687-RJD-RER Document 33 Filed 05/21/16 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 190 LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL S. LAMONSOFF, PLLC Michael S. Lamonsoff, Esq.○⌂ Seth J. MacArthur, Esq.○ Ryan J. Lawlor, …
Publication • May 16, 2016
Report to Congress Prison Rape Elimination Act, DOJ NIC, 2007 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections Report to the Congress of the United States on the Activities of the Department of Justice in Relation to the Prison Rape Elimination Act (Public Law 108-79) September 2007 U.S. Department of …
Publication • May 16, 2016
Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997–2009, Innocence Project, 2010 Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997–2009 by Kathleen M. Ridolfi and Maurice Possley Northern California Innocence Project, Santa Clara University School of Law Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 1997–2009 …
Solitary Confinement Increases Risks of Self-Harm in NYC Jails, Study Says by Joe Watson A study of self-harm cases in New York City jails published in the March 2014 issue of the American Journal of Public Health found that prisoners placed in solitary confinement are almost seven times more likely …
Article • May 13, 2016
Report: Six States Shuttered Prisons, Reduced Bed Space in 2013 by Joe Watson A new report from the Sentencing Project highlights prison closures and correctional bed reductions in a half-dozen states in 2013 and outlines the dynamics for more closures in 2014 and beyond. North Carolina led what the Sentencing …
Article • May 13, 2016
Report Finds Most California Counties Out of Compliance with New Pregnant Prisoner Anti-Shackling Law by Matthew Clarke A report released in February 2014 by Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) found most California county jails were out-of-compliance with a 2012 law limiting the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners. …
"Major Use of Force" Incidents on the Increase in Texas Prisons by Matthew Clarke According to statistics released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the number of "major use of force" incidents climb sharply from 6,071 in 2005 to 7,151 in 2013, an increase of 17%. TDCJ officials …
2013 A Busy Year for Sentencing Reforms in 31 States by Joe Watson Closing a few prisons won’t be enough for significantly reduce the U.S. prison population of more than 1.5 million men and women, according to a report from the Sentencing Project. Real reductions argues the Washington, D.C. advocacy …
Article • May 12, 2016
Ohio Prison Industry Profits Increasing by Matthew Clarke According to a report released by the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee, the profits for Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) increased to $7.8 million in fiscal year (FY) 2013, the fourth straight year of increasing profitability. OPI operates 21 programs at 14 prisons throughout …
Article • May 12, 2016
Medicare Again Embarrassed by Funding Drugs For Prisoners by Derek Gilna At a time when both federal and state governments are struggling to pay their bills, a new government report by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals that Medicare has improperly paid out …
Article • May 12, 2016
New Ohio Jail Regulations Limit Prisoners to Shower Every Other Day, Two Meals a Day on Weekends by Christopher Zoukis An Ohio regulatory panel imposed new standards for the 90 full-service jails in the state, which detain some 20,000 prisoners in the state's county and municipal jails. On April 15, …
DOJ Increases Budget Even as Americans Tire of Costs of Drug War by Derek Gilna Sometimes the federal government just can’t help itself.  At a time when the majority of Americans still feel that their country is headed in the wrong direction, and have expressed their weariness of the “war …
Article • May 12, 2016
Louisiana Drug Offender Program Leaves $5 Million Shortfall by David Reutter A 2013 law passed by Louisiana lawmakers was expected to save $6 million by diverting drug offenders to treatment and shortening the prison sentences of such offenders by having them complete a drug treatment program. The law has not …
Article • May 12, 2016
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Colorado Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced for Helping a Prisoner Escape by Colorado Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced for Helping a Prisoner Escape      On April 7, 2013, Colorado prisoner Feliz Trujillo walked out of the Denver Detention Center unchallenged, dressed in a police uniform. Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Andrews supplied Trujillo with the disguise …
Article • May 12, 2016
Texas Remains Leader in Exonerations of Wrongfully Convicted by Derek Gilna A new report by a national prisoner-rights organization says that once again the state of Texas led the nation in 2013 in exonerations, with 13 cases, and Illinois and New York were not far behind with 9 and 8, …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Low Pay, Long Hours Fuel Increasing State Prison Staffing Problems by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The slow decline in state prison populations cannot come soon enough for many Departments of Corrections, which are struggling to cover shifts in the face of rising staff turnover rates. States experiencing shortages of …
ACLU Report: Women Uniquely Harmed by Solitary Confinement by Matthew Clarke In April 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report on the use of solitary confinement for women prisoners in the United States. The report concluded that while solitary was an extreme punishment that should not be …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Corrections Agencies Use Obamacare to Pay for Prisoners’ Medical Care by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis and Matt Clarke The Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Obama’s signature piece of legislation, has resulted in an unintended windfall: a means to shift the cost of expensive hospital care for state and local …
Florida’s Private Prison Movement Alive and Well by David Reutter With the promise of saving taxpayer dollars to house a growing prisoner population during a cyclical crime wave in the early 1990s, Florida decided to experiment with private prisons. From the start, those involved in the push to privatize were …
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