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Judge Orders End to Recording of Attorney-Client Meetings at CCA’s Leavenworth Detention Center

Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Jail Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Attorney Client, Telephone Monitoring

Judge Orders End to Recording of Attorney-Client Meetings at CCA’s Leavenworth Detention Center by Derek Gilna The Kansas Federal Public Defenders’ Office has challenged a scheme whereby officials at a detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) secretly video-recorded confidential attorney-client meetings. As a result, …

Iowa Gov. Schemes to Keep Juvenile Lifers in Prison After SCOTUS Ruling

Article • September 6, 2016

Filed under: Prison Reform, Sentencing, Juveniles, Failure to Protect (Juveniles)

Iowa Gov. Schemes to Keep Juvenile Lifers in Prison After SCOTUS Ruling by When judges make provocative rulings, they're labeled "activists" by peeved politicians. But when those same politicians execute controversial decisions, they purport to be mere protectors of the public interest. In Iowa, Governor Terry Branstad has pitted himself …

Iowa's Governor Commutes Juvenile Life-Without-parole Sentences to 60 Years Flat

Article • August 24, 2016

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Sentencing, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Juveniles

Iowa's Governor Commutes Juvenile Life-Without-parole Sentences to 60 Years Flat by Matthew Clarke In a controversial reaction to a recent Supreme Court ruling declaring mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles unconstitutional, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad commuted the sentences of the 38 Iowa juvenile who had been sentenced to life without parole …

Iowa Jail Guard Who Tased Mentally Ill Woman Missed Training for Three Years

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Restraints, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Staff Training

Iowa Jail Guard Who Tased Mentally Ill Woman Missed Training for Three Years by After a guard tased a mentally ill woman in October 2013 to compel her to change her clothes, officials at the Muscatine County, Iowa, Jail are considering requiring less Taser training for guards rather than more. …

Iowa State Court Finds Prisoner Entitled to Counsel at Prison Classification Hearing

Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016

Filed under: Classification, Parole Board Misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Court Access, Good Time, Parole, Due Process, Sex Offender Treatment

Iowa State Court Finds Prisoner Entitled to Counsel at Prison Classification Hearing by Derek Gilna Iowa State District Court Judge Scott D. Rosenberg reversed and remanded a prisoner’s adverse classification hearing based upon the denial of his right to legal counsel. Gary Pettit pleaded guilty to third-degree sexual abuse and …

Investigation of Restraint Device Use in Iowa’s County Jails, Iowa Citizens’ Aide, 2009

Publication • August 1, 2016

Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints

Investigation of Restraint Device Use in Iowa’s County Jails, Iowa Citizens’ Aide, 2009 Investigation of Restraint Device Use in Iowa’s County Jails Appanoose County Jail Jefferson County Jail Polk County Jail Wapello County Jail Woodbury County Jail Iowa Citizens’ Aide/Ombudsman William P. Angrick II Issued: November 5, 2008 Released: February …

Griffin v. Pate, IA, Ruling, voting rights, 2016

Brief • June 30, 2016

Filed under: Voting, Voting Rights Act

Griffin v. Pate, IA, Ruling, voting rights, 2016 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 15–1661 Filed June 30, 2016 KELLI JO GRIFFIN, Appellant, vs. PAUL PATE, In His Official Capacities as the Secretary of State of Iowa, and DENISE FRAISE, In Her Official Capacities as the County Auditor of …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Marshall County Jail, Marshalltown, IA, ICE, 2015

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Marshall County Jail, Marshalltown, IA, ICE, 2015 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility Inspections and Detention Oversight Washington, DC 20536-5501 Office of Detention Oversight Compliance Inspection Enforcement and Removal Operations St. Paul Field Office Marshall County Jail …

Iowa DOC ICS Rates effective January 16, 2016

Kickback publication • 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Iowa DOC ICS Rates effective January 16, 2016 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RATE INFORMATION FOR OFFENDER TELEPHONE SERVICE **********EFFECTIVE January 19, 2016********** MAXIMUM COST IS BASED ON 20 MINUTE CALL LENGTH LOCAL, INTRASTATE AND INTERSTATE RATES Per Minute Maximum Cost $0.11 $2.20 INTERNATIONAL RATES Country Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola …

Neither Fair Nor Impartial - An Investigation into IA DOC’ Sanctions Against an Inmate, IA OO, 2015

Publication • May 26, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Corrections Audits

Neither Fair Nor Impartial - An Investigation into IA DOC’ Sanctions Against an Inmate, IA OO, 2015 Neither Fair Nor Impartial An Investigation into the Iowa Department of Corrections’ Sanctions Against an Inmate Iowa Office of Ombudsman Ruth H. Cooperrider, Ombudsman February 16, 2015 Contributors Investigator Bert Dalmer, Senior Assistant …

Iowa Court Effectively Bars Lifer From Spending Any Money While In Prison

Article • March 31, 2016

Filed under: Restitution, Commissary, Telephone Access

Iowa Court Effectively Bars Lifer From Spending Any Money While In Prison by Christopher Zoukis Tracey Richter, serving a life sentence at the Mitchellville women's prison in Iowa, learned in April 2014 that she faces a new punishment as to her 2001 murder conviction: a garnishment order from the state …

Pettit v. IA Department of Corrections, IA, Ruling, sex offender parole due process, 2016

Brief • March 25, 2016

Filed under: Appeals, Parole Conditions, Due Process, Sex Offender Treatment

Pettit v. IA Department of Corrections, IA, Ruling, sex offender parole due process, 2016 E-FILED 2016 MAR 25 11:23 AM POLK - CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY GARY PETTIT, CASE NO. CVCV049768 Petitioner, vs. FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER IOWA …

Iowa Prisoner May Have Restitution Deductions from Prison Wages Increased

Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Prison Industries, Restitution

Iowa Prisoner May Have Restitution Deductions from Prison Wages Increased by The Iowa Supreme Court held that a state district court has the discretion to amend a restitution order to increase the deductions from the pay of a prisoner employed in a private-sector prison industry program. Before the Court was …

Performance Audit Report - IA DOC Substance Abuse Programs, IA DMPAP, 2007

Publication • February 16, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab

Performance Audit Report - IA DOC Substance Abuse Programs, IA DMPAP, 2007 Does Prison Substance Abuse Treatment Reduce Recidivism? Performance Audit Report Iowa Department of Corrections Licensed Substance Abuse Programs May 25, 2007 Iowa Department of Management Performance Audit Program Iowa Department of Management Performance Audit Program State Capitol Building …

IA Prison Population Forecast 2015-2025, Department of Human Rights, 2016

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Statistics/Trends

IA Prison Population Forecast 2015-2025, Department of Human Rights, 2016 The Correctional Policy Project: Iowa Prison Population Forecast FY 2015-FY 2025 January 1, 2016 Sarah Johnson, M.A., Primary Author Iowa Department of Human Rights Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Steve Michael, Division Administrator Iowa Department of Human Rights …

Taser Muscatine Co Sheriff IA Deploys 2001

Publication • February 8, 2016

Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

Taser Muscatine Co Sheriff IA Deploys 2001 file:///U|/taser/M26/2001/12/Muscatine%20Co%20IA%20deploys.htm JO'iR\\" .........,.u.o< ••• November 16, 2001 Non-lethal weapon provides law enforcement with new tool By Christoph Trappe MUSCATINE, Iowa - Some Muscatine County sheriff's deputies now will be able to take a suspect to the ground without touching or shooting him or …

Iowa: State Department Ordered to Cover Court-Appointed Counsel’s Expenses in Privately Prosecuted State Action

Article • November 17, 2015

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Public Defenders, Indigent Defense

Iowa: State Department Ordered to Cover Court-Appointed Counsel’s Expenses in Privately Prosecuted State Action by Iowa: State Department Ordered to Cover Court-Appointed Counsel’s Expenses in Privately Prosecuted State Action The Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s order for the Iowa Department of Management (IDM) to pay, as a …

Prison Staff Records Left in Prison's Barber Shop

Article • November 2, 2015

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Employee Litigation

Prison Staff Records Left in Prison's Barber Shop by Christopher Zoukis Prison Staff Records Left in Prison's Barber Shop by Christopher Zoukis On August 4, 2011, a prison guard at Fort Dodge Correctional Facility in Des Moines, Iowa, a medium-security state prison which houses more than 1,300 prisoners, found sensitive …

Iowa Juvenile LWOP Prisoner Released to Hospice Care

Article • October 12, 2015

Filed under: Cancer, Parole, Juveniles

Iowa Juvenile LWOP Prisoner Released to Hospice Care by Mark Wilson Iowa Juvenile LWOP Prisoner Released to Hospice Care by Mark Wilson In what is being described as an “unprecedented” decision, on December 3, 2013, the Iowa Parole Board ordered the release of a terminally ill prisoner who was sentenced …

Iowa Supreme Court Holds Miller Retroactive; Governor’s Commutation Cannot Cure Violation

Article • July 1, 2015

Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Juveniles

Iowa Supreme Court Holds Miller Retroactive; Governor’s Commutation Cannot Cure Violation by David Reutter  Iowa Supreme Court Holds Miller Retroactive; Governor’s Commutation Cannot Cure Violation by David Reutter The Iowa Supreme Court held that the Governor Commutation of sentences of life without parole imposed upon juveniles cannot circumvent the holding …