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Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Grand Jury Report: Prisoners in Charge at Mississippi County Jail by David Reutter Grand Jury Report: Prisoners in Charge at Mississippi County Jail by David Reutter The prisoners seem to be in control of the Hinds County, Mississippi Detention Center because the jail does not have enough staff to adequately …
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 …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Classification, Escapes
Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction by Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction On July 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a prisoner who escaped …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Filed under: Escapes, Transportation
Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run by Mark Wilson Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run by Mark Wilson If his history is any indication, Wyoming fugitive Kenneth James Ward probably didn’t need a head start. But he got one when …
Article • January 13, 2015
Filed under: Escapes
Arkansas Jail Closed After Escapes, Might “Put A Hurt” on Bail Business by Arkansas Jail Closed After Escapes, Might “Put A Hurt” on Bail Business The Yell County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) closed its jail in Dardanelle, Arkansas in March 2013 after three prisoners escaped by strong-arming the lone guard working …
When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems by Derek Gilna When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems by Derek Gilna A recent interest among government officials in reducing prison populations as a way to cut costs, stemming from the 2008 Great Recession that resulted in significant budget deficits, has placed renewed emphasis …
Brief • July 19, 2014
J.W. v. City of Ferguson, MO, Complaint, jail guard rape escape, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION J.W., Plaintiff, v. CITY OF FERGUSON, JARIS HAYDEN, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No.: PLAINTIFF DEMANDS JURY TRIAL COMPLAINT - CIVIL …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Restitution Not Owed for Arrest Costs, West Virginia Court Holds by Derek Gilna Petitioner Michael John McGill appealed his December 2010 state conviction for escape from home confinement while on bail and the sentencing judge’s order that he pay $8,261.56 in “restitution to the State for costs associated with apprehending …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Res Judicata Doesn't Bar Ohio Post-release Control Challenge by The Ohio Supreme Court has held that “when a criminal defendant is improperly sentenced to post-release control, res judicata does not bar the defendant from collaterally attacking his conviction for escape due to an earlier post-release-control sentencing error.” In 1998, Donald …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Ninth Circuit: Residential Reentry Center Walkaway is Not Escape by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that walking away from a residential reentry center does not constitute escape under 18 U.S.C. § 751(a). In 2008, Anthony E. Burke was convicted of federal offenses in Washington State and sentenced …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Possession of Cell Phone Doesn’t Violate Nevada Escape Device Statute by The Nevada Supreme Court has held that a statute prohibiting prisoners from possessing escape devices does not encompass possession of a contraband cell phone. Pursuant to NRS 212.093(1), prisoners are prohibited from having “any key, picklock, bolt cutters, wire …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Prisoners in Texas Jail Providing Less Slave Labor by According to Taylor County, Texas Sheriff Les Bruce, prisoners at the county jail in Abilene are performing less free labor than in the past. Bruce allowed low-risk prisoners convicted of non-violent offenses to perform work for the county in exchange for …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes
California Supreme Court: Cutting Through Fences May Not Constitute Attempt to Escape by In a July 2012 unpublished decision, the California Supreme Court upheld a published opinion of the Court of Appeal dismissing the “three strikes” conviction of a prisoner, Robin Bailey, who was charged with escaping from the Correctional …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
500 Escape from Abu Ghraib and Taji Prisons in Iraq by Christopher Zoukis On July 21, 2013, military-style assaults at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison and another prison in Taji resulted in the escape of more than 500 prisoners, including an unknown number of al-Qaida members. Many of the prisoners …
Article • August 15, 2013
Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Escape Conviction by In December 2012, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed an escape conviction because the prisoner’s request to represent himself was improperly denied. While serving a sentence for robbery at the Plummer Center in Wilmington, Delaware, prisoner Maurice Williams requested and received a medical pass …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: Escapes, Sentencing
Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses Sentence for Escape, but Sentence Affirmed on Remand by The Louisiana Supreme Court reversed an appellate court that found excessive a sentence which was twice as long as the original sentence imposed prior to a successful appeal, but remanded the case for consideration of whether the …
Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013
Filed under: Escapes, Sentencing
Oregon: Post-Escape Conduct Justifies Enhanced Escape Sentence by The Oregon Court of Appeals has held that criminal conduct committed after an escape justifies the imposition of an enhanced sentence on the escape conviction. Donald A. Bennett was an Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) prisoner when he escaped from the South …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Canadian Prisoners Escape via Helicopter by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Two Canadian prisoners, Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau and Danny Provençal, escaped from a St. Jérôme, Quebec correctional facility on March 17, 2013 when a helicopter hovered over the yard and lowered a rope for them. They clambered up, with one …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes
Oklahoma Escapee Surrenders to Police after 14 Years on the Run by Christopher Zoukis On April 26, 2013, David Lee Kemp, 43, turned himself into the Comanche County, Oklahoma Sheriff's Office. He was actively being sought by the FBI, U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement agencies for escaping from the …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Filed under: Escapes, News, State Legislation
Oregon: Only Voluntary Surrender Avoids Fugitive Dismissal Rule by In a 4-3 decision, the en banc Oregon Supreme Court held on June 7, 2012 that a defendant’s “surrender” must be voluntary in order to avoid dismissal of a pending appeal under the state’s fugitive dismissal rule. Pursuant to Oregon Rule …
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