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Article • September 22, 2015
Safety at Any Price - Massachusetts Corrections Fiscal Failure by Bob Williams Safety at Any Price - Massachusetts Corrections Fiscal Failure by Bob Williams The guiding fiscal model of the Massachusetts criminal justice system for decades has been “safety at any price,” according to a December 2009 report by The …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Georgia’s Privatized Probation Statute Facially Constitutional, but Problems with Administration by David Reutter Georgia’s Privatized Probation Statute Facially Constitutional, but Problems with Administration by David M. Reutter While declining to rule on the constitutionality of a state law authorizing privatized probation services, on November 24, 2014 the Georgia Supreme Court …
Article • July 1, 2015
Filed under: Probation
Single Oregon Probation Violation Requires Concurrent Sanctions by Mark Wilson Single Oregon Probation Violation Requires Concurrent Sanctions by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals held that multiple sanctions for a single probation violation must be concurrent. “If more than one term of probationary supervision is revoked for a single …
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 10, 2015
Filed under: Parole, Probation
Ninth Circuit: Early Termination of Federal Supervised Release Does Not Require Showing of Undue Hardship by Ninth Circuit: Early Termination of Federal Supervised Release Does Not Require Showing of Undue Hardship The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a District Court ruling denying a defendant’s …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Denial of Time Served Credit Violates Vermont Law by Mark Wilson Denial of Time Served Credit Violates Vermont Law by Mark Wilson On August 29, 2014, the Vermont Supreme Court held that an amended sentencing order denying time served credit violated state law. In June 2013, Roger Perry pleaded no …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Probation, Restitution
California Probation Cannot Exceed Maximum for Unpaid Restitution by Mark Wilson California Probation Cannot Exceed Maximum for Unpaid Restitution by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, held on September 17, 2014 that trial courts lack authority to hold probationers in “suspended animation” beyond their maximum sentence …
Chronicle of Social Change - Juvenile Justice Solutions Should Always Start with Positive Youth Development, 2015 REGISTER NOWII www.edgyconference.com #EdgyConference20J.6 SUBSCRIBER CONTENT RESEARCH AND RESOURCES LOGIN SUBSCRIBE ABOUT NEWS ANALYSIS OPINION CREATIVE NONFICTION IN DEPTH DONATE CONTACT Enter your search... OPINION Juvenile Justice Solutions Should Always Start with Positive Youth …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Oregon Probation Extended for Inability to Pay Financial Obligations by Mark Wilson Oregon Probation Extended for Inability to Pay Financial Obligations by Mark Wilson In a July 9, 2014 ruling, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s extension of probation for failure to pay financial obligations due to …
Brief • January 29, 2015
Thompson v DeKalb Co, GA, Complaint, JCS juvenile pay-only probation, 2015 Case 1:15-mi-99999-UNA Document 174 Filed 01/29/15 Page 1 of 42 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION KEVIN THOMPSON, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. ________ v. COMPLAINT DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA; NELLY WITHERS, in her official capacity as …
Thompson v. Dekalb County, GA, Settlement, Court Practices Target Poor, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGRJmMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims (hereinafter "Agreement") is made by and among DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA ("DeKalb County"); CHIEF JUDGE NELLY WITHERS, In Her Official Capacity as Chief Judge of the DeKalb …
Thompson v. Dekalb County, GA, Complaint, Court Practices Target Poor, 2015 Case 1:15-mi-99999-UNA Document 174 Filed 01/29/15 Page 1 of 42 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION KEVIN THOMPSON, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. ________ v. COMPLAINT DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA; NELLY WITHERS, in her official capacity as …
Article • January 13, 2015
Report Says Texas State Jails an Expensive Failure in Need of Reform by Report Says Texas State Jails an Expensive Failure in Need of Reform by Matt Clarke According to a November 2012 report published by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank, the Texas state jail system …
Article • October 5, 2014
Willfulness Must be Proven to Violate Florida Probation for Failure to Pay by Willfulness Must be Proven to Violate Florida Probation for Failure to Pay   The Florida Supreme Court has held it is unconstitutional to make a finding of a probation violation without inquiring into the probationer’s ability to …
Article • October 3, 2014
Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers by Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers   After several probation companies operating in Georgia were sued last year, a TV news investigation on private probation yielded some persuasive perspectives.   Some probationers explained to WSB-TV that private probation firms–which account for about 40% …
Publication • October 1, 2014
Probation and Parole in the U.S., 2013 BJS 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics October 2014, NCJ 248029 Erinn J. Herberman, Ph.D., and Thomas P. Bonczar, BJS Statisticians A t yearend 2013, an estimated 4,751,400 adults were under community supervision—a decline of about …
Article • September 12, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Texas: Unconstitutional to Revoke Probation Due to Refusal to Self-Incriminate During Polygraph or Therapy by Matthew Clarke Texas: Unconstitutional to Revoke Probation Due to Refusal to Self-Incriminate During Polygraph or Therapy by Matt Clarke On May 8, 2013, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a probationer’s term of …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Decline in Arrests of Los Angeles County Probation Officers by Decline in Arrests of Los Angeles County Probation Officers The Los Angeles County Probation Office has cited tougher self-policing and stricter hiring standards for a dramatic decrease in the number of employees arrested for driving under the influence and various …
Article • June 12, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative by Christopher Petrella Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative by Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the City University of New York, writes that “capitalism never resolves its problems; it simply rearranges them geographically.” The same can be …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Massachusetts: Order Relieving Sex Offender of Registration Not Vacated Upon Probation Violation by David Reutter Massachusetts: Order Relieving Sex Offender of Registration Not Vacated Upon Probation Violation   by David Reutter   The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that once a judge relieves a sex offender of the requirement …
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