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Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013
Tenth Circuit: No Section 2241 Jurisdiction for BOP Supermax Challenge; Claims Must be Brought as Bivens Action by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 1, 2012 that a federal prisoner's transfer to supermax custody must be brought as a Bivens action rather than as a federal habeas …
Deadly Prison Fire Kills Hundreds in Honduras by They screamed from their dilapidated cells as a scorching fire swept through the prison where they were held. But the cries of prisoners burning alive inside the overcrowded Comayagua National Penitentiary in Honduras on February 14, 2012 were met by gunshots fired …
Article • July 13, 2013
Irregularities Undermine Legitimacy of Second Version of 9/11 Trials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When the American government first determined that it would proceed with trials by military tribunal against the prisoners it held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the decision was met with skepticism by human rights advocates. The …
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 …
The Overrepresentation of People of Color in Private Prisons Petrella Radical Criminology 2013 [ insurgencies ] The Color of Corporate Corrections, Part II: Contractual Exemptions and the Overrepresentation of People of Color in Private Prisons CHRISTOPHER PETRELLA1 My previous study2 published in Radical Criminology, (Issue 2, Fall 2013) demonstrates that …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
U.N. Considers Revisions to Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis The U.N. Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held its 22nd session in late April 2013. A significant item on the Commission’s agenda was the development of revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of …
Article • May 15, 2013
Pennsylvania: USDC Grants Habeas Bond Hearing for Alien by On May 24, 2012 the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted in part the habeas petition of Robert A. Bautista seeking release from Department of Homeland Security custody, which was not granted, and a bond hearing, …
U.S. Immigration Policy: Dysfunctional, Profitable and Resistant to Reform by Derek Gilna The nation's economy remains fragile, U.S. troops continue to fight a losing war in Afghanistan, North Korea has recently threatened a nuclear attack, and in March 2013 Congress and President Obama failed to reach a compromise to prevent …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Anti-Immigrant Arizona Sheriff Outed by His Mexican Ex-Boyfriend by Paul Bebeu, Sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona and a former police officer, was a rising Republican star within the state in 2012 – crusading in support of the anti-immigrant legislation SB1070, co-chairing Arizona’s campaign for Mitt Romney’s presidential bid and espousing …
ADX Prisoner Not Allowed to Communicate with Family Members or Receive Publications under SAMs by Christopher Zoukis In another series of court rulings upholding the use of Special Administrative Measures (SAMs), a prisoner at the federal ADX supermax facility in Florence, Colorado was prohibited from receiving certain publications and communicating …
Brief • April 4, 2013
Aguilar v. ICE, NY, Settlement Agreement, language search policies, 2013 Case 1:07-cv-08224-KBF Document 426 Filed 04/04/13 Page 1 of 191M; .:: ''1 ) USDCSDNY DOCUMENT ELtCTRONICALL Y FILED DOC#:. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ADRIANA AGUILAR, etal., Plaintiffs, DATE FILF.D;APR -­ 0 4 2013 ECFCase 07 …
Cerveka v. Czech Republic, ECHR, Comment, Olmstead Mandate Segregating Prisoners with Mental Illness, 2013
China Pledges to Stop Harvesting Organs from Executed Prisoners by On March 23, 2012, government officials in China said they plan to stop harvesting organs from the thousands of prisoners who are executed each year. However, many doubt the practice will entirely cease because the need for organs is too …
U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Snared, Deported by DHS and ICE by Derek Gilna An increasing number of American citizens have been questioned, detained and even deported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as a result of databases that incorrectly identify them as undocumented …
Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Unique Brazilian Prison Alternative Celebrates 40-Year Anniversary by Lyla Bugara Brazil has long been home to the largest prison population in the region. As of December 2011, the population stood at 514,582, with 37% of the incarcerated being pretrial detainees. In addition to its sheer size, the Brazilian penal system …
Equitable Tolling of AEDPA Includes Non-English Speaking Petitioners by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a language inability, when combined with denial of legal or translation assistance, can be an extraordinary circumstance for equitable tolling purposes in habeas cases. The issue was before the Third Circuit following …
Zikianda v. County of Albany, NY, Amended Complaint, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-01194-TJM-RFT Document 109 Filed 03/15/13 Page 1 of 36 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ * YODI ZIKIANDA, as Administrator of the Estate * of Irene Bamenga, * * Plaintiff, * * * ‐against‐ * * …
Doe v. Neveleff, TX, Order on R & R, ICE Detainee Sexual Abuse, 2013 Case 1:11-cv-00907-LY Document 238 Filed 03/12/13 Page 1 of 6 c ; IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION 2OI3MAR 2013 MAR 12 12 AM 42 8:2 RH …
Tenth Circuit: Terrorism Prisoners Lack Liberty Interest in Transfer to ADX by Derek Gilna Omar Rezaq, Mohammed Saleh, El-Sayyid Nosair and Ibrahim Elgabrowny, convicted of terrorism-related offenses and confined at the federal supermax ADX facility in Florence, Colorado, filed suit contending they had a liberty interest in “avoiding transfer without …
Brief • February 14, 2013
Iswed v Caruso, MI, Opinion & Order granting plf app for attoney fees, prisoner overseas phone calls, 2013 Case 1:08-cv-01118-PLM-ESC Doc #185 Filed 02/14/13 Page 1 of 12 Page ID#1430 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION BAHAA E. ISWED, #272102, Plaintiff, ) ) ) -v) ) …
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