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Article • August 5, 2016
Indefinite Pre-incident Detention of Indigents by Mississippi Challenged in Class Action Law Suit by David Reutter A class action challenging the indefinite jailing of persons in a Mississippi’s Scott County Detention Center without indictment or representation by counsel was filed on September 23, 2014. The lead plaintiffs are indigents who …
DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …
Article • August 4, 2016
Filed under: Parole
Successful Parole Program in Colorado Appears to be 86'ed Without Clements by Joe Watson A one-of-a-kind parole program in Colorado that boasts an otherworldly 98%-success rate now faces an uncertain future without Tom Clements—the former Colorado DOC chief who was murdered in 2013—advocating for the program and the prisoners who …
California Parole Agents Often Have Dangerously High Caseloads by When Jaycee Dugard escaped from captivity in Oakland, California sex offender Phillip Garrido's backyard, it became apparent that both state and federal parole officers had missed multiple opportunities to discover and rescue her during the 18 years she was held captive. …
Article • August 4, 2016
States Still Using Unconstitutional Debtors Prisons to Jail the Poor by Joe Watson The landmark 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision Bearden v. Georgia reaffirmed the outlaw of so-called "debtors prisons"—the practice of incarcerating indigent people for being unable to pay off their debts—and requires that judges consider whether defendants are …
Report Finds Criminal Justice Debt Creates Barriers to Offender Reintegration by David Reutter Severe financial obligations imposed upon offenders who get entangled with the criminal justice system "perpetually punish many ex-offenders and consign them to a life of permanent debt and poverty," concludes a report published by the John Jay …
New York Holds Sex Offenders Past Their Release Dates Because of 2005 Law by Joe Watson New York's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is reinterpreting statutes governing where sex offenders can live post incarceration to keep scores of them behind bars past their release dates. Since February 2014, …
History as Substance Abuser Influences Nation’s Drug Czar by David Reutter America’s drug czar is an alcoholic who is approaching his job differently than his predecessors. In leading the White House Office of National Drug Control, Michael Botticelli is following the Obama administration’s policy of shifting away from the “war …
The Debt Penalty: Financial Barriers to Offender Reintegration, John Jay College, 2014 The Debt Penalty Exposing the Financial Barriers to Offender Reintegration Douglas N. Evans Research & Evaluation Center John Jay College of Criminal Justice August 2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | Preparation of this report was supported by a grant from Justice …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Federal Prosecution for the 21st Century, Brennan Center for Justice, 2014 brennan center for justice FE D ERA L P ROSECUTION FOR T H E 2 1 s t CENTUR Y Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Nicole Fortier, and Inimai Chettiar Foreword by the Honorable Janet Reno Introductory Letter by G. Douglas Jones …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Denying Parole at First Eligibility – How Much Public Safety Does It Actually Buy, CAPPS, 2009 Denying parole at first eligibility: How much public safety does it actually buy? A study of prisoner release and recidivism in Michigan August 2009 Denying parole at first eligibility: How much public safety does …
Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Brennan Center for Justice, 2015 SOLUTIONS: AMERICAN LEADERS SPEAK OUT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE Edited by Inimai Chettiar and Michael Waldman at New York University School of Law Foreword by President William J. Clinton Authors Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Cory Booker Chris Christie …
Publication • August 4, 2016
Reforming Funding to Reduce Mass Incarceration, Brennan Center for Justice, 2013 BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE R E F OR M I N G F U N D I N G TO R E D U C E M A S S I N C A R C E R AT …
Article • August 3, 2016
Florida Sheriff Faces Contempt Proceedings for Furlough Program by David Reutter The State Attorney for Florida’s Gadsden County has petitioned a state court to hold the sheriff in contempt for allowing prisoners an eight hour furlough without court approval.  “The inmates involved were supposed to have been held on bond …
Article • August 3, 2016
Human Rights Report Reveals Inequities in U.S. Sentencing Practices by Gary Hunter “Nation Behind Bars” is a 36 page report exposing the egregious effects that decades of unfair sentencing practices have had on U.S. citizens. Pointing back to the “tough on crime” stance taken by many politicians in their quest …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Probation
Probation and Parole in the United States 2006, DOJ BJS, 2007 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin December 2007, NCJ 220218 Probation and Parole in the United States, 2006 Lauren E. Glaze and Thomas P. Bonczar BJS Statisticians The number of adult men …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Strip Searches, Sentencing
Strip Searches Incident to Arrest - Cabining the Authority to Humiliate, Shapiro, 2007 THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS® Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law Research Paper No. 64 STRIP SEARCHES INCIDENT TO ARREST: CABINING THE AUTHORITY TO HUMILIATE Eugene L. Shapiro University of Memphis – School of Law Electronic copy available …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Trends in State Parole 1990-2000, DOJ BJS, 2001 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report October 2001, NCJ 184735 Trends in State Parole, 1990-2000 By Timothy A. Hughes Doris James Wilson and Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statisticians By the end of 2000, …
No Second Chance – People with Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing, HRW, 2004 NO SECOND CHANCE People with Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing Human Rights Watch Copyright © 2004 by Human Rights Watch. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 1564323285 Cover …
HRDC Represents Former Illinois Prisoner in Wrongful Conviction Suit by Derek Gilna Over the years, Prison Legal News and its parent non-profit organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), have filed dozens of censorship lawsuits against state prison systems and county jails, as well as numerous public records suits. [See: …
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