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Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Pennsylvania: Former BOP Warden Pleads Guilty to Cover-up by Troy Levi, the former warden of Federal Detention Center (FDC) Philadelphia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 13, 2011. Levi, 49, was charged with multiple counts of obstruction of justice, witness tampering and making false statements to federal …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Cook County, Illinois Lowers Jail Phone Rates by Mel Motel On December 18, 2012, the Board of Commissioners for Cook County, Illinois voted to lower the outrageous cost of telephone calls made by prisoners at the Cook County Jail. The county has a contract with Securus Technologies, which operates phone …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
First Circuit: RLUIPA Does Not Provide Relief from Transfer to Remote Prison where Opportunities for Religious Exercise are Limited by On March 29, 2012, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §§2000cc et seq., does not provide a …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arkansas: While held at the Independence County jail, Michael Dennis Grubbs was charged with theft and breaking and entering after he reportedly used a comb to pick the lock to the property room and stole items belonging to other prisoners. Jail officials searched Grubbs’ cell after …
9th Circuit: Class-action by Civilly Committed Sexually Violent Predators May Proceed on Claims for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief by Following remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit reversed in part its previous published ruling, Hydrick v. Hunter, 500 F.3d 978 (9th Cir. 2007) [PLN, April 2007, p.34], which …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Despite Budget Crunch, Texas Rarely Grants Medical Paroles by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Faced with a $23 billion shortfall in its 2011-2012 budget, Texas officials nevertheless have refused to take advantage of a potential money-saver: paroling state prisoners who are elderly, infirm or terminally ill, who pose little threat …
Iraqi Prison Breaks Likely Inside Jobs by On September 27, 2012, prisoners at the Tasfirat prison in Tikrit seized weapons after breaking into a storage room, overpowered guards and engaged in a gun battle with security forces during an escape attempt. The late evening incident, which lasted several hours, left …
Contraband Smuggling a Problem at Prisons and Jails Nationwide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The smuggling of illicit items such as drugs, cigarettes and cell phones into prisons and jails continues to be a significant problem throughout the United States. Often the people doing the smuggling are guards or …
NH Corrections Officer, Suspended After Fight, Obtains Back Pay Plus $250,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees by NH Corrections Officer, Suspended After Fight, Obtains Back Pay Plus $250,000 in Damages and Attorney Fees On October 31, 2011, a state court jury found that the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (NHDOC) …
Louisiana Sex Offender Internet Restrictions Unconstitutional by In a February 16, 2012 opinion, a Louisiana federal court held that restrictions placed on sex offenders’ Internet access were unconstitutional. John and James Doe are pseudonyms for two Louisiana registered sex offenders who filed a federal civil rights action, pursuant to 42 …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
California Lawsuit Challenges Voting Prohibition on County-level Offenders by On March 7, 2012, the League of Women Voters, two prisoners’ rights organizations and a female prisoner filed suit against California election officials, alleging that offenders in county jails or on county supervision were being improperly disenfranchised. In an attempt to …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Law Enforcement Forfeiture Corruption Scandal in Michigan Includes Police Chief by The former chief of police in Romulus, Michigan, his wife and five detectives have been charged with dozens of criminal offenses related to their alleged misuse of funds seized under forfeiture laws. Romulus is located just outside Detroit, in …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Massachusetts Prisoners Receive Refunds for Illegal Fees Imposed by Sheriff by A class of prisoners at the Bristol County House of Correction in Massachusetts has received settlement checks from a lawsuit challenging an illegal $5-a-day fee imposed by the sheriff for room-and-board. The checks were mailed out on May 3, …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Obama Pardons Two Turkeys, No Prisoners in 2012 by Derek Gilna Barack Obama has served as president since January 2009. From that time until the end of 2012, he has issued just 22 pardons and one commutation of sentence. His first nine pardons, on December 3, 2010, mainly went to …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Scientific Advances in Arson Investigations Reveal Wrongful Convictions by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby Current scientific knowledge is shattering the long-held traditional beliefs of arson investigators and exposing wrongful convictions in the process. Still, old-school fire inspectors, detectives and even some judges have been slow to embrace new scientific methods …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Georgia Judge Removed from Bench for Misconduct, Files Lawsuit Claiming Conspiracy by The Georgia Supreme Court has ordered that Catoosa County Magistrate Judge Anthony Peters be permanently removed from the bench, and barred him from ever holding or seeking elected or appointed judicial office in the state of Georgia. The …
Virginia Considers Privatizing State’s Civil Commitment Center by Joe Watson A November 2011 standoff between police and two sex offenders threatening suicide at the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation (VCBR), the state’s civil commitment facility near Richmond, raised concerns about the safety and treatment of residents held at the center. …
New Mexico Slaps Private Prison Companies with $1.4 Million in Fines by The departure of Bill Richardson as New Mexico’s governor has changed the previously lax business environment for the state’s private prison contractors. The new administration of Governor Susana Martinez is taking a more aggressive tone in demanding contractual …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
States Seek Federal Medicaid Reimbursements to Offset Prison Medical Costs by States Seek Federal Medicaid Reimbursements to Offset Pris-on Medical Costs State prison systems nationwide are looking to federal Medicaid reimbursements to partly offset escalating healthcare expenses for prisoners. The Medicaid law expressly excludes coverage for people who are incarcerated, …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Oregon-Washington Prison Employee Logs 19-Hour Days by To say that Ming Zhu is an industrious employee would be an understatement of epic proportions. Zhu works the graveyard shift at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI) in Pendleton, Oregon. Then, when his shift ends at 6:30 a.m., he drives an hour …
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