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Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
to the fast-track process. “I think anytime you have such a large proportion of one minority group sentenced to prison that means the country needs to look closely at what it’s doing here,” remarked Deborah ...
prove that what he alleged is true to prevail, and perhaps collect damages from defendants. See: Haley v. City of Boston, 657 F.3d 39 (1st Cir., 2011). ...
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
what happened to her and her unborn baby had she received adequate care for her high-risk pregnancy. For days, Balka suffered from dehydration and cramping that she said was ignored by jail officials ...
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
of prisoners with mental illness, including the practice of segregating them for long periods of time in RHUs, can cause grave harm to their mental health.” While it is unclear what DSM-Axis I mental disorders ...
Article • March 15, 2013
, the evaluation tools used for the sex offender treatment program (SOTP) only evaluate what level of treatment to place the SO in, not whether the prisoner is an SO. The state claimed that SOTP was voluntary ...
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
a bad job,” said Bibel, a former president of the Association of State Uniform Crime Reporting Programs. “They’re doing the best they can with what they have.” Which, apparently, isn’t much. Sources ...
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: News
to what it used to be so we continue to try to work towards getting contracts.” The city of Fife will send low-risk prisoners to Yakima County’s main jail, according to County Commissioner Mike ...
and hard fight to bring Mr. Slevin justice,” said one of his attorneys, Matthew Coyte. “This settlement, although very large, does not give back to Mr. Slevin what was taken from him ...
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Filed under: Sentencing
, that is not really what he was asking the court to do. Sharpe’s federal sentence has expired and he is now serving a state-court sentence. Thus, Sharpe is really seeking to modify his state sentence ...
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
groups. I used to think that no matter what one’s views were on criminal justice issues, no one wants feces in their drinking water. It appears I was wrong and that many people are fine with feces ...
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
of what this inmate can get away with. Now he knows that he can do whatever he wants to do.” But Seabrook’s naysaying will likely have little effect on the trending reforms taking place ...
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
to Hernandez’s behavior. “There’s always a limit to what an individual or group of individuals are willing to do short of homicide,” Thomas said in an interview after Hernandez resigned ...
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
the service and protection that they deserve regardless of what is going on internally in the city.” Mayor Whitfield declined to comment. In a more recent, similar incident, three to four prisoners being ...
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
defending what is basically an indefensible act by some employees.” The investigation that followed Sweeper’s beating and hospitalization resulted in the termination of six guards for failing ...
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Marriage
there that they arranged to come in and they have two witnesses and of course, facility staff on-hand to witness what is happening. They will also be allowed to exchange wedding bands, but there’s no fruit punch ...
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
. Warden Romero allegedly told the prisoners they were his “bitches” and that he could make them sit “nuts-to-butts” any time he wanted and would do so unless they all showed what he ...
of these government contracts secret. Now, thanks to a recent release of information through FOIA requests, we know that local lockup quotas are far more prevalent than what was initially thought. As detailed ...
following procedures and protocol for these then I don’t know that there is anything that could’ve been done differently. However in light of what they find it may lead to a change where we ...
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
to complete substance abuse treatment, testing and supervision in exchange for dismissing the charges against them.  “Anybody who’s watched what she’s done knows that she’s single ...
to provide: to do more careful investigations, to take fewer quick guilty pleas and conduct more trials, and to make sure those trials are well done. But first we have to recognize that what we do now ...
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