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to give back what they took, something a jury could not do.” See: Sharma v. City of Vancouver, USDC No. C06-5688BHS (WD Wa 2008). ...
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
its counterterrorism mission two years ago after criticism from law enforcement officials. “Is it hitting the core of what the mission is, as far as terrorism prevention? I don’t think yet it’s doing ...
to house in county jails. While its task was simplified by the state’s failure to dispute what the district court characterized as “overwhelming and disturbing evidence” that Armstrong class members ...
Article • August 15, 2013
, Yancey demanded to speak with the sergeant. Guards handcuffed him behind his back and ordered him to sit in a chair next to Sergeant Brandie Drake. What happened next is depicted on the jail's ...
Article • August 13, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
unanimously recognizing that racial bias in jury selection is a problem, the Washington Supreme Court was sharply divided about what to do about it, as evidenced by an August 1, 2013 ruling with five opinions ...
Article • September 12, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Editorials
of a crime – creating what the Virginia Supreme Court once called “slaves of the state.” It is important to remember the 60,000 prisoners toiling in prison industry programs for little ...
Article • August 12, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
, change clothes or use the bathroom in areas under video surveillance. Guards orchestrated “peep shows,” Egan alleged. One woman said jail staff ordered her to undress in what she believed ...
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Voting
jails aren’t doing what volunteers in Washington, D.C. do to ensure that eligible prisoners vote. “In the vast majority of jails there’s absolutely nothing being done to make that happen ...
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
and was very upset about Jordan’s potential testimony, which threatened to derail the prosecution. Auerhahn claimed he did not ask about the details of what was wrong because Coleman was so upset ...
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Attorney Fees (PLRA)
;American Rule” which requires that a litigant typically must pay the costs of his or her own attorney. “But what Congress provides, Congress can adjust or take away,” the appellate court ...
Article • October 3, 2014
"even though offenders on probation and parole dramatically outnumber those behind bars."   So what have the states purchased for this additional $10 billion annual expense? Some would say public ...
Article • June 12, 2015
an AI Justice attorney in November 2010, “I don’t know how you do what you do, it’s not like they are people.” That attitude is felt by the detainees. “The security guards ...
Article • June 12, 2015
Foote. “The question is what we do about it.” The audit, which was released July 26, 2012, offered few answers. Auditors examined personnel and overtime for staffing at two of Oregon’s ...
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright With the holidays upon us, people outside of prison often think of holiday meals as times of joy and thankfulness for what ...
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
contacted public defender Todd Utzinger, complaining that their personal accounts at the jail were being emptied in what they called “account sweeps” and the sheriff referred to as pay-to-stay ...
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
by Derek Gilna It’s not often that a federal appellate court criticizes the precedent that it feels obligated to follow, but that is what happened in a civil rights lawsuit filed by Illinois state ...
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
exonerations nationwide; of those, 511 – almost 30% – were listed as cases in which no crime occurred. Additionally, in 2015 the Registry reported what it called “a substantial increase ...
Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
keeping records on what, in his opinion, were $5 million in DOC-requested expenditures over a ten-year period that did not fall into those categories. This embarrassed Peters, though at the time of Killgore ...
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
complaints of breathing problems were ignored by the jail’s medical staff, that’s exactly what happened. Lason’s chest filled with fluid, collapsing her lungs; she died in the middle ...
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Death
dead in his cell on October 18, 2014 in what NDOC officials initially believed was a homicide. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office and Washoe County Crime Lab were summoned to investigate ...
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