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Article • September 14, 2016
$15,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Bogus Parole Revocation Suit by The District of Columbia (D.C.) paid $15,000 to settle the lawsuit of prisoner George Hill for negligence and false imprisonment. On October 15, 1999, Hill surrendered himself to the D.C. Jail, believing there was a parole violation warrant. On September …
9th Circuit: "Adam Walsh" Detention Doesn't toll Supervised Release Term by Derek Gilna The 9th Circuit has ruled that the period of time spent in civil confinement under the Adam Walsh Act did not constitute "imprisonment" and that a defendant's period of supervised release continues to run during that time. …
Article • September 8, 2016
Virginia Court Affirms Parole Revocation for Sex Offender Who Refused to Admit Guilt by Lonnie Burton On May 17, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Virginia denied the appeal of a man whose parole was revoked when he refused to admit that he was guilty of the offense for which …
Parolees Violated Without New Charges Bloat Wisconsin Prison Population by Matthew Clarke Due to policies and practices which are costly to society and former parolees, well over half the 7,727 people sent to prison in Wisconsin in 2013 were imprisoned for parole rule violations without any new criminal charges. Those …
Should Spend Less Violating Parolees, Probationers by A recent report argues that California's parolees and probationers are proportionally far less of the population arrested for new crimes and, thus, law-enforcement resources should target the overwhelming majority of offenders who aren't under community supervision. The study, released in 2013 by the …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Parole, Probation
Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety, PEW, 2016 A brief from Aug 2016 Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety Individuals on community supervision can earn credits to reduce their sentences Overview In 2012, Missouri established an “earned compliance credits” policy that allows …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Parole
Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Release Preparation Program, OAG, 2016 Office of the Inspector General U.S.ce Depof artthe mentInsp of Justice Offi ector General U.S. Department of Justice Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Release Preparation Program Evaluation and Inspections Division 16-07 August 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During …
Article • August 25, 2016
Colorado Parole Officer Allegedly Forges Documents to Increase Incarceration by According to a report by the Inspector General's Office (IG) of the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC), a parole officer may have changed the arrest dates on documents to keep people arrested on parole violation warrants locked up longer than …
Utah Prisoners Incarcerated Longer Due to Lack of Rehabilitation Program Space by Since 2011, the average length of a Utah state prisoner's incarceration has increased by three months. The reason is a lack of space in rehabilitation programs--especially programs for sex offenders—combined with a parole board requirement that prisoners complete …
Article • August 25, 2016
California "Reason to Know" Probation Condition Not Unconstitutionally Vague by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeals held that a probation condition prohibiting association with persons “you know, or reasonably should know” are drug users is not unconstitutionally vague. In 2012, Jaime Mata Mendez was convicted of California drug charges …
Article • August 23, 2016
Texas Ramps Up Medical Paroles by Matthew Clarke Recently, Texas has increased the use of medically-recommended parole. The parole board approved over twice as many medical releases in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 than it did in FY 2009. Even so, the 85 Texas prisoners approved to be released for medical …
Sixth Circuit: Requiring Admission of Guilt to Participate in Mandatory-for-Parole SOTP No Fifth Amendment Violation by Matthew Clarke On April 4, 2012, the Third Circuit court of appeals held that requiring an admission of guilt to participate in an in-prison sex offender treatment program (SOTP) did not violate the Fifth …
Article • August 22, 2016
$300,000 Settlement in California Officers’ Planting of Gun on Parolee by The city of Oakland, California paid $300,000 to a man who spent nearly two years in jail after a police officer planted a gun on him. The settlement follows a jury verdict in the case. Among local audiences, Lorenzo …
Article • August 22, 2016
Fifth Amendment Right Waived, If Not Invoked During Polygraph Test by Pennsylvania parolee David S. Knoble served his sentence for endangering the welfare of a child, conspiring with his wife for her to engage in sexual intercourse with his 14-year old son and then placed on four-year probation. He was …
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
D.C. Circuit Rejects Ex Post Facto Challenge to Application of Parole Regulations by On August 6, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed a denial of habeas relief to a prisoner who claimed that the U.S. Parole Commission violated the Ex Post Facto Clause in denying …
Article • August 12, 2016
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Juveniles
Texas Court Holds Juvenile Capital Murder Adjudication Not Subject to Extraordinary Parole Review by Matthew Clarke On February 9, 2016, a Texas court held that a person adjudged delinquent for capital murder  as a juvenile and later transferred from the Texas Youth Commission to the adult prison system is not …
Article • August 12, 2016
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
PV Arrest Qualifies for Oregon Resisting Arrest Conviction by Mark Wilson The Oregon Supreme Court held that arrest for a probation or parole violation qualifies as an arrest for Oregon's resisting arrest statute. In 2009, police stopped Curtis McClure and asked his name. McClure told them and asked if he …
Article • August 12, 2016
No Oregon DNA Appeal Unless Testing is Denied or Limited by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals held that prisoners do not have a due process right to a psychological evaluation at state expense for "rehabilitation hearings." Oregon prisoners convicted of Aggravated Murder are sentenced to life imprisonment with …
Article • August 12, 2016
No Due Process Right to Oregon Parole Witnesses or Cross-Examination by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals rejected a facial challenge to a rule denying prisoners the right to call or cross-examine witnesses at parole hearings. When the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (Board) has established a …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Parole
Discretionary Parole State Board of Parole Performance Audit, CO State Auditor, 2008 REPORT OF THE STATE AUDITOR Discretionary Parole State Board of Parole Performance Audit November 2008 LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE 2008 MEMBERS Representative James Kerr Chair Representative Dianne Primavera Vice-Chair Senator Jim Isgar Representative Rosemary Marshall Representative Frank McNulty Senator …
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