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Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Arizona Privatizes Health Care in State Prison System by On April 27, 2011, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law House Bill 2154, which resulted in the privatization of medical care for prisoners in the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC). The move comes three years after ADC’s food services were …
$1,000 for Ohio Public Record Destruction; Party Must Intend to Obtain Record to Collect by The Ohio Supreme Court held that a party may not prevail on a suit for destruction of public records unless they actually intend to obtain the records in question. In July, 2007, Timothy Rhodes made …
Fourth Circuit Reverses Injunction Relating to Publication of Social Security Number on Virginia Land-Transfer Records by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna The appeal arose from a First Amendment challenge to Virginia's Personal Information Privacy Act, Va. Code Sec. 59.1-442 to 444, part of which prohibits “[i]ntentionally communicat[ing] another individual's social …
Denial of Attorney’s Fees and Costs Reversed in New Hampshire Public Records Suit by The New Hampshire Supreme Court vacated a trial court's denial of costs under the State's "Right-to-Know Law," RSA chapters 91A and 215.A (2001 & Supp 2006). ATV Watch (ATV), a non-profit organization, monitors the use and …
Article • May 15, 2012
Virginia FOIA Inapplicable to State Corporation Commission by The Virginia Supreme Court held that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) does not apply to the State Corporation Commission (SCC). On May 13, 2009, George H. Christian requested that the SCC produce documents pursuant to the VFOIA. On May 22, …
Article • May 15, 2012
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Washington Impound Law Does Not Bar Conversion Action by The En Banc Washington State Supreme Court held that the statutory process for redeeming impounded vehicles is not an exclusive remedy. As such, the court held that a person whose vehicle is unlawfully impounded may bring a conversion action against the …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Banning Death Penalty, Commutes All Death Sentences by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 9, 2011, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation banning the death penalty for state crimes in Illinois. He also commuted the sentences of the state’s 15 death row prisoners to life …
Thousands Referred but Very Few Qualify for Commitment as Sexually Violent Predators in California by Responding to a legislative request, California’s Bureau of State Audits reviewed the process used by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to refer sex offenders to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) and, …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Ninth Circuit Holds Prisoners May be Compelled to Provide Blood Samples Under California DNA Act by The Ninth Circuit has held that prison officials may forcibly extract a blood sample from a California prisoner for purposes of compliance with California’s DNA and Forensic Identification and Data Bank Act of 1998 …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
How Victim Rights Shaped Spending, Laws and the Future of Punishment in Colorado by Alan Prendergast Newly elected as a Colorado state representative, Pete Lee hit the Capitol in January 2011 fired up with big ideas. The biggest of them all was the restorative justice bill he introduced shortly after …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Medical Parole Law Costs California Taxpayers Millions of Dollars by Responding to concerns that prisoners who are granted compassionate release due to terminal medical conditions may “cheat” the system by outliving a doctor’s prognosis, the California legislature enacted a medical parole law in 2010 that allows prisoners to be re-incarcerated …
California Syndicalism Statute Not an Act of Congress; Appeals Court Injunction Reversed by The U.S. Supreme Court determined that California Criminal Syndicalism statute stands short of an Act of Congress. John Harris was indicted in a California state court of violating California’s Criminal Syndicalism statute (see Cal. Penal code § …
Supreme Court Boots Challenge to SORNA by The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed an Ex Post Facto Clause challenge to the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). In a per curium opinion handed down on June 27, 2011, the Court found that an unnamed Montana juvenile’s claims were …
Article • February 15, 2012
Florida: Legislature's Attempt to Shift Overhead Costs of Appointed Counsel for Indigents from State to Counties Deemed Unconstitutional by The Florida Supreme Court has held that section 19 of chapter 2007-62, Laws of Florida, impermissibly shifts responsibility for funding overhead costs of court-appointed counsel from the state to the counties, …
Florida Provides Lesson in How Not to Privatize State Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When Florida lawmakers used a backdoor approach to try to privatize almost 30 state detention facilities in 2011, they likely did not anticipate the outcome. By the time the political dust had settled, …
Fight Brewing Between County Jails and Private Prisons in Kentucky by A bill introduced in the Kentucky legislature proposed removing approximately 3,500 Class D state prisoners currently held in county jails and transferring them to private prisons owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Opponents claimed the bill …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Oregon Prisoner Property Claims Cost State $60,000 Annually by On average, Oregon prison officials pay about $60,000 a year due to prisoner property claims, according to an internal audit of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC). The state spends far more than that amount defending against such claims in court. …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Ohio Adam Walsh Act Violates Separation of Powers Doctrine by Provisions of Ohio’s Adam Walsh Act (AWA) that require the reclassification of sex offenders by the Ohio Attorney General violate the separation of powers doctrine, the Ohio Supreme Court decided on June 3, 2010. In 2006, Congress passed the federal …
New York’s Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program Proves Expensive, Problematic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke At an annual cost of $175,000 per civilly-committed sex offender, New York’s civil commitment program is the second most expensive in the country (Washington state is first at a cost of $177,000 per prisoner). …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Ninth Circuit Rules California’s Proposition 115 Not Unconstitutional by The Ninth Circuit held that California’s Proposition 115, known as the Crime Victims Justice Reform Act, does not violate a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him. Adopted by California voters in 1990, Prop. 115 added constitutional and …
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