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Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Vice President’s Son Discharged from Navy Due to Drug Use by Christopher Zoukis Vice President’s Son Discharged from Navy Due to Drug Use by Christopher Zoukis In an embarrassing coda to Vice President Joe Biden’s long career as one of the chief architects of the War on Drugs, one of …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: Informants, Habeas Corpus
Michigan: Perjured Testimony at Trial Results in Habeas Relief, but Reversed on Appeal by David Reutter Michigan: Perjured Testimony at Trial Results in Habeas Relief, but Reversed on Appeal by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court ordered the immediate release of a man convicted in a “sham” trial …
Greenwashing Washington State’s Prison System in a River of Sewage by Rick Anderson Greenwashing Washington State’s Prison System in a River of Sewage by Rick Anderson Greenwashing: When an agency or company spends more on marketing and public relations to promote the perception they are environmentally conscious than they spend …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Prisoners Released When Jails Can’t Feed Them by Mark Wilson Prisoners Released When Jails Can’t Feed Them by Mark Wilson "We didn’t have food for them and we don’t want to violate anyone’s rights when they are here,” said Wellston, Missouri Police Chief G. Thomas Walker, explaining why he released …
Report Finds Two-Thirds of Private Prison Contracts Include “Lockup Quotas” by Joe Watson Report Finds Two-Thirds of Private Prison Contracts Include “Lockup Quotas” by Joe Watson An analysis of private prison contracts from across the United States reveals that state and local governments commonly enter into agreements that require them …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Crime, Prosecutors
Two Names Added to Monument Memorializing Slain Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke Two Names Added to Monument Memorializing Slain Prosecutors by Matt Clarke Two more names will be added to the National Prosecutor Memorial in Columbia, South Carolina to mark the deaths of two Texas prosecutors, murdered within months of each …
Article • July 2, 2015
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Waterbury, Vermont Loses Revenue in Prison Closure by Waterbury, Vermont Loses Revenue in Prison Closure The closure of a state prison in Waterbury, Vermont will cost Waterbury to lose an income of about $43,000 a year. That is a major item for a village with a projected 2013 annual budget …
Article • July 2, 2015
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Cost to Jail Someone in New York City: $167,731 a Year by Joe Watson Cost to Jail Someone in New York City: $167,731 a Year by Joe Watson It turns out that getting an overpriced Manhattan address is as easy as going to jail. A study released in August 2013 …
$4.2 Million for Wrongfully Convicted Illinois Man Denied Exculpatory Evidence by $4.2 Million for Wrongfully Convicted Illinois Man Denied Exculpatory Evidence A $4.2 million settlement has been reached in a civil rights lawsuit filed by a wrongfully convicted Illinois man. Maurice Patterson was convicted of a 2002 murder and spent …
New York Impedes Department of Justice Juvenile Custodial Sexual Abuse Analysis by Mark Wilson New York Impedes Department of Justice Juvenile Custodial Sexual Abuse Analysis by Mark Wilson Ten percent of New York juvenile offenders reported being sexually abused while in custody in 2010, which was consistent with the 12 …
Preying on Prisoners: In Texas, Staffers Rarely go to Jail for Sexually Abusing Inmates by Alysia Santo Preying on Prisoners: in Texas, Staffers Rarely go to Jail for Sexually Abusing Inmates by Alysia Santo, The Marshall Project As a prison nurse, Domenic Hidalgo had access to prescription medication, a highly …
Article • June 13, 2015
Texas Group Finds Correlation between Incarceration Rate and Academic Achievement by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Group Finds Correlation between Incarceration Rate and Academic Achievement by Matt Clarke Stand for Children – Dallas used data from the Justice Atlas of Sentencing and Correction to determine which ten Dallas zip codes had …
Article • June 12, 2015
BOP Prisoner Count Increases Despite Continuing Drop in State Prisoners by Derek Gilna BOP Prisoner Count Increases Despite Continuing Drop in State Prisoners by Derek Gilna Showing once again that the federal government continues to be out of step with declining crime rates nationwide, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Article • June 12, 2015
June, 2013 Proves To Be Deadly Month for California Prisoners by Michael Brodheim June, 2013 Proves To Be Deadly Month for California Prisoners by Michael Brodheim In unrelated incidents, two California prisoners were killed on the same day in June 2013, one at Wasco State Prison in Kern County, the …
Article • June 12, 2015
Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful by Model Immigrant Detention Center Dehumanizing and Wasteful Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) released a report that details the stories of persons detained at the Broward Transition Center (BTC) to exhibit how that facility needlessly detains immigrants in inhumane conditions, wasting millions …
Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson Report Finds Criminal Justice Reforms across the Nation by Mark Wilson In 2012, 6.98 million Americans were under some form of correctional supervision, with 2.2 million in prison or jail and another 4.8 million on probation or parole, according …
Article • June 12, 2015
Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson As Oregon prison officials scramble to reduce a $1.4 billion bi-annual corrections budget, the Secretary of State released an audit concluding that they are …
Article • June 12, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Escapee Says Denver Jail Guard Expected $500K after Busting Him Out by Escapee Says Denver Jail Guard Expected $500K after Busting Him Out A Denver jail guard claims he was forced to help a prisoner escape on April 7, 2013 to protect his family. But the prisoner, who turned himself …
Article • June 11, 2015
Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts by Matthew Clarke Texas, Amidst Budget Crisis, May Not Renew Some Private Prison Contracts By Matt Clarke John Whitmire, D-Houston, the chairman of the state Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee wants to cut the cost of incarcerating Texas prisoners and …
Article • June 11, 2015
Filed under: Classification, Escapes
Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction by Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction On July 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a prisoner who escaped …
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