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Article • August 25, 2016
Wisconsin Civil Commitments a Major Expense by Matthew Clarke When the Wisconsin Legislature first passed the Sexually Violent Persons Law allowing for civil commitment of certain sex offenders who had served all of their prison sentences, the additional expense was expected to be minimal. Today's reality proves that such a …
Family of Dead Registered Sex Offender Still Receiving Registry Letters by Matthew Clarke When 17-year-old Justin Fawcett admitted to having consensual sex with a 14-year-old student at the same West Bloomfield, Michigan high school he attended he probably never thought that he would die for his crime, but he did. …
New Wrongful Death Trial Prompts Potential $600,000 Settlement; Judge Gave Faulty Jury Instructions, Finds Excessive Force by On December 5, 1999, 29 year-old Damon Lowery’s life came to a tragic and, in police custody.  Now, more than five years later, the new trial looming, Portland, Oregon, officials are considering paying …
Sheriff May Be Liable for Cell-Check Policy that Led to Teenager’s Suicide by In July 2010, a federal district court in Illinois held that a sheriff may be held liable in his official capacity for instituting a cell-check policy under which guards could not personally observe all detainees during overnight …
North Carolina Prisoner Who Sustained Injuries in Suspicious Circumstances Dies by A North Carolina state prisoner who was found in his segregation cell with a smashed skull in August 2008 has died. The cause of his injuries, officially, remains unknown. Alexander Correctional Institution prisoner Timothy Helms, 49, died in the …
Article • August 24, 2016
Oregon Nurse Resigns Over 2-Year Affair with Mental Patient by A registered nurse at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH) sexually abused a mental patient for two years, according to a recently released state investigation report. While employed at OSH, registered nurse Jennifer Barren appears to have engaged in a long-term …
Article • August 24, 2016
Oregon Judges Implicitly Authorized to Order Involuntary Psychotropic Medication by In a case of first impression, on March 20, 2014, the En Banc Oregon Supreme Court held that Oregon law implicitly authorizes trial courts to order involuntary psychotropic medication to restore a criminal defendant’s trial competency. The Court held, however, …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Civil Commitment
New York Governor Pataki Institutes Lawless Civil Commitment by Matthew T. Clarke On September 12, 2005, New York Governor George Pataki issued an executive order instructing state officials to confine sex offenders after their sentences were over. Pataki has introduced civil commitment laws in the state legislature since 1998. Typically, …
Deaths at Louisville Jail Prompt Investigations, Corizon Changes by Five of eight prisoner deaths since 2011 at the Metro Corrections jail in Louisville, Ky., are currently under investigation, all of them involving allegations against private healthcare contractor Corizon Inc. that it pro­vides inadequate treatment to maintain its revenues. Investigations into …
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Spurs Re-Training of Syracuse, N.Y. Jail Guards by In the wake of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a former prisoner's widow, guards at the Onondaga County Justice Center Jail in Syracuse, N.Y., have purportedly been re-trained in the humane treatment of prisoners with drug abuse and …
Article • August 23, 2016
Washington State Keeps Sex Offenders in Prison, Bypasses Civil Commitment by A recent bureaucratic report says that a 2001 Washington State law intended to keep sex offenders in prison indefinitely has succeeded, in spite of research showing that—like other violent offenders—the likelihood of committing similar crimes significantly decreases with age. …
The Dead Zone: How Privatization, Isolation and Cruelty Are Killing Prisoners in Arizona by By the time Jan Brewer replaced Janet Napolitano as Arizona's governor in 2009, it had been 22 years since the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) built the first prison in the United States designed exclusively for …
Unusually High Rate of Prisoners Suicides at San Antonio, Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke In 2009, all five of the Bexar County Adult Detention Center's (the jail) prisoner deaths were suicides by hanging and a sixth Bexar County prisoner being held in the Crystal City jail due to overcrowding at …
Article • August 23, 2016
Oregon Prisoner Paralyzed by Suicide Attempt Seeks $12 Million by An Oregon prisoner who attempted to commit suicide but ended up a quadriplegic is suing jail officials for $12 million. On May 4, 2012, Westley Wilson, 29, was arrested in Portland, Oregon, for violating a restraining order. He was initially …
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 …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Mental Health
Annotated Topical List of Cases Relating to Treatment for Persons With Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails, Center for Public Representation, 2005 ANNOTATED TOPICAL LIST OF CASES RELATING TO TREATMENT FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN PRISONS AND JAILS* Updated by Robert D. Fleischner** May 2005 Updated by Robert D. …
Publication • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
National Study of Jail Suicides – Seven Years Later, Hayes and Rowan Jail Suicide Prevention Information Task Force, 1988 NATIONAL STUDY OF JAIL SUICIDES: SEVEN YEARS LATER BY Lindsay M. Hayes National Center on Institutions and Alternatives Joseph R. Rowan Juvenile and criminal Justice International, Inc. Developed by Jail Suicide …
$7,000 Reached in Taser Use on Disabled Vermont Man by Police by A $7,000.00 settlement was reached between Vermont State Police and the family of a mentally disabled man.             Timothy Bernier, 23, of Coventry, Vermont, suffers from Down’s syndrome, as well as other physical and mental disabilities. He was …
Article • August 19, 2016
Oregon Jail Provides "Sub-Optimal" Mental Health Treatment by Mental health services for prisoners in the Multnomah County, Oregon, jail system are inadequate, a 2015 Corrections Grand Jury found. Under Oregon law, a Corrections Grand Jury may be impaneled to inspect jail and prison conditions. The Grand Jury then issues a …
Publication • August 19, 2016
To Treat or Not To Treat: Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders, Urban Institute, 2008 R E S E A R C H A p r i l 2 0 0 8 Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders R E P O …
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