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The Genesis of Increasing Incidents of Police Brutality: The War on Drugs by Bill Trine The Genesis of Increasing Incidents of Police Brutality: The War on Drugs By Bill Trine What is the cause of the spiraling increase in police assaults on people whom they should help to protect --- …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Arbitrator’s Award on Pay Raises for Prison Guards Costs Pennsylvania County $5 Million by David Reutter Arbitrator’s Award on Pay Raises for Prison Guards Costs Pennsylvania County $5 Million by David M. Reutter Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County Commission has been forced to dip into its reserve funds to comply with an …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Filed under: Escapes, Transportation
Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run by Mark Wilson Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run by Mark Wilson If his history is any indication, Wyoming fugitive Kenneth James Ward probably didn’t need a head start. But he got one when …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Maryland DOC’s Ban on Media Interviews with Prisoners Upheld by Maryland DOC’s Ban on Media Interviews with Prisoners Upheld Maryland Circuit Court found apetition filed by a group of prisoners who were denied interviews by a local newspaper was moot, but questioned the propriety of using victims’ rights as a …
New Report Cites Improvements at Troubled Ohio Prison by New Report Cites Improvements at Troubled Ohio Prison Prisoner-on-staff assaults at the Toledo Correctional Institution (TOCI) in Ohio continued to rise in fiscal year 2014, but a recent report from a state inspection team indicates the facility has made improvements in …
A City of Convicts: The statistical sleight of hand that makes the U.S. crime rate seem lower than it really is by Josh Voorhees A City of Convicts: The statistical sleight of hand that makes the U.S. crime rate seem lower than it really is by Josh Voorhees Imagine an American …
Paying the Price for Solitary Confinement, ACLU Factsheet, 2015 PAYING the PRICE for SOLITARY CONFINEMENT  Over the past few decades, United States corrections systems have increasingly relied on the use of solitary confinement as a tool to manage certain incarcerated populations. Prisoners in solitary confinement remain alone in their …
Publication • 2015
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Dept of Justice, Federal Justice Statistical Tables, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2020, NCJ 251771 Mark Motivans, Ph.D., BJS Statistician T his report describes criminal caseprocessing in the federal justice system in 2015, including arrest and booking through sentencing and corrections.1 …
A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture, Human Rights Watch, 2015 R I G H T S NO MORE EXCUSES W A T C H A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture H U M A N No More Excuses A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture Copyright © 2015 …
Article • May 24, 2015
South Dakota Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty in Murder of Prison Guard by South Dakota Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty in Murder of Prison Guard On August 13, 2014, the South Dakota Supreme Court in a 4-1 decision affirmed the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a prison …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Accuracy of Widely-Used Polygraph Machine Under Fire by Derek Gilna In the hands of a skilled operator, such as the late John Reid of John E. Reid and Associates, one of the early pioneers in the lie detection field, the polygraph can be a useful tool. Reid, along with noted …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
The Persistence of Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore The Persistence of Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore Over the last four years, “we have turned the corner” has become the dominant narrative on mass incarceration. The basis for this optimism appeared sound. From 2009-2012, total prisoner numbers were down nationally for …
Publication • May 1, 2015
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
The Price of Jails: Taxpayer Cost of Local Incarceration, Vera Institute, 2015 The Price of Jails: Measuring the Taxpayer Cost of Local Incarceration CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS MAY 2015 Christian Henrichson • Joshua Rinaldi • Ruth Delaney FROM THE PRESIDENT A look at who is currently in jail—and why—makes …
HRDC data on public/private prison violence rates in TN DOC TDOC VIOLENT INCIDENTS REPORTED, JANUARY 2010 THROUGH MAY 2014 + + Violent incidents include inmate-on-inmate assaults, inmate-on-staff assaults and institutional disturbances. 2010 Total Public Private All Staff Total Prison Private % Private Total rate Public rate Private rate Incidents Prisons …
Publication • April 24, 2015
PA DOC community corrections contract Appendix L re recidivism measures 2014 APPENDIX L Recidivism Monitoring Recidivism Monitoring At a minimum, facilities operated by selected contractors must maintain a baseline rate of recidivism. Facilities reducing recidivism rates below the baseline recidivism range will be eligible to receive a price increase during …
Crime Labs Still in Crisis by Matthew Clarke Crime Labs Still in Crisis by Matt Clarke The October 2010 Prison Legal News cover story, “Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions,” provided an extensive examination of problems at crime labs nationwide. Apparently, and unfortunately, little has changed …
Article • April 8, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Lost and Improperly Destroyed Evidence Thwarts Post-Conviction DNA Testing by Matthew Clarke Lost and Improperly Destroyed Evidence Thwarts Post-Conviction DNA Testing by Matt Clarke While crime labs across the country have been in the news for improper testing of forensic evidence in criminal cases, the problem with misplaced and improperly …
Publication • April 8, 2015
How Traffic Courts Drive Inequality in California, LCCR Report, 2015 Acknowledgements Contributors Alex Bender, Esq. Stephan Bingham, Legal Aid Attorney, retired Mari Castaldi, Program Coordinator, EBCLC Elisa Della Piana, Director of Programs, EBCLC Meredith Desautels, Staff Attorney, LCCR Michael Herald, Legislative Advocate, WCLP Endria Richardson, Staff Attorney, LSPC Jesse Stout, …
Brief • April 3, 2015
Filed under: Victims, Witnesses
Brown v. County of Cook et al, IL, MiS of Mot to Quash, adverse spousal testimony in domestic abuse investigation, 2015 Case: 1:14-cv-00175 Document #: 43 Filed: 04/03/15 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:93 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Jeremy Brown, …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Texas Court Reexamines Test for Misconduct by Forensic Scientist by Mark Wilson Texas Court Reexamines Test for Misconduct by Forensic Scientist by Mark Wilson On January 15, 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals modified its earlier decisions in which it had presumed that evidence handled by a forensic scientist …
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