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Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
California: Sexually Violent Predators May be Conditionally Released from Custody Even if Homeless by Michael Brodheim California: Sexually Violent Predators May be Conditionally Released from Custody Even if Homeless   by Michael Brodheim   The California Court of Appeal, Third District, has held that a person committed as a sexually …
Brief • April 16, 2014
Rivera v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Appellant Brief, False Arrest Based on Description, 2014 Case: 11-57037 04/16/2014 ID: 9061362 DktEntry: 50 Page: 1 of 62 U.S. Court of Appeals No. 11-57037 (U.S.D.C. No. 2:10-cv-01861PSG (DTBx)) IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT _______________________________________________ SANTIAGO IBARRA …
Federal Court Must Give Reasons for Special Conditions of Supervised Release by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s imposition of four special conditions of supervised release, due to the court’s failure to explain its reasons for imposing them. Rashan R. Doyle was convicted …
Risk Assessment Cannot Solve Systemic Injustice of Prisons by Glenn E. Martin by Glenn E.Martin, Truthout After 40 years of waging a failed war on crime in poor communities, conservative and progressive policy makers finally are being compelled to release the pressure valve and find ways to reform our troubled criminal …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Ohio: Attorney General May Not Increase Sex Offender’s Registration Requirements by In April 2013, an Ohio appellate court ruled that a sex offender, who was required by virtue of a California conviction to register his address annually for ten years, could not subsequently be indicted, after moving to Ohio and …
Placing Rival Gang Members in Same Cell Not Per Se Unconstitutional by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals applied the harmless error test in finding that a district court’s late Rand summary judgment notice did not deprive a prisoner of substantial rights. Additionally, the appellate court held prison officials were …
American Humanist Association & Holden v. USA et al, OR, Complaint, humanist religious rights, 2014 Case 3:14-cv-00565-HA Document 1 Filed 04/08/14 Page 1 of 43 Page ID#: 1 BENJAMIN W. HAILE, OSB #040660 Ben@portlandlawcollective.com Portland Law Collective, LLP 1130 SW Morrison St, Suite 407 Portland, OR 97205 Telephone: (503) 228-1889 …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Online Gaming Accounts of New York Registered Sex Offenders Restricted or Closed by According to New York Attorney General Eric T. Scheiderman, around 5,600 online gaming accounts belonging to sex offenders registered with the State of New York have been restricted or canceled. Gaming companies Microsoft, Sony, Blizzard, Electronic Arts, …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Why There’s an Even Larger Racial Disparity in Private Prisons Than in Public Ones by Katie Rose Quandt It’s well known that people of color are vastly overrepresented in U.S. prisons. African-Americans and Latinos constitute 30 percent of the U.S. population and 60 percent of its prisoners. But a new …
Brief • March 12, 2014
Amador et al v. Sheriff baca, CA, Order, strip body cavity search of female inmates, 2014 Case 2:10-cv-01649-SVW-JEM Document 232 Filed 03/12/14 Page 1 of 34 Page ID #:4713 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARY AMADOR, …
Does v. Snyder, MI, Amici Curiae Brief, Management of Sex Offenders, 2014 2:12-cv-11194-RHC-DRG Doc # 82 Filed 03/07/14 Pg 1 of 34 Pg ID 3502 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION __________________________________________________________________ JOHN DOES #1-5 and MARY DOE, File No. 2:12-cv-11194 Plaintiffs, v. Hon. Robert H. …
Brief • February 26, 2014
Weinstein v. Maine, Corizon, ME, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Beating, 2014 RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: For payment of the sum of one hundred thousand. dollars ($100,000.00), and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, acting both in …
Violence, Security Lapses and Media Attention Lead to Reforms at Georgia Prison by David Reutter A series of investigative news reports by Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Joy Lukachick, published from February to December 2013, revealed numerous problems in Georgia’s prison system – particularly at Hays State Prison (HSP), located …
Criminal Background Checks Criticized for Incorrect Data, Racial Discrimination by Derek Gilna A July 2013 study by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) found that widespread errors in FBI arrest data – which is increasingly relied upon by employers conducting criminal background checks – has reached alarming proportions. According to …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Reflections on the No More Jails Campaign in Champaign County, Illinois by James Kilgore When we began our campaign to stop jail construction in Champaign County, Illinois in early 2012, I thought we were doomed. The grand plan to spend $20 million on this project seemed like a done deal. …
California: Sexually Violent Predator Entitled to Jury Trial on Petition Seeking Conditional Release by The California Court of Appeal has reversed the denial of a petition for conditional release filed by a sexually violent predator (SVP) who had received a psychological evaluation indicating that conditional release would be in his …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Islamic Organization Petitions to Let Muslim Women Prisoners Wear Hijabs by Christopher Zoukis In May 2013, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) petitioned the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a uniform policy for all local, state and federal correctional facilities to allow Muslim women to wear hijab head …
West Virginia Sex Offender Does Not Have Right to Attend Specified Church by The West Virginia Supreme Court held on February 22, 2013 that a convicted sex offender does not have an automatic right to attend religious services of his choice. The Court’s ruling was not based on the right …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Wiccan Prisoners’ Establishment Clause Claim by On February 19, 2013, the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by two California prisoners who alleged that prison officials had violated their constitutional rights by failing to apply …
Brief • February 10, 2014
USA v. Rhode Island DOC, RI, Complaint, Racial Discrimination in Hiring, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00078-S-LDA Document 1 Filed 02/10/14 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 1 uNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND . UNITEp STATE~ O¥ Al\ffiR:J:CA, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No.: STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, RH()DE ISLAND DEPAllTMENT …
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