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An End to Silence First Edition

Publication

Filed under: Sexual Assault

/Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New ...

Recalibrating Justice: A Review of 2013 State Sentencing and Corrections Trends, Vera Institute, 2014

Publication • August 9, 2016

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Sentencing, Parole, Probation

is granted at the discretion of the district attorney.24 >>Arkansas HB 1470 authorizes each judicial district to establish a preadjudication probation program. The structure, method, and operation ...

Estate of Kevin Brown v. Lambert, et al., CA, third amended complaint, wrongful death, 2020

Brief • June 8, 2016

Filed under: Search warrants, Wrongful Death, Arrest Warrants, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Fifth Amendment, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Fourth Amendment

to Ronald Clyde Tatro. 9 37. Tatro was a registered sex offender, who had been convicted of a 10 sexual offense in Arkansas in 1974, and of false imprisonment in La Mesa, 11 California in 1985. Tatro’s ...

When a Parent Is Incarcerated - A Primer for Social Workers, Annie E Casey Foundation, 2011

Publication • August 9, 2016

Filed under: Family, Fathers in Prison, Mothers in Prison, Parental rights, Children of Prisoners

that visiting and contact with the incarcerated parent puts the child in danger, the incarcerated parent and the child have the There are also two helpful handouts from Arkansas Voices for the Children Left ...

Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture

Publication • November 1, 2015

Filed under: Money/Property

Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture 2nd Edition By Dick M. Carpenter II, Ph.D. Lisa Knepper Angela C. Erickson Jennifer McDonald with contributions from Wesley Hottot and Keith Diggs Table of Contents Foreword . . . . . …

National Portrait of SVORI Reentry Initiative, July, Urban Institute, 2004

Publication • February 19, 2016

Filed under: Prisoner Privileges, Release and Reentry

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Arkansas ...

Justice in Review - New Trends in State Sentencing and Corrections 2014-2015, Vera, 2016

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Prison Reform, Sentencing, Alternative Sentencing

) Oversight Alaska SB 64 (2014) Sentencing and criminal justice practices Arkansas SB 472 (2015) Specialty courts Colorado SB 14-021 (2014) Mental health treatment (in-custody and upon reentry) Idaho ...

The Treatment-Industrial Complex - Alternative Corrections, Private Prison Companies, and Criminal Justice Debt 2020

Publication • 2020

Filed under: Private Contractors

The Treatment-Industrial Complex - Alternative Corrections, Private Prison Companies, and Criminal Justice Debt 2020 \\jciprod01\productn\H\HLC\55-1\HLC101.txt unknown Seq: 1 2-SEP-20 10:34 The Treatment-Industrial Complex: Alternative Corrections, Private Prison Companies, and Criminal Justice Debt Laura I Appleman* Out of the 6.7 million adults caught up in the criminal legal system, approximately 4.5 …

Justice in Review-New Trends in States Sentencing, VERA, 2016

Publication • May 1, 2016

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Release and Reentry, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Probation, Collateral consequences of prison, Alternative Sentencing

and criminal justice practices Arkansas SB 472 (2015) Specialty courts Colorado SB 14-021 (2014) Mental health treatment (in-custody and upon reentry) Idaho Exec. Order 1 (2014) Oversight Idaho SB 1393 ...

An Overview of Intermittent Confinement and Weekend Incarceration in the US-Feb 2024

Publication • February 1, 2024

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Conditions of

? Organization State Missing No Yes Total Alabama 1 (4%) 14 (56%) 10 (40%) 25 (100%) Arizona 0 (0%) 2 (33.33%) 4 (66.67%) 6 (100%) Arkansas 0 (0%) 10 (76.92%) 3 (23.08%) 13 (100%) California 0 ...

Montez v. Romer-32 F.Supp.2d 1235 (D Colo. 1999)

Case • 1999

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ARI ZAVARAS, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, FRANK GUNTER, Former Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, BILL PRICE, Warden of the Arkansas ...

Johnson v. Horn-150 F.3d 276 (3rd Cir. 1998)

Case • 1998

of the federal judiciary to the resolution of "cases and controversies." See U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, cl. 1; Whitmore v. Arkansas, 495 U.S. 149, 154-155 (1990). Mootness "ousts the jurisdiction of the federal ...

Scarpino v. Grossheim-852 F.Supp 798 (SD Iowa, 1994)

Case • 1994

cognizable interest in the outcome of the litigation. When such changes prevent a federal court from granting effective relief, the case becomes moot." Arkansas AFL-CIO v. FCC, 11 F.3d 1430, 1435 (8th Cir ...

Tyler v. Black-811 F.2d 424 (8th Cir. 1987)

Case • 1987

, 686, 57 L. Ed. 2d 522, 98 S. Ct. 2565 (1978). In Hutto the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the district court that a prisoner in the Arkansas penal system could not be confined in punitive ...

Perry v. McDonald-280 F.3d 159 (2d Cir. 2001)

Case • 2001

did not intend to designate a public forum on Vermont's vanity plates. *fn6 See Arkansas Educ. Television Comm'n v. Forbes, 523 U.S. 666, 669 (1998) (explaining that government property remains ...

Rice v. National Security Council-244 F.Supp.2d 594 (D.S.C. 2001).

Case • 2001

Department of Justice; Central Intelligence Agency; State of Arkansas; Southern Air Transport; Estate of George W. Bush; Estate of William French Smith; Edwin Meese; Richard Thornburgh; William Barr; Janet ...

Bringing Down The Brotherhood

Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Gang Policies, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Informants, Death Penalty, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Guard Unions

counts of menacing. Sentence: eight years. Officer Principe was no more. Felon Principe was shipped off to the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility. He worked the weight pile, did his own time. In some ...

Privatized Medical Services in Delaware Kill and Maim

Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005

Filed under: CMS, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, HIV/AIDS, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cardiovascular, Cancer, Skin, Medical Expenses, Hepatitis, Settlements, Administrative Exhaustion, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

to lawsuits alleging it was deliberately indifferent to prisoners' serious medical needs. In fact, such suits seem to be part of the business model. In the Eastern District of Arkansas, CMS has been named ...

Wood v. Strickland-420 U.S. 308; 95 S. Ct. 992; 43 L. Ed. 2d 214 (197

Case • 1975

of intoxicating beverages as being linked to the definition of "intoxicating liquor" under Arkansas statutes*fn16 which restrict the term to beverages with an alcoholic content exceeding 5% by weight.*fn17 ...

The Poisoned Pen of Fort Lyon Prison

Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008

Filed under: Geriatric Classification, DOC/BOP misconduct, Work, Prison Labor, Environmental Law, Sewage, Water, Asbestos

—bad karma, sin, a vengeful spirit or just rotten luck—seemed to find its way back to Fort Lyon. In 1867 a spring ice dam backed up the Arkansas River and flooded the post, forcing the Army to abandon ...