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Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Voting Rights Act Doesn't Apply to NY Prisoners/Parolees by The Voting Rights Act does not apply to the New York statute disenfranchising currently incarcerated felons and parolees. The court initially polled itself sua sponte while petitions for certiorari were pending, then denied rehearing with three judges dissenting and four stating …
Article • May 15, 2007
Federal Deportation Detainees Stage Sit-In to Protest Delayed Hearings by On September 21, 2005, 950 deportation detainees at the federal Mira Loma Detention Center in Lancaster, California refused to return to their barracks for four hours after their 7 a.m. breakfast until prison officials assured them that their concerns regarding …
Sacramento Jail Rampant with Excessive Force and Brutality by Gary Hunter Imagine six million candles of light and the noise level of a jet plane taking off inside an average 6'x10' jail cell. That's what Courtney Countee, Jessie Kerwin, Daniel Lucas, Jason Morrison, Cladius Jefferson and Michael Toro endured at …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
Filed under: Voting, Sentencing, Parole
Colorado Parolee’s Disenfranchisement Upheld by Colorado Parolee's Disenfranchisement Upheld The Colorado Supreme Court has held that a person on parole does not have a right to vote. That ruling came in an appeal filed by Pastor Michael Danielson after the District Court for the city and County of Denver dismissed …
Raven v. City of Miami, FL, Motion, Seizure by Physical Force Projectiles Organized Event, 2007 Case 1:06-cv-21182-CMA Document 96 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/16/2007 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO: 06 - 21182 - CIV - JORDAN HOLLEY …
Violence from Racial Tension and Overcrowding Pervades California Jails, Spreads to Prisons by Marvin Mentor by Marvin Mentor Los Angeles (L.A.) County jail prisoners have been locked in interracial gang-controlled violence for the past year, and the unrest has spread to other jails and into California state prisons as prisoners …
200 Dead in Brazil Prison Uprisings, Street Violence by Gary Hunter In May 2006, approximately 200 people were killed in Sao Paulo, Brazil as gang members of the Primerio Comando da Capital ? the First Capital Command, known by its Portuguese initials, PCC ? clashed with police in the streets …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
New Jersey Appeals Court Upholds Statute Disenfranchising Felons by The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, held that a state law prohibiting felons from voting while on parole or probation did not violate equal protection despite its disparate effect on minority voting power. Plaintiffs, the New Jersey National Association …
Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David M. Reutter When first created in 1999, Florida's Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) was hyped as a place to house sexually violent predators for protection of the public while providing …
Illinois Cook County Jail Embroiled in Shootings, Scandals and Escapes by by Gary Hunter Shootings, stabbings, suicides, a death and multiple escapes have turned the Cook County Jail in Chicago on its proverbial ear over the past year, in addition to misconduct by guards, a change in the jails leadership …
Private Geo Prison in Texas Rocked By Prisoner Abuse, Disturbance and Escape by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke Recently, the Newton County Correctional Center (NCCC), a private prison in Newton, Texas run by the Boca Raton, Florida-based Geo Group, has experienced several incidents involving the out-of-state Idaho prisoners housed …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
U.S. Businesses Lobby Government to Curb Federal Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke U.S. businesses and Wall Street investment companies have begun a campaign to get the Justice Department to reign in federal prosecutors in business crime cases. The effort by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Securities Industry …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Floridas Felon Disenfranchisement Law Upheld by David Reutter Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Upheld by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, has held that Florida's felon disenfranchisement law does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or the Voting Rights Act. Before …
Lujan v. CCA, CO, Deposition - Crouse, Negligence Mass Riot, 2006 Lujan v. Corrections Corporation of America Leland Brent Crouse 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO I NDE X EXAMINATION OF LELAND BRENT CROUSE August 16. 2006 Case No. 06-CV-00054-REB-CBS VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF: August …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
European Court of Human Rights Voids UKs Blanket Bans On Prisoner Voting by Matthew Clarke European Court of Human Rights Voids UKs Blanket Bans On Prisoner Voting by Matthew T. Clarke On October 6, 2005, the European Court of Human Rights issued a Grand Chamber Judgment holding that Britains blanket …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Texas State Representative Criticized For Helping Prisoners and Families by Matthew T. Clarke Texas Representative Terri Hodge has been taking heat for (gasp!) helping prisoners and their families, in other words--for doing her job. Hodge is accused of the following: (1) helping arrange rare face-to-face meetings between parole-eligible prisoners and …
CCA Florida Jail Operations: An Experiment in Mismanagement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After being in business for twenty-three years, one would think that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) would have refined the art of running prisons and jails. Yet an examination of CCA's three jails in Florida …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Injunctions
Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs by Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs On March 27, 2006, Judge Michael Spearman, of the Superior Court of King County, Washington held that withholding voting rights from released felons, solely because they owe …
Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley The mission of the Maine State Prison is to provide a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment for the incarcerated offender. Five hollering guards wearing helmets, face shields, and full body armor charge into a mentally …
GAO: Private Contractors Perform Poorly At Overseas Military Prisons by Matthew T. Clarke A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released April 29, 2005, criticized the militarys poor management of private contractors in Iraq and put partial blame for the Abu Ghraib prison scandal on private contractors and their poor management. …
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