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Controversial Report Criticizes Director of Idaho Parole Commission by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2010, the Idaho legislature’s Office of Performance Evaluations (OPE) released an audit report titled “Increasing Efficiencies in Idaho’s Parole Process.” Among other things, the report critiqued Olivia Craven, Executive Director of the Idaho Commission …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Washington State Pays $6.4 Million for Failure to Supervise Parolee by Washington State’s Department of Corrections (WDOC) has agreed to pay $6.4 million to settle claims involving the department’s failure to properly supervise a parolee, resulting in a string of violent crimes that included rape and murder. The settlements, filed …
PLN Sues South Carolina Jail that Bans All Reading Material Except Bibles by On October 6, 2010, Prison Legal News, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights Defense Center staff attorney Lance Weber, filed suit in federal court challenging an unconstitutional policy at the Berkeley County …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: International, Immigration
Native American Firms Reap Large Profits from Immigrant Detention Contracts by Derek Gilna Native American companies, many of which have no experience in prison management, are earning large sums of money as conduits for Department of Homeland Security contracts which are then subcontracted out to other firms. Although apparently legal …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
California Supreme Court Restricts Remedies in Remands for New Parole Board Hearings by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In a unanimous ruling on July 29, 2010, the California Supreme Court resolved a narrow question regarding lifer parole litigation; namely, what is the proper scope of the remedy ordered by …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Texas Democrat Politicians Keep Private Prison Consulting in the Family by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2003 and 2004, Texas state Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D) was a consultant for Management & Training Corporation, a private prison firm, and Corplan Corrections, a prison design and development company. Now his …
Fifth Circuit Delineates Process Due Before Imposition of Sex Offender Parole Conditions by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 20, 2010, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas parolees who had never been convicted of a sex offense, but were subject to onerous sex offender parole conditions …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Post-Katrina Circumstances Excuse Holding Prisoner Beyond Indictment Deadline by On June 21, 2010, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that emergency conditions at a Louisiana prison following Hurricane Katrina helped excuse the failure of a warden to release a prisoner for three months after the deadline for filing an …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Washington State: Settlement Requires Pierce County to Provide Educational Opportunities to Jailed Youths by The parties in a class-action lawsuit regarding the lack of educational services for juvenile offenders at Washington state’s Pierce County Jail (PCJ) reached a settlement that requires the Tacoma School District (District) to provide incarcerated youths …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Audit Finds Oregon Victims Denied Restitution; Prosecutors Largely to Blame by An audit by the Oregon Secretary of State, released in early 2010, found that crime victims are not getting restitution and prosecutors are largely to blame. The 2003 Oregon legislature required prosecutors to investigate and present evidence of economic …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Virginia DOC for $125,250 by Prison Legal News announced on September 23, 2010 that it had settled a censorship lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) for $125,250 in damages, attorney fees and costs. In October 2009, PLN filed suit against Gene M. Johnson, …
Prisoner Deaths Continue at King County Jail Despite DOJ Intervention by Mark Wilson A rash of detainee deaths at the King County Correctional Facility (KCCF) in Seattle, Washington prompted the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open an investigation into conditions at the jail on October 30, 2006. As the …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
$2.16 Million Judgment for Prisoner Raped by BOP Guard by On April 7, 2010, a federal jury awarded $2.16 million to a female prisoner who was raped by a guard at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Tallahassee, Florida. Myra C. Solliday alleged that she was raped by Bureau of …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: Medical, Medical Expenses
North Carolina Lacks Control and Overpays for Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter North Carolina’s Department of Corrections (NDOC) has inadequate procedures to contain prisoner medical costs and it overpays for prisoner medical care, concludes a fiscal control audit issued by the state’s auditor. NDOC spends …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Ninth Circuit Rebuffs California’s Attempt to Terminate CDCR Medical Receivership by Michael Brodheim In a strongly worded opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a motion filed by California state officials to terminate the receivership established in 2006 to oversee and manage delivery of medical care to …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News In Brief: by Arkansas: Sebastian County jail prisoner Gary Van Wolf, 64, awaiting trial on sex charges involving children, was strangled to death and left in his cell on September 16, 2010. According to a report by the Sheriff’s Office, jailers had left prisoners unsupervised for about an hour …
Article • November 15, 2010
Take Action to Oppose the Nomination of Stacia Hylton to Direct the U.S. Marshals! by Alex Friedmann TIME SENSITIVE! Call to Action on opposing the Hylton nomination! On November 9, 2010, a coalition of organizations -- including the Alliance for Justice, Human Rights Defense Center, Private Corrections Working Group, Grassroots …
Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions by Matthew Clarke To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and the venerable Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story looks at the ongoing scandal at the nation’s crime labs. The problem is so pervasive – PLN has reported on it extensively over the years – that several books could easily be written on the topic. Yet just as wrongful …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
New York Prisons Avoid Budget Axe by David Reutter by David M. Reutter With the State of New York having 5,000 empty prison beds and a large budget deficit, it would seem the logical decision would be to save taxpayer dollars by closing some prisons. That, however, is not the …
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