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Americas Increasing Use of Life, The Sentencing Project, 2017

Publication • May 1, 2017

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Pending Appeal/Sentencing, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders

624 2,309 42,685 5.4% Arkansas 778 637 1,006 2,421 17,262 14.0% California 34,607 5,090 994 40,691 129,805 31.3% Colorado 2,131 667 785 3,583 20,246 17.7% 55 73 612 740 ...

UCLA School of Law-The Coherence of Prison Law

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Filed under: Prisoners' Rights, Prison Conditions

UCLA School of Law-The Coherence of Prison Law UCLA School of Law Public Law & Legal Theory Research Paper No. 22-25 THE COHERENCE OF PRISON LAW BY SHARON DOLOVICH PROFESSOR OF LAW 135 Harv. L. Rev. F 302 THE COHERENCE OF PRISON LAW Sharon Dolovich INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 302 I. CONSTRUCTING …

Janke v. Price-43 F.3d 1390 (10th Cir. 1994)

Case • 1994

in the Colorado Department of Corrections. On June 30, 1992, when Mr. Janke was assigned to a single cell at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility, two prison guards conducted a "shake down" search of his cell ...

Crawford v. Indiana DOC-115 F.3d 481 (7th Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

in Miller v. Illinois Dept. of Corrections, 107 F.3d 483 (7th Cir. 1997), and, by deeming a visit to a prison or a prisoner in the prison as an "activity," to visitors as well. Pack v. Arkansas Valley ...

Elkin v. Fauver-969 F.2d 48 (3rd Cir. 1992)

Case • 1992

the disciplinary sanctions imposed upon him constituted injury in fact. See Whitmore v. Arkansas, 495 U.S. 149, 156-61 (1990). Whether Elkin met prudential standing requirements, i.e., whether he could assert rights ...

Diercks v. Durham-959 F.2d 710 (8th Cir. 1992)

Case • 1992

that a charging officer should not sit in judgment on her own complaint in disciplinary proceedings. Finney v. Arkansas Bd. of Corrections, 505 F.2d 194, 208 (8th Cir. 1974). Finney was based on the holding ...

Reece v. Groose-60 F.3d 487 (8th Cir. 1995)

Case • 1995

favorable to Reece, Wright v. South Arkansas Regional Health Center, Inc., 800 F.2d 199, 203 (8th Cir. 1986), and recite them now accordingly. [14] Before entering prison, Reece had been an informant ...

Lakin v. Stine-44 F.Supp.2d 897 (E.D.Mich.1999)

Case • 1999

for his defence." U.S. Const. amend. VI. The right to counsel is so basic to our system that the actual or constructive denial of counsel is never harmless error. Holloway v. Arkansas, 435 U.S. 475, 489, 55 ...

Martin v. Gerlinski-133 F.3d 1076 (8th cir. 1997)

Case • 1998

for the Western District of Arkansas. No. 96-2342 [7] Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges. [8] McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge. [9] Appeals from the United States District ...

Thompson v. Vilsack-328 F.Supp.2d 974 (SD IA 2004)

Case • 2004

Broad. Sys., Inc., 368 U.S. 464, 467 (1962) (quoting Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp., 321 U.S. 620, 627 (1944)), but to avoid "useless, expensive and time-consuming trials where there is actually ...

United States v. Reed-318 F.3d 778 (8th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

and expense of bringing the chemist or chemists who performed the tests from California to Arkansas to testify. In our experience, that sort of formal testimony rarely leads to any admissions helpful ...

Howard v. King-707 F.2d 215 (5th Cir. 1983).

Case • 1983

of activating appellant's tubercular condition states a cause of action under . . . the Eighth Amendment. . . . [29] In Ray v. Mabry, 556 F.2d 881 (8th Cir.1977), an Arkansas prisoner brought suit against ...

Milton v. Morris-767 F.2d 1443 (9th Cir. 1985)

Case • 1985

court failed to conduct an adequate inquiry to determine whether his allegation was correct. See Holloway v. Arkansas, 435 U.S. 475, 482, 55 L. Ed. 2d 426, 98 S. Ct. 1173 (1978). We conclude ...

Villanueva v. George-659 F.2d 851 (8th Cir. 1981)(en banc)

Case • 1981

of an ongoing social institution. See, e. g., Seward v. Hutto, 525 F.2d 1024, 1025 (8th Cir. 1975), quoting Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction, 505 F.2d 194 (8th Cir. 1974); Jackson v. Bishop, 404 F.2d 571 ...

Maxwell v. Mason-668 F.2d 361 (8th Cir. 1981)

Case • 1981

in this Circuit that clothing is a "basic necessity of human existence" which cannot be deprived in the same manner as a privilege an inmate may enjoy. Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction, 505 F.2d 194, 207-8 ...

Sell v. Parratt-548 F.2d 753 (8th Cir. 1977)

Case • 1977

, 210 (E.D. Ark. 1973), rev'd. on other grounds, Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction, 505 F.2d 194 (8th Cir. 1974), the district court said: [35] That right of the state was expressly recognized ...

Elwood v. Jeter-386 F.3d 842 (8th Cir. 2004).

Case • 2004

States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. DISPOSITION: Reversed and remanded. COUNSEL: ANTHONY R. ELWOOD, Plaintiff - Appellant, Pro se, Forrest City, AR. For ANTHONY R. ELWOOD ...

Matter of Parental Rights as to J.L.N.-55 P.3d 955 (Nev. 2002)

Case • 2002

by statute on other grounds as recognized by Matter of N.J., 116 Nev. 790, 8 P.3d 126. [51] *fn15 Id. [52] *fn16 See, e.g., Johnson v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Services, 82 S.W.3d 183 (Ark. Ct ...

Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps

Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001

Filed under: Private Prisons, Racial Discrimination, Boot Camps, Strip Cells, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

sprayed and killed by drill instructors during his first day at Arkansas' "young offenders" boot camp. Already in the midst of an asthma attack when he was sprayed, Bagby, died a few hours later ...

News in Brief

Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003

Filed under: News, News in Brief

News in Brief by Arkansas: On May 16, 2002, Barry Parrish, 38, pleaded guilty to walking out of the Lewisville county jail where he was imprisoned and working as a trusty, going ...