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Article • August 9, 2016
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
New Contracts Pull Wisconsin Prison Industry Out of Red for 2012 by Fiscal year 2012 was a profitable year for Badger State Industries. A memorandum from the Wisconsin Department of Correction (WDOC) to the co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance shows WDOC’s prison industries gained $3.6 million for the …
Florida Juvenile Justice Agency Calls Salary for CEO of Non Profit Contractor Excessive by The Secretary of Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is outraged that a nonprofit company that holds two dozen DJJ contracts pays its CEO more than $1.2 million annually. The DJJ wants more that money going …
Colorado Jail Settles Suit over Lack of Accommodation for the Deaf for $100,000 by Paresh Patel Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC), a Colorado non-profit organization, filed a civil complaint against Douglas Darr, in his official capacity as Sherriff of Adams County, Colorado for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), …
Article • August 9, 2016
California Prisoner Allowed to Sell Banned Book on Condition that Profits Go to Charity Approved by Prison Officials by In January 2012, the Warden of California’s notorious Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) stipulated to a settlement agreement with PBSP prisoner Dale Bretches, who in 2006 had filed suit pursuant to …
Article • August 9, 2016
Audit Finds Possible Payroll Fraud at California Prison in Sacramento by Joe Watson Employees at one California prison—including medical and mental health staff and prison guards—received at least $153,000 in illegal payments due to potential payroll fraud between July 2010 and June 2013, according to a state audit. Results of …
Article • August 9, 2016
VAC Greed Brings Oregon Prisoners Lower Rates, MP3s, Email & Video Visits by An overnight spike in prisoner phone rates compelled Oregon prison officials to switch to a new prisoner phone service provider on July 1, 2012. Most prisoners consider the new company's lower rates and enhanced services a major …
Article • August 9, 2016
Washington State Prison Brass Interferes in Release of Senator’s Son by Questions are swirling about whether a Washington State legislator’s son was released 103 days early due to his mother’s political clout. Despite warnings from community corrections officers that the release would violate Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) policy, administrators …
Article • August 9, 2016
Washington DOC Colludes with Employees to Bar Public Records Request; Pays $65,000 by The Washington Coalition for Open Government (the Coalition) obtained a $65,000 payment to settle a lawsuit against two state agencies for violation of the Public Records Act (PRA). The 2010 lawsuit alleged the state Attorney General’s Office …
Article • August 9, 2016
Texas Rejects GEO Bid to Privatize State Mental Hospital by On October 3, 2012, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced that it had rejected a bid by the GEO Group, a private prison company, to operate the Kerrville State Hospital. GEO Care, a GEO Group subsidiary, was …
Sex Offender Residence Restrictions Have Non-Existent Effect on Recidivism by The proximity of schools and daycares to where sex offenders live “explains none of the variation in sexual recidivism,” concludes a study by Levenson, Zandbergen & Hart. The study matched the 165 persons listed on Florida’s sex offender registry in …
Seventh Circuit Holds Indiana Must Provide Process to Appeal Errors in Sex Offender Registry by Matthew Clarke On August 26, 2012, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals held that the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) must provide a procedure by which persons listed on the state's "Sex and Violent Offender …
Report: Private Probation, Prisons Should Be 'Phased Out' in Georgia by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), GEO Group and other for-profit companies must be driven out of Georgia's criminal justice system for it to be fair and effective, the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) argues in a recent …
Brief • August 9, 2016
Cable v. Aul, RI, Complaint, Book Censorship, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00441-M-LDA Document 1 Filed 08/09/16 Page 1 of 10 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT For The District of Rhode Island (Enter the full name(s) of the: t...~is action) ?lainti££(s) in CA t 6- 441 VS .. : l>cBesf ,sAvtes,· …
John Doe v. Swearingen, FL, Complaint, Sex Offender Identification, 2016 Case 4:16-cv-00501-RH-CAS Document 1 Filed 08/09/16 Page 1 of 57 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division _________________________________ ) JOHN DOE 1, JOHN DOE 2, JOHN ) DOE 3, JOHN DOE 4, and JOHN ) DOE 5, …
Brief • August 9, 2016
In re Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, DC, FCC Order on Reconsideration - Rate Caps, 2016 Federal Communications Commission FCC 16-102 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 12-375 ORDER ON …
Filing • August 9, 2016
PLN v. Co. of Tulare, et al., CA, Judgement, censorship, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 49 Filed 08/09/16 Page 1 of 2 1 LISA ELLS – 243657 CHRISTOPHER D. HU – 293052 & GRUNFELD LLP 2 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN 50 Fremont Street, 19th Floor 3 San Francisco, California 94105-2235 Telephone: (415) …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Breach of Privilege: Spying on Lawyers in the United States, NLG , 2014 - A National Lawyers Guild Report - Breach of Privilege: Spying on Lawyers in the United States By Traci Yoder April 2014 About the Author Traci Yoder is Senior Researcher and Student Organizer at the National Lawyers …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Stemming the Tide - Strategies to Reduce the Growth and Cut the Cost of the Federal Prison System, Urban Institute, 2013 Stemming the Tide: Strategies to Reduce the Growth and Cut the Cost of the Federal Prison System Julie Samuels Nancy La Vigne Samuel Taxy November 2013 Stemming the Tide: …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Bureau of Prisons - Information on Efforts and Potential Options to Save Costs, GAO, 2014 United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters September 2014 BUREAU OF PRISONS Information on Efforts and Potential Options to Save Costs GAO-14-821 September 2014 BUREAU OF PRISONS Information on Efforts and Potential Options …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, NACDL, 2013 Criminal Justice in the 21st Century: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System Supported in part by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Additional financial support for the conference provided by the Foundation for Criminal …
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