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Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
Texas Forensic Science Commission Addresses Problem with DNA Testing Protocols by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The mission of the Texas Forensic Science Commission (TFSC) is to set standards for the use of scientific evidence in the state’s criminal justice system. In investigating the proper standards for DNA testing during …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment to Defendants in Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Case by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On October 17, 2016, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the warden and a private health care provider in a case …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Is Risk Prediction Real Criminal Justice Reform or Junk Science? by Joe Watson by Joe Watson With its criminal justice system bursting at the seams, one state has decided to take a controversial step to alleviate the pressure. In 2015, Pennsylvania officials indicated the state would become the first in …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Filed under: Juveniles
Washington State Leads the Nation in Jailing Juvenile Status Offenders by More than two decades have passed since the murder of 13-year-old runaway Rebecca Hedman spurred Washington State lawmakers to pass a bill allowing judges to send at-risk children to juvenile detention centers. But implementation of the “Becca Bill” has …
“Deal with the Devil” Turning on Mississippi Counties by David Reutter by David Reutter As mass incarceration in the United States grew between 1990 and 2005, many lawmakers decided to ride the wave of “tough on crime” rhetoric by building new correctional facilities to house the increasing number of people …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Texas Fraud Prosecutions Privately Funded by Insurance Company by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Texas lawmakers recently took action to address the relationship between the Texas Mutual Insurance Company (TMIC) and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, after finding the connection between the pair was too close for comfort. Since …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
New York DOCCS Has Paid $10 Million to Prisoners Beaten by Guards Over Five-year Period by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Widespread abuse by prison guards across New York State has led to at least 175 monetary awards to prisoners from 2010 to 2015 totaling around $10 million, a newspaper …
Report Finds Substandard Medical Care in ICE Facilities by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a July 2016 report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) found that 16 of the 18 immigrant detainees who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody from 2012 to 2015 received substandard medical care, and that …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For the past 30 years, as mass incarceration rates have skyrocketed, so has the number of prisoners infected with hepatitis C (HCV). This is in part because so many prisoners are current or former intravenous drug users, and so much time …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Eighth Circuit: No Speedy Trial Rights for Prisoner Placed in Administrative Segregation by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Eighth Circuit ruled on September 15, 2016, in a per curiam opinion, that the Sixth Amendment’s right to a speedy trial is essentially not applicable to prisoners held in administrative segregation …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: Ignacio Adrian Sobers Jr., 31, entered into a plea agreement in federal district court on February 9, 2017. He agreed to plead guilty to one count of acceptance of a bribe by a public official. The former guard at the U.S. Penitentiary in Victorville was …
In-the-News Article • June 30, 2017
PLN quoted on mail, visit restrictions due to prison drug smuggling June 30, 2017 Articles with PLN Quotes WVTF Virginia's Efforts to Keep Opioids Out of State Prisons By SANDY HAUSMAN    The epidemic of addiction to opiate drugs in Virginia has added to a prison population of nearly 30,000 people, …
Thompson v. Washoe County, NV, Amended Complaint, Jail Death, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00333-MMD-VPC Document 7 Filed 06/30/17 Page 1 of 31 Peter Goldstein, Esq., (SBN 6992) 1 PETER GOLDSTEIN LAW CORP 10795 West Twain Avenue, Ste. 110 2 Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 Telephone: (702) 474-6400 3 Facsimile: (888) 400-8799 peter@petergoldsteinlaw.com 4 …
Brief • June 30, 2017
Ramirez v. Jackson County, MO, Petition, Excessive Force, 2017 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI KANSAS CITY JAMES RAMIREZ 912 W. 12th St. Rolla, MO 65401 Plaintiff, vs. JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI Serve: County Counselor 415 E. 12th Street, 2nd Floor Kansas City, Missouri 64106 and TERRANCE DOOLEY Serve: …
Wiley-Stiger v. O'Bannon, KY, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2017 RELEASE In consideration of the payment of the sum of Thirty-five Thousand Dollars by LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT") to PAMELA WILEY-STIGER GOVERNMENT ("METRO the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, PAMELA WILEY-STIGER does hereby release and forever discharge METRO GOVERNMENT, along with …
Brief • June 30, 2017
Stokes v. RealPage, PA, Criminal Record Expungement, 2017 Case 2:15-cv-01520-JP Document 51-2 Filed 06/30/17 Page 2 of 96 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA HELEN STOKES, on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 2:15-cv-01520-JP REALPAGE, INC., Defendant. JAMES JENKINS, individually …
Dittimus-Bey v. Taylor, NJ, Order Approving Consent Decree, Jail Conditions, 2017 Case 1:05-cv-00063-JBS-JS Document 225 Filed 06/30/17 Page 1 of 3 PageID: 3929 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CORRI DITTIMUS BEY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CAMDEN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, et al., CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-cv-0063 …
Brief • June 30, 2017
Diaz v. City of Concord, CA, Settlement, Reckless Driving, 2017 RELEASE FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of a valid draft(s) made payable in accordance with the attached Exhibit A, incorporated herein, in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/I 00 DOLLARS ($200,000.00), the undersigned, SUHYLAH DIAZ, as Guardian ad Litem …
Arnold v. Butler, IL, Merit Review, Failure to Protect, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SEAN ARNOLD, #87516, Plaintiff, vs. KIMBERLY BUTLER, S.A. GODINEZ, TERRI ANDERSON, SHERRY BENTON, MHOF, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, WEXFORD HEALTH SERVICES INC., JOHN DOE 1, and JOHN DOE2, …
Publication • June 30, 2017
Filed under: Private Prisons
JPM Chase Financial Ties to Private Prisons, Center for Popular Democracy and Make the Road NY, 2017 JPMorgan Chase: Financier to Private Prisons The Center for Popular Democracy and Make the Road New York The nation’s two largest private prison and immigrant detention corporations-­‐-­‐CoreCivic (formerly known as Corrections Corporation of …
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