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Letter from Board of Correction re: NYC Jails and COVID-19, 2020 Jacqueline Sherman, Interim Chair Stanley Richards, Vice-Chair Robert L. Cohen, M.D. Felipe Franco Jennifer Jones Austin James Perrino Michael J. Regan Steven M. Safyer, M.D. Margaret Egan Executive Director BOARD OF CORRECTION CITY OF NEW YORK 1 CENTRE STREET, …
Brief • March 16, 2020
re Procedure for Review of Detention, CA, Release, Corona, 2020 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CRIMINAL CASE STANDING ORDER 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Oklahoma Commutations Largest Mass Release in U.S. History by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On November 1, 2019, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt approved commutation for 527 prisoners. The Oklahoma commutation is the largest mass commutation in the history of the nation. The citizens of Oklahoma voted yes on State Question …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Education
It’s Time For the Feds To Fund College Education For Prisoners, Again by Anthony W. Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Twenty-five years after the federal government restricted prisoners from obtaining Pell Grants to pay for higher education while incarcerated, bipartisan support for new legislation reinstating access is gaining ground in …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Exonerated Kentucky Man’s High Bail Prevented His Release for Six Years by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter After nearly six years of languishing in jail because he could not afford a quarter-million dollar bond, a jury in Jefferson County, Kentucky acquitted Eugene “Red” Mitchell. The jury’s September 18, …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Indiana Prisoner Granted Leave to Proceed in First Amendment Retaliation Suit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Ty Evans is an Indiana state prisoner. He is also an accomplished freelance writer who regularly submits articles about prison life that are often printed in different publications. In August 2018, Evans was …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Getting Out of Jail After Dark Can Be Dangerous – and Sometimes Deadly by Madison Pauly Nighttime is the worst possible time to release prisoners. So why do so many jails do it? by Madison Pauly, Mother Jones The last bus of the day pulls away from the parking lot …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Prosecutors Get Real Look at Life After Prison by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A dozen prosecutors and other criminal justice workers got a real life look at what it’s like to re-enter society after being in prison – ­­and every one of them failed to get everything done as …
Collateral Consequences Resource Center - Pathways to Reintegration Criminal Record Reforms in 2019 Pathways to Reintegration: Criminal Record Reforms in 2019 February 2020 s COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public engagement on the myriad issues raised by …
Publication • January 17, 2020
Far from Home and All Alone: The Impact of Prison Visitation on Recidivism Far from Home and All Alone: The Impact of Prison Visitation on Recidivism January 17, 2020 Reporter Am Law Econ Rev (2019) 21 (2): 431 Length: 40546 words Author: Logan M. Lee, Send correspondence to: Logan M. …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Oklahomans Pay for Release of Woman Whose Case Helped Start Marijuana Reform Movement by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When she received a 12-year prison sentence for selling $31 worth of marijuana to a police informant in December 2009 and January 2010, first-time felony offender Patricia Spottedcrow, then-25, thought she …
Publication • January 9, 2020
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor, 2020 Official Audit Report – Issued January 9, 2020 Massachusetts Department of Correction For the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018 State House Room 230  Boston, MA 02133  auditor@sao.state.ma.us  www.mass.gov/auditor January 9, 2020 Ms. Carol Mici, Commissioner …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
California Prison Rehabilitation Programs Costly and Ineffective by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A report by the California State Auditor, released on January 31, 2019, found that rehabilitative programs currently offered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) did not assist in reducing the state’s 50 percent recidivism …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Pennsylvania Prisoner Acquitted of Murder After 13-Year Battle – by Defending Himself in Retrial by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Representing himself during a fourth trial on a murder charge, Hassan Bennett was acquitted and released following a 13-year legal fight – an extraordinary feat. Bennett, 36, was serving a …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
FAMM, Washington Lawyers’ Committee, NACDL Launch Compassionate Release Clearinghouse by The First Step Act paves the way for a massive pro bono effort to represent sick, dying and elderly prisoners in court. WASHINGTON – Thousands of sick, dying and elderly federal prisoners who are eligible for early release will now …
Victory v. Berks County, PA, Plf Memo Re Prospective Relief, Conditions of Confinement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA THERESA VICTORY, ALICE VELAZQUEZ-DIAZ, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BERKS COUNTY, et al. Defendants. : : : : : : : : …
Article • December 8, 2019
BJS fuels myths about sex offense recidivism, contradicting its own new data by Wendy Sawyer A new government report reinforces harmful misconceptions about people convicted of sex offenses. Here’s our take on how to parse the data. by Wendy Sawyer, Prison Policy Initiative By now, most people who pay any …
Article • December 6, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Education
Wasted Minds: Prisoners Languish in Florida Prisons with Little Access to Education by Ryan McKinnon, Josh Salman by Ryan McKinnon and Josh Salman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune / GateHouse Media Dade Correctional Institution employs one teacher for a population of 1,500 men – and just 16 prisoners have earned GED diplomas there …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs, Education
Study Finds that War on Drugs Kept Black Men from Higher Education by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In April 2019 study by Universityof California, Berkeley professor Tolani Britton established a link between the so-called “War On Drugs,” embodied in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, and college enrollment by …
Man Mistakenly Released 13 Years Ago Won’t Have to Return to Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Connecticut man arrested for his unintentional failure to serve a 13-year-old federal prison sentence was released from custody in March 2019. Philadelphia native Demetrius Anderson had not only remained free for those …
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