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Research Study Finding Benefits from Prison Privatization Funded by Private Prison Companies by In April 2013, two professors at Temple University in Philadelphia released a study, titled "Cost Analysis of Public and Contractor Operated Prisons," that alleged financial savings through prison privatization and equal or better performance by private prison …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Canadian Prisoners Escape via Helicopter by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Two Canadian prisoners, Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau and Danny Provençal, escaped from a St. Jérôme, Quebec correctional facility on March 17, 2013 when a helicopter hovered over the yard and lowered a rope for them. They clambered up, with one …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Survey Finds Disturbing Trends in Childhood Violence, Racial Dynamics for Juvenile Lifers by An overwhelming majority of prisoners serving life sentences without parole for crimes committed as juveniles were exposed to domestic violence and lived in poverty, while significant numbers failed in school, were influenced by friends in trouble with …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Oregon State Police Handwriting Analysis Unit Closed, under Investigation by "We don't know if it's one isolated case or there are going to be others," said Oregon State Police (OSP) Lt. Gregg Hastings, when he announced that OSP handwriting examiners had made a mistake in a criminal case. In March …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes
Oklahoma Escapee Surrenders to Police after 14 Years on the Run by Christopher Zoukis On April 26, 2013, David Lee Kemp, 43, turned himself into the Comanche County, Oklahoma Sheriff's Office. He was actively being sought by the FBI, U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement agencies for escaping from the …
The Overrepresentation of People of Color in Private Prisons Petrella Radical Criminology 2013 [ insurgencies ] The Color of Corporate Corrections, Part II: Contractual Exemptions and the Overrepresentation of People of Color in Private Prisons CHRISTOPHER PETRELLA1 My previous study2 published in Radical Criminology, (Issue 2, Fall 2013) demonstrates that …
Publication • 2013
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Virginia 2012 Jail Cost Report VA Compensation Board 2013 Commonwealth of Virginia COMPENSATION BOARD Report to the General Assembly Courtesy of Meherrin River Regional Jail – Alberta, Virginia FY 2012 JAIL COST REPORT ANNUAL JAIL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES REPORT (INCLUDING CANTEEN & OTHER AUXILIARY FUNDS) November 1, 2013 PREFACE The …
Virginia's Justice System Report Justice Policy Inst. 2013 VIRGINIA’S JUSTICE SYSTEM: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair NOVEMBER 2013 Virginia’s justice system is expensive, ineffective and inequitable. Despite some recent small progress in the areas of post‐incarceration reentry, particularly felony disenfranchisement, the state continues to suffer under misguided policies and practices of …
Publication • 2013
Federal Sentencing Reporter - Insight Into California's Life Sentences, 2013 Insight into California’s Life Sentences I. Introduction Although the unique characteristics of most ‘‘rehabilitative’’ systems of criminal punishment vary greatly, a central component is often an indeterminate sentence with the possibility of parole. In California, these decisions are made by …
Prison Visitation: A Fifty State Survey by Chesa Boudin by Chesa Boudin, Trevor Stutz and Aaron Littman This article presents a summary of the study’s findings. The full study and data set will be published in a forthcoming volume of the Yale Law and Policy Review: Chesa Boudin, Trevor Stutz …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Maine Prisoner’s Contraband Conviction Vacated by On May 29, 2012, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court reversed a prisoner’s conviction for trafficking in contraband. The Court found it was proper for the trial court to allow a guard to testify about details not contained in her written report of the incident, …
Pennsylvania: No Prison Time for Guards Convicted of Abusing Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis A former Pennsylvania prison guard who was convicted on 27 counts of abusing prisoners will serve no prison time of his own, after a state court sentenced him to five years’ probation and six months on house …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Oklahoma Parole Board Members Charged with Violating Open Meeting Act by Christopher Zoukis Oklahoma City District Attorney David Prater announced on March 13, 2013 that all five members of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board (“Board”) had been charged with criminal violations of the state’s Open Meeting Act in connection …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Faulty Background Checks Blamed on Digitized Records, Greedy Amateurs by Joe Watson Whoever said that living in the past is a fruitless endeavor never tried to make money off background checks. Billions of publicly-available records have resulted in a global army of unskilled, wanna-be detectives who make quick bucks by …
$17.75 Million Settlement for Victims of Pennsylvania “Kids for Cash” Scandal by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Several of the defendants in a “widespread scheme and subversion of the Luzerne County juvenile justice system” in Pennsylvania have agreed to a $17.75 million settlement to resolve a class-action federal lawsuit. …
California: Nine Detainees Charged in Jailhouse Killing; Five Sentenced to Life Terms by In January 2012, an Orange County, California judge sentenced two of nine detainees implicated in the jailhouse killing of a suspected child molester to terms of 15 years to life in prison. Three other detainees also were …
Oregon Jail Guard Gets Three Years for Sex with Prisoner by An Oregon jail guard has been sentenced to three years in prison for having a 19-month sexual relationship with a female prisoner. Mark W. Samuels, 54, was employed by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office as a guard at the …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Filed under: Escapes, News, State Legislation
Oregon: Only Voluntary Surrender Avoids Fugitive Dismissal Rule by In a 4-3 decision, the en banc Oregon Supreme Court held on June 7, 2012 that a defendant’s “surrender” must be voluntary in order to avoid dismissal of a pending appeal under the state’s fugitive dismissal rule. Pursuant to Oregon Rule …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
New York Creates “All Crimes DNA Database” by New York has become the first state in the nation to establish a so-called “all crimes DNA database.” Like most states, New York already collects DNA samples from convicted felons. On March 19, 2012, however, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law …
Article • May 15, 2013
Department of Justice Expands Definition of Rape to "Ensure Justice" by Derek Gilna Department of Justice Expands Definition of Rape to "Ensure Justice" by Derek Gilna The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has broadened the definition of rape, first established in 1927, to include "penetration, no matter how slight, of …
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