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Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Report Finds Incarceration Damages Children Psychologically, Emotionally by Gary Hunter Report Finds Incarceration Damages Children Psychologically, Emotionally by Gary Hunter Broken Bonds, a study by the Urban Institute Justice Policy Center shows that incarceration inflicts psychological and emotional damage on the children of incarcerated citizens. Unlike other forms of trauma …
Former Female Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuit in Virginia by State officials at Virginia’s Pocahontas Correctional Unit have reached a settlement agreement with nine former female prisoners who sued after being sexually abused by prison employees. The terms of the settlement, which was approved by the Governor’s office in July …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
CA State Auditor: 352 Licensed Residential Living Facilities Errantly Housed Registered Sex Offenders by John Dannenberg CA State Auditor: 352 Licensed Residential Living Facilities Errantly Housed Registered Sex Offenders by John E. Dannenberg The California State Auditor cross-checked the State’s database of its 59,000 registered sex offenders and that of …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court by Gary Hunter Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court by Gary Hunter A prisoner accused of smuggling a gun into a New Jersey prison two years ago was …
BOP Administrative Tort Claims Fail to Satisfy PLRA’s Exhaustion Requirement by BOP Administrative Tort Claims Fail to Satisfy PLRA’s Exhaustion Requirement The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal prisoner’s administrative tort claims did not satisfy the administrative exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), but …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
California Proposition 36 Drug Program Participation Credits Apply Against Subsequent Probation Revocation by California Proposition 36 Drug Program Participation Credits Apply Against Subsequent Probation Revocation The California Court of Appeal, Second District, held that when a prisoner convicted of drug possession but granted Proposition 36 probation to attend a drug …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
$80,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by The private medical provider at Utah’s Salt Lake County Jail (SLCJ) has settled a lawsuit in a prisoner’s suicide for $80,000. The lawsuit was originally filed in federal court, but landed in state court prior to the settlement. After Jeremy Ruybal, 27, …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
$5,775 Awarded For 104 Days of Over-Incarceration in Ohio Prison by $5,775 Awarded For 104 Days of Over-Incarceration in Ohio Prison The Ohio Court of Claims has awarded a former Ohio prisoner $5,775 for 104 days of over-incarceration. Jasen Thomson was confined at the Marion Correctional Institution for 104 days …
Ninth Circuit: Washington Law Creates Liberty Interest in Sex Offenders’ Early Release to Community Custody by Ninth Circuit: Washington Law Creates Liberty Interest in Sex Offenders’ Early Release to Community Custody A divided panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that Washington State statute RCW § 9.94A.710(1) …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue’s cover story on the rights and treatment of gay and lesbian prisoners stems from the dearth of such coverage everywhere else. In February of this year I was a speaker on a panel in Manhattan on the rights of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Washington State Crime Lab Chief Resigns by Gary Hunter Washington crime lab chief Barry Logan resigned effective March 14, 2008, after judges in three counties roundly criticized the work performed in state laboratories under his supervision. The fallout mainly stemmed from hundreds of DUI cases that were improperly handled by …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Over 60% of Oregon Prisoner Suicides Linked to Mental Illness, Isolation by Mark Wilson Over 60% of Oregon Prisoner Suicides Linked to Mental Illness, Isolation by Mark Wilson Nathan Bashaw, 21, had a mere 259 days left to serve until his April 1, 2008 release date. He was serving a …
Trifecta for Michigan DOC: Three Reports Find Deficient Prison Medical Care by David Reutter Trifecta for Michigan DOC: Three Reports Find Deficient Prison Medical Care by David M. Reutter From the advent of federal oversight of medical services for Michigan prisoners, the focus has been on three Michigan Dept. of …
Fondled Hawaiian Transexual Prisoner Awarded $817,500 in Damages and Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke Fondled Hawaiian Transexual Prisoner Awarded $817,500 in Damages and Attorney Fees by Matt Clarke On March 18, 2008, Hawaiian First Circuit Court Judge Sabrina S. McKenna awarded a pre-operative transgendered prisoner who had been sexually abused …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Virginia Parole Rate Plummets Despite Thousands of Eligible Parolees by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Politics in Virginia have trumped reason when it comes to releasing eligible offenders on parole. Notwithstanding examples of successful reintegration into society after such prisoners are released, political pressure has driven the parole board’s …
Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Racist jokes, sexually explicit photos, love notes to his mistress and evidence of improper political campaigning were found in the e-mail account …
Article • October 15, 2008
Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA’s Rendition Flights, 
by Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson. 
Melville House Publishing, 205 pages, $23.00 by David Preston Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA’s Rendition Flights, ?by Trevor Paglen and A.C. Thompson. ?Melville House Publishing, 205 pages, $23.00 Reviewed by David …
Courts Find Ohio Adam Walsh Act Unconstitutional by Cuyahoga County Judge Ronald Suster held on May 9, 2008 that Ohio’s Adam Walsh Act violates the retroactivity clause of the Ohio Constitution and is an ex post facto law. Ohio has maintained a sex offender registry since 1963. The first substantial …
Prison Legal News Prevails in Tennessee Public Records Suit Against CCA by Prison Legal News Prevails in Tennessee Public Records Suit Against CCA In 2002, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that a private company which performed services that were “functionally equivalent” to those provided by a public agency had to …
Gay and Lesbian Prisoners: Recent Developments and a Call for More Research by Zachary Wolfe, Esq. by Zachary Wolfe, Esq.1 This is an interesting time in the changing legal landscape relating to gay and lesbian prisoners, but public and scholarly attention is lacking. Rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered …
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