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New Federal Study Shows Half of Incarcerated Veterans Have Mental Disorder by Derek Gilna A new study released in December of 2015 by the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), for the period of 2011 to 2012, shows that although the percentage of veterans in the state and …
New Report Says ICE Inspection Problems Perpetuate Prisoner Abuse by Derek Gilna The National Immigrant Justice Center and the Detention Watch Network recently released a joint report sharply critical of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency and its oversight methods, terming them "fundamentally unchanged and unreformed.  The ICE detention …
Report Finds Criminal Justice System Financially Overburdens Prisoners and Their Families by Christopher Zoukis The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit focused on racial and economic policy, in conjunction with Forward Together and a dozen other community and civil rights organizations recently released a study which surveyed hardships …
Missouri Jail Detainee Becomes Comatose, Treated in Hospital for Three Weeks by Christopher Zoukis In September 2015, Bernard Scott, 44, was arrested for various traffic violations and jailed at the Pine Lawn, Mo. jail in St. Louis County. He was held on a $360 bond. While in detention he called …
Ohio Prison Guards Use JPay System to Illegally Download Thousands of Copyrighted Songs by Joe Watson Ohio’s top watchdog has recommended that the use of state owned computers by employees of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) should be heavily restricted to prevent prison guards from again illegally …
Harsh Sentencing Laws in Washington State to Blame for Growing Lifer Population, Says University Study by Joe Watson Though its forward thinking, beanie-clad baristas façade would suggest otherwise, the State of Washington has a sobering history of abandoning rehabilitative incarceration in favor of some of the most draconian sentencing laws …
Reports Show Immigration Facility Inspectors Overlook Serious Rights Violations by Derek Gilna Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) inspectors are entrusted with ensuring that facilities used to house vulnerable detainees are following strict guidelines for their operation.  However, an October 2015 report by two independent prisoner-rights groups, "Lives in Peril – …
DC Lawyers' Report Slams Prisoner Conditions at District of Columbia Jails by Derek Gilna It has been an open secret for many years that the District of Columbia jail system is a human-rights disaster.  Our nation's capital's correctional system's faults have been compiled in a 73-page report prepared by the …
Cost of Incarceration Assessment Handcuff Poor Releasees by David Reutter The imposition of cost of incarceration fees upon released prisoners is a “permanent financial sentence” that overwhelms those trying to successfully integrate into society. Fees for room and board are authorized in at least 43 states.  “We’re seeing it all …
Office of Inspector General Chides DOJ and Navajo Nation for Wasteful Prison Project by Derek Gilna The Department of Justice (DOJ) plan seemed straightforward: build two badly-needed correction facilities on the Navajo Nation to replace two obsolescent and overcrowded facilities. Over $70.5 million was allotted for this project, elaborate plans …
Article • December 28, 2016
California Prison System Reluctantly Consents to Prison Worker Early Release by Derek Gilna The state of California, under pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice and singled out by the U.S. Supreme Court for endemic overcrowding in its prison system, still had to be compelled to do the right thing …
Tennessee Prisoner Escapes Privatized Medical Jail Care to Obtain Surgery by To obtain needed surgery, a prisoner escaped from Tennessee’s Trousdale County Jail (TCJ). Prior to being booked into TCJ to serve a probation violation sentence, Don R. White, Jr. 31, was scheduled for hernia surgery. “When I walked in, …
Brief • December 28, 2016
Knowles v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Wiccan Pentacle Medallion, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION GILBERT KNOWLES, Plaintiff, No. 14- cv- 1129- JES vs- RANDY PFISTER, Defendant. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement by and between the plaintiff, and General …
Brief • December 28, 2016
Detroit Free Press v. Department of Justice, USA, Amicus Brief, FOIA Booking Photos, 2016 No. 16-706 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States DETROIT FREE PRESS, INC., Petitioner, V. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Respondent. On Petition For A Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the …
Publication • December 28, 2016
Exonerations 2013, Innocence Network, 2013 INNOCENCE NETWORK EXONERATIONS 2013 CONTENTS I. LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT...................................................................3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Erika Applebaum Innocence Project of Minnesota II. THE CASES .. .............................................................................................4 1. BENNIE STARKS................................................................................................... 4 2. KRISTINE BUNCH................................................................................................ 4 3. GEORGE ALLEN................................................................................................. 5 Shawn Armbrust Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project 4. RONALD ROSS .................................................................................................. …
Publication • December 28, 2016
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Prison Law 2010 - Rethinking Segregation of Trangender People, Practicing Law Institute, 2010 LITIGATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE SERIES Criminal Law and Urban Problems Course Handbook Series Number C-224 Prison Law 2010 Chair Alexander A. Reinert To order this book, call (800) 260-4PLI or fax us at (800) 321-0093. Ask our …
Brief • December 28, 2016
Webb v. Livingston, TX, Notice of Electronic Filing, 2016 1/2/2017 Activity in Case 4:14-cv-03302 Webb et al v. Livingston et al Motion Hearing Activity in Case 4:14­cv­03302 Webb et al v. Livingston et al Motion Hearing From: DCECF_LiveDB@txs.uscourts.gov Sent: Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 5:19 pm To: DC_Notices@txs.uscourts.gov This is …
Brief • December 28, 2016
Moore v. Ziegler, IL, Merit Review, Excessive Force, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-01239-NJR-DGW Document 7 Filed 12/28/16 Page 1 of 16 Page ID #79 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SHUNG MOORE, Plaintiff, vs. ZIEGLER, NEWCOMB, AIMEE L. LANG, LOUCKS, HARRIS, SPILLER, PHELPS, WATKINS, KIMBERLY BUTLER, …
Almond v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 3:15-cv-50291 Document #: 66 Filed: 12/28/16 Page 1 of 11 PageID #:302 UNITE D STATES DISTRICT COUR T NORTHE RN DISTRIC T OF ILLINOI S CHARLES ALMON D, Case Number 15-cv-50291 · Plaintiff, Hon. Judge Frederick J. Kapala V. WEXFOR D …
Brief • December 27, 2016
Estate of Jimi Lee Johnson v. Mason County, WA, Declaration of Kimberly M. Pearson, Wrongful Death-Mental Health, 2016 Case 3:14-cv-05832-RBL Document 141 Filed 12/27/16 Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 PEGGY JOHNSON, …
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