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U.S. Department of Justice Soft on Corporate Crime by If you’ve wondered why no one has been prosecuted for the corporate misdeeds that devastated the economy in 2008 and nearly thrust the United States into another Great Depression, you’re not alone. The reason no Wall Street executives have faced charges …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Maryland DOC Rescinds Ban on Prisoner’s Book by On July 20, 2011, the Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services (DPSCS) rescinded its ban on The Marshall Plan: The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black Panther, a memoir co-authored by Maryland state prisoner Marshall “Eddie” Conway and Dominque …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Alabama Prison Guards Charged in Prisoner’s Murder by Four Alabama state prison guards have been charged in connection with the brutal 2010 beating death of a prisoner at the Ventress Correctional Facility (VCF). The first guard, Lt. Michael Anthony Smith, 37, was indicted on October 17, 2011 by a Barbour …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Filed under: Medical, STDs, Statistics/Trends
Study Reveals High Rates of Sexually-Transmitted Diseases at Maricopa County, Arizona Jails by A joint study by the Arizona Arrestee Reporting Information Network and Arizona State University’s Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety, released in June 2011, found high rates of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among prisoners in Maricopa County’s …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Most Second Chance Act Money Goes to Government Agencies by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna and Brandon Sample When the Second Chance Act (SCA) was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2008, the legislation was intended to fund programs to help former prisoners find jobs, reintegrate into …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Cop Arrested For Sexual Corruption of Minor by Two months after being arrested for the sexual corruption and luring of a minor, a 22-year veteran Oregon police officer resigned on May 22, 2012. Scott E. Elliott, 50, worked as a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Officer for 22 years, most …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Cop Sexually Abuses Relative; Gets 75 Months by A former Oregon sheriff’s deputy who sexually assaulted a family member for years pleaded guilty on March 6, 2012 and was sentenced to 75 months in prison, according to court documents. In 2006, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department, in St. Helens, …
Article • July 15, 2012
Oregon Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Harsher Sentences after Successful Appeals by The en banc Oregon Supreme Court has overturned its 43-year-old prohibition on increased punishment in criminal cases when a defendant is successful on appeal and is resentenced. Oregon law now adheres to U.S. Supreme Court precedent. In 1967 …
Publication • July 1, 2012
State Indigent Defense Expenditures 2008-2012 BJS 2014 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics JULY 2014 Revised 10/24/2014 Special Report NCJ 246684 State Government Indigent Defense Expenditures, FY 2008–2012 – Updated Erinn Herberman, Ph.D., and Tracey Kyckelhahn, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians I n 2012, state governments …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Death Sentences, Executions Remain at Low Levels by Justin Miller According to a report released by the Death Penalty Information Center last December, there were 78 new death sentences imposed in 2011, down significantly from 104 in 2010 and the fewest new death sentences since capital punishment was reinstated in …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Federal Investigation, Prosecution Targets Indiana Sheriff’s Officers by Derek Gilna Several Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department employees were the subject of a federal investigation into a gun-running scheme that resulted in criminal charges. Lake County Sheriff John Buncich placed six staff members on administrative leave and stripped them of their …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
California Study Finds State Prison Overcrowding Driven by County Policy Decisions, Not Violent Crime Rates by A June 2011 study by Santa Clara University criminal law professor W. David Ball examines the extent to which overcrowding in California’s prisons is a function of decisions made at the county level about …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Pennsylvania Prison Guard Convicted in Drug Probe, Testifies Against Coworkers by Former Luzerne County Correctional Facility guard John Gonda, known as “G-Unit,” was the subject of an investigation called Operation Avalanche after authorities received tips he was selling “large quantities [of drugs] in the Wilkes-Barre area.” The probe targeted the …
ACLU Report Proves Smart Criminal Justice Policy Reform is Possible by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The American Civil Liberties Union released a report in August 2011 that calls for reforming the U.S. criminal justice system. The report makes recommendations for systematic reforms, front-end reforms and back-end reforms; it …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Former BOP Guard Convicted, Sentenced in Murder-for-Hire Case by Michael Eugene Rudkin, 41, a former BOP guard employed at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Danbury, Connecticut, apparently did not learn his lesson following his first conviction. In 2008, Rudkin pleaded guilty to engaging in oral sex with a female …
Seven Florida Prison Guards Arrested by Seven Florida state prison guards, employed at two facilities at opposite ends of the state, have been charged with criminal misconduct in unrelated incidents. The first four arrests occurred on June 10, 2011, when U.S. Marshals arrested South Florida Reception Center (SFRC) guards Alexander …
Second BOP Guard Convicted in Connection with Prisoner’s Murder by Brandon Sample A second federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard who helped arrange an assault on a prisoner that resulted in the prisoner’s death has been convicted of federal civil rights violations. On July 8, 2010, Michael Kennedy was found …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons by James Ridgeway by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella In the midst of an epic budget battle that could transform the American landscape for decades to come, the White House and Republicans in Congress appear to agree on one point: Federal prisons need more …
Publication • 2012
Capital Punishment Statistical Trends BJS 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Revised August 29, 2014 Bureau of Justice Statistics Tracy L. Snell, BJS Statistician A t yearend 2012, 35 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons held 3,033 inmates under sentence of death, which was 32 fewer …
Publication • 2012
Filed under: Victims, Statistics/Trends
Criminal Victimization Crime Rates Summary BJS 2012 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics October 2013, NCJ 243389 Jennifer Truman, Ph.D., Lynn Langton, Ph.D., and Michael Planty, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians I n 2012, for the second consecutive year, violent and property crime rates increased for …
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