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Article • October 15, 2012
Attempted Murder Charge Against Wyoming Parole Board Member Dropped by James Weisbeck, a Wyoming parole board member and former police chief, was charged with attempted second-degree murder and attempting to intimidate a witness after his live-in girlfriend accused him of firing a handgun at her and threatening to kill her …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Bail Bond Companies Profit While Poorest Defendants Remain in Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As America’s prison population has swelled over the past three decades to become the largest per capita in the world, the number of special interests that feed off the so-called prison industrial complex …
Former Mississippi Mayor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Prisoner by Federal prosecutors have charged the former mayor of Walnut Grove, Mississippi with sexually assaulting a prisoner while acting under color of law. He also was charged with telling the prisoner to lie during an investigation into the incident. [See: PLN, April …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Texas Legislator Uses Prisoner-Made Goods as Gifts for Campaign Contributors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When Republican Texas State Representative Debbie Riddle scheduled her “Riddle Executive Leadership Summit” at the Lanier Theological Library in August 2011, the agenda mentioned several “esteemed discussion leaders,” a buffet reception and special gifts …
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 …
Private Prison Industry Exerts Political Influence in Arizona by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and other state policymakers have been criticized for their close connections with private prison companies, including Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison firm. Brewer’s senior political advisor and 2010 campaign manager, Chuck Coughlin, …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
New Director of Tennessee Corrections Institute Faces Conflict of Interest by The new executive director of the Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI), an agency that oversees standards, inspections and certification of the state’s jails, faces an inherent conflict of interest in certifying the Wilson County Jail, as that county’s sheriff is …
Brief • May 7, 2012
Gas Drilling Awareness v. Powers, PA, Amended Complaint, Activists Tagged 'Terrorists' - 2012 Case 1:10-cv-01997-WWC Document 73 Filed 05/07/12 Page 1 of 44 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA GAS DRILLING AWARENESS COALITION : : : Plaintiff, : : vs. : CIVIL ACTION : JAMES F. POWERS, JR., …
Article • May 1, 2012
Arizona Governor Cleans House, Restocks Clemency Board with Cronies and Hardliners by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer doesn't like making public decisions on the commutation of prison sentences. Or maybe she simply doesn't like justifying them. In April 2012, Brewer—the Republican who boisterously defended the since-disproven legality of SB1070, and later …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Federal Halfway House Director Embezzles $213,787 by Mark Wilson A former Oregon halfway house director who embezzled more than $213,000 from the federally-funded facility was arrested in Rhode Island after failing to appear, fleeing and attempting suicide. She later pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. As previously reported in PLN, Laura …
Maine Prison Warden’s Purchase of State Property Voided by Maine’s Attorney General has declared a real estate deal between the state and Maine State Prison Warden Patricia Barnhart and her partner, Sheehan Gallagher, void. The transaction involved three houses and about five acres of land near the prison. Barnhart was …
New Mexico Continues to Let Understaffed Private Prisons Slide on Most Contract Violations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2010, the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee calculated that over a four-year period, former Governor Bill Richardson (D) failed to collect $18.6 million in penalties from private prison companies …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Florida, Arizona Sell and Lease Back Prisons and Other State Buildings by Like a junkie seeking money for his next fix, the cash-strapped state of Arizona has pawned its possessions – prisons, government office buildings and other real estate – in an effort to balance a budget shortfall, through lease …
California District Court Rips Feds for “False and Misleading Information” in FOIA Case, Then Does Nothing by In a lawsuit filed by six Islamic organizations and five individuals, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division, found that the FBI and the U.S. government had “provided …
Brief • September 24, 2011
Johnson v. Stapp, FL, Interrogatories to Defendant Joseph Stapp, DOC Misconduct, 2011 Plaintiff’s First Interrogatories to Defendant Joseph Stapp Defendant Joseph Stapp will be referred to herein as “Defendant or “you.” Department of Corrections is “Department” and Northwest Florida Reception Center is “Prison.” The date of the matter sued upon …
State Secrets Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Suit Involving CIA Torture Flights by On September 8, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held the “valid assertion of the state secrets privilege” warranted dismissal of a lawsuit filed by suspects apprehended as part of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. The suit …
Charges Against Phoenix New Times Editors Dropped/Private Prosecutor Dismissed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In the middle of the night of October 18, 2007, Phoenix New Times founders Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin were arrested at their homes and charged with revealing grand jury information for publishing an article …
California Top Cop Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison by Gary Hunter California Top Cop Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison By Gary Hunter "I need a sheriff I can trust. Lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by the county's highest-ranking law enforcement officer." That's what U.S. …
California Federal Court Refuses to Dissolve Most of Orantes Injunction by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke On July 23, 2007, a federal district court in California issued an opinion declining to dissolve the injunction issued in Orantes-Hernandez v. Meese, 685 F.Supp. 1488 (C.D.CA 1988), 919 F.2d 549 (9th Cir. 1990), …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Former Virginia Beach Sheriff Received Insider Information on Jail Contract by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Within a few days after his retirement as Sheriff of Virginia Beach, Virginia in late 2009, Paul Lanteigne went to work for Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc. and began exchanging emails with and receiving documents …
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