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Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Forty Percent of Adult Offenders Return to Prison Within Three Years of Release by In April 2011, the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States issued a report concerning recidivism rates for released offenders. The report, which updates a similar though far less extensive 2002 study …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
California: CDCR Releases 2011 Recidivism Report by On November 23, 2011, in the second in a series of annual reports designed to provide new insights to policy-makers and correctional stakeholders with respect to recidivism rates, the Office of Research of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released its …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Nebraska Judge Dismisses Charges Against Omaha Jailers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Douglas County, Nebraska District Court Judge Peter Bataillon has dismissed official misconduct charges against jailers who allegedly let a prisoner bleed to death while he begged for his life. Bataillon interpreted Jail Standards Board regulations as putting …
California Syndicalism Statute Not an Act of Congress; Appeals Court Injunction Reversed by The U.S. Supreme Court determined that California Criminal Syndicalism statute stands short of an Act of Congress. John Harris was indicted in a California state court of violating California’s Criminal Syndicalism statute (see Cal. Penal code § …
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 …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
South Carolina Crime Stoppers Snitch Line Scammed by Brandon Sample Most people are familiar with Crime Stoppers, the “snitch line” for individuals with information about crimes. Successful tips can result in benefits to the tipster – which can take the form of cash, leniency with a new case or a …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Former Oregon Prison Nurse Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges by On May 3, 2011, a registered nurse formerly employed by the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) was arrested on misconduct and drug-related charges, according to the Oregon State Police (OSP). The previous month, a Washington County grand jury returned an …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Two Charged with Scamming $2.6 Million from Prisoners and Prisoners’ Families by Two Michigan men have been charged with defrauding thousands of prisoners and their families nationwide out of an estimated $2.6 million. Their scheme targeted black and Hispanic prisoners with direct mailings that offered to provide legal and appellate …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Texas Prisoners Serve Average of 58% of Their Sentences by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a recent report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), during fiscal year (FY) 2010, Texas state prisoners served an average of 58% of their sentences before being released. That percentage is …
$1 Million Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In May 2011, Oklahoma County approved a $1 million settlement in a civil rights lawsuit involving a prisoner who was first denied his anti-seizure medication and then fatally beaten by guards after he had …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Federal Probation Officer Sexually Abused Clients, Sentenced to Ten Years by Mark Wilson U.S. probation officer Mark John Walker, 52, supervised federal prisoners on parole, probation and other forms of supervised release in Eugene, Oregon from May 1987 until July 2009. Now, however, it will be Walker who is on …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Washington Prisoner Killed During Prison Industries Escape Attempt by A Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) prisoner was shot and killed at the Clallam Bay Corrections Facility during a June 29, 2011 escape attempt. At approximately 10:00 a.m., state prisoner Dominick Maldonado, 25, used a pair of scissors to take a …
Colorado Prison Murder Prosecutions Include Coerced Witnesses, Withholding of Evidence by In January 2011, a Powers County, Colorado jury acquitted a prisoner who was charged in the stabbing death of another prisoner. Prior to trial, prison officials were accused of using coercion to persuade prisoners to testify for the prosecution, …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Credits Sentence with Time on Appeal Bond by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a man who erroneously remained free on an appeal bond for 21 years was entitled to full credit toward his sentence. Claus Detref Thiles was sentenced to 16 years …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Study Reports on Undiagnosed HIV Infections in New York City Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An article in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome reported that the HIV infection rate among people being booked into New York City jails was much higher …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
BOP Settles Prisoner Rape Suit for $625,000 by Brandon Sample The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has agreed to pay $625,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a prisoner who was raped by a guard at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York. In the early hours of …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Massachusetts: Guards Suspended, Accused of Threatening to Kill Escaped Prisoner in Scheme to Generate Overtime by Two Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) officers were suspended in May 2011, one with pay, in connection with anonymous, threatening phone calls made to a hospital where a critically wounded prisoner was being held, …
Article • February 15, 2012
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Edwards Rule by Brandon Sample In Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981), the Supreme Court held that statements made to police during an interrogation following a request for counsel are presumed invalid. The so-called Edwards rule was designed to protect the safeguards afforded by Miranda …
California: Prior Conviction for Being a “Felon in Possession of Firearm” Admissible as Evidence in Subsequent Criminal Trials by The California Court of Appeal has held that a prior conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is a crime of moral turpitude, and therefore that evidence of …
Article • February 15, 2012
Conspiracy Claim Must Be Supported by Facts by The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held action under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 that conspiracy claims must be supported by facts and evidence. Mrs. Alvera M. Aldabe filed civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 1985(3) claiming that a …
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