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Custodial Sancations and Reoffending - a Meta-Analytic Review, 2021

Publication • 2021

Filed under: Recidivism

D. M. Petrich et al. reduce reoffending unless they can be transformed into people-changing institutions on the basis of available evidence on what works organizationally to reform offenders. After ...

Mercenary Criminal Justice, Wayne Logan and Ronald Wright, University of Illinois Law Review, 2014

Publication • September 5, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, Money/Property, Indigent Defendants - Fees and Expenses, Fines

orders from a JP, who decided what further action to take.19 The JPs and constables benefited financially from their criminal justice work. While corruption had been a constant threat in the past,20 ...

Degidio v. Pung-920 F.2d 525 (8th Cir. 1990)

Case • 1990

court's decision to reduce the amount of the requested fees and costs. The district court must determine what fee is reasonable after deciding that a plaintiff qualifies as a prevailing party. Hensley v ...

Wolfel v. Morris-972 F.2d 712 (6th Cir. 1992)

Case • 1992

or to what extent the eleventh amendment bars this suit. Next, we will consider whether the defendants, in their individual capacities, are entitled to qualified immunity. [42] The district court held ...

Schroeder v. Mabellos-823 F. Supp. 806 (D HI 1993)

Case • 1993

judgment. Id. at 873. Once such factual questions are resolved by the trier of fact, however, the court must decide whether the defendant's conduct was reasonable. Id. Factual questions as to what ...

Wilson v. Williams-83 F.3d 870 (7th Cir. 1996)

Case • 1996

what those circumstances were, however, is quite unclear. Following an initial period of discovery, the district court granted the defendants'*fn1 summary judgment motion, but this decision was reversed ...

Mujhid v. Apao-795 F. Supp. 1020 (D HI 1992)

Case • 1992

to determine whether Mujahid was deprived of liberty without due process, the court, at the outset, must determine what process Mujahid was due. The court does not look to the Hawaii Administrative Rules ...

Lewis v. Scott-910 F.Supp. 282 (ED TX 1995)

Case • 1995

substantive religious beliefs. The Supreme Court has held: Men may believe what they cannot prove. They may not be put to proof of their religious doctrines or beliefs. . . . The Fathers of the Constitution ...

Evans v. Hennessy-934 F. Supp. 127 (D DE 1996)

Case • 1996

to search Mr. Evans' belongings. Lt. Hennessy further testified that when he attempted [**8] to ask Mr. Evans what his problem was Mr. Evans became verbally abusive, increasingly agitated and began waving his ...

Warner v. Orange County Dept. of Probation-827 F.Supp 261 (SD NY 1993)

Case • 1993

religion through government coercion jeopardize freedom of conscience. Even subtle pressure diminishes the right of each individual to choose voluntarily what to believe." Lee, 112 S. Ct. at 2665. Plaintiff ...

Clark v. Phillips-965 F. Supp. 331 (ND NY 1997)

Case • 1997

, plaintiff's fee award is 79% of the judgment awarded. Hence, the fee award does not appear disproportional to the judgment obtained insofar as what the statute contemplates. [**8] [*335] Accordingly ...

Washington v. Garcia-977 F. Supp. 1067 (SD CA 1997)

Case • 1997

, the court did not apply Smith, stating that "determining to what extent prison officials must accommodate a prisoner's right to free exercise . . . is wholly different from determining whether free citizens ...

United States v. Winters-105 F.3d 200 (5th Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

in the Guideline." Koon, U.S. at , 116 S. Ct. at 2046. Accordingly, a district court considering a departure from the sentencing Guidelines is required to make the following inquiry: [35] (1) What features ...

Farmer v. Brennan-81 F.3d 1444 (7th Cir. 1996)

Case • 1996

response, by affidavits or as otherwise provided in this rule, must [**16] set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial." What if the adverse party, for legitimate reasons, has ...

United States v. Baker-836 F.Supp 1237 (ED NC 1993)

Case • 1993

for hospitalization and treatment. The above recitation accurately describes not only the proceeding in this case but in dozens n1 of others conducted in this court over the past several years. What is unusual about ...

United States v. Newby-11 F.3d 1143 (3rd Cir. 1993)

Case • 1993

and necessary sanction. [26] In considering what is necessary and proper to preserve institutional order and discipline, and to encourage good conduct, we defer to the judgment of the prison authorities ...

Conner v. Sakai-15 F.3d 1463 (9th Cir. 1993)

Case • 1993

been suggested, effectively to carry out what appears to have been the Congressional purpose"). The interpretation of the English-only rule sought by the state would be most unexpected and highly unusual ...

Madrid v. Gomez-940 F. Supp. 247 (ND CA 1996)

Case • 1996

that individuals should have an opportunity to know what the law is and to conform their conduct accordingly." Id. at 1497 (emphasis added); see also id. at 1500 (discussing "unfairness of imposing new burdens ...

Allen v. Wood-970 F. Supp. 824 (ED WA 1997)

Case • 1997

parameters with respect to sexually explicit materials which may be received by inmates, and sets forth factors to determine what is appropriate for inmate viewing within an institution. The term sexually ...

Fischl v. Armitage-128 F.3d 50 (2nd Cir. 1997)

Case • 1997

, inconsistent statements by Fischl as to, for example, whether it was five, six, or seven inmates who attacked him, and as to what he observed or overheard just prior to the attack, go to Fischl's credibility ...