Skip navigation

Search

71798 results
Page 827 of 3590. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 ... 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 | Next »

Article • August 10, 2016
Report Cites Drug War’s “Collateral Damage” by Derek Gilna A recent report issued by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) has called for a “broad national initiative” to reverse what they termed “America’s infatuation with collateral consequences has produced unprecedented and unnecessary collateral damage to society and the …
Article • August 10, 2016
New Report Says Society Benefits When Prisoners Get Release Supervision by Derek Gilna A new report by the non-partisan Pew Charitable Trusts found that everyone benefited and public safety did not suffer when prisoners’ sentences were shortened to permit them to receive post-release supervisory services.  According to Adam Gelb, director …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Bahamas Prison Promotes Prisoner-Made Products as Re-Entry Project by Derek Gilna Unlike Bureau of Prison (BOP) prisoner employment programs such as Prison Industries, widely criticized as exploitive because of the low wages paid and the lack of transferable job skills taught in its facilities, a new program instituted in the …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Prison Chief Blames Rising Prison Budget on Pennsylvania Legislators by David Reutter When Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives forced Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel to appear before them for the annual round of grandstanding about prison costs, Wetzel turned the tables and placed the blame where it belongs: on the legislature. …
Media Tip Cast Light on Medical Neglect as Prisoner Starved by David Reutter Absent a tip to the Associated Press, the death of a prisoner at Kentucky State Prison would have remained shrouded in darkness. The tip led to an investigation that uncovered lapses in medical care as the prisoner …
Article • August 10, 2016
Louisiana Prisoner Phone Charge Scandal Pushed to Closed Door Session by The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to keep the discussion about fines for companies that illegally placed surcharge fees on prisoner telephones behind closed doors. City Tele Coin serves about 30 parish and municipal jails around Louisiana. In …
Article • August 10, 2016
Jail Called to Scrutinize Detox Procedure in Wake of Increased Deaths by David Reutter The second death in six months of a pre-trial detainee at Pennsylvania’s Buck County prison has raised questions about its detox procedures. The scrutiny of such procedures should be a focal point for jail administrators throughout …
Article • August 10, 2016
Georgia Law Giving More Power and Secrecy to Private Probation Companies Vetoed by David Reutter Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a bill that would have expanded the powers of private probation companies and shrouded their activities in secrecy. House Bill 837 was introduced shortly after lawsuits were filed in Richmond …
Florida Sheriff Tosses Private Health Administrator from Jail Overnight Job by David Reutter An administrator for Armor Correction Health Services, Inc., was forced out of his position by Florida’s Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. The administrator, Lewis Hays, was involved in the death of Allen Hicks, Sr. 51, who died …
Federal Detention Center in Chicago Agrees to $1 Million Wrongful Death Settlement by Derek Gilna For over ten years defense attorneys and their clients in Chicago have complained about the quality of medical treatment for prisoners at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), Chicago, located in a decaying 28-story high rise …
Article • August 10, 2016
Guards Outnumber Prisoners, Still Paid Overtime at Illinois Supermax by Prison officials at the Tamms Correctional Center in southern Illinois, which includes the state's only supermax prison, are having a hard time explaining how staff racked up $884,000 in overtime between November 2011 and November 2012 when the facility’s guard-to-prisoner …
Article • August 10, 2016
Prisoner at Manhattan Detention Complex Wins Excessive Force Award from New York by Derek Gilna Plaintiff Wilfred Rosado brought a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 lawsuit against the City of New York for excessive force used against her at the Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) in 2010.  After several failed settlement attempts, …
Article • August 10, 2016
Use of Death Penalty Trending Downwards by In its year-end report, the Washington, D.C., based Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) reported that there were 43 executions and 78 new death sentences in 2012, continuing a generally downward trend that began in the mid-1990s. As of April 1, 2012, there were …
Private Prison Debt May Ruin Texas County's Bond Rating by Matthew Clarke Bernard Ammerman, the District Attorney of Willacy County, Texas believes that debt for privately-operated prisons may overwhelm the county's finances. In July 2012, he publicly complained that the county may not be able to repay the debt incurred …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Corrections Audits, Medical
Delaware Prisoner Health Care Finally Meets Constitutional Standards by David Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has released the Delaware Department of Correction (DDOC) from the terms of an amended memorandum of agreement (AMOA) on prisoner medical and mental health care. The DOJ and DDOC reached the original memorandum …
60% of Louisiana Prison Doctors Disciplined by Medical Board by Matthew Clarke Of the fifteen physicians employed by the Louisiana prison system, nine have received medical board disciplinary sanctions. Of those nine, two have served time in federal prison, five are on probation, two have their practice limited to "institutional …
Gender Outlaws: Transgender Prisoners Face Discrimination, Harassment and Abuse by by Emily Alpert, Oakland, California In Idaho, prisoner Linda Patricia Thompson wanted a transfer to a women's prison. A male-to-female transgender woman, or MTF, she had been living as a woman for several years, had changed her name legally, and …
Publication • August 10, 2016
One Dollar Per Day: The Slaving Wages of Immigration Jail Work Programs, Stevens, 2011 ONE DOLLAR PER DAY: THE SLAVING WAGES OF IMMIGRATION JAIL WORK PROGRAMS A History and Legal Analysis, 1943 - present Jacqueline Stevens, Professor Political Science and Legal Studies Advisory Board Director, Deportation Research Clinic Buffett Center …
Publication • August 10, 2016
Surviving the Darkness: Testimony from the U.S. “Black Sites”, CHR&GJ, 2007 ©Luis Goncalves Surviving the Darkness: _______________________________________ Testimony from the U.S. “Black Sites” © 2007 CHRGJ, NYU School of Law New York, NY About the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice/International Human Rights Clinic The Center for Human Rights …
Publication • August 10, 2016
Legal Guide for INS Detainees, American Bar Association, (undated) Defending Liberty Pursuing Justice A LEGAL GUIDE FOR INS DETAINEES: ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST INS OR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR LOSS American Bar Association Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice, and Pro Bono 740 15th Street, …
Page 827 of 3590. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 ... 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 | Next »