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PLN Intervenes, Unseals Settlement in CCA Fair Labor Standards Act Case by David Reutter PLN’s intervention in a federal lawsuit alleging Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) had improperly classified supervisors at two Kentucky prisons as being exempt from overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Kentucky’s Wage …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Report: Nearly One in Four Exonerations Involves Crimes that Never Occurred by Christopher Zoukis A report issued by the National Registry of Exonerations in November 2013 found that 22% of the known exonerations in the U.S. resulted from “no-crime” convictions – that is, cases in which the offender was cleared …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Getting the Money Out of Prison Reform by Dan Berger By Dan Berger, Truthout Much has been made about the bipartisan nature of contemporary efforts to end mass incarceration, as everyone from Newt Gingrich and the Koch Brothers to Van Jones and the American Civil Liberties Union, and now even Hillary …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
A Clean Slate: Prisoners Taking Advantage of Tattoo Removal Programs by Christopher Zoukis The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) is among the latest – and largest – agencies to join a growing national trend: providing prisoners with the opportunity to take advantage of a program that offers a real …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Criticism of Congressional Mandate to Keep Immigration Detention Centers Full by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna and Joe Watson Immigration reform advocates report little success with efforts to eliminate a little-known, controversial quota mandated by Congress that keeps approximately 34,000 undocumented immigrants incarcerated on a daily basis, including many who …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Report Calls for End of Welfare and Food Stamp Restrictions for Felony Drug Offenders by Derek Gilna Report Calls for End of Welfare and Food Stamp Restrictions for Felony Drug Offenders by Derek Gilna Congress should repeal the ban on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutritional …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
California Prisoner Exonerated but Now Faces Deportation by California Prisoner Exonerated but Now Faces Deportation On November 23, 2015, a Los Angeles judge ordered the release of 46-year-old Luis Vargas, who had served 16 years in prison for sexual assault and other charges. Vargas, a legal immigrant prior to his …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Work, Release and Reentry
President Obama “Bans the Box” at Federal Government Agencies by Derek Gilna President Obama “Bans the Box” at Federal Government Agencies by Derek Gilna One of the many challenges experienced by the more than 630,000 people released from prison each year in the United States is securing employment. And one …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Washington State: Class-action Alleges DOC Policy of Denying Medical Care by Derek Gilna Washington State: Class-action Alleges DOC Policy of Denying Medical Care by Derek Gilna A federal class-action suit filed on November 17, 2015 claims that the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) has promulgated and carried out a …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
$130,000 Settlement in Minnesota Prisoner’s Medical Negligence Suit by Matthew Clarke $130,000 Settlement in Minnesota Prisoner’s Medical Negligence Suit by Matt Clarke In June 2014, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that it would pay $130,000 to settle a medical negligence lawsuit brought by a prisoner who suffered permanent …
West Virginia Supreme Court Undermines Prisoners’ Right to Sue for Rape by West Virginia Supreme Court Undermines Prisoners’ Right to Sue for Rape In a March 27, 2014 decision, the Supreme Court for the state of West Virginia held that a female prisoner who claimed she had been raped multiple …
Texas Grand Jury Indicts Two Jailers in Prisoner’s Death; Others Face Discipline by Texas Grand Jury Indicts Two Jailers in Prisoner’s Death; Others Face Discipline On November 23, 2015, a grand jury in Tarrant County, Texas returned an indictment against two Arlington Police Department detention officers for one count each …
Atayde v. Napa State Hospital, CA, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death,Failure to Provide Medical Treatment, 2015 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MICHAEL J. HADDAD (SBN 189114) JULIA SHERWIN (SBN 189268) T. …
Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Complaint and Jury Trial Demand, Wrongful Death-Negligence, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] DIANA RICE, Administratrix of the estate of RONALD CALVIN GAUNCE, deceased, and NEXT FRIEND of Mr. Gaunces’ minor child, S.C.G., PLAINTIFF v. MONTGOMERY …
Brief • January 1, 2016
Ayestas v. Davis, DC, Certiorari Appeal, Ineffective Assistance, 2016 No. 16-6795 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States CARLOS MANUEL AYESTAS, Petitioner, v. LORIE DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE (INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION), Respondent. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit …
Public Information Handbook, Attorney General of Texas, 2016 PUBLIC INFORMATION HANDBOOK 2016 REV 10/15 Dear Fellow Texans: The Texas Public Information Act sets requirements for the ability of citizens to access information on action taken by governmental bodies. This transparency provides Texans with a more complete understanding of how their …
Publication • January 1, 2016
Thin Blue Lies-Pretextual Stops Undermine Police Legitimacy, Case Western Reserve Univeristy, 2016 Case Western Reserve Law Review Volume 66 | Issue 4 2016 Thin Blue Lies: How Pretextual Stops Undermine Police Legitimacy Jonathan Blanks Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/caselrev Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Jonathan Blanks, …
Publication • January 1, 2016
Filed under: Attorneys, Public Defenders
Ways in Which Trial Lawyers Make a Difference, Patsons Press, 2016 Ways in Which Trial Lawyers Make a Difference By Bill Trine I was asked to write an article for this issue of the Warrior describing how I became involved in the prison reform movement, and how other trial lawyers …
Publication • January 1, 2016
Profit-Driven Prosecution and the Competitive Bidding Process, BYU Law, 2016 Profit-Driven Prosecution and the Competitive Bidding Process Maybell Romero J. Reuben Clark Law School 2016 J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Research Paper No. 16-21 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2820312 PROFIT-DRIVEN PROSECUTION AND THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS Maybell …
Publication • January 1, 2016
Roadblock to Economic Independence - How Driver's License Suspension Policies in Indiana Impede Self-Sufficiency, Burden State Government & Tax Public Resources, HHRC, 2016 ROADBLOCK TO ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE: How Driver’s License Suspension Policies in Indiana Impede Self-Sufficiency, Burden State Government & Tax Public Resources Ryan T. Schwier Autumn James Health and …
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