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Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
California Prisoner’s Life Sentence Upheld for Tossing Food Tray at Guard by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim On January 3, 2011, the California Court of Appeal, Fifth District, affirmed a “three strikes” sentence of 25 years to life for a prisoner who, while confined in a security housing unit at …
“America’s Sheriff” Begins Serving Federal Prison Sentence by In January 2011, Michael S. Carona, the former sheriff of Orange County, California, turned himself in to prison officials at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colorado to begin serving a 5 1/2-year sentence following his 2009 conviction for witness tampering. …
Six New Jersey Jail Guards Arrested for Assaulting Prisoners by On December 21, 2010, prosecutors charged six guards at New Jersey’s Essex County Correctional Facility with assaulting prisoners. The charges involve unprovoked attacks on three different prisoners in separate incidents. Four of the guards were also charged with falsifying records. …
Washington: Eye Gouging Assault Severely Injures Airway Heights Prisoner by Derek Gilna A prisoner who killed his cellmate six years ago has assaulted and severely injured another prisoner at the Airway Heights Corrections Center near Spokane, Washington, according to police. The victim, Chad Bolstad, was attacked by his cellmate, Michael …
Paroled Killers Rarely Re-Offend by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Judging by the statistics, Reginald Powell, 54, may be the proverbial exception to the rule – the rule, in this case, being that convicted murderers who are granted parole only rarely re-offend. In 1984, Powell was convicted of the shooting …
Publication • July 1, 2011
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Police
Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2008, BJS, 2011 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics July 2011, NCJ 233982 Brian A. Reaves, Ph.D., BJS Statistician I n September 2008, state and local law enforcement agencies employed more than 1.1 million persons on …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Ohio: Mixed Verdicts Against Guards Involved in Prisoner’s Death by Brandon Sample On December 3, 2010, Lucas County, Ohio Sheriff James Telb was acquitted of all criminal charges related to the death of a prisoner. Telb and three sheriff’s employees were indicted after Lucas County jail prisoner Carlton Benton, 25, …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Wisconsin County Jail Administrator Charged with Stealing Jail Funds by The administrator of the jail in Washburn County, Wisconsin was charged in November 2010 in connection with a scheme to defraud public funds. Bruk L. Sweeney, 37, was arrested on four counts of misconduct in office and two counts of …
Department of Justice Reports on Sexual Victimization in U.S. Prisons and Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released a report on the most recent national survey of prisoners on the topic of sexual victimization in prisons …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Federal Courts Reject Leniency Pleas from Politically-Connected Defendants by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Despite a prosecutor’s request for a probationary sentence, a Massachusetts federal judge sentenced Patrice Tierney, 60, the wife of U.S. Representative John F. Tierney, to 30 days in prison followed by five months on house …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
New York Ex-Jail Doctor Charged With Selling Prescription Painkillers by The former clinical director of the jail in Nassau County, New York was charged in December 2010 with selling oxycodone, oxycontin and roxycodone without performing patient evaluations or exams. Martin Roginsky, 82, was charged with ten felony counts of criminal …
Three Fulton County, Georgia Jail Guards Sentenced in Prisoner Abuse Investigation by Three guards from Georgia’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) have been sentenced on federal charges related to an investigation into prisoner abuse at the jail. Two of the guards received prison time; the third received home confinement after assisting …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Ex-BOP Pharmacist Sentenced for Stealing Drugs by The former chief pharmacist at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Fairton, New Jersey has admitted to stealing more than $7,000 worth of drugs, needles and other supplies from the prison’s pharmacy. Brian Walters, 47, pleaded guilty on August 17, 2010 to charges …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
U.S. Deportations Set Record in 2010 by Derek Gilna According to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano in an October 2010 statement, the United States set a record for deporting immigrants in the fiscal year that ended last September, reaching 392,862 deportations. More than half of those …
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Six Florida Jail Staff Arrested in Contraband Smuggling Probe by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An on-going investigation into contraband smuggling at Florida’s Broward County Jail in Fort Lauderdale has resulted in the arrest of five guards and a contract nurse. Following months of witness interviews and a review …
Publication • 2011
Homicide in the U.S. Known to Law Enforcement BJS 2011 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics DECEMBER 2013, NCJ 243035 P at terns & T rends Homicide in the U.S. Known to Law Enforcement, 2011 Erica L. Smith and Alexia Cooper, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Staff Smuggle Drugs and Porn to Washington Civil Commitment Prisoners by Mark Wilson A Washington Special Commitment Center (SCC) nurse who fell in love with a civilly committed violent sex offender pleaded guilty to smuggling him drugs and homemade pornographic videos; the offender and two other people were charged with …
Mexican Prison Officials Arm and Release Prisoners for Hit Squad Duties by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Mexican prison director, Margarita Rojas Rodriguez, and three other prison employees were detained in August 2010 while their role in arming and releasing prisoners to kill rival gang members was investigated. [See: …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Texas Prison Guard One of "America’s Dumbest Criminals” by Texas Prison Guard One of "America’s Dumbest Criminals” In September 2010, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison guard was arrested for stealing beer and cigarettes from a convenience store. His prosecution will be aided by cell phone photos and …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
$75,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Beating by A $75,000 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a former prisoner who was beaten by guards at Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County Prison (WCP). In June 2009, James P. Edwards, 28, was arrested on a parole violation. He was on parole following …
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