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Article • April 15, 2009
Methadone Treatment is Not Inconsistent with Washington’s Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative by The drug offender sentencing alternative (DOSA) of the Sentencing Reform Act may be utilized to afford offenders methadone treatment the Washington Court of Appeals held on June 9, 2008. David Anderson pled guilty to reckless burning in the …
Ex-Mayor Returned to Prison After Misleading BOP to Enter Drug Program by Brandon Sample Ex-Mayor Returned to Prison After Misleading BOP to Enter Drug Program by Brandon Sample Bill C. Campbell, the former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, was returned to federal prison after it was discovered he had lied to …
California Act Requires Three Drug Abuse Violations Before Parole, Probation Revocation by California State prisoner Barry Hazle appealed his probation revocation for drug abuse violations that sent him to prison. His third revocation petition alleged violations occurring prior to his second. The court reversed the incarceration ruling. Hazle pled guilty …
Residence Restriction On Federal Prisoner's Supervised Release Deemed Necessary by Federal Prisoner and American Indian Sheldon Alexander appealed a supervised release condition requiring him to reside in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was implemented to isolate him from past influences and was ruled necessary to protect the public. Alexander's confessed alcohol …
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
$250,500 Verdict for False Imprisonment at Florida Jail by A federal jury from the Middle District of Florida awarded $250,500 to a man who claimed he was falsely imprisoned by the misuse of a Florida law – the Marchman Act – that permits the civil detention of persons who are …
Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008
GEO Group Expands into Mental Health Facilities for Business Growth by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Since 1984, the GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut Corrections) has focused on operating private prisons as its business model. It is now finding a more lucrative niche in privatizing mental health facilities and civil …
Article • August 15, 2008
BOP Ordered to Reinstate Good Time Reduction Despite Weapons Enhancement by The petitioner had been determined eligible for early release upon completion of a substance abuse treatment program and was then disqualified based on a new Bureau of Prisons rule disqualifying those who had received sentence enhancements for weapons possession. …
Article • August 15, 2008
BOP Exclusion of Prisoners from Drug Treatment Overbroad by The petitioner, who had pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the firearms control laws, alleged that he had completed a drug abuse treatment program and therefore qualified for early release under a federal statute applicable to prisoners convicted of nonviolent offenses. …
Article • August 15, 2008
Exclusion of Prisoners With Immigration Detainees from BOP Drug Treatment Program Upheld by The Bureau of Prisons had authority to promulgate a program statement that denied prisoners with immigration detainers lodged against them the ability to participate in a drug and alcohol treatment program that could result in sentence reduction. …
Federal Prisoner Facing Deportation Has No Right to Rehabilitative Programs by Hector Jimenez, a federal prisoner facing deportation when his prison sentence was completed, filed suit in U.S. district court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2255, claiming that his equal protection rights were violated when prison officials denied him …
Article • August 15, 2008
New York Prisoner Required to Participate in Drug Treatment Despite His Conviction Being for Murder by New York state prisoner Javier Gomez appealed the 2005 dismissal of his pro se complaint to enjoin the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) from requiring his participation in a drug treatment program. His required …
BOP Good Time Rule Upheld by Fourth Circuit by The Bureau of Prisons' regulation stating that convictions involving the use or possession of firearms were not "nonviolent offenses" entitling prisoners to early release if they successfully completed drug treatment programs was not unreasonable, and the program statement in which it …
Article • August 15, 2008
Drug Tampering Conviction Bars BOP Good Time Award by Tampering with a consumer product with reckless disregard for risk of death or bodily harm could reasonably be determined to be a "crime of violence" precluding early release for completion of a drug rehabilitation program. The petitioner so precluded from the …
California Rehabilitation Facilities Not Responsible for Escaped Residents’ Criminal Actions by California state residents Jasper Rice and Jennifer Asbury (plaintiffs) appealed the dismissal of their negligence action against Center Point, Inc. and Humbolt Recovery Center (defendants). Four of the defendant’s residents had escaped from the rehabilitation facility and stabbed the …
ACLU Report - Mental Health Issues in Los Angeles County Jail 2008 r!n!lAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION of SOUTHERN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA of LIBERTY II JUSTICE II EQUALITY EQUALITY Chair 7,2008 July 7, 2008 Jarl Mohn Jarl Mohn President To: Douglas Mirell Mirell Chairs Emeriti Danny Goldberg Allan K. Allan K. …
Junk Bonds to Junk Science? Drug Treatment Program Questioned by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober What was worth approximately $554 million in 2007 and is valued at about $94 million today? The correct answer is the stock market value of a firm formerly known as Alaska Freightways Inc., a shell …
City and Contractor Liable for Policy of Arresting and Seizing “Potentially Intoxicated” People by City and Contractor Liable for Policy of Arresting and Seizing "Potentially Intoxicated" People The plaintiffs were seized by the police and detained in a private detoxification facility in a different town, sometimes for days; they include …
Article • May 15, 2008
BOP Legally Enacted Rules Restricting Early Release for Drug Treated Prisoners by The Bureau of Prisons acted within its authority by making prisoners who were convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, or had had their sentences enhanced for possession of a dangerous weapon while committing a …
Article • May 15, 2008
Exclusion of Violent Offenders from BOP Good Time Program Upheld by The petitioner was denied a sentence reduction after he had successfully completed a substance abuse program. The Federal Bureau of Prisons did not exceed its statutory authority in excluding prisoners who had prior, rather than current, convictions for violent …
Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008
Audit of Iowa Prison System’s Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Released by Matthew Clarke Audit of Iowa Prison System's Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Released by Matt Clarke On May 25, 2007, the Iowa Department of Management released a performance audit of substance abuse treatment in the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC). …
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