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Publication • November 15, 2010
"Fatal Flaws" in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study, Solitary Watch, 2010 "Fatal Flaws" in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study SOLITARY WATCH GUEST AUTHOR | November 15, 2010 at 1:11 pm | Tags: administrative segregation, American Psychiatric Association, Colorado State Penitentiary, Colorado study, Stuart Grassian | Categories: Colorado, Eighth Amendment, guest …
Publication • November 1, 2010
The Use of Crim. Records in College Admissions Ctr. for Community Alternatives 2010 THE USE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS RECONSIDERED THE USE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS RECONSIDERED Acknowledgements This report was written by staff of the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA), Marsha Weissman, Ph.D., …
Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions by Matthew Clarke To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and the venerable Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
New York Prisons Avoid Budget Axe by David Reutter by David M. Reutter With the State of New York having 5,000 empty prison beds and a large budget deficit, it would seem the logical decision would be to save taxpayer dollars by closing some prisons. That, however, is not the …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Fake Rape Claim Puts Woman in Prison by Brandon Sample A New York woman who falsely claimed she had been raped was sentenced in February 2010 to 1 to 3 years in prison on perjury charges. In 2005, Biurny Peguero Gonzalez told investigators that William McCaffrey, a Bronx construction worker, …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Prisoners of the Census in New York: Democracy on the March! by Eric Lotke New York is the most recent state to pass new rules about how people in prison are counted in the U.S. Census. The law (A11597/S8415), passed by the New York Senate on August 3, 2010, provides …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear, by Jonathan Simon (Oxford University Press 2007), 344 pages by Ian Head Review by Ian Head This past spring, a 12-year-old student in Queens, New York was arrested, handcuffed and taken to a …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Former President of Florida Sheriff’s Association Enters Plea in Kickback Scheme by David Reutter In February 2010, former Okaloosa County, Florida Sheriff Charlie Morris pleaded no contest to state racketeering and money laundering charges related to an employee bonus kickback scheme that netted him thousands of dollars. To enter the …
Fraudsters Sentenced in Cornell Prison Construction Scheme by Brandon Sample A man who bilked almost $13 million from Cornell Corrections Corp. has been convicted of federal fraud and conspiracy charges, while two co-defendants pleaded guilty. In February 2010, Robert B. Surles was convicted by a federal jury in Atlanta, Georgia …
Female Assistant Attorney General Pleads Guilty in Wife-Beating Case by Mark Wilson An Oregon Assistant Attorney General (AAG) who defends against prisoners’ appeals in criminal cases was recently arrested for punching and strangling her wife; she entered treatment and pleaded guilty two weeks later. On February 12, 2010, AAG Susan …
Brief • September 21, 2010
Filed under: Informants
Phelps v. City of Ecorse, M, Order, Confidential Informant, 2010 Case 2:09-cv-12311-NGE -MAR Document 75 Filed 09/21/10 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHAEL PHELPS and TAMMY PHELPS, Plaintiffs, v. CIVIL ACTION NO. 09-12311 DISTRICT JUDGE NANCY G. EDMUNDS THE CITY OF …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Prison Nursery Programs Promote Bonding, Reduce Recidivism by Gary Hunter Several studies, highlighted by the Women’s Prison Association (WPA) in a recent report, have shown that allowing infants born in prison to remain with their incarcerated mothers enhances bonding and leads to decreased recidivism. Prior to the 1950s, nurseries for …
Failed Extortion Scheme Led to Washington Prisoner’s Suicide Attempt, Lawsuit Says by David Reutter by David M. Reutter According to a suit filed on behalf of a Washington state prisoner who attempted to commit suicide, a guard at the McNeil Island Corrections Center retaliated against prisoners who failed to pay …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Five Sentenced in Oregon Prison Food Bribery Scandal by Mark Wilson Four men who paid Oregon’s prison food services administrator $1.2 million in bribes to obtain state contracts have been sentenced to 3 months in prison for their role in the worst corruption case in Oregon’s history. As previously reported …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander (N.Y., The New Press, 2010). 290 pages. by Mumia Abu-Jamal Book Review by Mumia Abu-Jamal The New Jim Crow offers an unflinching look at the US addiction to imprisonment and comes up with a startling diagnosis: …
California: Last Two of Five Guards Charged in Prisoner’s Death Get Prison Time by In January 2010, two former jail guards were sentenced to prison for participating in a brutal assault that resulted in a prisoner’s death. James Moore, 30, was involved in a lengthy struggle with over a dozen …
Pennsylvania Legislator / GEO Board Member Faces Criminal Charges by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 12, 2009, Pennsylvania state representative John M. Perzel was charged with 82 counts of theft, conflict of interest, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and hindering apprehension or prosecution as a result of Attorney General …
Innocence Project Report on Compensation and Reentry Services for Exonerated Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at New York’s Yeshiva University. Since that time the Innocence …
Everything Revolves Around Overcrowding: The State of California’s Prisons by Donald Specter by Donald Specter, Director, Prison Law Office I. Introduction California has the nation’s largest and the world’s third-largest prison system.1 In two separate class action lawsuits, filed a decade apart, California prisoners sued the governor and corrections officials …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Wheelchair-bound Texas Escapee Produces Pistol, Commandeers Transport Van by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 30, 2009, a maximum-security Texas state prisoner who was shackled to a wheelchair in the back of a transport van while being transferred between prisons pulled out a pistol, commandeered the van, handcuffed the …
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