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South Carolina Settles Prisoner Stabbing Death Lawsuit for $47,500 by In October 2009, the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) paid $47,500 to settle a survivorship suit related to a fatal stabbing. Justin Bregenzer, 22, a DOC prisoner, was stabbed to death by another prisoner in July 2005 at the …
Article • July 15, 2010
Filed under: Informants, Media
Being Called an Informant Not Defamation by On November 25, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a suit filed by a prisoner who claimed that he was defamed when two newspapers reported that he intended to cooperate with authorities. Shemtov Michtavi sued …
Publication • June 22, 2010
Filed under: Escapes
Oregon Prison Escape Report, 2010 SRCI Escape Review June 22, 2010 ,• On June 21-23, 2010, an audit team consisting ofPaula Myers, Superintendent CRCI/SFFC, Jeri Taylor, Assistant Superintendent of Security/TRCI, Brandon Kelly, Institution_Security Manage1'lOSCI, Ken Neff, Operations Manager/PRCF and Melissa Premo, Transport Manager conducted a review of the physicnl security …
Secret Justice: Criminal Informants and America’s Underground Legal System by Alexandra Natapoff I. Introduction Although it is almost invisible to the public, the use of criminal informants is everywhere in the U.S. justice system. From street corners to jails to courthouses to prisons, every year the government negotiates thousands of …
ACLU Report Applauds Michigan’s Efforts to Reduce Prison Population by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A November 2009 report by Elizabeth Alexander, Director of the National Prison Project of the ACLU, explores the history and effects of over-incarceration in Michigan and how the state has managed to reduce its …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Book Review: Anne-Marie Cusac, Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America, 336 pp, Yale University Press, $27.50 by Amy Vanderwarker Anne-Marie Cusac is probing important questions in her book, Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America. What are the underlying social values that have allowed a …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Report Details Societal Effects of High School Dropout Rates – Including Incarceration by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Dropping out of high school [is] an apprenticeship for prison,” said Illinois State Senator Emil Jones at a 2006 Chicago conference on high school dropouts. An October 2009 report issued by …
Pennsylvania Judges Involved in Corruption Case Face Liability; 5,000 Convictions Thrown Out by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Pennsylvania U.S. District Court has granted absolute judicial immunity to two former state court judges in a consolidated class-action civil rights suit. That immunity, however, only applied to judicial acts, …
NACDL Releases Report on U.S. Drug and Mental Health Courts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2009, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) released a 74-page report on the state of America’s drug and mental health courts, reflecting the knowledge gleaned from over 130 expert witnesses …
Virginia Sheriff Sentenced to 19 Months on Corruption Charges by In December 2009, the former sheriff of Page County, Virginia was sentenced to 19 months in federal prison on corruption charges. The sentence was imposed following a guilty plea to an indictment that originally included 22 counts. The story behind …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes
Being in Unauthorized Jail Area Without Escape Intent Not a Crime in Indiana by The Indiana Court of Appeals held that when prisoners “have no intent or plan to flee from detention in the penal facility in which they are confined, they cannot be guilty of the crime of escape …
Bashimam v. City of Tallahassee, FL, Exhibit A, Designation of F.R.Civ.P.30 (b)(6), 2010 EXHIBIT A: Designations of Subject Matter for F.R.Civ.P. 30(b)(6) Representatives Bashimam v. City of Tallahassee, et al. Representative(s) of the City of Tallahassee shall be prepared to testify regarding: Supervision: Command structure; chain of command; reporting between …
Publication • 2010
Federal Justice Statistics Bulletin DJS 2010 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2013, NCJ 239913 Mark Motivans, Ph.D., BJS Statistician T he number of suspects arrested for a federal offense declined slightly to 179,489 in fiscal year 2010 after reaching a record 181,726 …
Publication • 2010
Center for Economic and Policy Research - Ex‐offenders and the Labor Market, Schmitt & Warner, 2010 Ex‐offenders and the Labor Market John Schmitt and Kris Warner November 2010 Center for Economic and Policy Research 1611 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20009 202‐293‐5380 www.cepr.net CEPR Ex-offenders and the Labor …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Early Release Scam Results in Arrests by Brandon Sample The FBI has arrested two men in an unusual and brazen plot to defraud prisoners and their families out of tens of thousands of dollars in exchange for reduced sentences. Monterro Paul, who previously served time in federal prison for counterfeiting …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Study Finds Pharmacological Treatment of Opiate Dependence Under-Utilized in State and Federal Prisons by Michael Brodheim In the first national survey of its kind, researchers have documented important attitudes and practices among state and federal correctional medical directors regarding the use of methadone and buprenorphine to treat heroin/opiate addiction in …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
DOJ Releases Report on Staff Sexual Abuse of Federal Prisoners by Justin Miller A report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Justice concerning sexual abuse of federal prisoners by prison staff found that such claims were widespread and had more than doubled during …
Colorado Guards Rarely Jailed for Sexual Abuse of Prisoners by by Matt Clarke Although not uncommon, any kind of sexual contact between a guard and a prisoner is considered coercive sexual abuse under Colorado state law. This reflects the reality that prisoners cannot have truly consensual sex with a person …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Cost of Capital Punishment Comes Under Increased Scrutiny in a Struggling Economy by Justin Miller A new report released by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) challenges the economic feasibility and sensibility of states maintaining the death penalty amid the nation’s current economic downturn. The report, entitled Smart on Crime: …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
17,698 DNA Profiles Missing from Wisconsin Database by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2009, Wisconsin officials discovered that the profiles of 17,698 convicted felons were missing from the state’s DNA database. An investigation into Milwaukee serial killer suspect Walter E. Ellis revealed that his DNA was not in …
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