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Article • January 13, 2015
Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture by Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture Larry Jergins, a certified jailer, has taught Parker County Jail trusties woodworking at a cabinet shop in Weatherford, Texas since the jail began a program of furniture making for county and …
Article • January 13, 2015
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Out-of-State Sex Conviction Subject to Registration by Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Out-of-State Sex Conviction Subject to Registration The Louisiana Supreme Court held the state’s sex offender registration law requires new residents convicted of qualifying offenses to register even where their crime may have occurred well beyond …
Article • January 13, 2015
GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies by GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies The nation’s second-largest for profit prison company, the GEO Group, agreed to pay $140,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought …
Article • January 13, 2015
Ohio ACLU Report Exposes State's Unconstitutional Debtors' Prisons by Ohio ACLU Report Exposes State's Unconstitutional Debtors' Prisons An investigative report by Ohio's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has revealed that a majority of the state's municipal courts are running modern-day debtors' prisons by jailing poor defendants who …
Article • January 13, 2015
Local Officials Decry Economic Disaster from Closure of North Carolina Prison by Local Officials Decry Economic Disaster from Closure of North Carolina Prison North Carolina officials plan to close the Robeson Correctional Center (RCC) because the state’s prison population has declined by 10 percent. Local officials are urging state legislators …
Article • January 13, 2015
Drug Makers Refuse to Sell Propofol for Death Row Executions by Drug Makers Refuse to Sell Propofol for Death Row Executions Two more pharmaceutical companies have joined efforts to keep propofol - the anesthetic that contributed to pop star Michael Jackson's death – from being used in state executions of …
Article • January 13, 2015
Tennessee Dumps Corizon for Higher Bidder on Prison Health Care Contract by Tennessee Dumps Corizon for Higher Bidder on Prison Health Care Contract The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has awarded its prisoner health care contract to Centurion, a company formed when MHM Services and Centene Corp. merged. TDOC’s current …
Article • January 13, 2015
San Francisco Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Jail Strip Searches by San Francisco Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Jail Strip Searches In March 2013, San Francisco agreed to settle a decade-old class action lawsuit by pre-arraignment arrestees challenging the sheriff’s department’s strip-search policy. In exchange for a lump sum payment …
Article • January 13, 2015
Report Analyzes New Jersey Jail Population by Report Analyzes New Jersey Jail Population In partnership with the Drug Policy Alliance, Luminosity has issued a report that analyzes New Jersey’s jail population. The study’s goal “is to use this profile to identify opportunities to responsibly reduce New Jersey’s jail population while …
Article • January 13, 2015
Orleans Parish Prison Gone Wild! Video Shocks Court and Community by Orleans Parish Prison Gone Wild! Video Shocks Court and Community Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has been under pressure in recent years to clean up the Orleans Parish Prison. He has agreed to a proposed federal consent decree, but …
Article • January 13, 2015
New Orleans Police and Judicial Corruption Saga Continues by New Orleans Police and Judicial Corruption Saga Continues Investigations by local and federal officials are uncovering a dynasty of nepotism operating within New Orleans’ judiciary system and the sheriff’s office. The probes have uncovered several cozy deals, and at least one …
Article • January 13, 2015
Idaho DOC Accused of Opening Legal Mail to Smear Prisoner’s Legal Assistant by Idaho DOC Accused of Opening Legal Mail to Smear Prisoner’s Legal Assistant An Idaho federal district ruled that a legal assistant appointed to assist a prisoner in a civil rights action overstepped her role by becoming embroiled …
Article • January 13, 2015
Filed under: Computers
Cook County Prisoners Duel Russian Prisoners in Online Chess by Derek Gilna Cook County, IL, Prisoners Duel Russian Prisoners in Online Chess by Derek Gilna County jail can be a pretty grim place, especially Cook County Jail, one of the largest and most dangerous in the country. However, at least …
Bipartisan Congressional Committee to Reduce Federal Criminal Code by Derek Gilna Bipartisan Congressional Committee to Reduce Federal Criminal Code by Derek Gilna There’s nothing like a good financial crisis in the federal government to focus politicians’ minds on saving money wherever they can, especially for their own pet projects. According …
Article • January 13, 2015
Filed under: Escapes
Arkansas Jail Closed After Escapes, Might “Put A Hurt” on Bail Business by Arkansas Jail Closed After Escapes, Might “Put A Hurt” on Bail Business The Yell County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) closed its jail in Dardanelle, Arkansas in March 2013 after three prisoners escaped by strong-arming the lone guard working …
Article • January 13, 2015
Former Florida Prison Chief Released from Federal Prison by Former Florida Prison Chief Released from Federal Prison For assisting prosecutors in convicting co-conspirators, a Florida federal district court reduced the prison sentence of former Florida Department of Correction (FDOC) Secretary James Crosby. Crosby and his protégé, Allen Clark, were convicted …
Article • January 13, 2015
$15,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Injured by Guard by $15,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Injured by Guard Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County Council agreed to pay $15,000 to settle potential litigation from a former jail prisoner who was injured by a guard at the Luzerne County Jail (LCJ). The settlement …
Article • January 13, 2015
Guards Union Complaints Prompt Funds Transfer to Avoid Sequester Furloughs by Derek Gilna Guards Union Complaints Prompt Funds Transfer to Avoid Sequester Furloughs by Derek Gilna Tightening budgets due to the 2013 sequester cuts have forced U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to transfer $150 million from other agencies to allow …
Article • January 13, 2015
D.C. Area Federal Courts Reduce Staff because of Sequester Cuts by Derek Gilna D.C. Area Federal Courts Reduce Staff because of Sequester Cuts by Derek Gilna The sequester represents only a 3% across the board cut of federal spending, but it will have a noticeable impact on the operation of …
Article • January 13, 2015
BOP Punishment of Prisoners for Suicide Attempts Continues Despite Director’s Memo by Derek Gilna BOP Punishment of Prisoners for Suicide Attempts Continues Despite Director’s Memo            by Derek Gilna In July 2012, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), unnerved by the increasing number of suicides among federal prisoners, circulated a memo to …
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