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Most Serious Sex Offenders in Boston Living in Homeless Shelters by Efforts in Massachusetts to keep a close eye on released sex offenders have apparently failed. Rather than having such offenders in stable living environments where law enforcement officials can monitor them, 65 percent of the state?s most dangerous sex …
Brief • January 10, 2008
Jones v. Hayman, NJ, BiS Plf Mot for PI, Women Prisoners Conditions Suit, 2008
Article • December 15, 2007
Tennessee Prisoners Have No Right to Specific Classification, Only the Determination Thereof by Tennessee State prisoner Davalon Higgins applied for work release at Middle Tennessee Correctional Center Annex (MTCC) in 2003 and was denied because his record indicated he was a member of a Security Threat Group (STG). His complaint …
Female Ohio Guards Awarded $475,000 For Gender Discrimination Regarding Assignment, Promotion by Seven female Ohio guards brought federal suit against the Trumbull County Sheriff's Department (Department) for emotional distress due to unfavorable assignments and lack of promotion. The court awarded them collectively $475,000. The guards claimed sex discrimination because their …
Article • December 15, 2007
NY Sex Offender's Risk Level Three Classification Affirmed by John Laraby, a New York state parolee, was denied a risk level reduction by a New York state trial court at a rehearing in accordance with a ruling in another case. Laraby believed that, based on his exemplary parole record, his …
Denying Work Release to HIV Positive Amputee May Violate ADA by The plaintiff alleged that he was denied access to shock incarceration because he is an HIV-positive amputee, and was also repeatedly denied work release. He also claimed that he was deprived of his personal wheelchair, after having it in …
Gay NJ Guard Awarded $2.8 Million for Sexual Harassment, Discrimination by A New Jersey gay female jail guard was awarded $2,847,188, for discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation. Karen Caggiano began working in the prison transport unit of the Essex County Sheriff's Department in August 1993. "Caggiano, a lesbian and one …
Retroactive Application of NJ Sex Offender Law Upheld by The plaintiffs were convicted before September 1979 of sex offenses and their conduct determined to be characterized by "a pattern of repetitive and compulsive behavior." They were sentenced to indeterminate terms in an Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center and could not …
Jail Policy of Cross Gender Guard Doesn’t Establish Liability in Guard Rape by The plaintiff alleged that a male guard had engaged in sex with her, taking advantage of her mental and physical state. The officer was fired and entered an Alford plea to criminal charges. A policy of "cross-gender …
Article • December 15, 2007
AZ Prisoner's Denial of Transfer to Release Center by Changing His Sex-Offense Treatment Rating Satisfies Due Process by Tony Luca, an Arizona prisoner, was denied transfer to a correctional release center after prison guards changed his sex-offender treatment rating to one not eligible for transfer to a release center. He …
Article • December 15, 2007
New York Prisoner's Prior Convictions for Sex Offenses Are Sufficient for Level 3 Classification by In anticipation of the release from prison of Dale Mabb, a New York sex offender, the state Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders convinced a trial court to assess him to be a risk level …
Article • December 15, 2007
NY Sex-Offender Properly Classified as Risk Level II Where Risk Assessment Points Place Him in That Category by Alan Barnett, a New York state prisoner, was classified as a risk level II sex offender based on risk assessment points accumulated as a result of factors relevant to his crime and …
Article • December 15, 2007
NY Sex Offender's Risk Level 3 Classification Based on Credible Information, Thus Affirmed by Tercero Stafford, a New York prisoner, is serving a prison sentence for burglary. He had prior convictions for sex offenses in New York and Vermont, for which he was released from prison in Vermont in 1996. …
Article • December 15, 2007
Filed under: Discrimination, Gay/Lesbian
Gay Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner’s Discrimination Suit Settled for $750 by Gay Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner's Discrimination Suit Settled for $750 A Pennsylvania prisoner was paid $750 to settle a discrimination suit. Mr. Roache, a prisoner at the Delaware County prison, was denied a job and was harassed by guards because he …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Study on Barriers to Employment of Ex-Prisoners in Milwaukee Released by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In early 2007, the Employment Training Institute (ETI) of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee released a study assessing the legal and employment needs of ex-prisoners residing in Milwaukee County. The study of 26,772 adults released …
Prisoners Died By the Thousands Between 2001 and 2004 by Michael Rigby by Michael Rigby Elderly prisoners are more than twice as likely to die behind bars as those who are not in prison, a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) on prison mortality rates reveals. White and …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
U.S. Prison and Jail Population Continues Meteoric Rise by Michael Rigby It?s beginning to sound a bit repetitive, but the nation?s prison population continues to grow exponentially. At midyear 2006, U.S. prisons and jails held 2,245,189 persons?a 2.8% increase over the previous year, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics …
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
New York High Court Invokes Due Process Rights for Civil Commitment of Alleged Sexual Predators by The New York Court of Appeals reversed a ruling by the Appellate Division that had permitted sex offenders nearing the end of their criminal sentences to be summarily transferred to mental health facilities (e,g., …
Article • November 15, 2007
TOWARD A MORE ELABORATE TYPOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES: LIBERALIZING CRIMINAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT LAWS AND POLICIES by 33 New Eng. J. on Crim. & Civ. Confinement 283 TOWARD A MORE ELABORATE TYPOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES: LIBERALIZING CRIMINAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT LAWS AND POLICIES [FN1] © Avi Brisman [FNa1] Copyright © 2007 by New England …
Jail Bait - Phoenix New Times article about prisoner badly beaten in Sheriff Arpaio's jail by Robert Nelson Jail Bait A prisoner was nearly beaten to death behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Was he set up by Sheriff Joe's henchmen? By Robert Nelson Published: December 26, 2002 …
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