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Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
$15 Million Settlement Reached in San Diego Jail Detainee’s Untreated Withdrawal Death by Chuck Sharman On September 13, 2024, nearly five years after a detainee died of untreated heroin withdrawal symptoms at San Diego County’s Las Colinas Detention Facility, a $15 million settlement agreement resolving a lawsuit brought by her …
The Dangerous Practice of Late-Night Jail Releases by Anthony Accurso Researchers from the Harvard Kennedy School have released data on jails which have the practice of releasing prisoners, usually approved for bond, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., revealing that this practice significantly increases the chances that …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Latest Jail Booking Info Is Based on New Data Source by The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has long collected and published statistics on local jails nationwide, including the number of such facilities and how many people are booked into them each year. Who are these people and why …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Massachusetts High Schooler Detained by ICE Caught in “Collateral Arrest” by A Massachusetts high school student, Marcelo Gomes da Silva, was arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while driving to volleyball practice in June 2025. The teenager, who was released on bond after six days amid community …
Taha v. Bucks County (Bensalem Township), PA, et al., Verdict, Unlawful Dissemination, PA, 2019 Case 2:12-cv-06867-WB Document 338 Filed 05/29/19 Page 1 of 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DARYOUSH TAHA, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-6867 V. CLASS ACTION BUCKS COUNTY, et al., …
Publication • April 23, 2018
Arrests as Guilt, Anna Roberts, Seattle University School of Law, 2018 ARRESTS AS GUILT Anna Roberts* An arrest puts a halt to one’s free life and may act as prelude to a new process. That new process—prosecution—may culminate in a finding of guilt. But arrest and guilt—concepts that are factually …
The Prison Industrial Complex: Mapping Private Sector Players APRIL 2018 | 1 About the Corrections Accountability Project The Corrections Accountability Project (CAP) at the Urban Justice Center is a non-profit criminal justice advocacy organization committed to eliminating the influence of commercial interests on the criminal legal system and ending the …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Former Sheriff Arpaio Guilty of Criminal Contempt, Receives Presidential Pardon by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Former Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio’s words, rather than his misdeeds, finally landed him on the verge of going to prison – but he was pulled back from the brink after receiving a …
Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
Filed under: Arrest and Booking
Florida, South Carolina, New Jersey Latest States to Pass Mugshot Extortion Laws by On June 16, 2017, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed legislation to regulate the online mugshot industry, preventing websites that publish booking photos from charging a fee to remove them. South Carolina passed a similar law, known as …
Going to Prison in Texas in 2015 by William T. Habern by William T. Habern, David P. O’Neil, and Debra Bone Introduction For over 30 years our firm has represented offenders and their families in prison and parole administrative and legal issues. The first version of this article was published …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Divided En Banc Sixth Circuit Blocks Release of Federal Mug Shots by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a 9-7 decision, the en banc Sixth Circuit blocked the release of mug shots of federal criminal defendants, finding that the Internet had caused individuals to be “haunted” by Freedom of Information …
Orange Crush: The Rise of Tactical Teams in Prison by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar, Truthout Since Ferguson, there has been a public outcry over militarized police who shoot down African Americans on the streets of our cities, but less is known beyond prison walls about guards who regularly brutalize those …
Brief • December 28, 2016
Detroit Free Press v. Department of Justice, USA, Amicus Brief, FOIA Booking Photos, 2016 No. 16-706 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States DETROIT FREE PRESS, INC., Petitioner, V. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Respondent. On Petition For A Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the …
Due Process Triggered by Seizure from Home to Prison Confinement by In affirming a grant of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds, The Sixth Circuit Court of appeals held that for purposes of due process and unreasonable seizure protections, home confinement differs materially from in prison confinement.  Because that right …
Borges v. City of Eureka, CA, Deposition, Wrongful Death Due to Medical Negligence, 2016 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 - - - 4 5 6 7 8 STEPHANY BORGES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) CITY OF EUREKA; et al., ) ) …
Publication • February 10, 2016
Alternatives to Miranda Warnings, March, MLR (Cassell), 2001 Page 1 LEXSEE 99 MICH. L. REV. 898 Copyright (c) 2001 Michigan Law Review Michigan Law Review March, 2001 99 Mich. L. Rev. 898 LENGTH: 21506 words PANEL ONE: ALTERNATIVES TO THE MIRANDA WARNINGS: THE PATHS NOT TAKEN: THE SUPREME COURT'S FAILURES …
Semelbauer v. Muskegon County, MI, Complaint, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-01245 Doc #1 Filed 12/04/14 Page 1 of 42 Page ID#1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHELLE SEMELBAUER, PAULETTE BOSCH, DENISE VOS, CRISA BROWN, LATRECE BAKER, TAMMY SPEERS, LONDORA KITCHENS, and STASHIA COLLINS, …
Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start by Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start A September 2013 re-inspection report cited improvements in conditions at a privately-owned prison near Cleveland, Ohio compared to an inspection performed a year earlier, when state auditors identified numerous …
Brief • November 5, 2014
Jones v. Wittenberg, OH, Order - Medical Treatment Facilities (2014) Case: 3:70-cv-00388-JGC Doc #: 56 Filed: 11/05/14 1 of 2. PageID #: 396 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION Charles Jones, et al., Case No. 3:70CV388 Plaintiff v. ORDER Sol Wittenberg, et …
Article • August 13, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Jails Stop Posting Mug Shots to End "Extortion" by Profiteering Websites by Jails Stop Posting Mug Shots to End "Extortion" by Profiteering Websites A growing number of jails are no longer putting booking photos of arrestees online in order to prevent websites such as mugshots.com from obtaining and posting them, …
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