California Appeals Court Reverses Termination of Parental Rights for Indian Child Welfare Act Notice Violation

Sep 11, 2017 No Comments

By Christopher Zoukis The California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District has reversed a lower court’s order terminating the parental rights of two imprisoned parents due to a failure to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. The children, O.C., age two, and M.C., age four, were detained after their parents’

Eleventh Circuit Slams GA Sheriff’s Office for Retaliation Against Whistle-Blower

Sep 10, 2017 No Comments

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has issued a stinging opinion in which it firmly rebukes the retaliatory actions of the Douglas County, Georgia Sheriff’s Office. Derrick Bailey, an African-American police officer with 17 years of law-enforcement experience, was hired by the City of Douglasville Police Department in March 2010. By

Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Proper Standard for Reviewing Search of a Probationer’s Home

Sep 8, 2017 No Comments

By Christopher Zoukis The Arizona Supreme Court has cleared up confusion in the state about the amount of suspicion required to legally search a probationer’s home without a warrant. Christian Adair was on probation for two felony convictions for solicitation to possess crack cocaine for sale. His probation conditions required that he “submit to search

Trump Lifts Obama’s Curbs on Military Equipment for Cops

Sep 7, 2017 No Comments

President Trump has reversed restrictions his predecessor imposed about two years ago on what surplus military equipment the Department of Defense (DOD) can provide to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies under its 1033 Program. The change was first announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a national conference of the Fraternal Order of

Not the worst, but not Norway: US prisons vs. other models

Sep 7, 2017 No Comments

IMAGE CREDIT: THESTORYINSTITUTE.COM NORWAY’S HALDEN PRISON STANDS IN STARK CONTRAST TO A TYPICAL US PRISON. AND NORWAY’S INCARCERATION AND RECIDIVISM RATES DO, TOO. America is known for its overcrowded prisons and harsh penitentiary conditions, but how does it rank compared to some of the other prison systems around the world? America – the Supermax: How not to treat

Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Double Enhancement for Assault of Prison Guard

Sep 6, 2017 No Comments

By Christopher Zoukis The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a trial court’s decision to sentence a prisoner to a consecutive term for assaulting a prison guard and to enhance the sentence because it was committed by a prisoner in custody. Curtis Gordon Adams was found guilty of second-degree assault for kicking and head-butting a guard

New Charges Against Inmate-Author: An Attempt to Muzzle Him?

Sep 4, 2017 No Comments

By Kamea Zelisko How about these for credentials for an authority on prison issues: authoring a handbook on prison life, three books on subjects examining ways education can benefit inmates, plus a steady stream of articles in national magazines, newspapers and blogs on a wide range of legal and other incarceration-related topics. No less an

Students Partner With Prisoners to Learn Problem-Solving Skills

Sep 3, 2017 No Comments

STUDENTS FROM A WHITMAN COLLEGE AND INMATES AT WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY ARE LEARNING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS TOGETHER. Anthony Covert made a bad decision. At just 18 years of age, he had a disagreement with a peer over a girl. The two decided to duke it out, but Covert upped the ante by bringing a stolen gun

Firm, Judge, Sheriff Accused of Bail Fee Extortion

Aug 31, 2017 No Comments

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center have joined to file a federal civil rights and anti-racketeering class-action lawsuit which claims a Louisiana district judge, the East Baton Rouge sheriff, and a firm that monitors criminal defendants released on bail while awaiting trial acted together to force defendants to pay hundreds

Inmate Program Reviews in Federal Prison

Aug 25, 2017 No Comments

The Federal Bureau of Prisons employs a wide variety of methods to create and maintain personal files on an inmate population of approximately 187,000 individuals. Some of the data contained in each file is static and is gathered from sources such as an inmate’s Pre-Sentence Investigative Report (PSR), Judgment and Commitment (J&C) order, and other

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California Appeals Court Reverses Termination of Parental Rights for Indian Child Welfare Act Notice Violation

Eleventh Circuit Slams GA Sheriff’s Office for Retaliation Against Whistle-Blower

Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Proper Standard for Reviewing Search of a Probationer’s Home

Trump Lifts Obama’s Curbs on Military Equipment for Cops

Not the worst, but not Norway: US prisons vs. other models

Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Double Enhancement for Assault of Prison Guard

New Charges Against Inmate-Author: An Attempt to Muzzle Him?

Students Partner With Prisoners to Learn Problem-Solving Skills

Firm, Judge, Sheriff Accused of Bail Fee Extortion

Inmate Program Reviews in Federal Prison

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