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Ignorance, Bureaucracy and Red Tape: U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Deported
by Christopher Zoukis
According to Bryan Cox, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), “claims of U.S. citizenship of individuals encountered by ICE officers, agents, and attorneys are immediately and carefully investigated and analyzed.” However, the United States has a long history of mistakenly deporting its own citizens; since ...
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- Washington Sex Offender Records Not Exempt from PRA Disclosure
- Vermont Supreme Court Adopts Prison “Mailbox Rule”
- PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Cook County, Illinois
- Ninth Circuit: “Debatable” Constitutionality Requires Qualified Immunity
- Fourth Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Coerced Penis Surgery, by Lonnie Burton
- Despite Past Problems, Prison Privatization in Ohio May Expand, by Lonnie Burton
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- Lawsuit Claims Ohio Jail Guards Raped, Tortured Female Prisoner
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- California Pays for Transgender Prisoner’s Sex Reassignment Surgery, by Joe Watson
- ACLU Exposes Debtors’ Prisons Across New Hampshire, by Joe Watson
- Federal Dismissals Not In Forma Pauperis Strikes in Arkansas
- Michigan County Jail Loses Appeal on Legal Mail, Settles with ACLU , by Derek Gilna
- Innocence Project Blasts Lack of Consequences from Prosecutorial Misconduct, by Derek Gilna
- Connecticut DOC Settles Five Percenters Religious Rights Suit, by Derek Gilna
- $175,000 Settlement for BOP’s Deliberate Indifference to Mentally Ill Prisoner , by Derek Gilna
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- Ignorance, Bureaucracy and Red Tape: U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Deported, by Christopher Zoukis
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- Texas City Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $1.25 Million, by Matthew Clarke
- Settlement in Baltimore Prison Conditions Class-Action Suit
- NY State Prisoner Settles Case Over DOC’s Denial of Hepatitis C Treatment, by Derek Gilna
- New York: $67,000 Jury Award in Rikers Island Prisoner’s Suit
- Exonerated Illinois Prisoner Wins $22 Million Verdict Against City of Chicago , by Derek Gilna
- $155,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over California Jail’s Censorship of PLN, by Matthew Clarke
- $50,000 Jury Award in South Carolina Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit
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- Two Alabama State Court Judges Disciplined, by David Reutter
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- Site of Gruesome Prison Riot Becomes New Mexico Tourist Attraction, by Joe Watson
- Report Presents Bleak Analysis of BOP Medical Bureaucracy, by Derek Gilna
- Stock Prices for Private Prison Firms Surge After Trump Elected President, by Derek Gilna
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More from Christopher Zoukis:
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- Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice, Oct. 1, 2020
- Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality, Aug. 1, 2020
- With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand, July 1, 2020
- A Nation on the Brink, June 15, 2020
- Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release, June 1, 2020
- Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 1, 2020
- New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk, June 1, 2020
- Coronavirus: A Nationwide Survey of the Push for Early Release as Pandemic Fears Grow, May 1, 2020
- California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic, May 1, 2020
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