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‘Good Time’ Credit Policy Wrongly Under Attack in Alabama
by Jo Ellen Nott
Policymakers in Alabama are howling for an end to “good time” sentence credits after a recently released state prisoner killed a Sheriff’s deputy in June 2022. But how did Austin Patrick Hall, a 26-year-old felon with 46 arrests since age 17, leave prison after serving less ...
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- Settlement Extended Again After Federal Judge Faults California Prisons for Using Snitches in Solitary and Parole Procedures, by Jacob Barrett
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- Federal Judge Says Alaska DOC Policy Rejecting Prisoner Mail Without Notice Violates Due Process, by Mark Wilson
- Eighth Circuit Says Judge Dismissing Claim of Federal Prisoner in Arkansas Was Premature in Counting It a PLRA ‘Strike’, by Matthew Clarke
- North Carolina Prisoners Languish Without Air Conditioning, by Kevin Bliss
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- Tenth Circuit Revives Suit Against Colorado Jail Guard in Death of Mentally Disabled Detainee, by David Reutter
- California Pays $3.5 Million to Settle Suit Over State Prisoner’s Murder, by Ashleigh Dye
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- New York City Jails Admit Illegally Recording Over 2,200 Attorney-Client Phone Calls, by Anthony Accurso
- South Carolina Death Row Doctor Breaks Silence About Years of Executions, by Ashleigh Dye
- Texas Commission on Jail Standards Finds Unacceptable Conditions in Nueces County Jail, by Benjamin Tschirhart
- Texas Prisoner Killed After Wounding Guard in Escape and Killing Family While on the Run, by Matthew Clarke
- Disgraced Virginia Sheriff Gets 12 Years for Bribery and Corruption, by Ashleigh Dye
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- Ninth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Doctor and Nurses at California Jail Who Treated Detainee’s Ruptured Aorta With Pepto Bismol, by David Reutter
- ‘Good Time’ Credit Policy Wrongly Under Attack in Alabama, by Jo Ellen Nott
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- Former L.A. County Jail Detainees Denied Promised Sentence Credits, Jan. 1, 2024. Jail Misconduct, Good Time Credits, Credits.
- Vermont Supreme Court Provides Prisoner No Relief for Denial of Earned-Time Credits, Dec. 1, 2023. Good Time Credits, Credits.
- Fourth Circuit Vacates Denial of First Step Act Relief Where Record Unclear Whether District Court Considered All Nonfrivolous Arguments Raised by Defendant, Nov. 1, 2023. First Step Act, Policy Considerations, Reduction of Sentence.
- Hospitalized California IST Defendants Entitled to Jail Conduct Credits, March 1, 2023. Medical, Civil Commitment, Good Time Credits.
- Virginia Swipes Sentence Credits From 560 Prisoners Just About to Get Out, Jan. 1, 2023. Good Time Credits, Credits.
- Sacramento Shooting Stokes Debate Over CDCR Rule Changes on Good Conduct Credit, June 1, 2022. Good Time Credits.
- Non-Incarcerated and Incarcerated Plaintiffs Have Article III Standing to Challenge the Policy Changes, Dec. 10, 2021. Denial of Religious Services, Policy Considerations.
- Fifth Circuit: U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 Policy Statement Not Applicable to Prisoner’s Motion for Compassionate Release, June 15, 2021. Policy Considerations, Compassionate Release.
- Tenth Circuit Joins Other Circuits, Holds § 1B1.13 Does Not Apply to Compassionate Release Motions Filed by Prisoners, June 15, 2021. Policy Considerations, Compassionate Release.
- Massachusetts Governor Ends Good Time Offer for Prisoners Taking COVID-19 Vaccine, April 1, 2021. COVID-19, Good Time Credits.