by Matt Clarke
A New York federal District Court has held that prison officials were liable for convicting a prisoner in a disciplinary proceeding based solely on a victim's uncorroborated hearsay statement.
Carl E. Molano, a New York state prisoner, was on the recreation yard at the Five Points Correctional …
by Matt Clarke
An investigation by the Tulsa World newspaper revealed that more than 130 disciplinary actions were taken against Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) employees at men's prisons from 2009 through mid-2011. Most of the disciplined employees received a few days suspension without pay, though for 40 the misconduct …
by Matt Clarke
The Weber County Jail in Ogden, Utah has joined a growing trend – moving to video visits for prisoners – and has also started charging prisoners' families for "extra" visitation time.
In 2009 the jail replaced in-person, no-contact visits with video visits, using visitation and scheduling programs …
By Matthew Clarke
On January 30, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had arrested twelve guards and a cook who were employed by private prison company Community Education Centers (CEC) at the Ector County Correctional Center (ECCC) in Odessa, Texas. The ECCC holds about 235 …
By Matt Clarke
In Prison Grievances: When to Write, How to Write by Terry LeClercq , you will find the basic information on how to get your grievances heard presented in an illustrated format similar to a graphic novel or comic.
Dr. LeClercq, along with artists Patrick …
By Matt Clarke
The most powerful business group in Texas, the Texas Association of Businesses (TAB) has announced its intention to influence the future course of criminal justice reform in Texas. TAB president Bill Hammond said TAB will be lobbying to increase successful rehabilitation and community-based corrections programs …
by Matt Clarke
When the American government first determined that it would proceed with trials by military tribunal against the prisoners it held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the decision was met with skepticism by human rights advocates. The Supreme Court declared the first version of military tribunals to …
by Matt Clarke
On November 4, 2010, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals partially reversed the summary judgment granted to Michigan jail and medical personnel based on fatal deliberate indifference to a prisoner's serious medical needs.
Deceased former Muskegon County Jail prisoner Vernard A. Jones, Jr., was incarcerated in segregation …
by Matt Clarke
A report describing a study by the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) shows that prisoners who receive regular visits while in prison are 13% less likely to commit new felonies and 25% less likely to be technical violators of their release conditions. The study involved 16,400 DOC …
by Matt Clarke
On November 29, 2011, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court's order denying the Rule 60(b) motion of a prisoner who had suffered serious medical complications and not timely received a court order to amend his complaint.
Douglas Burns, a Colorado state prisoner, filed …
