by Matt Clarke
In February 2021, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued its finding that a $10 million effort by the state prison system—to address deficiencies that OIG previously uncovered in reporting staff misconduct—had “failed” and that the process “remains broken.”
The report documents the latest round ...
by Matt Clarke
In December 2020, Detention Watch Network (DWN) published a report showing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities caused an increase of over 245,000 COVID-19 cases in nearby communities. The presence of an ICE facility increased the risk of a serious COVID-19 outbreak caused by community ...
by Matt Clarke
The State Auditor of Texas issued a report in March 2021 about the sale and production of food and fiber by the Agribusiness, Land and Minerals Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The report concluded that, whereas most of the audited cost statement data ...
by Matt Clarke
On January 13, 2021, the Fourth Circuit court of appeals reversed the judgment of a federal district court which, following a two-day bench trial, found against a deaf federal civilly committed sex offender who challenged the BOP’s denial of access to point-to-point videocalls.
The appellate court ordered ...
by Matt Clarke
According to a January 13, 2021 opinion by the Ninth Circuit court of appeals, district court erred in upholding meritless objections to the summary judgment evidence supporting a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died of a drug overdose in a California jail and ...
by Matt Clarke
In a January 2021 statistical brief, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics addressed the issue of the race and ethnicity of perpetrators of violent crimes in 2018.
Based on data compiled by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, it found that while Black ...
by Matt Clarke
On November 12, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated claims by a New York City man that he was the victim of malicious prosecution by police and excessive use of force by jail staff.
Jarrett Frost was arrested by New York City police in January ...
by Matt Clarke
Editors’ Note: On March 17, the IRS announced that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals filing for the 2020 tax year was extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021.
No Republican senator voted to ...
by Matt Clarke
On November 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington held that a trial court erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s contempt motion over the release of his sex offender treatment records in violation of a court’s injunction because there was no ongoing contempt. However, ...
by Matt Clarke
The estate of a Philadelphia man who died of asthma in a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the DOC and officials alleging he was denied adequate medical care after excessive amounts of pepper spray were deployed against him.
According ...
