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Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Texas Parole Records Mistake Could Cost Taxpayers Millions by Gary Hunter Prisoners in Texas and their families are still feeling the impact of a botched Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) policy change in 2012 that led to the destruction of documents for some 86,000 parole-eligible prisoners, whose files were ...
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
D.C. Appellate Court Reverses $2.3 Million Wrongful Imprisonment Award by Derek Gilna The District of Columbia’s Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against the D.C. government based upon the municipal liability standard set forth in Monell v. Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978). According to the appellate ...
Ninth Circuit: Appeal Challenges Probation Revocation for Exercising First Amendment Rights by A former federal prisoner is appealing the revocation of his supervised release for engaging in conduct that he argues is protected under the First Amendment. The Cato Institute, Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, Brechner First Amendment Project at the ...
Brief • November 16, 2015
Allen v. Heyns, MI, Motion and Brief for Summary Disposition, Class Action, Parolable Life Sentences, 2013 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE 30TH (INGHAM COUNTY) CIRCUIT COURT ______________________________________________ EDWARD ALLEN, OLIVER HARDY, and MICHAEL WATKINS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, File No. 12-907-CZ v. Hon. Joyce ...
Brief • November 16, 2015
Allen v. Heyns, MI, Order Granting Pls' MSD & Denying Defs' MSD, Class Action, Parolable Life Sentences, 2013 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE 30TH (INGHAM COUNTY) CIRCUIT COURT ______________________________________________ EDWARD ALLEN, OLIVER HARDY, and MICHAEL WATKINS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, File No. 12-907-CZ v. ...
Article • November 13, 2015
U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Prisoner’s Parole Board Suit by U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Prisoner’s Parole Board Suit In a March 14, 2014 order, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded Veronza L. Bowers case to the district ...
Article • November 10, 2015
No Resources for Programs to Help Prisoners Make Parole in West Virginia by Christopher Zoukis No Resources for Programs to Help Prisoners Make Parole in West Virginia by Christopher Zoukis West Virginia's prison and jail population has continued to grow despite the passage of a sweeping prison reform bill, so ...
Article • November 6, 2015
Parole Reinstated After Improperly Rescinded by Parole Reinstated After Improperly Rescinded On June 26, 2014, the New York Superior Court issued a one-page decision reinstating the parole and release of Pablo Costello, ruling that the New York State Board of Parole ("Board") had improperly rescinded it. Prisoner Pablo Costello's first ...
Article • September 18, 2015
California Court of Appeal Remands Parole Board Decision for Further Action by California Court of Appeal Remands Parole Board Decision for Further Action On March 5, 2014, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Division Two of the First Appellate District granted the supplemental petition for a writ ...
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Life Without Parole by Beth Schwartzapfel Life Without Parole Inside the secretive world of parole boards, where your freedom may depend on politics and whim. by Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project* Reynaldo Rodriguez was 19 with a young son, a good job and no criminal record when he shot and ...
Colorado Parolees' Violent Crimes Attributed to DOC Ineptitude by Joe Watson Colorado Parolees' Violent Crimes Attributed to DOC Ineptitude By Joe Watson It took the March 2013 murder of Tom Clements, then director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), to bring to light the ineptitude of the state's prisons ...
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers by Derek Gilna Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers by Derek Gilna In a decision that displayed its displeasure with California parole officers’ disregard for both the spirit and statutory requirements of the Americans ...
Article • January 13, 2015
Colorado: Parole Board’s Track Record Difficult to Assess by Colorado: Parole Board’s Track Record Difficult to Assess The killing of Tom Clements, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), made national news. Investigation ultimately connected the high-profile killing to a prisoner who was erroneously released from prison years ...
Article • October 3, 2014
Tennessee Parole Officers Report that Parolees are Walking Dead by Tennessee Parole Officers Report that Parolees are Walking Dead   Either Tennessee's crawling with zombies, or the state's Board of Probation and Parole has been caught neglecting to monitor former offenders under community supervision.   According to an audit published ...
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Oregon Parole Board: “Don’t Have to Explain Nothing to Nobody” by Oregon Parole Board: “Don’t Have to Explain Nothing to Nobody” For at least the fifth time, a state court has ordered the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (Board) to provide more than boilerplate reasons for its decisions. ...
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
D.A. Drops Charges Against Oklahoma Parole Board Members by Christopher Zoukis D.A. Drops Charges Against Oklahoma Parole Board Members   by Christopher Zoukis   Five members of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board (Board) will not face trial for criminal violations of the state’s Open Meeting Act, after signing a ...
Michigan Parole and Probation Supervision Scrutinized; Three Officials Fired by The failure to properly supervise parolees and probationers accused of committing high-profile murders has resulted in the firing of three Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) employees. The MDOC supervises around 20,000 parolees and 50,000 probationers. “Our parole/probation staff performs critical ...
Brief • October 22, 2013
Morales v. Monreal, IL, Complaint, Denial of Counsel at Parole Hearings Class Action, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-07572 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/22/13 Page 1 of 21 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MOISES MORALES; MONTREAL THOMAS; and JOAQUIN ROCHA on behalf ...
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Oklahoma Parole Board Members Charged with Violating Open Meeting Act by Christopher Zoukis Oklahoma City District Attorney David Prater announced on March 13, 2013 that all five members of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board (“Board”) had been charged with criminal violations of the state’s Open Meeting Act in connection ...
Article • April 15, 2013
State Official Charged with Sex Crime by A New York parole board member has been charged in federal court with attempting to solicit an underage girl for sex. George Ortloff, a former Republican New York lawmaker, was arrested on October 13, 2008 at an undisclosed hotel in Colonie, New York. ...
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