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Article • February 18, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
First Step Act Earned-Time Credits are Coming ... Eventually and Only to Some Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Even though we’ve passed the one-year anniversary of the First Step Act over a month ago, the portion of the bill giving federal prisoners more earned-time credits for completing certain …
Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020
Fourth Circuit Clarifies How to Bring a First Step Act Motion Applying the Fair Sentencing Act by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held on November 20, 2019, that a less familiar provision of 18 U.S.C. § 3582 is the proper vehicle …
Article • January 19, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020
Nullify Government Tyranny: In 2020, Harness the Power of Your Discontent by John W. Whitehead by John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute – Commentary “The people have the power, all we have to do is awaken that power in the people. The people are unaware. They’re not educated to realize …
Article • November 19, 2019 • from CLN December, 2019
New Law Makes It Harder for California’s Cops to Get Away with Killing People by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Beginning January 1, 2020, cops in California will be allowed to use deadly force only when the “officer reasonably believes ... that deadly force is necessary to defend against an …
Article • November 18, 2019 • from CLN December, 2019
Another notable (but ultimately disappointing) ruling about sentence reductions under § 3582(c)(1)(A) after FIRST STEP Act by Professor Douglas A. Berman by Professor Douglas A. Berman, Sentencing Law and Policy blog (sentencing.typepad.com) As regular readers know, in prior posts I have made much of a key provision of the FIRST STEP …
Article • November 18, 2019 • from CLN December, 2019
Risk Assessments in Cook County Ineffective by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Risk assessments have been championed as a tool to help remove bias from criminal justice decisions. While there have been improvements in some areas, overall performance has fallen short of many expectations. Cook County, Illinois, began using the …
Article • October 16, 2019 • from CLN November, 2019
‘Changes Are a Comin’ by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso It seems like everyone is talking about criminal justice reform these days. Cross-partisan reforms are happening throughout the county as politicians of nearly all stripes seem to have emerged from a lock’em up binge into the next morning hangover of …
Article • October 16, 2019 • from CLN November, 2019
Hundreds of Missouri Prisoners May Be Released Under New Sentencing Reform Law by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed into law in early July reforms to the state’s sentencing and parole laws that may help hundreds of prisoners obtain early release. The new measures allow prisoners …
Article • October 16, 2019 • from CLN November, 2019
Fifth Circuit: First Step Act Doesn’t Permit Plenary Resentencing in Retroactive Application of the Fair Sentencing Act by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the First Step Act of 2018 (“First Step Act”) does not permit plenary resentencing when the …
Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019
Pitfalls of Using Risk Assessment Tools by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In the push for criminal justice reform, several ideas have emerged to help fix our broken system. Many experts have promoted risk assessments as effective tools that could be employed at every level of criminal justice to provide …
Kickback publication • September 3, 2019
OR DOC Rates Sept 2019 9/3/2019 Department of Corrections : Telmate : Sending Money : State of Oregon (http://www.oregon.gov)   Sending Money Information for putting money on an inmate's books (/doc/sending-money/) (/doc/)  (/doc/Pages/default.aspx)  Sending Money (/doc/sending-money/Pages/home.aspx)  Telmate Site Navigation Telmate Using Telmate to Send Money With …
Kickback publication • August 29, 2019
Utah DOC Prison Telephone Kickback Totals 2013-2019 Utah DOC Call Kickback Data* Year (1/1 - 12/31) Total 2019 Notes $1,003,057.31 Only includes commission payments from 1/1/2019 - 6/25/2019 2018 $1,354,368.97 2017 $1,160,502.85 2016 $1,071,632.19 2015 $997,915.49 2014 $977,584.07 2013 $370,230.49 Only includes commission payments from 7/22/2013-12/31/2013 *Source: Utah Public Finance …
Article • August 20, 2019 • from CLN September, 2019
BOP Finally Implements First Step Act, Officially Releases 3,100 Prisoners Under ‘Good Conduct Time’ by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The long-awaited extra seven days of good conduct time (“GCT”) is finally being applied by the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”), which will result in the official release of 3,100 prisoners …
Vera Institute of Justice - Gatekeepers: The Role of Police in Ending Mass Incarceration, 2019 Gatekeepers: The Role of Police in Ending Mass Incarceration S. Rebecca Neusteter, Ram Subramanian, Jennifer Trone, Mawia Khogali, and Cindy Reed August 2019 From the Director Reforming the criminal justice system has become a bipartisan …
NYC Program Helps Former Prisoners Realize Their Dream by A vast majority of prisoners dream of getting out of prison and staying out. They talk about it, and most plan for it. A program in New York City called “Getting Out and Staying Out,” or “GOSO” for short, helps former …
Article • July 17, 2019 • from CLN August, 2019
FAMM, Washington Lawyers’ Committee, NACDL Launch Compassionate Release Clearinghouse by First Step Act paves the way for a massive pro bono effort to represent sick, dying, and elderly prisoners in court. The following is a press release from FAMM: WASHINGTON – Thousands of sick, dying, and elderly federal prisoners who …
Article • July 8, 2019
Oakland Police Department, of Officer-Involved Shooting, ‘Disappointing and Myopic’ by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Oakland Police Department (“OPD”) has been under federal order to complete a comprehensive reform program since 2003 because of repeated allegations of excessive use of force. Retired New York Police Chief Robert Warshaw, who …
FAMM, Washington Lawyers’ Committee, NACDL Launch Compassionate Release Clearinghouse by FAMM First Step Act paves the way for a massive pro bono effort to represent sick, dying, and elderly prisoners in court. The following is a press release from FAMM, June 19, 2019 WASHINGTON – Thousands of sick, dying, and …
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Over a Year After Cook County Bail Reform, Jails Are Still Full by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell When Cook County, Illinois, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans issued an administrative order in July 2017 telling judges they had to seriously consider whether someone could afford bail, things got better. A …
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Policing for Profit: Justice Reformers Chip Away at Civil Asset Forfeiture by Noreen Marcus by Noreen Marcus Carole Hinders built a better taco that drew diners to Mrs. Lady’s Food in Spirit Lake, Iowa, for 37 years. Then, one day in 2013, right after breakfast with the grandkids, two men …
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