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Indiana Supreme Court Announces Trial Court Must Resentence on All Underlying Felonies After Gang Enhancement Sentence Reversed on Appeal

Article • March 16, 2019 • from CLN April, 2019

Filed under: Appeals, Trials

Indiana Supreme Court Announces Trial Court Must Resentence on All Underlying Felonies After Gang Enhancement Sentence Reversed on Appeal by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Supreme Court of Indiana ruled that following the reversal of a gang enhancement sentence under Ind. Code § 35-50-2-15 the trial court on remand …

Seventh Circuit: Procedural Error Occurs When Miscount of Prior Convictions Basis for Sentence, Resentencing Required

Article • December 21, 2018 • from CLN January, 2019

Filed under: Sentencing, Criminal Procedure

Seventh Circuit: Procedural Error Occurs When Miscount of Prior Convictions Basis for Sentence, Resentencing Required by David Reutter by David Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an Indiana federal district court committed a procedural error in selecting a sentence based on a miscounting of …

Indiana Supreme Court Announces Single Act of Resisting Police Bars Multiple Counts, Regardless of Number of Officers Involved or People Killed

Article • November 1, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution

Indiana Supreme Court Announces Single Act of Resisting Police Bars Multiple Counts, Regardless of Number of Officers Involved or People Killed by David Reutter by David Reutter The Supreme Court of Indiana held that Indiana Code § 35-44.1-3-1 authorizes only one conviction for felony resisting law enforcement where the defendant …

$91,615 Awarded to Injured Aramark Employee After Indiana Jury Finds Against Prison

Article • July 8, 2018

Filed under: Pain, Skeletal Injury, Injury -- Misc.

$91,615 Awarded to Injured Aramark Employee After Indiana Jury Finds Against Prison by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis  An employee with Aramark, a government service contractor, who suffered a back injury that required surgery after having to force open a gate at an Indiana prison, was awarded damages of $91,615 …

Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018

Publication • June 1, 2018

Filed under: Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Census, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Rural Prisons, Bail, Bail Bonds, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab

Vera Institute of Justice--The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Report, 2018 The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration Jacob Kang-Brown, Oliver Hinds, Jasmine Heiss, and Olive Lu June 2018 From The Director The turn of the century marked a new direction for the nation’s prisons and jails: after three decades of …

Indiana Supreme Court: Juvenile May Not Be Ordered to Register as Sex Offender Until Release

Article • December 27, 2017

Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Juveniles

Indiana Supreme Court: Juvenile May Not Be Ordered to Register as Sex Offender Until Release by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On February 15, 2017, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals decision affirming a Fayette Circuit Court ruling which ordered a juvenile sex offender to comply with …

Indiana Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Sex Offender Prohibited From Contact With His Own Children

Article • December 21, 2017

Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offender Residence, Parole, Parole Conditions

Indiana Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Sex Offender Prohibited From Contact With His Own Children by by Christopher Zoukis David Bleeke was convicted in 2005 of residential entry, attempted criminal deviant conduct and sexual battery for entering an adult female's apartment and attempting to digitally penetrate her vagina. …

Seventh Circuit: No Federal Court Jurisdiction to Resolve State Executive and Legislative Branch Disputes

Article • December 19, 2017 • from CLN January, 2018

Seventh Circuit: No Federal Court Jurisdiction to Resolve State Executive and Legislative Branch Disputes by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to hear declaratory judgment actions filed by a city’s executive branch against its legislative branch. …

Whether Indiana Identity Fraud is for "Unlawful Purpose" is Affirmative Defense, Not Element of Offense

Article • November 30, 2017

Filed under: Criminal Procedure

Whether Indiana Identity Fraud is for "Unlawful Purpose" is Affirmative Defense, Not Element of Offense by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Indiana Court of Appeals held that whether a person falsely uses another person's identity is "for an unlawful purpose" is an affirmative defense rather than an element of …

Seventh Circuit Vacates Death Sentence Because Stun Belt Worn by Defendant Contaminated Penalty Phase

Article • November 16, 2017

Filed under: Sentencing, Death Penalty/Death Row

Seventh Circuit Vacates Death Sentence Because Stun Belt Worn by Defendant Contaminated Penalty Phase by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated a death sentence, finding that requiring the defendant to wear a stun belt at trial contaminated the penalty phase. …

Seventh Circuit: Violent Cop’s Below-Guideline Sentence Not Justified, Again

Article • November 16, 2017 • from CLN December, 2017

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Sentencing

Seventh Circuit: Violent Cop’s Below-Guideline Sentence Not Justified, Again by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held for a second time that a lower court improperly failed to explain its rationale for sentencing a violent police officer significantly below the applicable …

Cooper v. City of Elkhart, IN, Complaint, Wrongfully Convicted, 2017

Brief • November 6, 2017

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction

Cooper v. City of Elkhart, IN, Complaint, Wrongfully Convicted, 2017 USDC IN/ND case 3:17-cv-00834-PPS-MGG document 1 filed 11/06/17 page 1 of 42 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA, SOUTH BEND DIVISION KEITH COOPER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CITY OF ELKHART, …

Indiana Rates - July 2017

Kickback publication • July 12, 2017

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Indiana Rates - July 2017 Global Tel*Link IN_DOC, INxx Inmate Calling Rates 1st Time of Day Miles 2nd Time of Day 3rd Time of Day surcharge + surcharge surcharge Add min Add min Add min 1st min + 1st min + 1st min Local (Rate type 2) Local Extended (Rate …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Clay County Jail, Brazil, IN, ICE, 2015

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Clay County Jail, Brazil, IN, ICE, 2015 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Professional Responsibility Inspections and Detention Oversight Washington, DC 20536-5501 Office of Detention Oversight Compliance Inspection Enforcement and Removal Operations Chicago Field Office Clay County Jail Brazil, …

ASPE Research Brief: Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, ASPE, DHHS, 2016

Publication • March 1, 2016

Filed under: Extended Family Visiting, Family, Marriage

ASPE Research Brief: Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, ASPE, DHHS, 2016 ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MARCH 2016 MULTI-SITE FAMILY STUDY ON INCARCERATION, PARENTING AND PARTNERING Change in Couple Relationships Before, During, and …

ASPE Research Brief - Multisite Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, ASPE, DHHS, 2016

Publication • March 1, 2016

Filed under: Visiting, Extended Family Visiting, Family, Marriage

ASPE Research Brief - Multisite Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, ASPE, DHHS, 2016 ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MARCH 2016 MULTI-SITE FAMILY STUDY ON INCARCERATION, PARENTING AND PARTNERING Change in Couple Relationships Before, During, …

Letter re CCA IN Jail Litigation re Canceled Pill Call due to Staffing, Roberts and Bishop, 2008

Publication • February 24, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct

Letter re CCA IN Jail Litigation re Canceled Pill Call due to Staffing, Roberts and Bishop, 2008

Technical Assistance Report - Marion County IN, National Institute of Corrections, 2007

Publication • February 16, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits

Technical Assistance Report - Marion County IN, National Institute of Corrections, 2007 Technical Assistance Report Marion County, Indiana Funded by the National Institute of Corrections Technical Assistance No. 07C2029 Mark Carey Barbara Chatzkel Mike Brown July 2007 Disclaimer RE: NIC Technical Assistance No. 07C2029 This technical assistance activity was funded …

Roadblock to Economic Independence - How Driver's License Suspension Policies in Indiana Impede Self-Sufficiency, Burden State Government & Tax Public Resources, HHRC, 2016

Publication • January 1, 2016

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems

Roadblock to Economic Independence - How Driver's License Suspension Policies in Indiana Impede Self-Sufficiency, Burden State Government & Tax Public Resources, HHRC, 2016 ROADBLOCK TO ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE: How Driver’s License Suspension Policies in Indiana Impede Self-Sufficiency, Burden State Government & Tax Public Resources Ryan T. Schwier Autumn James Health and …

PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Settlement, censorship, 2015

Filing • August 14, 2015

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, PLN Litigation, Censorship

PLN v. GEO Group, IN, Settlement, censorship, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 186 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 2 of 5 PageID #: 187 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document 50-3 Filed 08/14/15 Page 3 of 5 PageID #: 188 Case 1:14-cv-01957-JMS-DKL Document …