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Article • September 15, 2022 • from CLN October, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: On August 4, 2022, the Vincent City Council voted to fully dissolve the city’s police force after racist text messages by a top officer were discovered, CNN reported. The city is home to about 2,000 residents and until the vote by the council, had just …

North Dakota Supreme Court Suppresses Evidence Found in Passenger’s Backpack Located Outside Vehicle When Drug-Detection Dog Alerted to Presence of Drugs Inside Vehicle

Article • March 15, 2022 • from CLN April, 2022

Filed under: Vehicle Searches, Drug-Sniffing Dog, Motions To Suppress

North Dakota Supreme Court Suppresses Evidence Found in Passenger’s Backpack Located Outside Vehicle When Drug-Detection Dog Alerted to Presence of Drugs Inside Vehicle by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of North Dakota upheld the suppression of evidence obtained from a warrantless backpack search because neither the …

North Dakota Supreme Court Holds Attempted Knowing Murder Is Non-Cognizable

Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021

North Dakota Supreme Court Holds Attempted Knowing Murder Is Non-Cognizable by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of North Dakota reversed the denial of a motion for postconviction relief challenging a conviction for attempted knowing murder after holding it was a non-cognizable offense. Lorenzo Pemberton was staying at …

A Case Study of the Quest to End Solitary Confinement in North Dakota 2021

Publication • 2021

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

A Case Study of the Quest to End Solitary Confinement in North Dakota 2021 Cloud et al. Health and Justice (2021) 9:28 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-021-00155-5 RESEARCH ARTICLE Health and Justice Open Access “We just needed to open the door”: a case study of the quest to end solitary confinement in North Dakota …

News in Brief

Article • March 15, 2021 • from CLN April, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by California: A federal jury awarded a man who suffered severe head and face injuries in an encounter with a San Diego detective $1.5 million in November 2020. San Diego’s City Council, meanwhile, is expected to “approve a $2.5 million settlement, the money awarded by the jury …

Eighth Circuit: Counsel Ineffective for Not Recognizing § 851 Enhancement Should Not Have Applied

Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020

Filed under: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Sentence Enhancements/Departures

Eighth Circuit: Counsel Ineffective for Not Recognizing § 851 Enhancement Should Not Have Applied by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota’s denial of a defendant’s 28 U.S.C.§ 2255 motion and held …

New North Dakota Law Arrests Cops’ Ability to Seize Property

Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019

Filed under: Money/Property, Police

New North Dakota Law Arrests Cops’ Ability to Seize Property by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Republican Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota recently signed House Bill 1286, “which seriously curtails law enforcement agencies’ ability to arrest somebody, take his or her property, and attempt to keep what they seized …

North Dakota Supreme Court Reinstates Postconviction Relief Application Dismissed Without Notice of Motion for Summary Disposition

Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019

Filed under: Summary Judgment, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry

North Dakota Supreme Court Reinstates Postconviction Relief Application Dismissed Without Notice of Motion for Summary Disposition by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   The Supreme Court of North Dakota held that a district court erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s application for postconviction relief after the State filed its answer …

North Dakota police officer decertifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

North Dakota police officer decertifications NorthDakota_Decertifications First Name Arden Kathryn Wesley Lonnie Scott Travis Amee Vernon Eric William Harvey Michael Charles Randall Roxanne Robert Kyle Paul Robert Keith Joey Scott Frank Cody Ed Julie Keith Duane Robert Mark Clifford Larry Matthew Middle Name A. L. St. J. R J W. …

North Dakota Supreme Court Announces Implied Consent Advisory Must be Read After Arrest and Before Administering Test

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

Filed under: Drug Testing, Consent Decrees, DUI

North Dakota Supreme Court Announces Implied Consent Advisory Must be Read After Arrest and Before Administering Test by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In December 2018, the Supreme Court of North Dakota held that the implied consent advisory pursuant to N.D.C.C. § 39-20-01(2) and (3) must be read after placing …

Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018

Publication • October 1, 2018

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Exercise, Lockdowns, Mental Health, Juveniles, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018 Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell The Association of State Correctional Administrators The Liman Center for Public Interest …

North Dakota Supreme Court Announces Interpretation of Restitution Statutes

Article • May 22, 2018 • from CLN June, 2018

Filed under: Restitution, State Statutes, Constitution, state

North Dakota Supreme Court Announces Interpretation of Restitution Statutes by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The North Dakota Supreme Court reversed a criminal restitution order because the trial judge misapplied statutory and constitutional law in determining the amount ordered. On February 27, 2017, Lukas Kostelecky was arrested for criminal mischief, …

Parents Sue Deputy Who “Bullied” Their Slain Son into Becoming an Informant

Article • February 22, 2018

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Parents Sue Deputy Who “Bullied” Their Slain Son into Becoming an Informant by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The parents of a North Dakota State College of Science student have filed a lawsuit against a deputy sheriff and the county he works for, alleging he used two arrests--for sales of …

North Dakota Supreme Court: Warrantless Urine Test Incident to Arrest for DUI Is Unconstitutional Search

Article • January 19, 2018 • from CLN February, 2018

Filed under: Searches, DNA Testing/Samples, Drug Testing, Police Searches

North Dakota Supreme Court: Warrantless Urine Test Incident to Arrest for DUI Is Unconstitutional Search by David Reutter by David Reutter The North Dakota Supreme Court held a defendant cannot be criminally prosecuted for refusing a warrantless urine test incident to an arrest for driving under the influence of a …

ND DOC Securus Contract 2017-2020

Kickback publication • August 22, 2017

Filed under: Telephones

ND DOC Securus Contract 2017-2020

ND DOC Kickbacks Part 1

Kickback publication • August 22, 2017

Filed under: Telephones

ND DOC Kickbacks Part 1 Securus Technologies, Inc. COM-002 Call Commission Report - April, 2017 RUN DATE: 5/3/2017 8:44:53 AM Process Date: 5/15/2017 9:10:45 AM Site: DAKOTA WOMENS CORR AND REHAB CNTR - ND Contract ID: I-002812 Site ID: 05799 Prepaid Collect Orig. ANI Cont Port Location 7015795075 99 2 …

ND DOC Kickbacks Part 2

Kickback publication • August 22, 2017

Filed under: Telephones

ND DOC Kickbacks Part 2

ND DOC Rates 2017-2020

Kickback publication • November 1, 2016

Filed under: Organizing, Advocacy, Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Telephones, Telephone Rates

ND DOC Rates 2017-2020 EXHIBIT B - Compensation Details 1. PRICING Telephone Rates CONTRACTOR will provide telephone services to the STATE and will charge the following rates (plus applicable taxes and regulatory fees): Collect Local lntraLATA lnterLATA lnterLATA lntraLATA Intrastate Intrastate Interstate Interstate Per Minute Rate $0.079 $0.079 $0.079 $0.079 …

ND DOC ICS rates as of July 2016

Kickback publication • July 6, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

ND DOC ICS rates as of July 2016 Securus - Rate Quote 1 of 2 https://securustech.net/call-rate-calculator (https://securustech.net/call-rate-calculator?p_p_auth=qZezXyGG&p_p_id=49&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view& _49_struts_action=%2Fmy_sites%2Fview&_49_groupId=104052&_49_privateLayout=false) Password Email Address Log in to Securus Online: Type your email address Log In | Enroll Now Friends and Family (https://securustech.net (https://securustech.net Remember Me /web/securus/enroll) /f i d ) (htt // Correctional …

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Grand Forks County Correctional Center, Grand Forks, ND, ICE, 2012

Publication • June 2, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Audits, Immigration

ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Grand Forks County Correctional Center, Grand Forks, ND, ICE, 2012 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 Saint Paul Field Office …