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23 Aug 2012, 9:04 am
For background, you can read the news story on HuffPo and find the essential facts and Mike Masnick’s commentary on TechDirt. [read post]
22 Aug 2012, 7:26 am
Ward in Watchdog.org. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 1:24 pm
Mike Ward has this story in the Austin Statesman on a report at the National Conference of State Legislatures citing studies by the notoriously left-leaning MacArthur Foundation.The science simply does not support the proposed rules of law for which it is usually cited: blanket rules exempting young offenders from particular punishments, with chronological age alone trumping all other considerations. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 8:19 am
“The big, glaring problem is the failure to adequately implement rehabilitative programming for some of the kids in the juvenile system who are most desperately in need of it,” she said.As long as those problems persist, she said, the agency may succeed in moving the violent youths temporarily, but another will simply take their place because the juveniles aren’t learning effective ways to cope or appropriate ways to behave.Relatedly, at the Austin Statesman today… [read post]
3 Aug 2012, 5:37 am
Reported Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Staffing shortages idle more beds," Aug. 2):Four additional dorms housing 320 convicts are being mothballed at a large maximum-security South Texas prison because of a continuing shortage of staff at the lockup, officials confirmed this afternoon.The move marks the largest such temporary closure of portions of a state prison in well over a decade, even during previous staffing stages that forced dorms at several prisons to… [read post]
29 Jul 2012, 10:24 am
Several recent juvenile justice related stories merit Grits readers' attention:Austin Statesman: Texas confronts broken juvenile justice system, againTexas Tribune: TJJD doing blanket review of youths in facilities Texas Tribune: Juvie detention center seen as model for reformThe Statesman story by Mike Ward mentioned that, "On Friday, the agency will ... [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 9:12 pm
Chicago city government joins Boston in threatening to use regulation to punish Chick-fil-A for its political views [Josh Barro, Eugene Volokh, earlier, Tim Carney] NYC hearing on Bloomberg soda ban “a pre-scripted event with a foregone conclusion” [ACSH] despite inclusion of Baylen Linnekin on witness list [Reason, Jacob Sullum] If calories are the point: “Hey, Mayor Mike, why not ban beer? [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 10:29 am
Mike Ward posts, "Selwyn Davis dies while on death row," at the Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
11 Jul 2012, 5:30 pm
Deckman of Davis Wright Tremaine on their Hospitality Law Blog Mentoring 101 for Lawyers: Ten Tips for a Great Start – Professional development expert Cynthia Pladziewicz on her blog, Professional Development Perspectives Ball Now In USADA’s Court as the Anti-Doping Agency Gives Lance Armstrong 30-day Extension To Fight Doping Charges – Colorado attorney Mike Laszlo of Laszlo & Associates on the Boulder Criminal Law Advisor Ohio EPA Attempts Second… [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 11:59 am
Clinic hours at some Texas prison units were cut by up to 50% in the wake of recent budget cuts, Texas Tech officials told state senators on Monday.The Texas Senate Finance Committee met yesterday to address correctional managed health care. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 1:12 pm
Plans Approved to Build Psychiatric Ward for Norwegian Mass Killer: The Associated Press reports Norway's Health Directorate on Wednesday approved plans to build a psychiatric ward inside Oslo's Ila Prison, specially designed for confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. [read post]
22 Jun 2012, 12:52 pm
(FWIW, I sincerely hope my pessimism is unfounded.)Finally, I just about coughed up a hairball upon reading this commentary from Mike Ward's story: [State Sen. [read post]
22 Jun 2012, 6:47 am
TDCJ spokesman Jason Clark told Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Portion of South Texas prison closed because of water, staffing shortage," June 22), "As of May 31, there were 527 authorized correctional officer positions at Connally," he said. [read post]
21 Jun 2012, 7:27 am
" It's by Mike Ward. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 4:56 pm
Mike Ward at the Statesman has more coverage of the recent TDCJ Sunset hearing, though IMO he overstates the chance that the parole board's authority will be substantially expanded. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 4:01 am
Said the blog:What Mike Ward didn't get is input from some of the 300 plus employees assigned there regarding the program. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 6:14 am
”Last week was a good one for Mike Tein. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 7:01 am
"MORE (6/4): A common theme in stories by Mike Ward on these topics is the false framing of the question to portray the state's options as a) treat juveniles like in adult prisons and punish with solitary confinement, or b) employ no consequences at all and let the inmates do whatever they want. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 8:51 am
" It's written by Mike Ward. [read post]
30 May 2012, 5:32 am
bit.ly/KtpIWe (@OrangeLT) Case in Point: “eDiscovery Hunger Games” – bit.ly/JPGbjM (Tom Fishburne) Compliance Reporting Forces Risk Management, Security Evolution (Podcast) bit.ly/KFNhJz (Ben Cole) IBM’s Mike Rhodin on Insight-Driven Computing (VideoCast) - bit.ly/KFNWe9 (Todd Watson) U.S. [read post]
