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4 Feb 2008, 6:03 pm
One even wanted to go back to prison, but the judge said no.The future of the remaining offenders living under the causeway bridge was no clearer Monday than it was last week, when they were first given notices by the Department of Correction that their living arrangements may put them in violation of the terms of their probation.A 9 a.m. [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 5:46 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" Grissom didn't mention how many pardons Ann Richards gave during her single term, but this source says the number was 70.The article closes with these sentiments from former Clinton pardon attorney Margaret Colgate Love:Of course, pardons aren’t just for people who want out of prison. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 3:13 am
A prisoner suffered “unexpected seizure” while being escorted by Wise, who was injured as a result. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 12:15 am by SO Issues
Vanessa Nelson, co-director of the Life Support Alliance, which lobbies on behalf of life-term prisoners, said parole board members already have the ability to consider an inmate's original offense and routinely do so when they deny parole. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 8:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Currently, DWI offenders have little incentive to obtain treatment through community supervision; offenders increasingly prefer short terms of incarceration in county jail. [read post]
24 Jun 2007, 11:15 am
* The Parole Board may not consider the fact that a prisoner has appealed from his judgment. [read post]
28 Jan 2011, 6:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Nonviolent offenders can be diverted through probation programs on the front end, their offense levels adjusted as described above, or they could be released more frequently on a discretionary basis by the parole board (arguably the least likely scenario) to make room for prisoners who've committed more serious crimes. [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 8:02 am by Steve Hall
In Pennsylvania prisons nearly bursting with inmates who were locked away as teens, the mandatory-term ruling poses a major challenge in righting a potential wholesale injustice. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 12:12 pm by Michael M. O'Hear
 Does this reflect a durable change in attitudes towards crime and punishment, or is this about short-term fiscal pressures and the need to reduce bloated corrections budgets? [read post]
3 Feb 2013, 7:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Two key budgetary strategies adopted in 2005 and 2007 enabled Texas to avoid building more than 17,000 new prison beds, which the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) had projected would be needed by 2012. [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 10:00 am by John M. Kaman
Under existing law, the department is authorized to return a parolee to prison if the Board of Parole Hearings determines that the parolee violated the terms of his or her parole, as specified. [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 5:37 pm by Record Clearing
We were all given heavy terms, mine was 30 years at hard labor in Ft. [read post]
25 Sep 2022, 12:23 am
The dead hand of corporate purpsoe and its textual and qualitative prisons impede that process.The original may be accessed on the HLSFCC website HERE. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 12:44 pm
The Los Angeles Times today reported the following article: Conservator gets 1-year jail term Allen J. [read post]
20 Dec 2008, 11:01 am
More than 300 lifers out within ten yearsMore than 300 murderers, rapists and other serious offenders handed life sentences under Labour are already back on the streets.A total of 304 of the country's most dangerous criminals, jailed since January 1997, served less than ten years despite being handed the maximum term, the Ministry of Justice has admitted.It means courts set a minimum tariff of less than ten years for most and the Parole Board, which decides if a lifer if safe… [read post]