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CDCR Schedules Second Hearing on May 28 at 10am Regarding Re-sentencing Regulations
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has scheduled on May 28, 2021 a second hearing regarding its re-sentencing regulations which categorically deny anyone convicted of a sex offense from re-sentencing opportunities. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. and be held by telephone only. In order to participate in the May 28 hearing, call 1-877-411-9748 and enter participant code 7405289. "This second hearing...
National registry for officers who committed misconduct being tested in LA
[yahoo.com - 5/25/21] The goal of the database is to prevent cops who have been fired or resigned from getting rehired at another police department USC’s Safe Communities Institute is developing a national database of police officers who have been terminated or resigned due to misconduct. The first-of-its-kind registry is called the Law Enforcement Work Inquiry System, or LEWIS registry, named after late civil rights...
TN: Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Marshals Service, and TBI team up for Operation Rock & Roll targeting people listed on registry
[localmemphis.com - 5/24/21] MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sheriff Floyd Bonner, Jr. is pleased to announce the May 21 conclusion of an immensely successful operation with the United States Marshals Service and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which focused on a two-week Sex Offense Registry compliance and fugitive warrant operation named, “OPERATION ROCK & ROLL”. "The Marshals Service was proud to partner with the Shelby County...
NY: Delaware County Sex Offender Faces New Charge
[wnbf.com - 5/24?/21] A Delaware County sex offender is facing charges for failing to notify authorities of a change of address. Sheriff’s officials say they got a tip from a resident and arrested 20-year-old Tyler __ of Hamden on Tuesday, May 11 for failure to register his social media information. Authorities say Tyler __is a level three sex offender. He allegedly failed to report...
MD: Maryland bans sex offenders from being students in pubic schools after Project Baltimore investigation
[foxbaltimore.com - 5/24/21] Baltimore County (WBFF) - Students throughout Maryland are now safer in school. Following a Project Baltimore investigation, Governor Larry Hogan has signed a new law making Maryland the first state in the country to ban registered sex offenders from being students inside public schools. ... The new law bans convicted sex offenders from attending Maryland public schools, while setting up alternative...
CO: Colorado District Attorneys Sound The Alarm Over Bill To Revamp Sex Offender Management
UPDATED: CO: Bill To Transform Sex Offender Management Pulled After Claims It Would Hurt Public Safety [denver.cbslocal.com - 6/3/21] [denver.cbslocal.com - 5/24/21] DENVER (CBS4) – A bill dealing with sex crimes has exploded in controversy at the State Capitol. District attorneys say the bill would allow some of the state’s most violent sex offenders to be released from prison without any treatment. The bill...
CA: Another convicted sex offender running for student body president at RCC
[pe.com - 5/23/21] For the second time in the past eight years, a convicted sex offender is running unopposed for student body president at Riverside City College, and once again it is generating quite a stir among some students. Since enrolling at RCC in January 2019, Albert Steven Jaramillo, 45, of Moreno Valley has been a model student and taken an active role in...
Malta: Prisoners are encouraged to complete rehab programmes based on their individual needs
[independent.com.mt - 5/23/21] Speculation over the quality and quantity of rehabilitation programmes available for prisoners in Malta has been the at the centre of many debates. The Malta Independent on Sunday contacted the Ministry for Home Affairs to get to the bottom of things. According to the Correctional Services Agency (CSA), since February 2020, “every new admission is assessed by Care, Reintegration and Education...
CA: Judge continues hearing on relocating sexually violent predator to Twentynine Palms
[z1077fm.com - 5/22/21] A hearing was held in Orange County Friday afternoon about whether Lawtis _____, a sexually violent predator, should be located to Twentynine Palms, a city where he has no ties at all. Managing editor Tami Roleff has the details from the hearing… The hearing in an Orange County courtroom began with the judge stating that she had not yet analyzed multiple...
WY: Cheney primary challenger says he impregnated 14-year-old when he was 18
[news.yahoo.com/ - 5/21/21] A state senator in Wyoming who's running against U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and four others in a Republican primary acknowledged he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18, vowing not to end his campaign for Congress. It was a disclosure he said he was forced to make because of "the establishment swamp," but he did not explicitly blame Cheney or...
IN: En Banc Seventh Circuit Hears Challenge to Indiana Sex Offender Registry Law
[courthousenews.com - 5/20/21] Indiana argued before the full Seventh Circuit on Thursday that state law does not place unfair registration requirements on sex offenders moving to the Hoosier State. At issue is a provision of the Indiana Sex Offender Registry Act requiring people convicted of sex offenses who relocate to Indiana to register as sex offenders, even if the crime was committed before the...
IA: Hall convicted for prison murder
[messengernews.net - 5/21/21] It took a Webster County jury a little over two hours to decide that vigilante justice has no place in the American criminal justice system. The jury convicted Eric Todd Hall, 45, of first-degree murder for the death of his fellow Fort Dodge Correctional Facility inmate Thomas Daleske on Thursday afternoon. Hall was accused of killing Daleske, 59, in the victim’s...
CA: 2nd sex predator denied placement in East County home
[fox5sandiego.com - 5/20/21] EL CAJON, Calif. — After weeks of protest from community members and local leaders, a judge has ruled that a second man deemed a “sexually violent predator” by the state will not be placed in an East County home. Douglas Badger, 78, will not be allowed to live under supervision in the Mount Helix neighborhood near El Cajon, the San Diego...
Restorative Action Alliance Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case
The Restorative Action Alliance filed today an amicus brief in a case, Ortiz v. Breslin, for which a petition has been filed requesting review by the U. S. Supreme Court. The focus of the petition is decisions made by the New York State Department of Corrections not to release registrants on their court mandated release dates but instead to continue to imprison registrants for...
Does Banning People With Felonies From Dating Apps Actually Make Anyone Safer?
[themarshallproject.org - 5/20/21] Jason Hernandez got out of prison in 2015 and started making up for lost time. He’d done nearly 18 years on federal drug conspiracy charges, and only escaped life behind bars because then-President Barack Obama granted him clemency. He settled down near Dallas, began volunteering in schools, visited the White House and wrote a book. Then he decided to start dating,...
WA: Kelso council pauses halfway house construction for six months to develop limits on sex offender housing
[tdn.com - 5/19/21] Developers of halfway houses cannot build in Kelso for the next six months while the city council reviews how it can limit the number of registered sex offenders living in one home. ... Councilman Keenan Harvey first raised the issue in March because he said multiple sex offenders living in one area encourages additional crime and discourages people from living nearby....
Action Alert for CA: Sign the petition “California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Prison reform: Voice for the voiceless”
Crystal B. started this petition to CALIFORNIA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: The prison system affects thousands of inmates and their loved ones including myself. There are inmates who are excluded from participating in family visits and some groups, groups that are essential to one's rehabilitation. Before I tell you what group of men I'm talking about let me say this, never judge before...
ACSOL Phone Meeting Jun 12, 2021
Please join ACSOL Executive Director and civil rights attorney Janice Bellucci as well as ACSOL President and criminal defense attorney Chance Oberstein for our next phone meeting. The meeting will be held on Saturday, June 12, beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time and will last at least two hours. This meeting will be recorded and then posted as an audio recording within 24 hours....
CA: Coalition of district attorneys files legal challenge to new state prison good conduct credits
[lakeconews.com - 5/14/21] A group of district attorneys from across California are joining forces to challenge new emergency state regulations that could expand good conduct credits to the majority of state prison inmates. Forty-one elected district attorneys — including Lake County District Attorney Susan Krones — filed a petition with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Kathleen Alliso to request the repeal of...
DE: Convicted Murderer Killed His Child Rapist Cellmate: Police
[lawandcrime.com - 5/12/21] A prison inmate murdered his convicted child rapist cellmate on Monday, the Delaware State Police announced Wednesday. At face value, a conviction would not change very much for defendant John Cameron, 55. He’s already serving a life sentence for first-degree murder, authorities said. Troopers responded to the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in the town of Smyrna at about 8:13 a.m....