The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that requiring sex offenders to disclose their social media names is not First Amendment violation. Source: Iowa court: Sex offenders still required to report social media accounts
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Prosecutors Dropping Child Porn Charges After Software Tools Are Questioned — ProPublica
More than a dozen cases were dismissed after defense attorneys asked to examine, or raised doubts about, computer programs that track illegal images to internet addresses. Source: Prosecutors Dropping Child Porn Charges After Software Tools Are Questioned — ProPublica
Solitary confinement: Wisconsin inmates plan hunger strike
Strike organizer says he’s being kept in a cell by himself for 164 of the 168 hours in each week for the last five years. Source: Solitary confinement: Wisconsin inmates plan hunger strike
NEW! SOR Map with Explanation
Source: SOR Map with Explanation_10_2018.pdf
‘Sex Offenders Are Not Second-Class Citizens,’ Says Judge While Nixing Alabama Rules on First Amendment Grounds – Hit & Run : Reason.com
The decision rejects driver’s licenses labeled “CRIMINAL SEX OFFENDER” and a broad demand for reports on internet use. Source: ‘Sex Offenders Are Not Second-Class Citizens,’ Says Judge While Nixing Alabama Rules on First Amendment Grounds – Hit & Run :…
Federal Lawsuit Against State DOC Alleges Due Process, Civil Rights Violations in Lifetime GPS Monitoring | Madison365
A Chicago law firm has filed a federal class action lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections alleging civil rights violations concerning the use of GPS monitoring for sex offenders — many of whom have completed their sentences and are…
Newsmakers: Dept. of Corrections Sec. Kevin Carr – WisconsinEye
On March 4, 2019, WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters interviewed the new Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr in the WisconsinEye Studios in Madison, WI. Source: Newsmakers: Dept. of Corrections Sec. Kevin Carr – WisconsinEye
Georgia Supreme Court rules against lifetime electronic monitors for sex offenders – JURIST – News – Legal News & Commentary
The court found that extending this monitoring indefinitely beyond the term of a sentence “authorizes a patently unreasonable search that runs afoul of the protections afforded by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.” There is a presumption that…
Assembly panel to take input on criminal record expungement (UPDATE) – Wisconsin Law Journal – WI Legal News & Resources
Among the bills up for consideration by the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety is Assembly Bill 33, which would make a series of changes to Wisconsin’s expungement law. The proposal, for instance, would remove rules that limit expungement…
How should Manitoba deal with its worst juvenile offenders? The answer may lie in Wisconsin | CBC News
It’s operated in a correctional facility, but run by the staff of an adolescent psychiatric unit. As well, she said, “therapeutic treatment is highly individualized, tailored to the youth” and based on their specific needs. It’s a treatment process Van…