Indiana Department of Correction
Rehab, not jail, shows promise in lowering recidivism
April 10, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlAdvocates for alternative programs are asking the Indiana Legislature for funding.
MoreCriminal Code bill gets Senate hearing
March 26, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlConcerns over sentencing provisions and pleas for adequate funding dominated the Senate hearing on legislation overhauling
the state’s criminal code.
MoreEvidence shows stabbing by inmate wasn’t in self defense
March 15, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA Bartholomew County jail inmate had his conviction and sentence for Class B felony aggravated battery upheld Friday by the
Indiana Court of Appeals. The judges ruled the evidence disputes his claim that a fight he got into with a fellow inmate was
in self defense.
MoreJudges deny prisoner’s request to appeal without paying fees
March 13, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a man’s argument that he and other prisoners do not need to pay appellate
filing and docketing fees, and so a District Court’s certification of appeal is irrelevant.
MoreLong expects Criminal Code revision will get Senate approval
February 27, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlIndiana’s first major rewrite of the state’s Criminal Code in more than 30 years is now in the hands of the Senate
where the Senate leader believes it will ultimately be approved.
MoreProposed changes would make convicted felons serve at least 75 percent of sentence
February 20, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlThe worst-of-the-worst criminal offenders will be facing more time while low-level offenders will be given intensive probation
under the new sentencing provisions included in the rewrite of the Indiana Criminal Code.
MoreDistrict judge incorrectly dismissed prisoner’s suit for length and unintelligibility
February 7, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered U.S. Judge William T. Lawrence to take another look at a federal prisoner’s
Bivens lawsuit against prison staff and other unnamed defendants, finding that the lawsuit is actually written clearly
and not as long as the judge believed when dismissing it.
More7th Circuit reverses dismissal of prisoner’s suit
February 1, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA lawsuit filed by a prisoner at the Pendleton Correctional Facility against two prison doctors and a nurse after he learned
he had prostate cancer is allowed to continue after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of his suit.
MoreSenator files bill restricting educational credit time for sex offenders
January 16, 2013
IL StaffSen. Jim Merritt, R-Indianapolis, announced Wednesday that he has introduced legislation to revise the state’s education
credit law for sex offenders. He said eight months ago that he would seek to change the law after a sex offender was released
early after earning this type of credit.
MoreRuling: DOC 'indifferent' to mentally ill inmates
January 16, 2013
Dave StaffordThe opinion from the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Indiana fits the national trend against isolation policy
for these inmates.
MoreJudge: DOC treatment of mentally ill unconstitutional
January 2, 2013
Dave StaffordA lack of basic treatment for mentally ill Indiana Department of Correction inmates held in isolation violates the U.S. Constitution’s
Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, a federal judge ruled Monday.
MoreCourt of Appeals reverses and remands inmate’s request for kosher meals
October 9, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlA Pendleton Correctional Facility inmate will not be able to collect monetary damages against employees of the Indiana Department
of Correction, but his request for kosher meals will get a second review.
MoreInmate loses appeal of visitation restrictions by DOC
September 19, 2012
Jennifer NelsonAn inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility can have his visitation restricted to non-contact visits due to committing
battery with a deadly weapon and violating disciplinary procedures, the Court of Appeals concluded.
MoreSex offender registry listings subject of court appeals
September 12, 2012
Dave StaffordThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals says DOC must fix errors; The Indiana Court of Appeals recently heard an ex post facto claim.
More7th Circuit to DOC: Sex offender registry error safeguards insufficient
August 28, 2012
Dave StaffordIndiana’s Sex and Violent Offender Registry provides insufficient means for those whose information is incorrect to
challenge the information, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
MoreInmate’s public records request denied
August 15, 2012
Jennifer NelsonAn inmate at the Pendleton Correctional Facility was unable to identify with reasonable particularity the records he sought
from the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Indiana Court of Appeals concluded Wednesday. The case also allowed the judges
for the first time to address “reasonable particularity” under the Access to Public Records Act.
MoreCrawford holding doesn’t apply to probation revocation hearings
July 27, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court rejected a man’s argument Thursday that he should be afforded the same right of confrontation
in his probation revocation hearing as is outlined in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004).
MoreJustices: Good-time-credit amendment not retroactive
July 27, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court interpreted a 2010 amendment on credit time earned during placement in community corrections to
only apply to those placed on home detention on or after its July 1, 2010, effective date.
MoreJustices uphold sentence for kidnapping jail officer
July 26, 2012
Jennifer NelsonIn a four-page per curiam decision, the Indiana Supreme Court reinstated the trial court’s 47-year sentence of Roger
Bushhorn, who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his escape, kidnapping and assault of jail officials.
MoreSupreme Court grants more time to e-file some abstracts of judgment
July 3, 2012
Dave StaffordCourts will have until the end of this year to file abstracts of judgment of felony convictions for people not sentenced to
the Department of Correction, according to an order issued June 28 by the Indiana Supreme Court.
MoreCOA rules in favor of DOC employee
March 29, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals has found the trial court should have granted summary judgment to a Department of Correction
employee on a man's claim that he was personally deprived a liberty interest when the DOC refused to remove his name from
the sex offender registry.
More7th Circuit affirms inmate has no property interest in fund
February 9, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the decision in the Northern District of Indiana that an inmate has no property
interest in prison recreation funds.
MoreJustices reverse determinate commitment
January 18, 2012
Jennifer NelsonIn a three-page per curiam opinion released Wednesday by the Indiana Supreme Court, the justices reversed a juvenile’s
determinate commitment to the Department of Correction for committing what would be felony murder if committed by an adult.
MorePrisons face legal questions in managing inmate requests
January 18, 2012
Michael HoskinsThe institutions must balance religion of inmates and security of prisons.
MoreACLU says DOC should be held in contempt over kosher meals
December 23, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is asking a federal judge to hold the state’s Department of Correction
in contempt for not offering inmates kosher meals as it had been ordered to do a year ago.
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Never heard of remand to another state. How often does that happen?
I highly recommend Deanna and her team of professionals that serve the legal community. Great information and many thanks for sharing.
they are pushing these cases against lawyers too far. thought-crime.
vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.