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Sentencing Law and Policy: Latest Federal Sentencing Reporter issue explores data and sentencing from many perspectives

I am so very pleased to report on that the latest issue of the  Federal Sentencing Reporter is now available online here.  This issue is titled Making Sense of Sentencing Data and it has a number of terrific articles from an array of authors examining sentencing data issues from a number of perspectives.  I highly encourage everyone to check out the full issue, and here is a list of the original articles in this FSR issue: Deciphering Data by Steven L. Chanenson & Douglas A. Berman Mapping The Modern Sentencing Data Landscape From the Bird’s Eye: The Sixth Circuit’s Efforts to Breathe Life into Substantive Reasonableness Review by Xiao Wang

Rep Pluecker praises Maine State Prison staff for heroic actions

AUGUSTA When the Maine House of Representative convened March 30 at the Augusta Civic Center, State Representative Bill Pluecker, I-Warren, spoke on the House Floor to highlight the heroic action of Maine State Prison corrections officers and staff. “While the day was overshadowed by political party divisiveness surrounding the passage of the upcoming two-year budget, Representative Pluecker found it imperative to highlight the courageous actions of Mainers who work in a dangerous environment due to the COVID-19 health pandemic to help protect the well-being of residents of the state prison system,” a news release. Pluecker was notified of the incident that occurred December 21 by Sergeant Curtiss Doyle and Commissioner Randall Liberty when a resident at the State Prison was found to be unresponsive. Security staff performed CPR to keep the resident alive even while the medical staff were being called to the scene to pronounce the resident deceased. Corrections office

Revolt at Monroe County Correctional Facility ends peacefully

Revolt at Monroe County Correctional Facility ends peacefully A revolt among maximum custody inmates at Monroe County Correctional Facility ended peacefully with no one injured on Wednesday night. Warden Garry A. Haidle issued a release Thursday morning detailing the attempted insurgency, which occurred at 8:10 p.m. Jan. 7 as 13 to 15 maximum custody inmates refused orders to lock into their cells. What exactly sparked the event is uncertain as of Thursday morning. “That’s under investigation now at the DA’s office, and my administration, we can’t give any details out at this time until they finalize that,” Haidle said. As the inmates continued to disobey orders from the guards and began acting hostile toward the staff, supervisors utilized a pepper ball launcher to control the situation. The inmates continued to resist, and in order to ensure staff safety, guards and other workers exited to the secure sally port area of the unit where they maintained surveillance of t

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