Warren Summers

03/14/2018

Today I was pleasantly visited by a former client who gifted me this bottle of “The Prisoner” wine. This client was facing two charges which would have landed him in jail, but we were able to get the serious charge dismissed and the less serious charge reduced to a warning.

01/24/2018

https://www.americanjailhouse.com/2018/01/24/video-prisoners-head-gets-stuck/?preview_nonce=9a6cad3a32&preview=true

PRISONER GETS HIS HEAD STUCK IN THE BARS - This prisoner in NE China gets his head stuck between the bars. Apparently, the man was accused of driving while intoxicated. The officers help extract the man from his dilemma. It would have been interesting to see him poke his head through the bars to beg...

01/24/2018

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/01/23/dallas-needs-learn-mississippi-treat-jail-inmates-yes-mississippi

"The purpose with municipal costs as with all courts is to do justice, not make money."
Gerald Blessey, City attorney and former Mayor of Biloxi.

If Dallas County officials are serious about reforming a cash bail system that leads to the unfair jailing of poor people, they need look no...

01/18/2018

https://www.thedailybeast.com/alabama-sheriffs-filled-their-wallets-by-starving-prisoners

Most prisoners are supposed to get all of $1.75 of food a day—but sheriffs take a cut of that before anyone eats.

01/18/2018

https://www.americanjailhouse.com/2018/01/17/82-year-old-inmate-beaten-to-death-by-21-year-old-cellmate/

January 17, 2018 - Arthur Williams, an 82-year-old inmate at the Jackson County Correctional Facility was found beaten to death, allegedly by his cellmate, Frederick Patterson, III. Patterson is awaiting trial for the murder of a previous cellmate.

10/01/2017

https://www.americanjailhouse.com/2017/10/01/inmate-makes-u-turn-jail-escape/

Mixing Book-In and Book-Out Processes Leads to Escape -Inmate Waltzes Out of Jail- see Video – October 1, 2017 As deputies were preparing to release a group of inmates from the Collin County Jail, another inmate who was being booked in escaped. Jason Earl Davis was still dressed in his street clothe...

08/29/2017

From American Jailhouse

HOW TO MAKE JAIL TIME A PRODUCTIVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Staff - AMERICAN JAILHOUSE First of all remain positive, negativity will only prolong the unpleasantness....

08/27/2017

https://www.americanjailhouse.com/2017/08/27/algorithms-bond-and-jail-overcrowding/

CAN AN ALGORITHM EASE JAIL OVERCROWDING? -August 27, 2017- Overcrowding at jails across the country is common. Officials in NJ look to alternative solutions

08/15/2017

https://www.americanjailhouse.com/2017/08/15/california-looks-to-kentucky-as-model-to-fix-unfair-bail-system/

California looks at Kentucky bail system as alternative to present method. SB 10 would change the way defendants are kept incarcerated pending trial.

08/14/2017

https://www.americanjailhouse.com/2017/08/14/south-carolina-inmate-rants-facebook-live-knife-hand-video/

INMATE USES SOCIAL MEDIA LIVE TO BROADCAST A PROFANITY-LACED RANT… FLAUNTS A KNIFE – [VIDEO] An inmate in a South Carolina prison uses a cell phone to post live videos on social media. In his live rant the inmate, who is serving a ten-year sentence for burglary, shares his prison experiences, expo...

08/13/2017

https://www.americanjailhouse.com/2017/08/13/inmate-commissary-canteen-and-store-call/

Inmate Commissary and Accounts What is it? Who Pays for it? and How does it work? What is a Jail or Prison Commissary? A jail or prison commissary, sometimes referred to as a “canteen” is a store operated within a detention facility where inmates are allowed to purchase items from a limited list o...

08/12/2017

https://www.americanjailhouse.com/2017/08/12/humboldt-county-deputy-assaulted-inmates-video/

Humboldt County Deputy Assaulted by Inmates - Video and Press Release from the Humboldt County Sheriff. - American Jailhouse