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• Project Makes W.Va. Jail Visits High Tech

  July 30, 2013 - A new technology initiative could soon put an end to collect calls and snail mail in West Virginia jails. The project, known as Lockdown, also would allow individuals to "visit" incarcerated loved ones from anywhere with an Internet connection and a webcam. Part of the program already has been installed in all 10 regional jails. Mickey Skeens, physical clerk at Central Regional Jail, said this first phase was completed in March and has completely automated jails' handling of inmates' money. Previously, when an inmate arrived at a jail, an officer would have to count the inmate's money and write a receipt. A second officer would re-count the money and verify the amount. The money would then be added t...

• Obama Calls Racism On Criminal Background Checks

  July 26, 2013 - by  Emily Miller Not wanting to employ a criminal makes you a racist. At least that is what the Obama administration has determined to be...

• Woman Claims She Doesn't Remember Committing Crime

  July 24, 2013 - A woman who failed to reveal she was a convicted thief when she applied to become a police constable is suing Scotland Yard for discrimination....

• Teenager Charged With Felony

  July 17, 2013 - A teenager in a Chicago suburb was charged with a felony after threatening to commit "mass homicide" should George Zimmerman be acquitted...

• U.S. Must ID Criminal Aliens Who Never Left

  July 10, 2013 - The media can learn the identities of thousands of criminal immigrants released in the United States after their home countries refused to take the...

• Porter County, IN Goes Online

  July 08, 2013 - Porter County Clerk Karen Martin is excited the final push is underway to provide free online access to county court cases. The initial step of...

• Clark County, Nev., Recorder Opts For Mobility And Accessibility

  July 03, 2013 - The Clark County, Nev. Recorder’s Office has launched its new Web-based kiosk service, the latest phase of the department’s ongoing cus...

• California Courts and Record Access

  July 02, 2013 - Trailer Bill Killed But New Bill Passed That Alters Public Records Act There was quite a bit of news and push back about the trailer bill that...

• Best Practice Standards for Proper Use of Criminal Records in Hiring Addressed in New Report

  July 01, 2013 - by Les Rosen A group of national civil and workers’ rights organizations has released a new report titled ‘Best Practice Standards:...

• New Redaction Law - Illinois Civil Case Documents

  June 28, 2013 - Effective July 1, 2013, personal identify information will not be allowed in documents or exhibits filed for proceedings in Illinois civil court ca...

• Employee Theft on the Rise and Expected to Get Worse

  June 26, 2013 - A new study of 23 large retail companies conducted by the loss-prevention consultancy Jack L. Hayes International found that 71,095 employees were...

• U.S. Senate Moving to Make Copper Theft a Federal Crime

  June 25, 2013 - The Senate Judiciary Committee is ready to take action on a bill that would make metal theft a federal crime that carries a 10-year prison sentence...

• California Legislature Kills $10 Fee For Search of Public Court Records

  June 24, 2013 - A trailer bill that would have severely limited press and public access to court documents has died in the California Legislature, after widespread...

• Ron Hart: Background checks costs stores more than a dollar

  June 24, 2013 - Dollar stores have done more to keep down what we pay for basic goods and helped more struggling families than any government action ever has. For...

• Vt. lawsuit spotlights privatization versus public access

  June 20, 2013 - A lawsuit by a Brattleboro publisher and the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont is raising a question about what happens to the idea of acce...

• SC investigating changeable electronic license plates

  June 17, 2013 - South Carolina may soon lead the way into the future with electronic license plates for cars and trucks. Using so-called electronic paper, techn...

• USA Background Checker Needs Their Background Checked

  June 14, 2013 - It's not often that  a Background Screening Company or Criminal Records Checker is checked, but it's usually a competitor that's d...

• Social Media Taking a Big Role in Finding Missing People

  June 13, 2013 - Twitter, Facebook and other social media resources play an increasingly larger role in helping locate missing persons through dedicated websites an...