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Abstract: 

This article reviews three legal proceedings. In Sacora v. Thomas, 2010 U.S. App. 24869 (9th Cir. December 6, 2010), the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision from the Oregon Bureau of Prisons that six months of community placement at the end of a prison term was sufficient in most cases for most prisoners. In Renchenski v. Williams , 622 F. 3d 315 (3d Cir. 2010), the unanimous appellate panel held that “an inmate who has never been charged with, nor convicted of, a sex offense is entitled to due process before Pennsylvania classifies him as a sex offender.” In Maydak v. U.S., 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 26283 (DC Cir. December 28, 2010), the DC court of appeals ruled that the use of duplicate photos from a photography program to maintain prison security was a legal violation, as the contract for the program stated that program funds could not be used for “security-related items.”

Keywords: sex offenders; second chance act

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