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California Loses Round in Legal Fight to Deny Parole Based on Gang Affiliation
by David M. Reutter
In a ruling August 3, 2020, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals encouraged a lower court to extend its supervision over a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit brought in 2009 against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) by prisoners placed in solitary ...
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More from this issue:
- The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken, by Shannon Heffernan
- Collateral Consequences of Mass Incarceration, by Edward Lyon
- New York Parole System Badly in Need of Repair, by Kevin Bliss
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Pandemic Update: News on Vaccines and Prison and Jail Staffing, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
- Urgent Need for Vaccine Administration in Prisons, Jails and Detention Centers, by Maya Chaudhuri, Aaron Littman, Sharon Dolovich
- Almost 300,000 Fell Ill and 2,000 Died from COVID-19 in U.S. Jails, Prisons, by Derek Gilna
- California Loses Round in Legal Fight to Deny Parole Based on Gang Affiliation, by David Reutter
- Was Indiana Women’s Prison Willfully Ignorant About COVID-19 Numbers?, by Matthew Clarke
- How a Private Prison Company’s Defamation Suit Against One of Its Critics Backfired, by Madison Pauley
- After $625,000 Settlement, Oregon Deputy Charged in Assault of Prisoner, by Mark Wilson
- Pinellas County, Florida Sheriff’s Office Sued in Federal Court for Treatment of Transgender Prisoner, by Derek Gilna
- Federal Judge Slaps ICE, GEO Group Over “Abominable Performance” and Officials Who Lied During Testimony, by David Reutter
- No Summary Judgment on Oregon Prisoner’s Retaliatory Termination Claim, by Mark Wilson
- Minnesota State and Federal Prisoners COVID Case Surge Sparks ACLU Lawsuit, by Derek Gilna
- Missouri Prisoner Pleaded for Release Before Dying of COVID-19, by Daniel A. Rosen
- Ninth Circuit Finds California Prisoner’s Administrative Remedies Effectively Unavailable, by Mark Wilson
- Fourth Circuit Holds Prisoner’s Indefinite Period of Solitary Confinement at Virginia Supermax May Amount to Atypical and Significant Hardship, by Matthew Clarke
- Federal Educational Aid Restored for State and Federal Prisoners, by Dale Chappell
- Progress Made in Fight Against Prison Gerrymandering But Battle Continues, by Douglas Ankney
- COVID-19: What Texas Must Do to Save Prisoners’ Lives, by Edward Lyon
- Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court’s Dismissal of California Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Lawsuit, by Mark Wilson
- Minnesota Prison Guard Fired for Excessive Force After Brawl Linked to Floyd Protests, by Anthony Accurso
- New Details Emerge on Senseless Death in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jail, by Jayson Hawkins
- $1.1 Million Settlement in Kentucky Jail Sex Abuse Suit, by David Reutter
- Justice Department Report Documents Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center’s Poor Response to COVID-19 Crisis, by Kevin Bliss
- Global Tel*Link Hit with Sanctions For Discovery Violations in Georgia Prison Call Class Action, by Derek Gilna
- Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link
- Fourth Circuit: ADA Relief Claims Improperly Dismissed in Virginia, by Mark Wilson
- Private Prison Companies Face Stock Crash, Credit Crunch, by Matthew Clarke
- Former BOP Director Norman Carlson, Who Developed Supermax Model, Dies at 86, by Kevin Bliss
- Arizona Pays Prisoners Pennies on the Dollar to Fight Fires, All in the Name of Saving Money, by Dale Chappell
- Mellon Foundation to Provide $5.25 Million in Program to Distribute Books to Prisoners, by Douglas Ankney
- Experts Find “Deplorable” Conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison, by David Reutter
- ICE Refused Help in Containing Coronavirus in New Mexico Detention Centers, by Kevin Bliss
- Troubled Ohio Jail Faces Two More Lawsuits, by Matthew Clarke
- Pennsylvania Correctional Emergency Response Teams Face New Scrutiny in “Noose” Controversy, by Derek Gilna
- New Mexico Corrections Pays $1.4 Million to Settle Whistleblower Complaint Alleging Retaliation for Exposing Deficiencies in Corizon Medical Care, by Douglas Ankney
- Child Sexual Abuse: It’s Never Too Late to Speak Out, by Darrell Cochran
- No-Show Prison Workers Cost Mississippi Taxpayers Millions, by Alysia Santo, Joseph Neff
- Ninth Circuit Holds Intermediate Scrutiny Applies in Challenges to Facially Discriminatory Prison Regulations, by Matthew Clarke
- Overtime Payouts in California Prison System Approach $500 Million, by Daniel A. Rosen
- Florida State Prisons Scrub Key COVID Data From Website, Obscuring Magnitude of Inmate Deaths and Infections, by Laura Cassels
- Idaho Supreme Court Holds Prisoners Have No Right to Paid or Unpaid Employment, by Matthew Clarke
- Legislative Exemption Let Fired Alaska Cop Be Rehired as Jailer, by Edward Lyon
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- NY Federal Court Denies Summary Judgment on Claims of Improper Medication Seizure, Evidence Fabrication, Improper Frisk During Prison Visit, by Matthew Clarke
- Minnesota Man Out of Prison After Being Exonerated of Murder, by Edward Lyon
- $4.65 Million Settlement for Florida Female Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Beating by Guards, by David Reutter
- Federal Court Again Orders California DOC to Remedy Continuing ADA Violations, by Derek Gilna
- Decline in South Dakota State Prisoners Not Due to COVID, by Edward Lyon
- DOJ Report: Carceral Population Falls, 2017-2018, by Matthew Clarke
- COVID-19: The Politics of Prisoner Vaccination, by Kevin Bliss
- Sixth Circuit Affirms Tennessee DOC’s Hepatitis C Treatment Due to Lack of Funds, by David Reutter
- News in Brief
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- $20.5 Million Settlement for Two Kentucky Prisoners Exonerated and Freed After 22 Years, June 1, 2024
- $5 Million Settlement in Death of Georgia Prisoner Left by Guards in Cell on Fire, June 1, 2024
- Watchdog Finds “Alarming Conditions” at BOP Women’s Lockup in Florida, June 1, 2024
- Report Finds Current Path of Florida Prison System “Unsustainable”, June 1, 2024
- $700,000 Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Due Process in Disciplinary Hearing, June 1, 2024
- California Court of Appeal: Petitioner Has Constitutional Right to Be Present at Evidentiary Hearing Under Felony Murder Resentencing Law, May 15, 2024
- Criminal Justice Reform Becoming a Corporate Priority, May 15, 2024
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- $125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing, May 1, 2024
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