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From the Editor
Loaded on Feb. 29, 2016
by Paul Wright
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2016, page 14
Filed under:
Jail Misconduct,
Prison Reform,
Jail Specific,
Education,
Telephone Rates,
Video Visitation,
PLN related.
Location:
United States of America.
One downside of publishing a magazine like Prison Legal News for 26 years is that in some respects we are not covering a one-off or isolated story but rather are reporting an ongoing and developing issue. This month’s cover story about the epic abuse, corruption and brutality in the Los ...
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More from this issue:
- New York City Pays $41 Million for Wrongful Convictions in Central Park Jogger Rape Case, by Derek Gilna
- Widespread Corruption in L.A. County Jails Leads to Federal Investigation, Indictments, by David Reutter
- Wrongfully Convicted Members of “Beatrice Six” Entitled to Compensation Despite False Confessions; Eighth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit, by Lonnie Burton
- Federal Jury Awards $950,000 to Prisoners Beaten at L.A. County Jail, by Derek Gilna
- Report Highlights Continuing Problems with Florida Department of Corrections, by Derek Gilna
- Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit Filed by Widow of Workplace-Harassed Prison Guard, by Derek Gilna
- Former Prisoner Appointed to New York City Board of Correction, by Gary Hunter
- Exonerated Illinois Man Receives $7.6 Million Settlement, by David Reutter
- Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit, by Derek Gilna
- Settlement, Judgment End Postcard-only Policies at Two Kansas Jails, by David Reutter
- Iowa Prisoner May Have Restitution Deductions from Prison Wages Increased
- $250,000 Settlement in Ohio Detainee’s Jail Suicide , by David Reutter
- Prison Populations Worldwide, by Jessica Jacobson
- Tennessee: Theft, Misconduct Charges Pending Against Former Jail Supervisor, Son, by David Reutter
- Jury Awards $40,000 to Transgender Prisoner Raped at Florida Jail
- Federal Prisoner Wins $300,000 Judgment on Medical Negligence Claim, by Derek Gilna
- $1,001 Default Judgment in Michigan - Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit
- Eleventh Circuit: Expiration of Preliminary Injunction Moots Appeal, by David Reutter
- Justice Department Report: Homicide Rate at Lowest Level Since 1963, by Derek Gilna
- Arkansas Prisoner Prevails in Excessive Force Case, by David Reutter
- Former California Jail Psychiatrist Placed on Probation, by Derek Gilna
- Supreme Court: Retroactivity Ends Mandatory Juvenile LWOP Sentences, by Derek Gilna
- Judge Orders Ohio County to Cap Jail Population, Release Prisoners, by Joe Watson
- Last Member of “Angola 3” Released from Louisiana Prison after 44 Years, by David Reutter
- Guidelines Issued to Safeguard Rights of Pregnant Canadian Prisoners and their Children, by Derek Gilna
- Settlement Reached in California Psychiatric Disabilities Class-action Suit, by Matthew Clarke
- D.C. Appellate Court Reverses $2.3 Million Wrongful Imprisonment Award, by Derek Gilna
- PLN Obtains Confidential CCA Litigation Records in Tennessee, by David Reutter
- Settlements in St. Louis Jail Detainee’s Heroin Withdrawal Death, by David Reutter
- Texas County Jail, Beset by Prisoner Deaths, has Highest Suicide Rate, by Matthew Clarke
- New Michigan Law Requires Sex Offenders to Pay $50 Annual Fee; Court Challenge Fails, by Derek Gilna
- Prison Supply Chains Reveal Some Surprises , by Adeshina Emmanuel
- Tennessee: Federal Court Orders Interim Medical Care in Prisoner’s Pro Se Suit
- Sexual Harassment, Abuse Alleged at Oklahoma Halfway House for Women, by Joe Watson
- $65,000 Settlement Plus Fees and Costs in New York City Jail Assault Suit
- Kansas Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program Under Scrutiny, by Matthew Clarke
- New Mexico Corrections Department Bans Prisoner Social Media, Pen Pal Postings, by Mark Wilson
- Reproductive Health Care in Women’s Prisons “Painful” and “Traumatic”, by Victoria Law
- Prison Policy Initiative Releases Report on Email Services for Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
- Professor Urges Study of Unintended Consequences of Court-ordered Prison Reform, by Derek Gilna
- U.S. Court of Claims Awards Federal Prisoner $172,465.75 for Wrongful Conviction , by Derek Gilna
- Prison Ecology and the Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan, by Panagioti Tsolkas
- Oklahoma DOC, Sheriffs Challenge FCC’s Prison Phone Reforms, by Carrie Wilkinson
- Mississippi: More Contraband Found at Private Prisons
- Suicides, Poor Conditions at D.C. Jail Remain Critical Issues Despite Progress, by Derek Gilna
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- FCC Backtracks on 2024 Order to Cut Prison Phone and Video Rates by Half, Aug. 1, 2025. Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, Private Phone Contractors, Securus.
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- HRDC Wins Consent Decree, $350,000 in Jail Censorship Suit against California’s Sonoma County, Aug. 1, 2025. Jail Specific, Censorship, Prison Conditions.
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- News in Brief, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, halfway houses, New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Fraud and Deceit.
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