Articles by Casey Bastian | Prison Legal News

Pardoned Nevada Bank Robber’s Story Creates Hope for Prisoners

Loaded on March 1, 2021 by Casey Bastian published in Prison Legal News March, 2021, page 46

Filed under: Pardons/Clemency, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry. Location: Nevada.

by Casey J. Bastian

In 2004, former FBI agent Richard Beasley first met Jon D. Ponder when he was arresting Ponder for bank robbery. Beasley recalled that Ponder was “angry, scared, frustrated and anxious about his future.” Ponder found himself in a small jail cell in Las Vegas looking at ...

In Prisons, the Press Also Yearns to Be Free

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2021 by Casey Bastian published in Prison Legal News January, 2021, page 30

Filed under: Prisoner Media, Journalist. Location: United States of America.

by Casey Bastian

Anyone who has any experience with a jail or prison knows that they are like small islands. Overcrowded, dysfunctional, and violent. Too frequently, prisoner rights violations, abusive behavior of guards and other related injustices occur daily.

These facts do not make it into the public sphere in ...

Indiana Prisoner Has First Amendment Retaliation Claims Rejected by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2020 by Casey Bastian published in Prison Legal News December, 2020, page 44

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Erroneous Rejection of Challenge. Location: Indiana.