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Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024

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News in Brief by Alabama: Wiregrass Daily News reported that Mobile Metro Jail guard Timothy Lee Scarbrough, 39, was arrested on September 9, 2024, and charged with first-degree sodomy for the alleged sexual assaulting of a detainee who was still under the effects of anesthesia after eye surgery. Scarbrough had …

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Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023

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News in Brief by Alabama: WBAM in Birmingham reported that a guard at the Blount County Jail was taken into custody and fired on January 31, 2023. Joseph Snow, 43, was charged with second-degree assault for injuring a detainee during an incident captured on surveillance video. Sheriff Mike Moon called …

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Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022

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News in Brief by Alabama: A convicted bank robber had 30 months added to his 17-year prison sentence on September 26, 2022, for bribing an Alabama jail guard to smuggle him a cellphone, K2 “spice” paper, and other contraband. According to a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, while …

Indian Prison Superintendent Sentenced to Seven Days for Denying Parole During Pandemic

Article • May 1, 2022

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, COVID-19, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release

Indian Prison Superintendent Sentenced to Seven Days for Denying Parole During Pandemic by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Nagpur, an educational and cultural center of nearly three million located at the geographical center of India, made judicial headlines on March 16, 2022, when the local bench of the …

Pendam v. State of Maharashtra, India, Oral Judgment, Emergency Parole, 2021

Brief • March 16, 2022

Filed under: Parole Liability

Pendam v. State of Maharashtra, India, Oral Judgment, Emergency Parole, 2021 1 Judgment wp537.21.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 537/2021 Hanuman Anandrao Pendam, Convict No. C/8026, Aged 33 years, Occ. Nil, Confined at Central Prison, Nagpur …. PETITIONER(S) // VERSUS …

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Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021

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News in Brief by Alabama: A 20-year-old guard at the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, was arrested on October 29, 2021, on charges that he attempted to smuggle methamphetamine into the jail. According to a report by Huntsville TV station WHNT, the guard, Matthew Moran, faces one count …

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Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021

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News in Brief by Alabama: On August 19, 2021, twoconvicted robbers were convicted of murder in the death of a fellow prisoner they and two others attacked in 2017 at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama. According to a report by Montgomery TV station WSFA, Dominique Covin and Roderick DeLaune …

Unlike U.S., Many Governments Releasing Large Numbers of Prisoners to Reduce Threat of COVID-19

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19, Compassionate Release

Unlike U.S., Many Governments Releasing Large Numbers of Prisoners to Reduce Threat of COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Around the globe, governments are releasing prisoners in an attempt to mitigate the threat of COVID-19-related mass deaths in their jails and prisons. However, Third World countries are far ahead …

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Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017

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News in Brief by Arizona: On January 19, 2017, Estrella Jail guard Roy Eugene Ramey III was fired by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Ramey, who had been arrested in September 2016, was placed on administrative leave pending disposition of charges that he engaged in sexual activity with a female …

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Article • April 1, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017

News in Brief by Alabama: In November 2016 the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office received a faxed court order for the release of state prisoner Bobby Campbell, so of course they released him. As it turned out, however, the order was fake. “Right now we are unsure about the real source of …

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Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017

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News in Brief by Arkansas: Michael Graff, 29, was fired following his arrest on charges of sexually assaulting a prisoner. The former Pulaski County jail deputy received a termination letter from Sheriff Doc Holladay which referred to Graff’s arrest as a violation of the Sheriff’s Office’s standards of conduct. A …

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Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

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News in Brief by Alabama: St. Clair Correctional Facility guard Deandre Price resigned just after his July 5, 2016 arrest for possession of a controlled substance and promoting contraband within a state correctional facility. Price was caught with drugs and other contraband as he reported for work; Alabama Department of …

India’s Supreme Court Orders Prison and Jail Reforms

Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016

Filed under: Prison Reform, Conditions of Confinement, International, Prisoners-International

India’s Supreme Court Orders Prison and Jail Reforms by Derek Gilna The United States is not the only nation that has serious problems with the operation of its jails and prisons. Recently, an amicus curiae made a number of recommendations in a case being considered by the Supreme Court of …

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Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016

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News in Brief by Arkansas: Two guards were placed on paid leave after they shot and killed prisoner Christopher Wilson during an April 7, 2016 escape attempt from the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction. According to DOC spokesperson Solomon Graves, “Officers gave [Wilson] a demand to cease …

W.P. C No. 406 of 2013, Supreme Court of India, Order, inhumane prison conditions, 2013

Publication • May 26, 2016

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Sewage, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Supplies, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, International

W.P. C No. 406 of 2013, Supreme Court of India, Order, inhumane prison conditions, 2013 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.406/2013 RE - INHUMAN CONDITIONS IN 1382 PRISONS ORDER Madan B. Lokur, J. 1. Prison reforms have been the subject matter of …

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Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016

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News in Brief by Alabama: Former Dale County jail prisoner Trawick Redding, Jr. filed a federal lawsuit on July 28, 2015 claiming guards Zeneth Glenn and Ryan Mittlebach tortured and assaulted him, and inflicted cruel and unusual punishment, by using a large Burmese python to intimidate him during his jail …

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Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015

News in Brief by News in Brief California: On April 21, 2015, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced that 30 body cameras would soon be deployed by jailers working within Jail No. 4. He said he hopes that the new equipment will emphasize transparency and accountability in his department, which …

Courts in Bengal Now Come to Prison

Article • October 23, 2015

Filed under: Overcrowding, Overdetention

Courts in Bengal Now Come to Prison by Courts in Bengal Now Come to Prison Starting September 5 of this year, courts in India's state of Bengal will set up shop inside prisons one day a week to conduct bail hearings for pretrial detainees. The move comes after India's Apex …

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Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

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News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: Ricky Deangelo Hinkle, 47, began threatening other prisoners and disrupting the lunch meal at the Jefferson County Jail on September 11, 2014. As jailers were placing him in a segregation cell, he allegedly started to fight. A guard then used his Taser …

Prison Industries in India Compete in Open Market

Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014

Filed under: Prison Industries, Prison Labor, International

Prison Industries in India Compete in Open Market by Prison Industries in India Compete in Open Market The government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is expanding a program that allows prison industries to compete in the open marketplace under the ironic brand name “Freedom.” Prison industry programs already …