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Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Penal Servitude: A Reminder about the U.S. Constitution’s 13th Amendment Exclusion Clause by by Charles Sullivan and Barbara Koeppel The U.S. Congress banned slavery in America 150 years ago on December 18, 1865 when the 13th Amendment became the law of the land (after a 250-year run). But it didn’t, …
Publication • June 3, 2016
Detained and Dismissed - Report on Health Care for Women Immigrant Detainees, HRW, 2009 United States Detained and Dismissed Women’s Struggles to Obtain Health Care in United States Immigration Detention H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H Detained and Dismissed Women’s …
Publication • May 26, 2016
A Shared Sentence - The Devastating Toll of Parental Incarceration on Kids, AECF, 2016 A SHARED SENTENCE the devastating toll of parental incarceration on kids, families and communities APRIL 2016 policy report KIDS COUNT ABOUT THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION AND KIDS COUNT To order this report, visit www.aecf.org/sharedsentence. To …
D.C. Women in Prison - Continuing Problems and Recommendations for Change , WLC, 2016 D.C. Women in Prison: Continuing Problems and Recommendations for Change March 25, 2016 A report of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs 11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 www.washlaw.org …
Article • May 13, 2016
Report Finds Most California Counties Out of Compliance with New Pregnant Prisoner Anti-Shackling Law by Matthew Clarke A report released in February 2014 by Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) found most California county jails were out-of-compliance with a 2012 law limiting the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners. …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
How Prison Phone Calls Became a Tax on the Poor by by Eric Markowitz, International Business Times On a recent sticky morning in a trailer park in Biloxi, Mississippi, Mary Jo Barnett switched on her 8-inch Samsung Galaxy tablet to speak with her 20-year-old daughter, Amber, who suffers from bipolar disorder …
ACLU Report: Women Uniquely Harmed by Solitary Confinement by Matthew Clarke In April 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report on the use of solitary confinement for women prisoners in the United States. The report concluded that while solitary was an extreme punishment that should not be …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Suit Filed Over New Hampshire DOC’s Restrictive Mail Policy by On December 18, 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson, P.A. filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a three-year-old child and his grandmother, claiming that the New Hampshire Department of …
Brief • April 20, 2016
Filed under: Settlements, Marriage
Riker v. Lemmon, IN, Settlement Agreement, Marriage Ceremony, 2016
Brief • April 15, 2016
Kirk v. Furlong, NV, Order Accepting Report and Recommendation, Postcard-Only Mail Policy 2016 Case 3:13-cv-00490-MMD-VPC Document 54 Filed 04/15/16 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 *** 8 9 10 11 12 DEREK KIRK, Case No. 3:13-cv-00490-MMD-VPC Plaintiff, v. …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Massachusetts: Lawsuit Filed to Stop Dog Searches of Prison Visitors by Joe Watson The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Boston-based Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLSM) and attorney Leonard Singer filed suit against the Massachusetts Department of Correction in January 2014 to prevent prison officials from using drug-sniffing dogs to …
Article • March 30, 2016
Filed under: Discrimination, Marriage
Missouri: Law Requiring Prisoners’ Presence for Marriage Licenses Unconstitutional by Joe Watson U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner ruled on February 6, 2014, that a Missouri law that effectively prohibits prisoners from getting married is unconstitutional because it violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. The law – Missouri …
Publication • March 8, 2016
Filed under: Video Visitation, Family
A New Role for Technology - Implementing Video Visitation in Prison, Vera, 2016 INSTITUTE OF .JUSTICE A New Role for Technology? Implementing Video Visitation in Prison FEBRUARY 2016 Leon Digard • Margaret diZerega • Allon Yaroni • Joshua Rinaldi Bureau chiefs, program coordinators, staff from DOC budget departments, and research …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Settlement, Judgment End Postcard-only Policies at Two Kansas Jails by David Reutter A settlement agreement was reached in a class-action lawsuit challenging a postcard-only mail policy at Kansas’ Wyandotte County Adult Detention Center (WCADC), while a federal district court awarded damages to a pro se prisoner challenging a similar policy …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Guidelines Issued to Safeguard Rights of Pregnant Canadian Prisoners and their Children by Derek Gilna Authorities in the western Canadian province of British Columbia have published a set of guidelines to govern the implementation of Mother-Child Units in provincial prisons as the result of a successful legal challenge that declared …
Publication • March 1, 2016
ASPE Research Brief: Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, ASPE, DHHS, 2016 ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MARCH 2016 MULTI-SITE FAMILY STUDY ON INCARCERATION, PARENTING AND PARTNERING Change in Couple Relationships Before, During, and …
Publication • March 1, 2016
ASPE Research Brief - Multisite Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, ASPE, DHHS, 2016 ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MARCH 2016 MULTI-SITE FAMILY STUDY ON INCARCERATION, PARENTING AND PARTNERING Change in Couple Relationships Before, During, …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
New Mexico Corrections Department Bans Prisoner Social Media, Pen Pal Postings by Mark Wilson New Mexico prison officials are enforcing a rule that prohibits prisoners from maintaining online profiles, such as social media pages or web-based pen pal ads, including through third parties. Prisoners who violate the rule are subject …
Reproductive Health Care in Women’s Prisons “Painful” and “Traumatic” by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout It was Kim Dadou’s second day at New York’s Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. As part of the prison’s intake process, she was brought to the prison’s medical unit for a gynecological exam and pap smear. …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Prison Policy Initiative Releases Report on Email Services for Prisoners by Derek Gilna The non-profit, Massachusetts-based Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) has released a comprehensive study on communication options for prisoners, focusing on email services while also citing issues related to phone calls, visitation and postal mail. According to the January …
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