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Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
$50,002 Jury Award to Illinois Prisoner Retaliated Against for Daughter’s Facebook Posts by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 30, 2023, a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois awarded $50,002 in damages to state prisoner Larry ‘Rocky’ Harris on his claim …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
HRDC Granted Injunction to End Censorship in Arkansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2023, the federal court for the Western District of Arkansas concluded that a “postcard-only” policy at the Baxter County Correctional Center (BCCC) constituted a de facto blanket ban on publications, in …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
As e-Messaging Takes Off in U.S. Prisons, Complaints Over Service and Costs Multiply by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Historically, prisoners have been largely left out of the technology wave changing the way the rest of the world communicates and does business. It wasn’t until March 2009 that the …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
California Guard Charged with Raping 22 Prisoners by A former guard at Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla was arrested on May 24, 2023, and charged with raping 22 prisoners since 2014. The 96 counts handed Greg Rodriguez, 55, include sodomy, sexual battery and rape with threat to use authority, …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Maryland Sheriff Charged with Illegally Procuring Machine Guns from ATF by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On April 5, 2023, the Sheriff of Maryland’s Frederick County was charged with using his office to order machine guns from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) that were supposed …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 5, 2022, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss insider trading charges against JPay founder Ryan Shapiro, 45. For a hefty fee, the firm provides financial and communications services to people incarcerated in jail and prisons. JPay …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Prison Ministry Sues Indiana Jail Over Book Ban by Unshackled Hearts is a central Indiana prison ministry that says its mission is to bring spiritual “restoration and freedom” to incarcerated Hoosiers through bible study, positive communication, and heart healing. But it hit a wall at the Howard County Jail (HCJ) …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Five Years After Limiting Personal Visits and Banning Mail, Drug Use Worse in Pennsylvania Prisons by As reported by the Harrisburg Patriot News on April 21, 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) implemented a solution to the drug problem in state prisons in September 2018 that has proved cruel …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
At Massive and Corrupt Philippine Prison, Contraband Includes Jacuzzis and Horses by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In an article published on March 3, 2023, ABS-CBN News said that conditions at the Philippines’ New Bilibid Prison (NBP) – one of the largest prisons in the world – were simply …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Databases, FBI, Police Bias
FBI Crime Report Lacking Data from Police Agencies Serving 25 Percent of U.S. Population by In October 2022, the FBI released its 2021 report titled Crime in the U.S. Published annually for a century, it is considered the gold standard for data on criminal activity in the U.S. However, the …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Incarceration Increases Death Risk for Cancer Patients by PBS News Hour reported on March 7, 2023, that people with cancer who have been incarcerated are more likely to die than patients who were never in prison. The reporting was based on research from the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
$120,000 Paid to Muslim Detainees for Discrimination by Maryland Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2023, the federal court for the District of Maryland granted dismissal to a suit by a former detainee at the Prince George’s County lockup, after he and co-Plaintiffs accepted a …
Oregon Will Hold Release Hearings for 73 Prisoners Sentenced to LWOP as Juveniles by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On October 6, 2022, the Oregon Supreme Court denied a petition for review from prosecutors seeking to stop the Governor and Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (BPPS) from granting early …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Federal Watchdog Finds BOP Staffing, Maintenance in Crisis by The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report in early May 2023, finding “four foundational, enterprise-wide challenges” confronting the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The first involves “weaknesses in the BOP’s internal audit function,” deficiencies …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Senators Slam “Egregious” Prisoner Sexual Abuse by BOP Employees by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “I was sentenced and put in prison for choices I made,” said Briane Moore. “I was not sentenced to prison to be raped and abused.” She was testifying at a hearing of the U.S. Senate …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
“Frozen in Solitude’’: Heat-Sensitive Texas Prisoners Get More Than Air Conditioning Locked Inside Former Segregation Cells by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) settled a lawsuit over life-threatening excessive heat at the Wallace Pack Unit in 2018, it realized it needed to apply …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright As summer winds down our cover story reports on the impact of extreme heat on Texas prisons; in the next few months we will report more on what the heat did this summer in American prisons. For decades now Prison Legal …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Four Hawaii Prison Guards Sentenced for Beating Prisoner – But One Wins Back-Pay by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 17, 2023, the last of four former Hawaii prison guards convicted of beating a state prisoner was sentenced to federal prison. The sentences ranged from one to 12 …
Sheriffs Offered Caribbean Cruises and Florida Retreats As Part Of Jail Telecom Contracts by Hayden Betts by Hayden Betts Members of five sheriff’s offices across the country were offered cruises from “Tampa Bay to the Caribbean” as part of jail telecommunications contracts with the vendor Smart Communications, according to documents …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$1 Million Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Suicide in Washington Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In November 2022, a $1 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a 23-year-old indigenous woman who committed suicide at Washington’s Fork City Jail in 2019. Kimberly Bender …
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