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Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
California Court Upholds Prisoners’ Convictions for Fatal Jail Beating by Derek Gilna California Court Upholds Prisoners’ Convictions for Fatal Jail Beating by Derek Gilna By all accounts, the Theo Lacy jail in Orange County, California is a dangerous place, one where prisoners have organized into race-based groups known as “CARs” …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Seventh Circuit Rules Wisconsin Prisoner’s Religious Rights Must be Honored by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Rules Wisconsin Prisoner’s Religious Rights Must be Honored by Derek Gilna David A. Schlemm, a Navajo tribe member confined in a Wisconsin state prison, sought to exercise his right to practice certain religious rituals required …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna As many of our readers know, Prison Legal News is a strong proponent of breaking down barriers that restrict prisoners’ First Amendment rights. Jail …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin A new study finds that prisoners in private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more months behind bars …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Seventh Circuit Rejects Prisoner’s 1983 Claim but Criticizes Controlling Precedent by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Rejects Prisoner’s 1983 Claim but Criticizes Controlling Precedent by Derek Gilna It’s not often that a federal appellate court criticizes the precedent that it feels obligated to follow, but that is what happened in a …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Utah Judge Orders Jail to Stop Seizing Prisoners’ Money for Pay-to-Stay Fees by Matthew Clarke Utah Judge Orders Jail to Stop Seizing Prisoners’ Money for Pay-to-Stay Fees by Matt Clarke On April 9, 2014, Utah District Judge Michael G. Allphin signed a standing order for all criminal cases in which …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
One of the Largest Solar Power Companies in the U.S. has Ties to Prison Slave Labor by Panagioti Tsolkas One of the Largest Solar Power Companies in the U.S. has Ties to Prison Slave Labor by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisoners at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon are making solar …
Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter The GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest for-profit prison companies, has signed contracts with Vermont and Washington State to house prisoners …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
California Officials Reverse Position after Receiving Prison Phone Company Contributions by Derek Gilna California Officials Reverse Position after Receiving Prison Phone Company Contributions by Derek Gilna Prisoners and members of their families filed a federal class-action lawsuit in November 2015 against officials in Orange County and three other California counties, …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2016 as we enter our 26th year of continuous publishing. This month’s cover story about the rise of mass incarceration is something of a road map to how we got …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
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 …
Annual report • December 31, 2015
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER 2015 ANNUAL REPORT ____ ___________ ____________________ ________ _ _ CONTENTS NOTABLE DEVELOPMENTS 1 PLN – THE MAGAZINE 1 BOOK DISTRIBUTION 3 BOOK SALES 3 BOOK PUBLISHING 3 HRDC, PLN AND PPJ WEBSITES 3 HRDC STAFF 4 HRDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4 FUNDING IN 2015 6 ACTIVISM …
Marden v. Midland County, MI, Complaint, 2015 1:15-cv-14504-TLL-PTM Doc # 1 Filed 12/31/15 Pg 1 of 19 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION SHARYL MARDEN, Personal Representative of the Estate of JACK BRIAN MARDEN, deceased, Plaintiff, No. v Hon. COUNTY OF MIDLAND, a …
Publication • December 31, 2015
HRDC FCC Comment re: Virginia DOC prison phone rate reduction-Dec 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS December 31, 2015 The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. S.W. Washington DC 20554 Re: Comment for WC Docket 12-375 Dear Chairman Wheeler: The Human Rights …
Brief • December 31, 2015
Wilder v. OH DOC, OH, Settlement, inmate dog bit injury, 2015 . FILED COURT QF CLA!NS OF OHIO : ··- ~-ORIGINAL THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO ARCHIE WILDER #414-917, Plaintiff, -vsOHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2015 DEC …
Brief • December 29, 2015
Barroso v Glass IL Settlement Excess Force FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS TO INCLUDE COSTS AND EXPENSES FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONSIDERATION of a total of THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($3,500.00) paid by and on behalf of Defendant, CHARLES GLASS, (hereinafter referred to by name or …
Brief • December 29, 2015
Arellano v. Santa Ana, CA, Civil Minutes, Santa Ana Department Standards, 2015 Exhibit “F” Case 8:14-cv-01886-JVS-DFM Document 76 Filed 12/29/15 Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:1213 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. SACV 14-01886-JVS (DFMx) Title Jose Eduardo Arellano, et al. …
In-the-News Article • December 28, 2015
Florida prison officials object to amicus brief in PLN appeal Dec. 28, 2015 Articles about PLN Litigation Orlando Weekly Florida Department of Corrections battling to keep Prison Legal News out of prisons Posted By Erin Sullivan on Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 7:30 pm Today, according to the News Service of Florida, the state Department of Corrections …
In-the-News Article • December 28, 2015
FDOC objects to amicus brief in PLN censorship suit Dec. 28, 2015 Articles about PLN Litigation News 4 Jax News organizations file motion to fight bar from Florida's prisons Judge ruled this summer Department of Corrections could ban Prison Legal News By Jim Saunders Posted: 5:40 PM, December 28, 2015Updated: …
Brief • December 28, 2015
Rode v Credio, Settlement Agreement, failure to protect staff rape, 2015
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