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Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
A ‘Nobody’s’ Legacy: How a Semi-literate Ex-con Changed the Legal System by M. Alex Johnson by M. Alex Johnson and Vidya Rao, NBC News If you've heard of Clarence Earl Gideon at all, it’s probably because of a movie you had to watch in school. He deserves better, though, because …
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Iowa Pays Almost $500,000 to Fired Parole, Prison Supervisors by Joe Watson Non-union membership in the Hawkeye State apparently has its privileges, at least for parole and prison officials in management positions. Between August 2011 and early 2012, when Iowa’s Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) ruled in their favor, 18 …
California: Thousands of Sex Offenders Remove GPS Monitors by Taking advantage of the lack of available bed space to house parole violators in California jails following the state’s “realignment” initiative, thousands of paroled sex offenders fitted with GPS ankle bracelets have disabled or removed them – with few consequences. Under …
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Fortresses of Solitude by James Ridgeway Supermax prisons and solitary confinement units are our domestic black sites – hidden places where human beings endure unspeakable punishments, without benefit of due process in any court of law. On the say-so of corrections officials, American prisoners can be placed in conditions of …
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New York: Provision Requiring Independent Jail Oversight Board Ignored for 23 Years by Joe Watson For more than two decades, the Nassau County Jail in East Meadow, New York has lacked accountability in the form of an oversight board. But that lapse may be coming to an end after prisoner …
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CDCR Tried to Conceal Report on Prisoner Suicides by A report that linked oppressive conditions in California prisons to preventable prisoner suicides was suppressed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), while the state tried to convince a federal judge that court oversight was no longer needed in …
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Calls for Better Pregnancy Care in Georgia Jails after Death of Prisoner’s Baby by A lawsuit filed against Clayton County, Georgia and the county’s sheriff, Kem Kimbrough, has prompted human rights organizations and Georgia lawmakers to examine guidelines for the treatment of pregnant women held in jails across the state. …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Life on the Inside and Death on the Outside: Complexities in Health Disparities Inside and Outside U.S. Prisons by Evelyn J. Patterson by Evelyn J. Patterson, Ph.D. As a scholar of criminology and demography (the study of how and why populations change), I seek to contribute to the discourse on …
Colorado Pays for Unneeded Private Prison Beds to Subsidize Local Jobs by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Even amid a declining prison population, Colorado is paying million of dollars to private prison contractors for unneeded cells in order to protect the economic base of small, rural communities that have …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Challenging Conditions in Illinois Jail where Mentally Ill Prisoner Died by David Reutter Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Challenging Conditions in Illinois Jail where Mentally Ill Prisoner Died On March 20, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s grant …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Illinois: Scathing Study on Solitary Buried by Politics by Adam Klasfeld by Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Reeling from the criticism of its last effort at prison reform, Illinois buried its study of the ineffectiveness of long-term solitary confinement. As Gov. Pat Quinn struggled to hold onto the seat he acquired …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
Louisiana Public Service Commission Postpones Prison Phone Reforms by Mel Motel After heated hearings and postponement, on December 12, 2012, the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) voted to lower the cost of phone calls made from Louisiana prisons and jails by cutting the rates of most calls by 25% and …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
No Free Speech Protection for Prisoners Who Copy Excerpts from Books by Christopher Zoukis Prisoners who copy "arguably inflammatory” or “incendiary” passages from the books they check out from a prison library or are allowed to purchase are not entitled to rely on the First Amendment to protect them from …
ADX Prisoner Not Allowed to Communicate with Family Members or Receive Publications under SAMs by Christopher Zoukis In another series of court rulings upholding the use of Special Administrative Measures (SAMs), a prisoner at the federal ADX supermax facility in Florence, Colorado was prohibited from receiving certain publications and communicating …
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Oregon: Grand Jury Cites Problems at Multnomah County Jails by Sal Rodriquez A Corrections Grand Jury report released on December 18, 2012 made recommendations to remedy problems in Multnomah County’s jail system, adding to suggestions the Grand Jury had previously made in 2011. In its most recent report, the Grand …
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Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” Prisoners in Pennsylvania by Sal Rodriquez On March 11, 2013, the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania (DRNP) filed a lawsuit against John E. Wetzel, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, charging that the confinement of prisoners in Restricted Housing …
Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013
CA Prison Guards’ Union Loses Appeal, Must Pay $4.96 Million Judgment by A federal lawsuit filed against the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), the union that represents state prison guards, resulted in a $12.5 million damages award in October 2010. The award was reduced by the district court to …
Former Pennsylvania DOC Director Hired to Run CDCR by Anne-Marie Cusac Jeffrey A. Beard, an almost 40-year old veteran of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and most recently that state’s Corrections Secretary, was hired by California Governor Jerry Brown in December 2012 to become the new head of the California …
Second Circuit: Continuing Violations Exhausted with Single Grievance by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 16, 2012 that a New York district court had incorrectly concluded that a prisoner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before bringing a religious freedom suit. Muslim prisoner Neil Johnson was confined …
Federal Court Enters Interim Fee Award Against BOP in FOIA Suit by The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) began 2013 with an adverse ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, after the BOP had spent several years refusing to disclose allegedly confidential information that was, in …
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