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Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Eighth Circuit Lets Public Defender Withdraw from BOP Prisoner’s “Frivolous” Appeal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw from an attorney appointed to represent a federal prisoner in Missouri appealing his civil commitment. …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Staffing
No More Naps for Massachusetts Guards by Eike Blohm, MD By Eike Blohm, MD After two years of negotiations between the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC), an agreement was reached on December 20, 2022, to fix atrocious mental health care in state prisons, …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Caves to Criticism, Accepts Resignation of Formerly Incarcerated Clerk by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 5, 2023, new Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Bolden announced she had accepted the resignation of her formerly incarnated clerk, Pete Martel. In doing so, the justice bowed …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Massachusetts Settles One of Three Suits Alleging Retaliation by Prison Guards for Assault on One of Their Own by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On February 17, 2023, an assistant to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) signed a settlement with a group of state prisoners, resolving claims they were …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
“All Signals Blinking Red” at Federal Prison in West Virginia After DOJ Releases Report on Killing of Mobster “Whitey” Bulger by Benjamin Tschirhart, Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian and Benjamin Tschirhart Citing “bureaucratic incompetence,” as well as “flawed, confusing and insufficient” policies and procedures, a December 2022 report by …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Eleventh Circuit Won’t Force Condemned Alabama Prisoner to Die by Method He Didn’t Choose by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Once it begins a lethal injection, the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) “will attempt to carry out the execution and not stop until it becomes clear that they are …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Corizon Bankruptcy Threatens $6.4 Million Award to Family of Michigan Prisoner Whose Five-Day Jail Term Turned Into Death Sentence by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On December 5, 2022, a jury in federal court for the Western District of Michigan awarded $6.4 million to the estate of Wade Jones, 40, …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Filed under: housing
California Easing Housing Hurdles for Released Prisoners by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As retributive minded states likeTexas pursue ever more draconian measures and policies to deny housing to released prisoners (PLN, May 2021, pp. 34-35), California is beginning to enact measures and policies to assist released prisoners in obtaining …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania Gets Sentence Reduction After Guard Rapes Her by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On December 15, 2022, the U.S, District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reduced Rashidah Brice’s sentence by 30 months. Brice had filed a motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Hawaii Guard One of Four Convicted in Smuggling Scheme at Honolulu Prison by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A guard and a prisoner at Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu were among four people convicted on federal conspiracy charges in a drug-and-gun-smuggling scheme at the lockup. All but the guard …
Article • June 1, 2023
Fewer Juveniles in U.S. Detention Facilities, But Problems Persist by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi Anyone who watches news or primetime television shows may think that crime by violent youths is on the rise. However, a study released by The Sentencing Project in May 2023 proves the opposite is true: …
Article • June 1, 2023
Convicted Murderer Released 16 Years Early Is Ordered Back to Prison by South Carolina High Court by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott At an emergency hearing on April 26, 2023, the South Carolina Supreme Court found a legal rationale to countermand the release of a convicted killer 16 …
Texas Prisoner Allegedly Punished by a Guard for Talking About Abortion by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A Texas prisoner says she was punished for sharing abortion information with fellow prisoners at the Lane Murray Unit in April 2023. Kwaneta Yatrice Harris, 50, is serving a sentence for …
Article • June 1, 2023
Body Cam Video Contradicts Detainee’s Indictment in Scuffle With Chicago Jail Guards by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A long-term civil detainee in Chicago’s Cook County Jail – the only one, in fact – is facing charges of aggravated battery of a guard, although body camera footage of …
Brief • 2023
Walters v. Jones, OH, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2023 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of February_, 2023 (the "Effective Date"), by, between, and among Plaintiff Courtney Walters ("Plaintifr 1) and Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners on behalf of …
Brief • 2023
Filed under: Protests
NY Times-George Floyd Protesters 13 Million Settlement
Brief • 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
State of Florida v. Cure, FL, HB 6001-Compensation for Wrongfully Incarcerated, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E  HB 6001 1 2023 A bill to …
Brief • 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Washington v. Boudreau, IL, Memo of Law, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WAYNE WASHINGTON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Case No. 16 CV 1893 ) v. ) Honorable John Kness ) Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez KENNETH BOUDREAU, et al., ) ) …
Brief • 2023
Gonzalez v. Trevino, USA, Amicus Brief, Police Misconduct, 2023 No. 22-1025 In the Supreme Court of the United States SYLVIA GONZALEZ, Petitioner, v. EDWARD TREVINO, II, MAYOR OF CASTLE HILLS, SUED IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, ET AL., Respondents. On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for …
Investigation and Review of the Fedeal Bureau of Prison's Custody, Care, and Supervision of Jeffrey Epstein at the MCC in NY, June 2023 (1) L IM ITE D O F F IC IA L U SE - P RO P RI ETA RY I NF O RMA TI O N …
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