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Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
10th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Halfway House Escape Charge by Derek Gilna 10th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Halfway House Escape Charge by Derek Gilna A federal prisoner without any detainers (“holds” placed by other law enforcement agencies) can generally count on a period of community confinement at the end of …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
Former West Virginia Judge Pleads Guilty, Sentenced by Joe Watson Former West Virginia Judge Pleads Guilty, Sentenced by Joe Watson A former Mingo County, West Virginia circuit judge was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison and fined $6,000 after pleading guilty to federal conspiracy charges which grew out of …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Grand Jury Report: Prisoners in Charge at Mississippi County Jail by David Reutter Grand Jury Report: Prisoners in Charge at Mississippi County Jail by David Reutter The prisoners seem to be in control of the Hinds County, Mississippi Detention Center because the jail does not have enough staff to adequately …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Chicago City Council Approves Reparations for Police Torture Victims by Joe Watson Chicago City Council Approves Reparations for Police Torture Victims by Joe Watson The Chicago City Council has voted to approve a $5.5 million package that will pay reparations and fund other benefits to victims of torture at the …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Prison Reform, Death Row
Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms by Christopher Zoukis Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms by Christopher Zoukis In a move that surprised many in the prison reform community, the president of the local chapter of a Texas prison guards’ union wrote a letter to the …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
North Carolina Prisons Slow to Change Attitudes about Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter North Carolina Prisons Slow to Change Attitudes about Mentally Ill Prisoners by David M. Reutter The head of North Carolina’s Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is calling for more than $20 million in additional …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
West Virginia Prisoner Wins Over $905,000 in FTCA Claim by Derek Gilna West Virginia Prisoner Wins Over $905,000 in FTCA Claim by Derek Gilna A federal prisoner was seriously and permanently injured when, after fleeing from a prison fight, he slipped in a pool of blood and slammed into a …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison by PLN Settles Censorship Suit against GEO Group at Indiana Prison In August 2015, Prison Legal News settled a federal lawsuit against The GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-profit prison company, over First Amendment violations at the New Castle Correctional …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Doctor Involved in Botched Oklahoma Execution Unsuccessfully Sued in Federal Court by Christopher Zoukis Doctor Involved in Botched Oklahoma Execution Unsuccessfully Sued in Federal Court by Christopher Zoukis The family of Oklahoma prisoner Clayton Lockett, whose botched execution caused international outrage, filed a federal lawsuit that accused the doctor who …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Reviews
Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People’s Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time, by James Kilgore (The New Press, 2015). 272 pages, $17.95 (paperback) by Russ Immarigeon Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People’s Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time, by James Kilgore (The New Press, …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
New York: Burns from Faulty Steam Cooker Net Prisoner $2,500 by Mark Wilson New York: Burns from Faulty Steam Cooker Net Prisoner $2,500 by Mark Wilson Last year, the New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner $2,500 after he suffered burns from a faulty steam cooker. The court found …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Pennsylvania: $65,000 Settlement for Brain Injury Caused by Guard’s Excessive Force by David Reutter Pennsylvania: $65,000 Settlement for Brain Injury Caused by Guard’s Excessive Force by David Reutter Pennsylvania’s Erie County Prison (ECP) agreed to pay $65,000 to settle a federal lawsuit claiming a guard used excessive force on a …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Texas Leads the Nation in Both Executions and Exonerations by Matthew Clarke Texas Leads the Nation in Both Executions and Exonerations by Matt Clarke Texas has long been notorious for applying the death penalty, executing more prisoners than any other state. Between 1976 and September 1, 2015, Texas carried out …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract by CCA Prison in Ohio Loses BOP Contract The privately-owned Northeast Ohio Correctional Center (NOCC) in Youngstown no longer holds prisoners for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) after the federal agency declined to renew its contract with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). According …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit against Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office by Gary Hunter PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit against Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office by Gary Hunter In March 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted summary judgment in favor of Prison Legal News (PLN) against …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Mississippi Indictments Illustrate Prison Phone Corruption by Derek Gilna Mississippi Indictments Illustrate Prison Phone Corruption by Derek Gilna Two Mississippi businessmen, Irb Benjamin, 69, and Sam Waggoner, 61, face federal charges in connection with a scheme in which kickbacks were paid to former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Prison Reform
Closed Colorado Prison Converted into Homeless Program by David Reutter Closed Colorado Prison Converted into Homeless Program by David Reutter Nearly two years after it opened on September 3, 2013, supporters of Fort Lyon, a former Colorado prison-turned-homeless facility, say it’s too soon to call the program administered by the …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
DC Circuit Denies Appeal of Order to Release Force-Feeding Videos by Derek Gilna DC Circuit Denies Appeal of Order to Release Force-Feeding Videos by Derek Gilna Abu Wa’el (Jihad) Dhiab was imprisoned at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba when he went on a hunger strike. Authorities then …
California: Private Medical Provider can be Liable for ADA Violations; Class-action Suit Settles by David Reutter California: Private Medical Provider can be Liable for ADA Violations; Class-action Suit Settles by David M. Reutter A California federal district court held in September 2014 that a jail’s private medical provider may be …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Two Kentucky Jail Guards Face Charges in Prisoner’s Death by David Reutter Two Kentucky Jail Guards Face Charges in Prisoner’s Death by David Reutter A special prosecutor has been appointed to try a first-degree manslaughter case against two Kentucky jail guards indicted in the 2013 beating death of a 54-year-old …
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