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Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: Ricky Deangelo Hinkle, 47, began threatening other prisoners and disrupting the lunch meal at the Jefferson County Jail on September 11, 2014. As jailers were placing him in a segregation cell, he allegedly started to fight. A guard then used his Taser …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Legislation Removes Secrecy from Georgia Parole Board’s Proceedings, Decisions by David Reutter Legislation Removes Secrecy from Georgia Parole Board’s Proceedings, Decisions by David M. Reutter Unlike any other state agency, Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Paroles (GBPP) makes its major decisions behind closed doors, and virtually all the information contained …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright Since PLN first began publishing in 1990 we have reported on parole systems and their inherent arbitrariness and cruelty. Today there is a lot of rhetoric about a “liberal-conservative alliance” on criminal justice issues and the need for …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Delaware: Drop in Prison Phone Rates Called a “Drop in the Bucket” by Derek Gilna Delaware: Drop in Prison Phone Rates Called a “Drop in the Bucket” by Derek Gilna Delaware’s prison phone rates will be reduced as a result of a new contract entered into between the state Department …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: Water
Is Texas Poisoning Prisoners with Contaminated Water? by Panagioti Tsolkas Is Texas Poisoning Prisoners with Contaminated Water? by Panagioti Tsolkas When the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) named a prison unit after the late warden Wallace Pack they should have guessed it would have a problem with water, as …
Texas County Pays Prisoner’s Family $214,500 for Wrongful Death by Texas County Pays Prisoner’s Family $214,500 for Wrongful Death For two days in August 2011, Shawn Appell beat his head against a wall in his cell at the Llano County, Texas jail as guards Scottie Bryan Scoggins and Donny Stewart …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Mandamus Improper Remedy to Challenge Illinois DOC’s “Violating at the Door” Policy by David Reutter Mandamus Improper Remedy to Challenge Illinois DOC’s “Violating at the Door” Policy by David Reutter On November 20, 2014, the Illinois Supreme Court refused to assume jurisdiction over a petition for writ of mandamus seeking …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Prisoners Pay Millions to Call Loved Ones Every Year. Now this Company Wants Even More by Ben Walsh Prisoners Pay Millions to Call Loved Ones Every Year. Now this Company Wants Even More by Ben Walsh, Huffington Post A captive market, no competition and government contracts that make monopoly-enabled price …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: Tax Law
Jails in Trouble as IRS Investigates Tax-Exempt Bonds by Matthew Clarke Jails in Trouble as IRS Investigates Tax-Exempt Bonds by Matt Clarke Jails financed with tax-exempt revenue bonds, including numerous facilities in Texas, are scrambling to sell or refinance their debt following investigations by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) into …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Nevada: Federal Suit over Shackling of Pregnant Prisoner Settles for $130,000 and Policy Changes by Matthew Clarke Nevada: Federal Suit over Shackling of Pregnant Prisoner Settles for $130,000 and Policy Changes by Matt Clarke On February 4, 2014, the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a federal civil rights lawsuit …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
BOP Ordered to Pay Prisoner’s Attorneys $41,703 for Discovery Abuses by Derek Gilna BOP Ordered to Pay Prisoner’s Attorneys $41,703 for Discovery Abuses by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Randall Todd Royer, also known as Ismail Royer, has engaged in a long legal battle with the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) related …
Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Filed under: War on Drugs
British Banking Giant Fined for Laundering Mexican Drug Money Through U.S. Banks by Matthew Clarke British Banking Giant Fined for Laundering Mexican Drug Money Through U.S. Banks by Matt Clarke In December 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) fined major British bank HSBC almost $2 billion following an investigation …
In-the-News Article • August 31, 2015
Editorial re proposed BOP prison in Kentucky Aug. 31, 2015 Letters to Editor or Editorials Lexington Herald-Leader Federal prison in Letcher County wrong for region, environment, prisoners BY PANAGIOTI TSOLKAS August 31, 2015 As pointed out in the Aug. 15 story, the federal Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with …
Publication • August 31, 2015
National Legal Services for Prisoners 2015 Legal Services for People in Prison and Jail These organizations provide legal assistance to people in prison. Each listing has been confirmed by the relevant organization within the last year. Alabama Equal Justice Initiative 122 Commerce Street Montgomery, AL 36104 http://www. eji.org/ (334) 269-1806 …
Simmons v. Korte, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2015 3:15-cv-03251-JES # 1 Page 1 of 28 E-FILED Monday, 31 August, 2015 03:28:28 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAC DISTRICT OF IC~INOIS KARC ERIC EZEKIEC SIMMONS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Civil Action No. ) ) -v- Jeffer'y …
Brief • August 31, 2015
Ashker v. Governor of CA, CA, Settlement Agreement, SHU Confinement, 2015 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 KAMALA D. HARRIS Attorney General of California JAY C. RUSSELL Supervising Deputy Attorney General ADRIANO HRVATIN Deputy Attorney General State Bar No. 220909 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA …
Article • August 29, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Two Reports Find at Least 54 Countries Complicit in Secret CIA Prisons by Matthew Clarke Two Reports Find at Least 54 Countries Complicit in Secret CIA Prisons by Matt Clarke The Central Intelligence Agency operated a network of prisons around the globe where suspected terrorists were routinely tortured, and in …
Article • August 29, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Alabama: Settlement to Integrate HIV-Positive Prisoners Finalized by David Reutter Alabama: Settlement to Integrate HIV-Positive Prisoners Finalized by David M. Reutter An Alabama federal district court has approved a settlement that integrates HIV-positive prisoners into the state prison system’s general population, finding it “fair, adequate, and reasonable.” The change in …
Article • August 29, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Former New York Prisoner Receives $3,375,000 Settlement for Wrongful Conviction by Derek Gilna Former New York Prisoner Receives $3,375,000 Settlement for Wrongful Conviction by Derek Gilna A New York man who was the victim of egregious police misconduct obtained a $3.375 million settlement from the State of New York after …
Article • August 29, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
$290,000 Judgment for Failure to Treat Ruptured Appendix Affirmed by David Reutter $290,000 Judgment for Failure to Treat Ruptured Appendix Affirmed by David Reutter The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $290,000 judgment in a civil rights action alleging deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s serious medical needs. The …
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