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Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Arkansas Prison Director Suspended by Board of Corrections by Ray Hobbs, director of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADOC), was suspended without pay for two weeks, starting January 2, 2012, for failing to promptly inform the Board of Corrections about a computer glitch that resulted in hundreds of prisoners being …
Texas Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Sex Offender Parole Conditions; Case Settles for $52,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 7, 2011, a U.S. District Court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board) from enforcing onerous sex offender conditions that had …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Fifth Circuit Holds Mailbox Rule Applies to Legal Mail Rejected Under Bogus Prison Rule by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that legal mail rejected by prison officials under a purported rule that does not exist is still entitled to the “mailbox rule.” Clifford Medley, a Texas state …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Federal Court Upholds Maryland Law that Reclassifies Prisoners for Redistricting by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 23, 2011, a Maryland federal district court three-judge panel upheld a state law that counts prisoners as residents of their legal home address rather than their prison address for redistricting purposes. …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Michigan DOC Taser Experiment Touted; Prison Perimeter Patrols to End by Michigan prison officials are proclaiming their experiment to arm guards with Tasers a success. An announced end to round-the-clock patrols of prison perimeters, however, was denounced as a threat to security by the union that represents Michigan Department of …
New North Carolina DOC Hospital Promises Better Healthcare for Prisoners by Joe Watson With crowded prisons and an increasing percentage of prisoners age 50 and older, the North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) opened a $153.7 million medical complex at the Central Prison in Raleigh in November 2011. The new …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Missouri County Ordered to Present Civil Detainees Before Court within 27 Hours; $75,000 Damages Settlement by A Missouri federal district court has entered a consent decree in a class-action lawsuit that prohibits county officials from holding people detained for more than 27 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, on a civil …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Organizations Submit Letters to FCC Urging Action on Prison Phone Rates by Mel Motel On October 23, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, submitted a joint letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging action on the “Wright Petition,” which asks the FCC to …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
West Memphis Three Released, but Justice Not Served and Questions Remain by Joe Watson In August 2011, a trio of Arkansas state prisoners, widely known as the West Memphis Three, walked out of prison after serving more than 18 years for a brutal triple homicide they did not commit. They …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Oregon Re-Sells Unused Execution Drugs by On November 22, 2011, death penalty opponents cheered Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber’s decision to halt the scheduled December 6, 2011 execution of Gary Haugen, and to impose a moratorium on all executions for the duration of his term. Kitzhaber called the death penalty “compromised …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Philadelphia Women Prisoners Sue for Being Housed with a Man by Four women have sued the City and County of Philadelphia, its prison system, several of its divisions and officials, and Prison Health Services (PHS, now known as Corizon) for forcing them to share a jail cell with a man …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Momentum Builds to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering by Peter Wagner Four states and hundreds of local governments are standing up to reject one of the most repugnant aspects of the prison industrial complex: Legislators with prisons located in their districts who claim the people incarcerated there – who cannot vote – …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright This is the last issue of PLN for 2012. By now, all PLN subscribers should have received our annual fundraising appeal; if you have not yet donated, and can afford to do so, then please do. This year we are asking our readers for …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Oregon DOC Gets Tiny Cut of $3.34 Million Pfizer Settlement by The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) was duped by Pfizer, Inc.’s misleading statements and studies used to market an antibiotic, according to the Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ). As such, the ODOC received part of a $3.34 million settlement …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
CCA Ceases Operations at Mississippi Prison, County Jail by On November 10, 2011, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps announced the closure of the privately-operated 1,172-bed Delta Correctional Facility in Leflore County. He said closing the prison was a mutual decision by state officials and Corrections Corporation of America …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Florida DOC Program Targets Incarcerated Veterans by The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has implemented a program for military veterans that includes special housing and counseling services. While some see the program as providing preferential treatment, FDOC officials view it as a way to meet the special needs of incarcerated …
Washington Jail Prisoner Settles Retaliation Claim for $10,000 by Washington State’s Pierce County has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed a prisoner was subjected to retaliation in the form of solitary confinement for exercising his First Amendment right of access to the courts. Neil Grenning …
PLN Settles Public Records Suit Against PHS in Vermont, Obtains Settlement Payout Information by Alex Friedmann On February 21, 2012, Prison Legal News settled a public records lawsuit filed in Vermont state court against Prison Health Services (PHS, now operating as Corizon Health, Inc.). As part of the settlement PHS …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit Sparks BOP Policy Change by Derek Gilna A lawsuit filed by a tranmasssgender federal prisoner in Massachusetts has resulted in the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) making appropriate medical care available “to [prisoners] who believe they are the wrong gender,” according to a May 31, 2011 memo issued …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Fifth Circuit Upholds Former Texas State Judge’s Bribery-Related Convictions by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a former Texas state judge on two counts of wire fraud and one count of making false statements related to bribes he received while in office. After he was elected …
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