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Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: Alabama’s grossly overcrowded prison system was already facing lawsuits over poor medical treatment for prisoners when Pam Barrett of the Alabama Department of Public Health announced on August 13, 2014 that nine active cases of tuberculosis had been diagnosed in state prisoners. …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
CA: Persons on Community Supervision Eligible to Seek Transfer to Another State by Lonnie Burton CA: Persons on Community Supervision Eligible to Seek Transfer to Another State by Lonnie Burton Reversing a lower court’s ruling to the contrary, the Court of Appeal for the Fourth District of California held on …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Final Class-Action Settlement Pending in “Kids for Cash” Scandal by Final Class-Action Settlement Pending in “Kids for Cash” Scandal A class-action suit is on the verge of being settled by the co-owner of two for-profit juvenile detention facilities in Pennsylvania, who was sued after a pair of state court judges …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Prisoners Released When Jails Can’t Feed Them by Mark Wilson Prisoners Released When Jails Can’t Feed Them by Mark Wilson "We didn’t have food for them and we don’t want to violate anyone’s rights when they are here,” said Wellston, Missouri Police Chief G. Thomas Walker, explaining why he released …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Investigation Forces Arizona Clemency Board Chairman to Resign by Joe Watson Investigation Forces Arizona Clemency Board Chairman to Resign by Joe Watson A Republican political consultant who was appointed by Governor Jan Brewer to head Arizona’s Board of Executive Clemency (Board) said he was “forced out” of the position after …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Kentucky Jail Prisoners Make Mattresses by David Reutter Kentucky Jail Prisoners Make Mattresses by David Reutter The Daviess County Detention Center (DCDC) in Western Kentucky has a program that uses prisoners to manufacture mattresses. The program is expected to save the 700-bed facility $10,000 a year and provide a service …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Notorious Psych Ward at Miami-Dade Jail Finally Shuttered by David Reutter Notorious Psych Ward at Miami-Dade Jail Finally Shuttered by David Reutter In a historic culmination to decades of “horrific” living conditions and a pattern of constitutional violations, the Miami-Dade County Jail in Florida has finally closed the “Forgotten Floor” …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Juveniles
Ninth Circuit Finds Graham v. Florida Retroactive; 254-Year Sentence Unconstitutional by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit Finds Graham v. Florida Retroactive; 254-Year Sentence Unconstitutional by Mark Wilson On August 7, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held the Supreme Court’s categorical ban on life without parole (LWOP) sentences for non-homicide …
Does Political Spending by Private Prison Firms in Oklahoma Influence Prison Reform? by Joe Watson Does Political Spending by Private Prison Firms in Oklahoma Influence Prison Reform? by Joe Watson Three private prison corporations, including the nation’s two largest, have contributed more than a combined $400,000 to political candidates in …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Nebraska Law Unconstitutionally Forfeits Good Time for Refusal to Submit DNA Sample by David Reutter Nebraska Law Unconstitutionally Forfeits Good Time for Refusal to Submit DNA Sample by David M. Reutter The Nebraska Supreme Court has held that a retroactive state law which requires prisoners to submit DNA samples violates …
Three Strikes Litigant Required to Show Ongoing “Imminent Danger” to Proceed on Appeal by Lonnie Burton Three Strikes Litigant Required to Show Ongoing “Imminent Danger” to Proceed on Appeal by Lonnie Burton On January 7, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a pro se prisoner litigant who …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Failure to State Rationale in Denying Appointment of Counsel was Abuse of Discretion by Failure to State Rationale in Denying Appointment of Counsel was Abuse of Discretion The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in July 2014 that the denial of a prisoner’s motions for appointment of counsel in a …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Vermont: Retaliatory Furlough Denial Reviewable on Rule 75 Motion by Mark Wilson Vermont: Retaliatory Furlough Denial Reviewable on Rule 75 Motion by Mark Wilson The Vermont Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s denial of a prisoner’s motion to reopen his post-conviction relief case alleging the retaliatory denial of a …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Sentencing, Immigration
Ninth Circuit Finds that ICE Detention After Indictment Counts Against Sentence by Derek Gilna Ninth Circuit Finds that ICE Detention After Indictment Counts Against Sentence by Derek Gilna Petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 are used to challenge federal sentencing calculations, and Daniel Alejandro Zavala did just that, arguing that …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Grooming
Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Short Beard for Muslim Prisoner by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Short Beard for Muslim Prisoner by Derek Gilna In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found a restriction imposed on a Muslim prisoner who wanted to grow a short …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Alaska High Court Reaffirms Negligence Standard to Protect Prisoners from Harm by David Reutter Alaska High Court Reaffirms Negligence Standard to Protect Prisoners from Harm by David Reutter The Alaska Supreme Court, in a negligence suit filed by a former prisoner, reaffirmed its standard that a jailer has a duty …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Restraints
Controversy Surrounds Shackling of Dying and Comatose Prisoners in UK by Matthew Clarke Controversy Surrounds Shackling of Dying and Comatose Prisoners in UK by Matt Clarke Authorities at Great Britain’s HM Prison Frankland pledged to change the way ill and dying prisoners are shackled in the aftermath of a scathing …
Who Owns Private Prison Stock? by Alex Friedmann Who Owns Private Prison Stock? by Alex Friedmann The nation’s two largest for-profit prison companies, Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Florida-based GEO Group (GEO), are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Other private prison firms, including Management & …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Tenth Circuit: Ignoring Prisoner’s Severe Pain Precludes Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson Tenth Circuit: Ignoring Prisoner’s Severe Pain Precludes Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson On August 12, 2014, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prison nurse who refused to examine a prisoner suffering from severe abdominal pain …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Supreme Court Rules Qualified Immunity Shields Prison Officials from Suicide Claim by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Rules Qualified Immunity Shields Prison Officials from Suicide Claim by Derek Gilna In what can only be considered a step backward for holding corrections officials accountable for the preventable suicide of prisoners in their …
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