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Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Rejecting Foreign Language Letters after Interpretation May Violate Prisoner’s Rights by David Reutter Rejecting Foreign Language Letters after Interpretation May Violate Prisoner’s Rights by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court denied summary judgment to prison officials in a civil rights action involving First Amendment violations. State prisoner Ali …
$400,000 Settlement in New Jersey Juvenile Solitary Confinement Suit by Derek Gilna $400,000 Settlement in New Jersey Juvenile Solitary Confinement Suit by Derek Gilna In December 2013, the Juvenile Law Center, a non-profit public interest law firm based in Philadelphia, won a $400,000 settlement on behalf of two adolescents who spent …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Supervised Release Period Despite Sentencing Omission by Derek Gilna Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Supervised Release Period Despite Sentencing Omission by Derek Gilna The Illinois Supreme Court has affirmed the imposition of a period of mandatory supervised release (MSR) that was inadvertently omitted from a sentence by …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Vermont Newspaper Defends Hiring Reporter with Sex Offense Conviction by Matthew Clarke Vermont Newspaper Defends Hiring Reporter with Sex Offense Conviction by Matt Clarke The publisher of a Vermont newspaper and its sister publication defended the hiring of a registered sex offender as a reporter covering the police and court …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Former Illinois Drug Court Judge Gets Prison Time Following Fellow Judge’s Fatal Overdose by Joe Watson Former Illinois Drug Court Judge Gets Prison Time Following Fellow Judge’s Fatal Overdose by Joe Watson A former judge over an Illinois drug court is serving a federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to …
How U.S. Prison Officials Rubberstamped a CIA Torture Chamber by Carl Takei How U.S. Prison Officials Rubberstamped a CIA Torture Chamber by Carl Takei, ACLU National Prison Project The CIA’s chief interrogator called it “the closest thing he has seen to a dungeon.” At the agency’s COBALT detention site in Afghanistan …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Seventh Circuit Upholds Wisconsin Sex Offender Registration Fee, Names John Doe Plaintiffs by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Upholds Wisconsin Sex Offender Registration Fee, Names John Doe Plaintiffs by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s ruling that found Wisconsin’s statute for sex offender registration, …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Fourth Circuit Finds Strip Searches and Delousing of Arrestees Constitutional by Lonnie Burton Fourth Circuit Finds Strip Searches and Delousing of Arrestees Constitutional by Lonnie Burton On November 14, 2014, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the defendants in a case brought by two former prisoners …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Prison Legal News Wins FOIA Appeal Against BOP by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Wins FOIA Appeal Against BOP by Derek Gilna The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) hates publicity and hates revealing information about its operations to the general public. Recently, however, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Washington Prisoner Granted Injunction Ordering Outside Orthopedic Evaluation by Mark Wilson Washington Prisoner Granted Injunction Ordering Outside Orthopedic Evaluation by Mark Wilson A Washington federal district court issued a preliminary injunction ordering prison officials to have an orthopedic specialist evaluate a prisoner’s shoulder injury. Washington prisoner Shawn Francis began complaining …
Seventh Circuit: New Trial for Wrong Legal Standard in Jail Death Case by Mark Wilson Seventh Circuit: New Trial for Wrong Legal Standard in Jail Death Case by Mark Wilson In an amended decision on August 14, 2014, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a district court had abused …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Texas Prisoner Held in Prison 35 Years after Conviction Vacated by Matthew Clarke Texas Prisoner Held in Prison 35 Years after Conviction Vacated by Matt Clarke The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied a bid to halt the retrial of a mentally challenged prisoner whose original …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Corporations You’ve Never Heard of are Making Millions from Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore By James Kilgore, Truthout Likely the most well-known prison profiteers in the United States are the Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group. Between them, these two firms pulled in about $3.3 billion last year running …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Illinois University Faculty Member and PLN Contributor Fights for His Job after Opposing New County Jail by Joe Watson Illinois University Faculty Member and PLN Contributor Fights for His Job after Opposing New County Jail by Joe Watson In 2013, James Kilgore’s activism against a proposed new jail in Champaign, …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Vice President’s Son Discharged from Navy Due to Drug Use by Christopher Zoukis Vice President’s Son Discharged from Navy Due to Drug Use by Christopher Zoukis In an embarrassing coda to Vice President Joe Biden’s long career as one of the chief architects of the War on Drugs, one of …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
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Michigan: Perjured Testimony at Trial Results in Habeas Relief, but Reversed on Appeal by David Reutter Michigan: Perjured Testimony at Trial Results in Habeas Relief, but Reversed on Appeal by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court ordered the immediate release of a man convicted in a “sham” trial …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Court Denies Challenge to D.C. Sex Offender’s Website on Registry Officials by Court Denies Challenge to D.C. Sex Offender’s Website on Registry Officials A website that “registers” and posts photos of government employees who work in the District of Columbia’s sex offender registration office is protected by the First Amendment, …
Terrorism Suspect Moves to Suppress Statements Made to FBI due to Torture Threats by Matthew Clarke Terrorism Suspect Moves to Suppress Statements Made to FBI due to Torture Threats by Matt Clarke A former British citizen with ties to the U.S.-designated terrorist group al-Shabaab asked a court to suppress statements …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Tennessee Jail Considers Charging for Toilet Paper, Underwear by Christopher Zoukis Tennessee Jail Considers Charging for Toilet Paper, Underwear by Christopher Zoukis On August 19, 2013, commissioners in Anderson County, Tennessee approved a resolution authorizing an expansion of pay-to-stay fees at the county jail. The resolution included a $50 daily …
Automatic Placement of Death Row Prisoner in Segregation Does Not Violate Due Process by David Reutter Automatic Placement of Death Row Prisoner in Segregation Does Not Violate Due Process by David M. Reutter A Virginia federal district court held in November 2013 that automatic and indefinite placement of a death-sentenced …
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