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Publication • December 1, 2020
Dept. of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics - Federal Deaths in Custody and During Arrest, 2016-2017 - Statistical Tables, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2020, NCJ 252838 Connor Brooks and Kevin M. Scott, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians Anthony Whyde, former BJS …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Dismissal of Connecticut Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 15, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s granting of summary judgment to prison officials in a Connecticut prisoner’s lawsuit over their failure to protect him from retaliation …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Missouri Downsizing Prisons to Save Cash by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, announced a plan to close a number of housing units at prisons throughout the state. Budget director Dan Haug said, ‘‘What they are doing is they are consolidating space …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Mother of Decapitated Prisoner Sues California Prison Officials for Housing Her Son with Prisoner Who Tried to Murder Previous Cellmate by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 2, 2020, the mother of a man murdered at the California State Penitentiary, Corcoran filed a lawsuit against California Department of Corrections …
Thomas v. WA Dept of Corrections, WA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2020 FILED 1 2020 SEP 16 12:05 PM KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CLERK E-FILED CASE #: 20-2-13930-1 SEA 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING SEATTLE …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Ohio Jails Under Investigation by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A pattern of deaths, escapes and alleged civil rights abuses statewide have spurred investigations of at least two major county jails and increased oversight of 313 detention facilities in Ohio, local media revealed in January 2020. Governor Mike DeWine admitted …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Tioga County, New York Police Informant Paid $50,000 to Settle False Arrest Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On November 8, 2019, three New York detectives agreed to pay $50,000 to settle false arrest claims brought by an informant they charged with conspiring to kill an Assistant District Attorney …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Reviews, Databases
Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct Is an Invaluable Resource for Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell I have to admit that the idea of a citebook in the age of searchable databases was a little lost on me. “Who needs a citebook these days,” I …
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correctional Populations in the United States, 2017-2018 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics August 2020, NCJ 252157 Bul l etin Correctional Populations in the United States, 2017-2018 Laura M. Maruschak and Todd D. Minton, BJS Statisticians A n estimated …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Mississippi Prisons in Crisis by David Reutter Prisons beset with gang-related violence, overcrowding, understaffing and weak funding. by David M. Reutter Between late last year and early April 2020, more than 30 Mississippi prisoners died due togang violence, suicide or illness – over 10 times the average of 3.4 prisoner …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Rappers Jay-Z and Yo Gatti Help Prisoners in Mississippi Sue State Over “Inhumane and Unconstitutional Conditions” by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Lawyers representing music stars Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims, along with Carter’s entertainment company, Team Roc, filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Escapes
North Carolina Prisoner Escapes to Flee Coronavirus Death Sentence by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Fearing his existing medical condition could transform his sentence to death if he caught COVID-19, federal prisoner Richard Cephas elected to escape. After nearly a month on the run, Cephas turned himself in on …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Mississippi Jail to Stay Open Despite Massive “Financial Trouble” by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On December 12, 2019, the Board of Supervisors of Mississippi’s Issaquena County granted an eleventh-hour reprieve to the Issaquena County Regional Jail just five days before it was set to close and over 300 prisoners …
Publication • 2020
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Prison and Jail Civil Rights & Conditions Cases - Longitudinal Statistics Margo Schlanger* Prison and Jail Civil Rights/Conditions Cases: Longitudinal Statistics Appendix to: Slamming the Courthouse Door: 25 Years of Evidence for Repealing the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Prison Policy Initiative (April 26, 2021), at https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/PLRA_25.html * Wade H. and …
Publication • 2020
The Impact of COVID-19 on Crime, Arrests, and Jail Populations 2020 The Impact of COVID-19 on Crime, Arrests, and Jail Populations An Expansion on the Preliminary Assessment l'i§il SAFETY+JUSTICE 15!. CHALLENGE Supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The JFA Institute Denver, CO ۰ Washington, D.C. ۰ …
Another Prisoner Dies at Tennessee Prison Run By CoreCivic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The September 14, 2019, death of prisoner Albert Dorsey, 60, at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF), a private prison operated by Tennessee-based CoreCivic, was initially called a suicide by the medical examiner. The prison’s …
Publication • May 1, 2020
U.S. Prison Decline: Insufficient to Undo Mass Incarceration, The Sentencing Project, 2020 U.S. PRISON DECLINE: INSUFFICIENT TO UNDO MASS INCARCERATION U.S. Prison Decline: Insufficient to Undo Mass Incarceration By yearend 2018, the U.S. prison population reached 1.4 million people, declining by 9% since reaching its peak level in 2009. This …
Former Captain at Louisiana Private Prison Sentenced for Conspiracy to Violate Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Roderick Douglas, 38, of Monroe, Louisiana, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy with five other guards at Richwood Correctional …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Funding and Leadership Failures Result in Less Criminal Justice Data by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Several late or missing reports from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) highlights a trend toward less reporting and accountability by the federal government. The Crime and Justice Research Alliance, a nonprofit group …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Illinois Prisoner Locked Up Decades Without a Conviction or Sentence by Bill Barton by Bill Barton On October 11, 1982 Terry Allen was arrested and charged with sexual assault, after he allegedly forced a woman he’d just met at the McDonalds where she was employed to drive him in her …
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