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Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Tennessee: Felony Friendly Job Fairs an Unexpected Hit by When Tennessee state Representative Brenda Gilmore and other event organizers planned a Felony Friendly Job Fair in North Nashville on April 23, 2011, they expected a turnout of about 100 former prisoners looking for work. They grossly underestimated the interest among …
Illinois DOC Sued to Accommodate Hearing Impaired Prisoners by A class-action lawsuit filed on May 4, 2011 is challenging the failure of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) to provide assistance to prisoners who are deaf or hard of hearing. The complaint, filed in federal court, alleges violations of the …
Tennessee: Incident Rates at CCA Facilities Higher Than at Public Prisons by According to an analysis of incidents involving assaults and disturbances at government-run and privately-managed prisons in Tennessee from January 2009 to June 2011, incident rates were consistently higher at the state’s three private prisons. Those were the findings …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Study Shows Ex-offenders Have Greatly Reduced Employment Rates by In November 2010 the Center for Economic and Policy Research released a study titled “Ex-offenders and the Labor Market,” which found that a felony conviction or imprisonment significantly reduces the ability of ex-offenders to find jobs, costing the U.S. economy an …
Ohio ACLU, Other Organizations Release Reports on Prison Privatization by In April 2011 the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (ACLU) released an expansive report entitled Prisons for Profit: A Look at Prison Privatization, which draws strongly on the experiences of other states with heavily-privatized prison systems. The report concludes …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Immigrants Have Special Sixth Amendment Rights But Limited Time to Enforce Them by Holly S. Cooper by Holly S. Cooper & Anel Carrasco In negotiating plea bargains for immigrants, many defense lawyers forget to focus on the primary goal for their clients – staying in the United States. While no …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Ohio County’s Intensive Probation Program Failing Miserably by Justin Miller A study has found that an intensive probation program in Hamilton County, Ohio is so unsuccessful that its participants are actually more likely to re-offend than those convicted of similar crimes who receive no supervision at all, according to the …
Virginia Prisoners Held in Segregation Over 10 Years for Violating DOC Grooming Policy by Justin Miller A number of prisoners in Virginia have been held in segregation for more than a decade because they refuse to cut their hair or beards on religious grounds. Since December 1999, the Virginia Department …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Northern California Private Pathology Company Under Scrutiny by A shortage of forensic pathologists in Northern California and elsewhere in the nation has led to the growth of private for-profit forensics companies. Forensic Medical Group (FMG) is one of those companies. FMG, which employs five doctors, conducts all the autopsies for …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Prison Legal News Files Censorship Suit Against Florida DOC by On November 17, 2011 the ACLU of Florida and the Florida Justice Institute filed a lawsuit on behalf of Prison Legal News in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Named as defendants in the suit are …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Texas State Bar, Exonerated Ex-Prisoners File Suit Against Attorney Over Fees by The State Bar of Texas has filed a lawsuit against Lubbock attorney Kevin Glasheen, alleging that he grossly overcharged clients in violation of the Bar’s Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Glasheen, who represents over a dozen exonerated former …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Denver Prisoner’s Death Ruled a Homicide; Family Files Suit by Brandon Sample The Denver area coroner’s office has ruled the death of a prisoner at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Facility (VCSDF) a homicide. Marvin L. Booker, 56, a homeless preacher, died on July 9, 2010 after a struggle with guards …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
US EPA Takes Action Against Kansas Prison for Asbestos Violations by The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued orders against the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) for violations of federal law concerning asbestos removal. The violations stem from a renovation in 2005-2006 at the Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF). The …
Federal District Court Slams Bureau of Prisons in FOIA Suit by Brandon Sample U.S. Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart has denied summary judgment to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a suit filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking copies of contracts between the BOP and private …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Planned GEO Prison in Adelanto, California Faces Sewage Hurdles by In January 2011, the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board called for a cease and desist order to prevent the City of Adelanto, California from establishing any new sewer connections. The board said that Adelanto’s water utility authority had created …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
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Drug Courts Need an Intervention, Reports Say by Joe Watson Drug courts in the U.S. are increasingly like the people they purportedly aim to help – indulging their pathological tendencies with enabling self-talk that ignores the harsh reality of their failings. So argues the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) …
$1 Million Settlement in Texas Wrongful Conviction Suit by On March 31, 2011, a man who had been falsely convicted of burglary, rape and sexual abuse accepted a $1 million settlement after being exonerated by DNA evidence. Donald Wayne Good filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit in …
Report Highlights Dual Loyalties in Immigration Detention Health Care by A recent report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) focuses on the “dual loyalties” that medical professionals face when providing health care to detainees in the U.S. immigration system. The March 28, 2011 report highlights the conflicts that arise when …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
CMS Nurses Disciplined in Kentucky Prisoner’s Death by The Kentucky Board of Nursing has disciplined two nurses who were on duty when a prisoner died one day after he was booked into the Fayette County Jail. Prisoner Dean Ferguson, 54, died of a pulmonary embolism on July 10, 2010 after …
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Recording of Nashville, Tennessee Jail Prisoners’ Attorney Calls Criticized by In February 2011 it was revealed that the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in Nashville, Tennessee had recorded approximately 300 phone calls between jail prisoners and their lawyers, then gave the recordings to federal prosecutors. The calls were recorded despite the …
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