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Article • October 5, 2014
Florida Courts Required to Accommodate Blind Litigants with Braille Documents by Florida Courts Required to Accommodate Blind Litigants with Braille Documents   The Florida Supreme Court has held that a legally blind litigant was entitled to mandamus relief to compel an appellate court to accept pleadings in Braille and to …
Article • October 4, 2014
Fifth Circuit Holds Younger Doctrine Precludes Challenge to Louisiana Public Defender Fees by Fifth Circuit Holds Younger Doctrine Precludes Challenge to Louisiana Public Defender Fees   On April 16, 2012, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Younger abstention doctrine prohibits federal court challenges to Louisiana's public defender …
Article • October 4, 2014
Filed under: Parole
Harsher Stance by Virginia Parole Board Fails to Demonstrate Actionable Claim by Harsher Stance by Virginia Parole Board Fails to Demonstrate Actionable Claim   The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that eleven prisoners failed to allege facts demonstrating a plausible case to support that the Virginia Parole Board (the …
U.S. Department of Justice Releases Former Prisoner Report on Sexual Victimization by Matthew Clarke U.S. Department of Justice Releases Former Prisoner Report on Sexual Victimization   by Matt Clarke   On May 12, 2012, the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice released a report on a …
In-the-News Article • October 4, 2014
PLN quoted re ruling in Pennsylvania prison medical case Oct. 4, 2014 Articles with PLN Quotes Philadephia Weekly Continued debate over ejaculating in prison By Randy LoBasso Shemtov Michtavi is no stranger to the law. After being sentenced to federal prison in Pennsylvania in 2004 for his involvement in a …
Article • October 3, 2014
Connecticut Abolishes Death Penalty for Future Capital Crimes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 25, 2012, Connecticut Governor Daniel P. Malloy signed into law legislation that eliminates the death penalty for future crimes and replaces it with life without parole – part of a trend to abolish capital …
Article • October 3, 2014
Audit for California Prison System Reveals High Potential for Fraud and Misappropriation of Public Funds by Audit for California Prison System Reveals High Potential for Fraud and Misappropriation of Public Funds   In July 2011, the California State Controller’s Office (SCO) released the results of its accounting audit of the …
Article • October 3, 2014
Wisconsin Open Records Law Prohibits Charging Redaction Fee by Wisconsin Open Records Law Prohibits Charging Redaction Fee   The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that governmental entities have no authorization to charge the public for time spent redacting confidential information from public records.   The ruling came in a lawsuit brought …
Article • October 3, 2014
Kansas Sentencing Law Creates Disparity for Old Law Prisoners by Kansas Sentencing Law Creates Disparity for Old Law Prisoners   Hundreds of Kansas prisoners who committed crimes prior to July 1, 1993 are serving sentences that would have been much shorter under current law. These “old law” prisoners are serving …
Article • October 3, 2014
Law Prohibits Washington State Prisons from Manufacture of Guard Uniforms by Law Prohibits Washington State Prisons from Manufacture of Guard Uniforms   Innovative sewing practices by Washington state prisoners compelled state legislatures to enact a law that prohibits prisoners from making or assembling guards’ uniforms.   “There was some hanky-panky …
Article • October 3, 2014
Guards at Baltimore Intake Convicted of Beating 26-Year-Old Female Prisoner by Guards at Baltimore Intake Convicted of Beating 26-Year-Old Female Prisoner   On April 27, 2012, a Baltimore jury convicted two intake guards – Larry Morris and Shannon Rivies -- of conspiracy to commit reckless endangerment after they beat a …
Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract by Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract   by Matt Clarke   Since January 2009, the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) has been working on a contract for private prison corporations to build and operate prisons with a capacity of …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
FBI Files on Chief Justice Rehnquist Reveal History of Sedative Addiction by FBI Files on Chief Justice Rehnquist Reveal History of Sedative Addiction   Files released by the FBI in 2007 show that the late Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist was so addicted to a powerful sedative that his …
Article • October 3, 2014
Family Calls Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death Murder; Prison Officials Exonerate Themselves by David Reutter Family Calls Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death Murder; Prison Officials Exonerate Themselves   By David M. Reutter   Although an investigation into a prisoner’s death by the Pennsylvania State Police “does not indicate any foul play at this time,” …
Exonerated Chicago Man Settles Lawsuit for $3.6 Million by Matthew Clarke Exonerated Chicago Man Settles Lawsuit for $3.6 Million   By Matthew Clarke   In January 2012, the City of Chicago settled a lawsuit against the city and five Chicago police officers brought by a man who was exonerated after …
Article • October 3, 2014
California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment” by California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment”   It’s the rare public policy that succeeds in spite of bureaucratic incompetence and a lack of vision. But, according to a recent state audit, California’s decision in 2007 to transfer the supervision …
Article • October 3, 2014
Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations by David Reutter Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations   by David M. Reutter   A performance audit of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) was released in September 2012 by the state’s Comptroller of the Treasury. It made five findings related …
Another Florida Youth Languishes in Pain until Death While Guards Idly Watch by David Reutter Another Florida Youth Languishes in Pain until Death While Guards Idly Watch   By David M. Reutter   A sense of fear and apprehension about overstepping authority kept guards at a Florida Department of Juvenile …
Article • October 3, 2014
Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s Private Prison Health Care Saves Money but Costs Lives by David Reutter Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s Private Prison Health Care Saves Money but Costs Lives   by David M. Reutter   Minnesota privatized its prison health care system in 1998 to achieve cost savings. While it …
Article • October 3, 2014
$125,400 Settlement in Riker’s Island Guard Assault on Prisoner by $125,400 Settlement in Riker’s Island Guard Assault on Prisoner   A $125,400 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit arising from a guard at the Robert N. Davoren Center (RNDC) on Riker’s Island repeatedly slapping a prisoner on his head, …
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