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Article • October 3, 2014
$50,000 Settlement in Nevada Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Death by $50,000 Settlement in Nevada Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Death   The Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) paid $50,000 to settle a civil rights action that alleged its “negligence and reckless disregard to the health” of a prisoner caused his death.   The …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
Problematic Florida Juvenile Center Closes by Problematic Florida Juvenile Center Closes   Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice is closing a privately operated juvenile offender facility that has been the subject of allegations of poor supervision and treatment. The 154-bed Thompson Academy, a low-security facility, is run by Youth Services International …
Article • October 3, 2014
13 Prisoners Die in Turkish Prison Fire by 13 Prisoners Die in Turkish Prison Fire   Thirteen prisoners died, five were injured seriously enough to require hospitalization and three guards suffered burns during a prison fire at the Suliufa prison near in southeast Turkey in June 2012. The prison is …
Article • October 3, 2014
Tasered Ex-Prisoner Settles Suit for $55,000 by Tasered Ex-Prisoner Settles Suit for $55,000   The State of Pennsylvania and a prison guard settled a suit by a former prisoner who was allegedly shocked with a Taser without justification. The terms of the settlement required Pennsylvania to pay $50,000 and prison …
Article • October 3, 2014
Washington Supreme Court Reverses Premature Public Record Ruling; Requester Identity Irrelevant to Whether Records Exempt by Washington Supreme Court Reverses Premature Public Record Ruling; Requester Identity Irrelevant to Whether Records Exempt   The en banc Washington State Supreme Court held that a lower court prematurely decided that the identity of …
Article • October 3, 2014
Utah Democrat Defeated for Party Post Defeated After "Outing" as Private Prison Official by Utah Democrat Defeated for Party Post Defeated After "Outing" as Private Prison Official   By Derek Gilna   Her position as Vice-Chairman of Management and Training Corporation (MTC), third largest private prison operator in the United …
Article • October 3, 2014
Tennessee Parole Officers Report that Parolees are Walking Dead by Tennessee Parole Officers Report that Parolees are Walking Dead   Either Tennessee's crawling with zombies, or the state's Board of Probation and Parole has been caught neglecting to monitor former offenders under community supervision.   According to an audit published …
Article • October 3, 2014
Report Links Recidivism Decline to Investments in Treatment, Training and Housing by Report Links Recidivism Decline to Investments in Treatment, Training and Housing   A study brief from the Council on State Governments (CSG) revealed that the states with the greatest reductions in recidivism in recent years have done so, …
Article • October 3, 2014
Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers by Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers   After several probation companies operating in Georgia were sued last year, a TV news investigation on private probation yielded some persuasive perspectives.   Some probationers explained to WSB-TV that private probation firms–which account for about 40% …
Article • October 3, 2014
Pew Center Report Finds Increasing Incarceration Expensive and Ineffective by Matthew Clarke Pew Center Report Finds Increasing Incarceration Expensive and Ineffective   by Matthew Clarke   On June 6 2012, the Pew Center on the States issued a report on the consequences of the trend toward longer terms of imprisonment …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
Oklahoma Jail Guard Sentenced to 18 Months for Maliciously Tasering Detainee by Oklahoma Jail Guard Sentenced to 18 Months for Maliciously Tasering Detainee   A former guard at Oklahoma’s Bryant Count Jail (BCJ) has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for assaulting a detainee.   During a May …
Article • October 3, 2014
Ohio Jailer's Federal Criminal Conviction Related to Prisoner Death Upheld by Ohio Jailer's Federal Criminal Conviction Related to Prisoner Death Upheld   On August 31, 2012, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the criminal conviction of a former Ohio jailer on charges related to the homicide of a prisoner. …
Article • October 3, 2014
No Panacea, but Obamacare Could Help Reduce Prison Population, Report Says by No Panacea, but Obamacare Could Help Reduce Prison Population, Report Says   Even before the presidential election secured the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as "Obamacare,” many prisoner advocates were championing the …
Article • October 3, 2014
New York City Pays $2 Million in Juvenile’s Death by Jail Gang by New York City Pays $2 Million in Juvenile’s Death by Jail Gang   The City of New York paid $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of Christopher Robinson, who was killed by a …
Nebraska Prison Officials Settle before Prisoner Pagan Religion Lawsuit by Derek Gilna Nebraska Prison Officials Settle before Prisoner Pagan Religion Lawsuit   by Derek Gilna   The Nebraska Department of Corrections (NDOC) has settled a lawsuit brought by two state prisoners seeking to hold religious services at Nebraska State Penitentiary …
Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison? by Matthew Clarke Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison?   by Matthew Clarke   Family members and former Dawson State Jail prisoners are alleging medical neglect led to the recent deaths of two prisoners at the Corrections Corporation of America …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: OB/GYN, Stun Guns/Tasers
La Porte, Indiana Prisoner Loses Baby after Being Tasered by Derek Gilna La Porte, Indiana Prisoner Loses Baby after Being Tasered   by Derek Gilna   In an incident certain to reignite the controversy over the use of Tasers, a pregnant La Porte County jail prisoner was tasered during an …
Article • October 3, 2014
Justice System Disregards Families of Youth Offenders, Report Says by Justice System Disregards Families of Youth Offenders, Report Says   A collaborative report from an alliance of grassroots organizations proclaims that families of juvenile offenders are part of the solution to youth crime, not the problem.   According to Justice …
Article • October 3, 2014
Florida Governor Eliminates Innocence Commission by  Florida Governor Eliminates Innocence Commission   Faced with the dubious honor of 23 death row prisoner being exonerated since 1973 and 12 exonerations via DNA evidence since 2001, the Florida Supreme Court created the Florida Innocence Commission. With the stroke of his veto pen, …
Article • October 3, 2014
California Officials Deny Amnesty International’s Findings on Isolation Units by California Officials Deny Amnesty International’s Findings on Isolation Units   California corrections officials are proving—simply by opening their mouths—that long-term exposure to a cruel and dysfunctional prison system causes a detachment from reality.   In response to Amnesty International's (AI) …
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