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Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief   District of Columbia: Before sending former jail guard Jonathan Womble to prison for just over three years on October 9, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton called Womble’s crime “reprehensible and one of the most serious anyone could commit.” Heroin, marijuana, …
Brief • May 7, 2014
Filed under: Voting, State Legislation
Scott v. Bowen, CA, Writ of Mandamus, Right to Vote, 2014 1 2 3 4 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA 7 8 9 10 11 12 MICHAEL SCOTT, et al, Case No. RG14-712570 Plaintiffs, ORDER (1) GRANTING PETITION OF …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Carbon Hill Mayor James “Pee Wee” Richardson, 61, was arrested on September 19, 2013 on multiple charges related to sexually abusing four prisoners at the city’s municipal jail; he was released eight days later after posting a $250,000 property bond. In addition to the criminal …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Two prisoners at the Yavapai County Jail have been sentenced for their involvement in a fraudulent tax refund scheme. James Borboa pleaded guilty and on September 8, 2013 received an additional term of 18.5 years in prison for using other prisoners’ IDs to file tax …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: Prisoners in the segregation unit at Spring Creek Correctional Center were not happy with an inspection order that required them to make their beds and clean their cells. On August 5, 2013, around 14 prisoners showed their displeasure by yelling, breaking porcelain sinks and toilets, …
Article • February 15, 2014
Filed under: News
Dying in Prison by By Graham Kates In 2006, Edgar Barens went to prison every day for six months. The Iowa State Penitentiary had granted the Chicago-based film-maker unprecedented access to shoot a documentary about the prison’s fledgling hospice program. There, he met and filmed the eponymous lead of his …
Publication • January 24, 2014
NY Amended Legislation on Solitary Confinement 2014 2/18/2014 A8588-2013 Text - NY Senate Open Legislation S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8588 I N A S S E M B L Y January 24, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On July 29, 2013 there was a break-in at the Draper Correctional Facility. According to the Department of Corrections, three sections of the prison were burglarized in the early morning hours, and laptop computers and multiple weapons were discovered missing when employees started arriving around …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Task Force Linked to Harsh Sentencing Laws and Private Prison Firms Disbands Following Public Scrutiny, Boycott by A national campaign to shut down a quasi-governmental task force backed by powerful corporate interests, which has promoted harsher sentences, prison privatization and controversial “stand your ground” gun rights legislation, was successful thanks …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: On May 28, 2013, a former staff member at FCI Phoenix was convicted of six counts of sexual abuse of a ward. A federal jury found that Jose Arnulfo Martinez, 49, sexually abused a prisoner on three separate occasions in 2008 and victimized another prisoner …
Article • November 15, 2013 • from PLN November, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by California: Reggie Alcantar, 31, was charged with felony battery and elder abuse on May 14, 2013 following an incident at the popular Tom’s Farms attraction near Corona. An investigation determined that Alcantar pushed a 71-year-old security guard to the ground, causing him to suffer a broken …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arkansas: The Phillips County jail closed on April 30, 2013 after it failed to pass a state inspection. Sheriff Neal Byrd would not go into detail as to why the 30-year-old facility failed the inspection, but said 60 prisoners had been transferred to other jails and …
Brief • October 4, 2013
Koger v. Dart et al, IL, Complaint, jail mail censorship newspapers, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-07150 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/04/13 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GREGORY KOGER, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS J. DART, SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY; …
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
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News in Brief by Arizona: “The debt one pays to society for having engaged in criminal activity does not include being subjected to sexual assault by prison staff,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Ann Birmingham Scheel. Two prisoners at FCI Phoenix were subjected to such sexual assaults, and on June 18, …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Alabama Department of Corrections guard Bryant Thompson and former guard Quincy Walton are the subjects of a 29-count indictment unsealed on March 8, 2013, charging them with federal tax crimes. They are accused of a scheme in which Thompson obtained prisoners' Social Security numbers and …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: News
Millions in Security Equipment Wasted at Rikers Island by When officials at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex closed the facility's harbor and bike patrol units, and gutted staff in emergency services and firefighting units, they were trying to deal with budget cuts. Yet insiders said the move resulted …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: News
HRDC Receives First Amendment Award by On July 25, 2013, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), a national organization dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism, upholding high standards of ethics in that field and protecting First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and the press, announced the Human …
Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013
Filed under: News
California Jail Installs New Microgrid to Cut Energy Costs by Derek Gilna California Jail Installs New Microgrid to Cut Energy Costs by Derek Gilna The Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, California has installed an $11.7 million "microgrid" system to help power the 4,000-bed facility, which is the fifth-largest jail …
Article • August 15, 2013
Connecticut Prohibits Disclosure to Prisoners of Investigation Reports Against Guards by Connecticut legislature has enacted an exemption to the state’s Freedom of Information Act that prevents disclosure of certain records sought by “any individual committed to the custody or supervision of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in a facility …
Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Approximately 400 prisoners were involved in a March 3, 2013 fight that resulted in a lockdown at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Tucson. Guards quickly responded to stop the mass brawl in the Whetstone Unit, according to Arizona DOC spokesman Bill Lamoreaux. Two staff members suffered …
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