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Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Prison Rebellion
Hawaii Prisoners Rebel Over Prison Conditions, Fined For Damages by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Prisoners of the Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) rioted March 11, 2019, over unstable, inhumane and unconstitutional living conditions. Complaints about broken telephones, uncollected mail, overcrowding, shortened visits and other problems resulted in prisoners from …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Prison Reform
Biden’s Current Prison Reform Stance Counter to His Abysmal Record by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter After decades of leading the charge during the tough-on-crime era, Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is trying to fashion himself as a champion of prison …
Brief • February 10, 2020
Petrelis v. City & County of San Francisco, CA, Complaint, Excessive Force Against Protestor, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-01032 Document 1 Filed 02/10/20 Page 1 of 25 • MAyitqg,vEo 1 Donald Cloyce Wagda (CA Bar No. 257254) 547 Blackhawk Club Drive 2 Danville, California 94506 Telephone: (650) 644-7151 3 Facsimile: (925) 204-3834 …
Brief • January 15, 2020
Filed under: Protests
Street v. O'Toole, MO, Complaint, Protest, 2020 Case: 4:19-cv-02590-CDP Doc. #: 13 Filed: 01/15/20 Page: 1 of 68 PageID #: 1466 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION ALICIA STREET, et.al Plaintiffs, v. LT. COL. LAWRENCE OTOOLE, et. al Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Arnold v. Butler, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case Name Official Case # Case# 17-79 17-CV-79 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel : Institutions: Filed Arnold, Sean #B37516 v. Butler, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received closed xx/xx/xx 7/5/17 Date Served Status Class Action 0 On Appeal D Spears …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Criminal Justice Reformers Apologize for Not Vetting Conference Speaker by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Organizers of the Smart on Crime Innovations conference – an annual gathering of community leaders, elected officials, organizers, researchers, journalists and lawyers aimed at reforming the criminal justice system – tweeted an apology …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs
California AB Prison Gang Members, Others Indicted by Feds by A 143-page federal indictment filed on May 21, 2019 described criminal violations allegedly committed by Ronald Yandell, Daniel Troxell, William Sylvester, Travis Burhop, Brant Daniel, Donald Mazza, Pat Brady, Jason Corbett, Matthew Hall, Samuel Keeton, Michael Torres, Jeanna Quesenberry, Kevin …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs
Arizona Court Equates Prison Gang Dropouts with Confidential Informants to Require Redaction of STG Files by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Arizona Court of Appeals held on September 25, 2019 that the possibility of information about gang members who had dropped out or were not in “good standing” falling …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Oregon Passes Historic Juvenile Justice Reform Bill but Refuses to Apply it Retroactively by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 22, 2019, Oregon joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in eliminating life without parole sentences for prisoners who committed their offenses as juveniles. The state enacted …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Voting
Are Re-Enfranchised Florida Felons More Likely to Vote Republican? by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter During the recent campaign to reinstate the voting rights of 1.4 million disenfranchised Florida felons, Republicans rallied against a constitutional amendment out of fear that former prisoners would vote as Democrats. Jared Kushner, …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
The Other Family Separation: Prisoners Fight to Keep Their Children by Victoria Law by Victoria Law Ayana Aubourg was seven years old when her father was sentenced to 10 years in prison. For the next decade he parented through letters, weekly phone calls and once-a-year visits. He missed most of …
Brief • January 1, 2020
San Bernardino County Court Order Against Protests 2021 2 SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO 247 West Third Street, Eleventh Floor San Bernardino, CA 92415 3 4. 5 6 7 8 IN THE SUPERIOR.COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 FOR THE COUNTY Of SAN BERNARDINO 10 GENERAL ORDER OF …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Overzealous Prosecutors Seek to Lock Up Prisoners Released Under First Step Act by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In December 2018, President Trump signed the First Step Act into law. Among other reforms, the legislation reduced some of the penalties for crack cocaine offenses. For many years, there were complaints …
Brief • November 14, 2019
Filed under: Protests
Imani v. City of Baton Rouge, LA, Complaint, Protesting, 2019 Case 3:17-cv-00439-JWD-EWD Document 189-1 11/14/19 Page 1 of 85 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ____________________________________ ) BLAIR IMANI, AKEEM MUHAMMAD, ) RAAE POLLARD, SAMANTHA NICHOLS, ) TAMMY CHENEY, ALEXUS CHENEY, ) VICTOR ONUOHA, KAREN SAVAGE, ) CHERRI …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
How High-Priced Drugs Cripple Prison Health Care – and Reform by Priti Krishtel by Priti Krishtel, The Crime Report In a deeply divided political electorate, prison reform is one of the few issues that attracts bipartisan support. Yet there’s something missing from the current conversation about criminal justice reform: the …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Hunger Strikes
Alabama Prisoners Bring Awareness of Abusive Conditions Through Hunger Strikes by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In March 2019, nine Alabama prisoners went on a hunger strike after being placed in solitary confinement without being given any reason other than “preventative measures.” The prisoners, members of Convicts Against Violence or …
Brief • October 25, 2019
Taylor v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2019 STATE OF ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS-LEGAL SERV1CES SETTLEMENT CASE CLOS URE FO RM ~c~j \cl ( · \J '. ~ t' 1St>-'\ Cose Numbs r: l 1 ( V lf '1/ Lia is on~ \4-.\\~ ~~sk'J MG: ~\.,_Cv\JJ\'\. \°t"~_s Plaintiff …
Article • October 19, 2019
Texas Court Rules Force Feeding Detainee Is Necessary by Chad Marks by Chad Marks  Ajay Kumar, a citizen of India, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) officials in New Mexico and later transfered to Texas. He began a hunger strike because, in his words, he wanted his freedom. ICE …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Voting, Voting Rights Act
Lawsuits Challenge Florida Law that Undermines Voting Rights Ballot Initiative by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Organizations that supported Amendment 4 – a 2018 ballot initiative to amend the Florida Constitution to restore voting rights to most people with felony convictions – have sued to block a new …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
The Sentencing Project Issues Report on Reducing Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Cutting the U.S. prisoner population by half is the goal of the #cut50 and End Mass Incarceration movements, and of the criminal justice reform group JustLeadershipUSA, but that will not be possible …
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