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Deaths and Violence Mount at Overcrowded Alabama Prisons While Parole Rate Hits New Low by Kevin Bliss, Jo Ellen Nott by Kevin Bliss and Jo Ellen Nott On February 5, 2022, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a nine-year sentence had been handed down to the last of four …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Alabama Plan to Relieve Prison Overcrowding: Tap COVID-19 Funds to Build “Mega-Prisons” by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) signed legislation in October 2021 to take $400 million of the state’s pandemic relief funds from the American Rescue Plan to build a trio …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story is part of our ongoing coverage from the killing fields of Southern prisons, where Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida are vying for the title of deadliest prison system in America. The political and moral bankruptcy of …
Fourth Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Suit by NC Jail Detainee Alleging Denial of Access to Grievance System and Timely Medical Care Prisoner Didn’t Ask the Court to Extend Kingsley Protections by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The U.S. Supreme Court lowered the bar for a pre-trial detainee to sustain a …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Death by Incarceration: Study Reveals High Death Rates Inside NY’s State Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders  In 1972, when the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment, New York state had been executing people since 1608. The total number of individuals put to death by the state in that …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Corizon, Centurion
Centurion Health Supplants Corizon in Missouri After Court Ruling by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders After a trial on November 3, 2021, a Missouri court ruled in favor of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) in a challenge to its decision replacing its private healthcare contractor Corizon with a competitor, …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Extreme Sentences for Women in the U.S.: An Overview by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye On January 14, 2022, Texas 138th District Court Judge Gabriela Garcia set an execution date for Melissa Lucio: April 27, 2022. That is when the 53-year-old will face death for her 2008 conviction of murdering …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$1.65 Million Settlement Reached in Connecticut Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Lupus by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 7, 2021, the Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) paid $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit alleging medical personnel failed to diagnose and treat a 19-year-old state prisoner who died of …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Eighth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Private Companies Providing Missouri Prisoner’s Health Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that private companies providing health care for prisoners are not entitled to assert qualified immunity or appeal …
$14.3 Million in Costs, Attorney Fees and Interest Awarded Against GEO Group in Suits for Not Paying Minimum Wage to Immigrant Detainee Workers in Washington by Matthew Clarke Brings total the firm is ordered to pay to $37.6 million by Matt Clarke On December 14, 2021, a Washington federal court …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry, jobs
$1.1 Million Colorado Initiative Set to Assist Prisoners With More Employment Opportunities Upon Release by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Individuals leaving prison often face obstacles securing basic necessities like employment, housing, and health care. This can make reintegration into society exceedingly difficult. The restrictions and limited opportunities that ex-prisoners …
Prison Telecom Giant GTL Agrees to $67 Million Settlement in Class-Action Over Inactive Account Seizure Policy by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Prison phone services provider Global*Tel Link (GTL) agreed to a settle a long-running class-action on December 20, 2021, with changes to company policies and up to $67 …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
No Charges So Far Against Former Arizona Corrections Director After Boozy Standoff with Police by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Before an armed standoff with Tempe police on January 6, 2022, former Arizona prisons chief Charles Ryan had been home drinking tequila. A lot of tequila. “Half a …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Vermont Hep-C Settlement Agreement Provides Direct-Acting Antivirals to Infected Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement agreement setting out guidelines for care that the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) will provide to prisoners with Hepatitis-C was finalized on May 14, 2021, calling for enhanced screening of incoming …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$1.5 Million Awarded for Failure to Protect Rikers Jail Prisoner Who Was Attacked Repeatedly by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 2, 2021, a federal jury in New York City ruled in favor of a prisoner at the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, deciding the city and …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
California Supreme Court Reclassifies Clemency Records, No Longer Confidential by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On May 26, 2021, the Supreme Court of California filed en banc a new administrative order changing the Court’s published Internal Operating Practices and Procedures regarding the confidentiality of clemency records. The Court had previously …
$170,000 in Attorney’s Fees, Solitary Confinement Reforms Achieved in Settlement of Maine Prisoner’s Lawsuits by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2021, the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) settled state and federal lawsuits brought by a prisoner kept in solitary confinement for 22 months without seeing any evidence of …
Private Prison Firm Revenues Soar on “Tailwind” of Immigrant Detainees by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a filing with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 5, 2022, Florida-based GEO Group—the nation’s largest private prison operator—laid bare its strategy to keep federal dollars flowing into the company’s …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Ninth Circuit Overturns California Law Banning Private Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On October 5, 2021, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck down a California statute, Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), barring private companies from entering new contracts with any …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Tenth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Colorado Prison Officials Who Shut Down Native American Religious Activities by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On July 21, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the ruling of a lower court in Colorado that denied a motion by state …
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