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Five Prisoner Deaths in Eighteen Months at Small Ohio Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The deaths of five prisoners in 18 months might pass without notice in a large jail system, but that many deaths at the 270-bed Portage County jail, located about 30 miles southeast of Cleveland, …
New York Promised Help for Mentally Ill Prisoners – But Still Sticks Many in Solitary by Christie Thompson When Amir Hall entered New York state prison for a parole violation in November 2009, he came with a long list of psychological problems. Hall arrived at the prison from a state …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Widespread Sexual Abuse Alleged at Alabama Women’s Prison by On March 4, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division launched a formal inquiry into widespread sexual abuse of female prisoners by male guards at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama. The investigation was opened following …
Idaho: Federal Court Unseals Pleadings, Holds CCA in Contempt for Violating Settlement Agreement by On August 16, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, sitting by designation, unsealed a number of court documents related to a contempt motion seeking sanctions against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Filed under: Mental Health
Montana Agrees to Change Policies for Treatment of Mentally Ill Juveniles in Adult Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter To settle a lawsuit filed by a juvenile prisoner, the Montana State Prison (MSP) has agreed to adopt or change policies that regulate the care and treatment provided to …
Oregon DOJ Intentionally Destroyed Records; Target of Abusive Criminal Investigation Settles Suit for $1 Million by The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) deliberately destroyed emails and withheld records related to a botched high-profile criminal investigation, a state court found. One of the targets of that investigation filed a lawsuit against …
From Tiger Cages to Control Units by Nancy Kurshan 1970 TRIP to VIETNAM As a 26 year old co-founder of the Yippies (the Youth International Party) I traveled to North Vietnam in 1970 as part of an all-women’s peace delegation. I believed that the Vietnamese people should have been able …
Effective Counsel Required in Kansas Civil Commitment Proceedings by The Kansas Supreme Court has held that prisoners facing civil commitment under the Kansas Sexually Violent Predators Act (KSVPA) have a due process right to effective assistance of counsel. The Court also held that ineffective assistance of counsel claims may be …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
CDCR to Block Contraband Cell Phone Signals at all Facilities by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has awarded a six-year system-wide telephone contract to Global Tel*Link (GTL), which requires the company to install equipment capable of blocking signals from contraband cell phones at the state’s 33 adult …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
California: Court May Not Award Increased Presentence Conduct Credits to Categorically Disqualified Prisoners by On July 19, 2012, the California Supreme Court held that a trial court’s discretionary power to dismiss a criminal action “in furtherance of justice” pursuant to Penal Code Section 1385 did not extend so far that …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
D.C. District Court Reaffirms Access to Counsel for Guantanamo Detainees by Derek Gilna In a September 6, 2012 memorandum opinion, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia once again asserted an “obligation to assure that those seeking to challenge their Executive detention by petitioning for habeas relief have …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Massachusetts: Overcrowding Forces Changes in Correctional Facilities by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Prisons and jails in Massachusetts have a problem: Almost every correctional facility in the state is operating above its capacity. Budget cuts have compounded the overcrowding problem because there is no money for new construction or …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Declining Prison Populations Leave Towns with Empty Jails, Debt by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Several Texas towns are bemoaning their bad business decision to enter into the for-profit incarceration industry as the bottom began dropping out of that market 5 or 6 years ago. Over a two-decade boom …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Private Detention Facility Forced into Bankruptcy, Sold at Auction by The Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia has been sold at auction after the facility’s owner, Municipal Corrections LLC, was forced into bankruptcy court by bondholders. A 2007 agreement between Irwin County and Municipal Corrections demonstrates the risks …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
PLN Files Federal Lawsuit Over Censorship at Virginia Jail by On July 30, 2013, Prison Legal News filed a lawsuit in federal court against Virginia Beach Sheriff Kenneth Stolle and other sheriff’s office officials due to the censorship of books, magazines and correspondence mailed to prisoners at the Virginia Beach …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Brain Imaging Research Conducted on Prisoners by Greg Dober Prisoners might not be able to obtain aspirin for their headaches or insulin for their diabetes while incarcerated, but if researchers get their way, an MRI for brain imaging may be free of charge. That is no cause for celebration, though, …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Death Row Prisoners in Two States File Suit over Hip Replacements by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The fact that prisoners have a constitutional right to adequate medical care under the Eighth Amendment has long been established. Since the U.S. Supreme Court made that pronouncement in Estelle v. Gamble, …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Defenses
Third Circuit Finds Just Cause or Excuse Defense Not Applicable in Prison Assault Case by Derek Gilna Aaron Taylor, incarcerated at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) in Philadelphia, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon under 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(3) and assault resulting in serious bodily injury under § …
Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013
Special Sex Offender Release Conditions Vacated by Tenth Circuit by Derek Gilna When Ronald D. Dougan pleaded guilty in January 2011 to robbing an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma post office of $220, he likely did not anticipate the unforeseen consequences that would result due to his previous 1978 conviction for sexual …
Hunger Striking Illinois Jail Prisoner Dies by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Against the backdrop of the recent hunger strike involving thousands of prisoners in California, the death last year of an Illinois jail prisoner who died after refusing to eat or drink is especially poignant. Lyvita Gomes, 52, died …
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