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Article • December 7, 2017
Sexual Assault Claim Against Suffolk County, New York Jail Moves Forward by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis District Judge Ann M. Donnelly recently granted the Plaintiffs' motion to amend their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against the Suffolk County, New York jail, as well as the county sheriff and several …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Volunteers, Mayor Take Action to Clothe Freezing Prisoners in New York City by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York City Department of Correction and city officials are rethinking their policy of releasing prisoners without jackets during frigid winter months. The New York Daily News reported in December 2016 …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Most Black “Neighborhoods” in Wisconsin are Actually Jails, Prisons by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A 17-year-old has made a startling discovery about Wisconsin: more than half of the state’s black “neighborhoods” are actually jails. The young researcher, Lew Blank, used the Weldon Cooper Center’s Racial Dot Map and Google …
Pressure from Advocacy Group Leads University of California to Partially Divest from Wells Fargo by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Following demands from the Afrikan Black Coalition (ABC), the University of California has agreed to terminate $475 million worth of contracts with Wells Fargo Bank. According to a press release …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Innocence Project Emerging in Israel by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Wrongful convictions are a well-known phenomena in the United States; the administration of one of the world’s largest criminal justice systems virtually guarantees mistakes and failures. Famous cases such as that of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, who was framed for …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
State Sanctioned Murder: By the Numbers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Death Penalty Information Center has released a report highlighting significant changes in the number of executions in the United States in 2016. According to the report, there were 20 executions in the U.S. during calendar year 2016 …
Prisoners and Disabilities: The Legal Landscape by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Incarceration in a state or federal prison is bad. Incarceration in a state or federal prison while disabled is much worse. Consider the numbers. According to a recent Vice.com article, 31 percent of prisoners in state facilities reported …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Prisoner’s Escape from Understaffed Private Prison Results in Staff Discipline by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Four guards at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, Rhode Island were placed on administrative leave after a prisoner escaped on New Years Eve 2016. James Morales, 35, scaled the backboard …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Vermont Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Jailhouse Lawyers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a unanimous and lengthy opinion, the Vermont Supreme Court dismissed a charge of unauthorized practice of law brought against a jailhouse lawyer. Martin Serendipity Morales, a prisoner who identifies as female, was being held at …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Death Row
Third Circuit: No Death Row Confinement after Death Sentences Vacated by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled against two Pennsylvania prisoners who were held in solitary confinement on death row for years after their death sentences were vacated. In the course …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
State Governors Grant Over 500 Pardons, Commutations by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In what is typically a politically risky move, six state governors recently granted pardons and commutations to hundreds of current and former prisoners. In California, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Arkansas and Vermont, more than 500 pardons were …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
First Circuit Reverses Convictions of Massachusetts Probation Officials by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In December 19, 2016, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of several former public officials in Massachusetts for their roles in a hiring scheme at the Office of the Commissioner of Probation (OCP). …
$1.75 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner's Wrongful Death by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis The estate of a woman who died while detoxing in a Kalamazoo, Michigan county jail settled a wrongful death claim for $1.75 million on November 15, 2013. Andrea Suzanne Armstead, 21, was booked into the Kalamazoo …
Article • December 1, 2017
$816,000 Cut to $100,000 for Prisoner Injured by Circular Saw by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A Massachusetts state prisoner who worked in a prison industry workshop was awarded $816,000 in compensation for an injury sustained while working with a circular saw. The August 2, 2013 award would have been …
Article • December 1, 2017
$45,000 Jury Award For Injuries Caused By Georgia Prison CERT Team by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis A jury awarded $45,000 in damages against four Georgia state prison Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members on June 12, 2013. Ammon Ra Sumrall was imprisoned at the Autry State Prison October 27, …
Article • December 1, 2017
$175,000 Jury Award For Deliberate Indifference Leading to Detainee's Death by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A federal jury awarded the estate of a man who died in an Oklahoma jail $175,000 for violation of the deceased's constitutional rights. Charles Holdstock, a 63-year-old attorney, was charged with child molestation in …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Jail Specific, Booking Fees
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on Jail Booking Fees by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to rule on the issue of jail “booking fees” – fees charged when arrestees are jailed, which are not always returned upon their release. The case involved a …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Eighth Amendment
Seventh Circuit Allows Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claim to Proceed by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a district court’s ruling that a former prisoner’s Eighth Amendment claim of cruel and unusual punishment could not go forward. The appellate court did, however, …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Obama Publishes Commentary on Criminal Justice Reform in Harvard Law Review by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Barack Obama made history by becoming the first president to contribute to legal scholarship by having an article published in a law journal while in office. The article, titled “The President’s Role in …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Bail, Money/Property, Bail Bonds
Community Funds, Federal Legislation Challenging Bail System from Different Angles by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Kalief Browder was a 16-year-old arrested in New York City in 2012 on charges of stealing a backpack. The charges were later dismissed, but not before he sat in jail on Rikers Island for …
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