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Author John Grisham Pens Editorial Criticizing Death Penalty in North Carolina by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On October 11, 2018, world-famous author and attorney John Grisham published an editorial in a North Carolina newspaper regarding capital punishment in that state. “Today, there are 141 people on North Carolina’s death …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Settlements
North Carolina Prisoners Sue Over Gang Violence, Obtain $62,500 Settlement by According to a February 8, 2019 news report, a lawsuit filed by North Carolina prisoners Tavieolis Hunt, 39, Benjamin White, 35, and Sean Smith, 38, settled for a total of $62,500. The settlement was reached after the trio and …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Why Our Movement Can’t Afford to Ignore Private Prison Corporations by Caroline Isaacs by Caroline Isaacs, Program Director, AFSC In 1998, I was a budding anti-prison activist, volunteering for the American Friends Service Committee in Arizona (AFSC-AZ). I was fortunate enough to attend the very first Critical Resistance gathering in …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Audit Finds Mississippi Private Prison Plagued by Violence, Run by Gangs by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Former warden Jody Bradley depended on gang leaders at a privately-run Mississippi prison to maintain control of the facility. That was one finding of a December 2018 internal audit by Management & Training …
First Step Act Update: Over 1,600 Sentences Reduced, 3,000 Prisoners Released by Dale Chappell, Douglas Ankney by Dale Chappell and Douglas Ankney As of late July 2019, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had released over 3,000 prisoners under the First Step Act, a landmark criminal justice reform measure signed …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Dr. Arthur Zitrin, Anti-Death Penalty Advocate and Bioethicist, Dies at 101 by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Dr. Arthur Zitrin died at age 101 on May 11, 2019. He was a psychiatrist and leading bioethicist who believed that doctors should take no part in lethal injections. His son Richard, an …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Prisoner’s Activism Leads Colorado DOC to Reverse Ban on Greeting Cards, Postcards and Drawings by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Thanks to the activism of Colorado prisoner Tiffany McCoy, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) has rescinded its prohibition against prisoners receiving greeting cards, postcards and drawings.  In 2018, the …
Kickback publication • September 3, 2019
OR DOC Rates Sept 2019 9/3/2019 Department of Corrections : Telmate : Sending Money : State of Oregon (http://www.oregon.gov)   Sending Money Information for putting money on an inmate's books (/doc/sending-money/) (/doc/)  (/doc/Pages/default.aspx)  Sending Money (/doc/sending-money/Pages/home.aspx)  Telmate Site Navigation Telmate Using Telmate to Send Money With …
Kickback publication • August 29, 2019
Utah DOC Prison Telephone Kickback Totals 2013-2019 Utah DOC Call Kickback Data* Year (1/1 - 12/31) Total 2019 Notes $1,003,057.31 Only includes commission payments from 1/1/2019 - 6/25/2019 2018 $1,354,368.97 2017 $1,160,502.85 2016 $1,071,632.19 2015 $997,915.49 2014 $977,584.07 2013 $370,230.49 Only includes commission payments from 7/22/2013-12/31/2013 *Source: Utah Public Finance …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Jail Specific
Mexican Mafia Crime Ring Busted in Los Angeles, San Bernardino County Jails by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In May 2018, federal authorities, including the FBI and DEA, in conjunction with California state prison officials and local police, arrested 32 people on charges related to the Mexican Mafia’s operation of …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Correlation Between Dyslexia and Criminal Behavior; First Step Act to Require Screening, Treatment by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “When you can’t read, you see no other way out,” said actor Ameer Baraka. “As a kid, I used to ask God to make me a drug dealer, because I knew …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Illinois Prison Phone Rates are Lowest Following Grassroots Activism by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar, Truthout “There were a lot of times my sons tried calling me,” recalled Annette Taylor, who regularly receives calls from her two sons in prison, “but there was no money on the account.” Those were some …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Force-Feeding is Cruel, Painful and Degrading – and American Prisons Won’t Stop by Aviva Stahl In a Colorado supermax facility, hunger-striking inmates have been force-fed and barred from sharing their ordeal with the outside world. A prisoner breaks his silence for the first time. by Aviva Stahl, The Nation It was …
Publication • August 1, 2019
CLC, Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic Report -- "Can't Pay, Can't Vote.: A National Survey on the Modern Poll Tax," 2019 Can’t Pay, Can’t Vote: A NATIONAL SURVEY ON THE MODERN POLL TAX Table of Contents Executive Summary 4 Introduction 7 Part I: History and Context 13 A. Poll Taxes …
Vera Institute of Justice - Gatekeepers: The Role of Police in Ending Mass Incarceration, 2019 Gatekeepers: The Role of Police in Ending Mass Incarceration S. Rebecca Neusteter, Ram Subramanian, Jennifer Trone, Mawia Khogali, and Cindy Reed August 2019 From the Director Reforming the criminal justice system has become a bipartisan …
Ramos v. Gee, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2019 Case# 17-8576 Official Case # 17-CV-8576 Plaintiffs: Case Filed Ramos, Cristian #M52272 v. Gee, et al., et al. Defendants: Status 5/3/18 7/24/18 closed Date Served Appeal number: Doc Staff: Received Appellate Court: AG {Appeal): Judge {Appeal): Class Action □ STA TE …
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New Bill Restricts Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In April 2019, newly elected New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 364, which limits the use of solitary confinement for certain prisoners housed in New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) …
More States on Track to Restore Voting Rights to Felons, but Not Without Hurdles by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In late May 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed into law a bill that granted automatic restoration of voting rights to former prisoners. State law had already allowed voting by …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
End of Gubernatorial Terms Bring Pardons, Commutations by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Following the 2018 elections, outgoing governors in at least 10 states and others who remained in office resolved some outstanding clemency applications by issuing pardons and commutations. In January 2019, then-Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner – …
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