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Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matthew Clarke Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matt Clarke In spite of a three-year downward trend, Texas continues to lead the nation with the largest state prison population. At the same time, the state has pursued a …
Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Controversy, Criticism Plague Brooklyn Halfway House by Derek Gilna Community First Services, Inc., established by Jack A. Brown III in 2005 to provide transitional services for prisoners returning to New York City, has come under scrutiny following news reports that cast …
Semelbauer v. Muskegon County, MI, Complaint, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-01245 Doc #1 Filed 12/04/14 Page 1 of 42 Page ID#1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHELLE SEMELBAUER, PAULETTE BOSCH, DENISE VOS, CRISA BROWN, LATRECE BAKER, TAMMY SPEERS, LONDORA KITCHENS, and STASHIA COLLINS, …
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matthew Clarke Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matt Clarke In spite of a three-year downward trend, Texas continues to lead the nation with the largest state prison population. At the same time, the state has pursued a …
Brief • November 19, 2014
Salazar v Dorsey, NM, Order Approving Settlement Agreement, DOC policy inmate space, 2014 Case 1:11-cv-00254-MCA-GBW Document 157 Filed 11/19/14 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO J.O. and ROBERT SALAZAR on behalf of themselves and a Class of similarly situated individuals, …
Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start by Inspection Finds Improvements at CCA-Owned Ohio Facility Following Rocky Start A September 2013 re-inspection report cited improvements in conditions at a privately-owned prison near Cleveland, Ohio compared to an inspection performed a year earlier, when state auditors identified numerous …
Brief • November 5, 2014
Jones v. Wittenberg, OH, Order - Medical Treatment Facilities (2014) Case: 3:70-cv-00388-JGC Doc #: 56 Filed: 11/05/14 1 of 2. PageID #: 396 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION Charles Jones, et al., Case No. 3:70CV388 Plaintiff v. ORDER Sol Wittenberg, et …
Report: Prisons in Honduras are Dangerous, Violent and Corrupt by Matthew Clarke Report: Prisons in Honduras are Dangerous, Violent and Corrupt by Matt Clarke When a February 2012 fire at a prison in Comayagua, Honduras killed 361 prisoners after guards abandoned their posts – leaving the prisoners to die in …
Ninth Circuit Again Rejects California’s Resistance to ADA Obligations by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit Again Rejects California’s Resistance to ADA Obligations by Mark Wilson On October 4, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court order requiring California prison officials to disseminate and implement a previously-negotiated County …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
U.S. Sentencing Commission Approves Retroactivity for Drug Offense Sentence Reductions by Derek Gilna U.S. Sentencing Commission Approves Retroactivity for Drug Offense Sentence Reductions by Derek Gilna It’s always hard for the federal government to admit its mistakes, especially when they have ruined tens of thousands of lives, devastated inner-city neighborhoods …
Article • June 12, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative by Christopher Petrella Consequences of California’s Realignment Initiative by Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the City University of New York, writes that “capitalism never resolves its problems; it simply rearranges them geographically.” The same can be …
DOJ Intervenes in Class-action Suit Challenging New Orleans Jail Conditions; Consent Judgment Entered by David Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) intervened in a class-action lawsuit that alleged “abusive and unconstitutional conditions of confinement” at the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. …
Lawsuits Challenge Conditions at Tennessee Jail; Five Charged in Bribery and Smuggling Scheme by Lawsuits Challenge Conditions at Tennessee Jail; Five Charged in Bribery and Smuggling Scheme In the wake of a Tennessee federal district court hearing in a lawsuit challenging conditions at the Maury County Jail (MCJ), the number …
Are We Really Witnessing the End of Mass Incarceration? by James Kilgore Are We Really Witnessing the End of Mass Incarceration? by James Kilgore “This is the beginning of the end of mass incarceration.” – Natasha Frost, associate dean of Northeastern University’s school of criminology and criminal justice   After …
The Untold Story Of What Happened At An Overcrowded West Virginia Jail After The Chemical Spill by Christie Thompson The Untold Story Of What Happened At An Overcrowded West Virginia Jail After The Chemical Spill By Christie Thompson When roughly 10,000 gallons of chemicals leaked into a West Virginia watershed …
Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Report: Increase in Federal Prison Population, Overcrowding by Derek Gilna Report: Increase in Federal Prison Population, Overcrowding   by Derek Gilna   A government study revealed that overcrowding in the federal prison system worsened over the five-year period from 2006 through 2011, affecting facilities of all security levels. The study, …
Second Circuit: Federal Prisoner States Conditions of Confinement Claim by David Reutter Second Circuit: Federal Prisoner States Conditions of Confinement Claim   by David Reutter   The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a federal prisoner sufficiently stated a claim alleging the conditions of his confinement violated …
Brief • April 15, 2014
Filed under: Overcrowding, Jail Specific
Mason v. Hale, AL, Settlement, Jail Overcrowding, 2014 Case 2:11-cv-03155-TMP Document 71-1 Filed 04/15/14 Page 1 of 7 FILED 2014 Apr-15 PM 01:32 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA Exhibit 1 Case 2:11-cv-03155-TMP Document 71-1 Filed 04/15/14 Page 2 of 7 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Plaintiffs, by and through counsel, and Defendants, …
Coleman v. Brown, CA, Injunction, Mental Health and Segregation Conditions, 2014 Case 2:90-cv-00520-LKK-DAD Document 5131 Filed 04/10/14 Page 1 of 74 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 12 Plaintiffs, 13 14 No. CIV. …
Former Detainee Alleges Unconstitutional Conditions at Illinois Jail, Accepts $7,501 Judgment by On April 24, 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former pretrial detainee at the Edgar County Jail (ECJ) in Illinois stated a claim concerning unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the facility. The appellate court …
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