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Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Plata and Coleman Showdown in California by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A three-judge federal court tightened the noose around the neck of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) in April 2013 when it issued a lengthy order denying a motion by state officials to delay or …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
New York DOCCS Settles Statewide PLN Censorship Suit for $155,000 by Alex Friedmann The New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYDOCCS) has settled a federal lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News that challenged the censorship of PLN's monthly publication, books and correspondence at New York prisons statewide. …
TransCor May Face Punitive Damages for Prisoner's Death by Christopher Zoukis TransCor America, LLC, a for-profit prisoner transportation company and subsidiary of Corrections Corporation of America, may be held liable for punitive damages if it is found responsible for the death of a prisoner who died while being transported in …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner's Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court's dismissal of a prisoner's lawsuit alleging discrimination based on his sexual orientation. Ricky Davis, a gay, insulin-dependent diabetic Michigan state prisoner, was screened, medically cleared and hired by …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement, by Sharon Shalev (Willan Publishing, September 2009). 346 pages, $39.95 by Julie Etter Book review by Julie Etter Without exaggeration, Sharon Shalev's examination of supermax prisons and the dynamics of solitary confinement in the United States illustrates the consequences of bureaucratic dictates on the …
Prison Legal News Files Public Records Suit Against CCA in Texas by In a lawsuit filed in state court on May 1, 2013, Prison Legal News, represented by the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP), alleges that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is concealing information about CCA-run correctional facilities by failing …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Oklahoma: Hospital Sues Sheriff over Unpaid Medical Bills, for Third Time by Christopher Zoukis For the third time in the past eight years, Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel has been sued for damages by a local hospital, which accuses him of releasing dozens of jail prisoners to avoid having to …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
PLN Prevails in Challenge to Postcard-only Policy at Oregon Jail by On April 24, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon held that a postcard-only policy at the Columbia County Jail, which restricted mail sent to and from detainees at the facility to postcards, was unconstitutional. The …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Held Liable for Targeting Gay Student by On August 16, 2012, a federal jury in Detroit found Andrew Shirvell, a homophobic former Michigan Assistant Attorney General, guilty of stalking, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy in a civil lawsuit filed by …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Maryland Repeals Death Penalty by Christopher Zoukis On May 2, 2013, Maryland became the sixth state in six years to abolish the death penalty, and the 18th state – along with the District of Columbia – that has rejected capital punishment. Maryland is the first Southern state to forgo executions …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Filed under: Money/Property, Restitution
Millions Owed in Unpaid Restitution in Oregon by As of early 2012, medium- and high-risk offenders in three of Oregon's 36 counties owed almost $155 million in unpaid restitution, with an average of just 16 percent of offenders statewide complying with restitution orders, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Canadian Prisoners Escape via Helicopter by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Two Canadian prisoners, Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau and Danny Provençal, escaped from a St. Jérôme, Quebec correctional facility on March 17, 2013 when a helicopter hovered over the yard and lowered a rope for them. They clambered up, with one …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Florida Legislator Resigns in Wake of Texting Scandal by A Florida state lawmaker who supported harsher criminal penalties for stalkers and people who commit sexual offenses using electronic means has resigned in the wake of a texting scandal. In August and September 2011, Democratic state representative Richard L. Steinberg used …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Oregon Pays Record $5.85 Million for Abuse of Foster Child and Abuser's Death in Prison by The State of Oregon has paid $3.75 million to a little girl who was injured by an abusive foster parent. Then, in an ironic twist, state officials agreed to pay another $2.1 million to …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Guard Unions
Pennsylvania Prison Guards, Sergeants Out-earn Supervisors by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Life in prison has alwayss been far different than life in the free world. An investigation by the Pittsburgh-Gazette into the wages of Pennsylvania prison employees revealed one of those differences – an Alice-in-Wonderland quality to the …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Survey Finds Disturbing Trends in Childhood Violence, Racial Dynamics for Juvenile Lifers by An overwhelming majority of prisoners serving life sentences without parole for crimes committed as juveniles were exposed to domestic violence and lived in poverty, while significant numbers failed in school, were influenced by friends in trouble with …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Oregon State Police Handwriting Analysis Unit Closed, under Investigation by "We don't know if it's one isolated case or there are going to be others," said Oregon State Police (OSP) Lt. Gregg Hastings, when he announced that OSP handwriting examiners had made a mistake in a criminal case. In March …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Former Halfway House Director Sentenced to 18 Months by A former halfway house director, who embezzled up to $213,787 from a federally-funded non-profit Oregon halfway house, pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. As previously reported in PLN, Laura Marie Edwards, 39, served as executive director …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes
Oklahoma Escapee Surrenders to Police after 14 Years on the Run by Christopher Zoukis On April 26, 2013, David Lee Kemp, 43, turned himself into the Comanche County, Oklahoma Sheriff's Office. He was actively being sought by the FBI, U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement agencies for escaping from the …
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Tennessee Supreme Court: No Separate Parole Dates for Consecutive Sentences by Matthew T. Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 25, 2012, the Supreme Court of Tennessee held that prisoners with consecutive sentences are not entitled to separate parole eligibility dates for each sentence. The Court also clarified that a prisoner …
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