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Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
by Level 1-5 pay scales. Two states (Georgia and Texas) pay nothing. Others pay next to nothing. Unskilled Level 5 prisoners mop floors, wash windows, shovel snow or scrub pots for eight to 13 cents an hour ...
Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013
well-documented in recent years [see, e.g., PLN, Oct. 2012, p.1], but also on what the ACLU terms the “double” punishment suffered by condemned prisoners, who must endure extra-judicial treatment ...
court said it would dispense with that claim and instead examine his RA claim. To state an RA claim, Jaros only needed to allege that 1) he is a qualified person, 2) with a disability, and 3) the IDOC had ...
is that when she got to the hospital, her condition was so grave there was nothing they could do,” said public defender Greg Tiscay. Previously, Correct Care Solutions had paid $1 million to settle a lawsuit ...
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
did Judge Justice’s Ruiz ruling create for future prisoners? Brown’s acquittal was a victory for both him and other Texas prisoners, and provided a spark for prison activists. But when 1 in 15 black ...
Article • June 15, 2013 • from PLN June, 2013
in May 2011. See: Brown v. Plata, 131 S.Ct. 1910 (2011) [PLN, July 2011, p.1]. The court also denied the CDCR's request to end the federal receivership over the state's prison mental health care ...
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
the state’s badly overcrowded prison system. [See: PLN, July 2011, p.1]. “It’s real. It’s happening, not only in Texas, but around the country,” said Austin-based criminal ...
Florida: Sheriff’s Office and Medical Provider Pay $1 Million for Prisoner’s Death by Gary Hunter In July 2013, Armor Correctional Health Services agreed to settle a wrongful death suit ...
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
the state’s badly overcrowded prison system. [See: PLN, July 2011, p.1]. “It’s real. It’s happening, not only in Texas, but around the country,” said Austin-based criminal ...
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
and substandard medical care. [See: PLN, March 2006, p.1]. State officials counter that the reforms have produced a “Cadillac” level of care that has caused medical costs to skyrocket, nearly doubling ...
resulted in a landmark three-judge federal court order to significantly reduce the state’s prison population. [See: PLN, July 2011, p.1]. The prisoner class countered with motions to enforce prior ...
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
as a temporary response to” misbehavior that might cause serious harm. In addition, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin has held two hearings on solitary confinement, in 2012 and 2014. [See: PLN, Oct. 2012, p.1 ...
Article • October 29, 2015
and federal violations against the defendants. As to her federal claims, Butano alleged that several or all of the defendants violated her (1) Fourth Amendment right by using excessive force, by unreasonable ...
to report prisoner deaths to the CCJJ by August 1 each year. It also requires an examination of jail protocols related to prisoners suffering from drug withdrawal and overdoses.  The law aims to provide ...
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
center, while separately, ICE, CoreCivic and Dilley will keep STRFC open. Meanwhile, on June 26, 2018, the Commissioners Court in Williamson County, Texas voted 4-1 not to renew a contract with ICE ...
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
the state’s prison and jail populations, 56 percent of voters approved Proposal 18-1, which legalized the use of recreational marijuana. Neighboring Ohio voted on a similar measure called Issue 1, which ...
Article • October 25, 2019
was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Count I of the suit alleged a state-created danger theory of liability. To prevail on the claim, a plaintiff must show: (1) the harm ultimately caused ...
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
judge before Chief Federal Public Defender Deirdre von Dornum was allowed entry to inspect the jail on February 1, 2019. She found detainees locked in their cells and layered in clothing with blankets ...
In-the-News Article • November 7, 2018
recently said in a statement to KKCO 11 News. The amendment was on the ballot two years ago but failed to pass due to confusing language. Ohio Rejects Issue 1 In Ohio, though a recent poll ...
In-the-News Article • June 1, 2019
PLN managing editor quoted re banned books in NH prisons June 1, 2019 Articles with PLN Quotes Union Leader Topics too dangerous for NH prisons: Attica, tattoos, Ramen noodles By MARK HAYWARD New ...
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