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ACLU Report Proves Smart Criminal Justice Policy Reform is Possible by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The American Civil Liberties Union released a report in August 2011 that calls for reforming the U.S. criminal justice system. The report makes recommendations for systematic reforms, front-end reforms and back-end reforms; it …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by California: Saul “Scrappy” Perez, 23, and William Lloyd Coats, 45, incarcerated at the Glenn County jail, were charged with drug-related offenses after being caught smoking pot in the jail’s exercise yard on January 24, 2012. A guard noticed unusual activity near the toilet area on the …
Article • June 15, 2012
The Private, Nonprofit Prison by David Pozen After decades of inaction, Congress is debating whether to pass America's first comprehensive plan for dealing with recidivism. Studies have long shown that nearly two-thirds of former prisoners are rearrested for a felony or serious misdemeanor within three years of release. With nearly …
Article • June 15, 2012
Minnesota: Removal Not Required where Judge's Spouse is Employed by Prosecutor's Office by In September 2011, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that cause for removal of a judge presiding over a case does not exist solely because the judge's spouse is employed by the office of the prosecutor. William Jacobs, …
Mississippi Supreme Court Denies Equity Court Review of Death Penalty Cases by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna The complaint of sixteen death-row inmates in Mississippi which sought Chancery Court review of the adequacy of their legal representation has been denied by the Mississippi Supreme Court for lack of jurisdiction based …
Article • June 15, 2012
New York District Court Rules on Prison Mail Issue by The United States District Court, Southern District of New York, ruled for the plaintiffs in November 1970, granting a preliminary injunction lifting New York State prison officials’ ban on the newsletter, Fortune News, published by the Fortune Society. Plaintiffs Roger …
Article • June 15, 2012
Ninth Circuit agrees with Defendant and Reverses Contempt Conviction by Derek Gilna By Derek Gilna Although agreeing with the government that the defendant, James Kimsey was "no saint," the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Kimsey that he could not be held in contempt for failure to obey a …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber, by Scott Christianson (University of California Press, 2011). by Julie Etter The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber, by Scott Christianson (University of California Press, 2011). 344 pages, $18.95 paperback Book review by …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Former BOP Guard Convicted, Sentenced in Murder-for-Hire Case by Michael Eugene Rudkin, 41, a former BOP guard employed at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Danbury, Connecticut, apparently did not learn his lesson following his first conviction. In 2008, Rudkin pleaded guilty to engaging in oral sex with a female …
Pennsylvania County Prisons Not Reporting Critical Incidents by The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) requires county prisons to submit monthly “extraordinary occurrence” reports as part of the department’s duty to inspect local lock-ups and identify deficiencies. However, the accuracy of the self-reported data has been faulty in some cases and …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Iowa Supreme Court Holds Billing for Fraudulent Prisoner Phone Calls Not a State Law Violation by On October 14, 2011 the Iowa Supreme Court held that a prison telephone company did not commit a “cramming” violation by improperly billing a third party for fraudulent collect calls made by a prisoner. …
No “Strike” Under PLRA When Some Claims are Heard on the Merits by Brandon Sample A prisoner does not incur a “strike” under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) unless his or her suit is dismissed entirely as frivolous, malicious or for failure to state a claim, the U.S. Court …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
$47,500 Awarded to Massachusetts Prisoner Held in Segregation Without Hearing by On January 27, 2012, a Massachusetts U.S. District Court awarded $47,500 to a prisoner for due process violations that resulted in 375 days of solitary confinement. Massachusetts state prisoner Albert Ford filed a civil rights action alleging that his …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Tenth Circuit Voids Albuquerque’s Attempt to Ban Sex Offenders from Libraries by Derek Gilna In a case of first impression, on January 20, 2012 the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s judgment invalidating an ordinance of the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico that prohibited registered sex offenders …
Seven Florida Prison Guards Arrested by Seven Florida state prison guards, employed at two facilities at opposite ends of the state, have been charged with criminal misconduct in unrelated incidents. The first four arrests occurred on June 10, 2011, when U.S. Marshals arrested South Florida Reception Center (SFRC) guards Alexander …
Second BOP Guard Convicted in Connection with Prisoner’s Murder by Brandon Sample A second federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard who helped arrange an assault on a prisoner that resulted in the prisoner’s death has been convicted of federal civil rights violations. On July 8, 2010, Michael Kennedy was found …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Washington Prisoners Have No Right to Inspect Records Under Public Records Act by Brandon Sample Prisoners who request records from the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) under the Public Records Act (PRA) do not have a right to inspect records without cost, the Court of Appeals, Division II held in …
God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus – or regret ever crossing his path by James Ridgeway God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Angola: A Prison Passion Play by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The New Testament recounts Jesus’ plight as a prisoner: “Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” (Matthew 25:36). Spurred on by Bible-banging Warden Burl …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright For the past 22 years, PLN has been at the forefront of reporting on the gouging of prisoners’ families by prisons, jails and the telecommunications industry as prisoncrats and corporations profit by charging families exorbitant phone rates for the ability to communicate with their …
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