Search | Prison Legal News

Punished Protestors: Conditions in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Erica Navalance and Andrea Armstrong, The Promise of Justice Initiative, 2017

Publication • 2017

Filed under: Protests, Criminal justice system reform, Excessive Force, Inadequate Health Care Facilities

Punished Protestors: Conditions in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Erica Navalance and Andrea Armstrong, The Promise of Justice Initiative, 2017 PUNISHED PROTESTERS in Baton Rouge Conditions in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison The Prom of Justice Initiative the PROMISE of JUSTICE INITIATIVE the Promise of Justice the PROMISE PUNISHED PROTESTERS: …

Orleans Criminal District Court, Magistrate Court, & Municipal Court: 2017 Review, Court Watch NOLA, 2017

Publication • 2017

Filed under: Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Prisoner Media

Orleans Criminal District Court, Magistrate Court, & Municipal Court: 2017 Review, Court Watch NOLA, 2017 Orleans Criminal District Court, Magistrate Court, & Municipal Court: 2017 Review COURT WATCH NOLA 2|PAG E Table of Contents I. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. 4 II. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 8 III. Methodology ........................................................................................................................ 9 IV. Constitutional Rights.......................................................................................................... …

New Orleans Forensic Center - Autopsy Report for Damien Coestly, 2015

Publication • May 12, 2017

Filed under: Medical, Suicides

New Orleans Forensic Center - Autopsy Report for Damien Coestly, 2015 .AUTOPSY PROTOCOL New Orleans Forensic Center Parish of Winn COESELY, Damien 33-Year-Old Black Male Date & Time of Death: Date & Time of Autopsy: CO#: 150707-111 07/01115 07/09/15 at 7:10 A.M. (~ EXTERNAL EXAMINATION The body, first viewed within …

State of Louisiana - Management Services Agreement, CCA, 2010

Publication • May 12, 2017

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Conditions of Confinement

State of Louisiana - Management Services Agreement, CCA, 2010 LA Department of Public Safety and Corrections Contract #:_____________________________ MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, CORRECTIONS SERVICES AND CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA Contract#: THIS CONTRACT is made and entered into by and between the …

State of Louisiana - Security & Contract Compliance Review, CCA, 2014

Publication • May 12, 2017

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Medication, Staffing, Exposure to Cold, Clothing, Security Systems, Cell Phone Access, Visiting, Staff Training

State of Louisiana - Security & Contract Compliance Review, CCA, 2014 BOBBY JINDAL jAMES M. Le B L\NC Governor Secretary Department of Public Safety and Corrections December 31, 2014 Harley Lappin, Executive Vice·President CCA - Winn Correctional Center 10 Burton Hills Boulevard Nashville, TN 37215 Dear Mr. Lappin: I appreciate …

How Our User-Pay Justice System Drives Mass Incarceration

Article • May 10, 2017

Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Bond Fees, Bail Bonds

How Our User-Pay Justice System Drives Mass Incarceration by Jon Wool by Jon Wool (Director, Vera Institute of Justice New Orleans Office) A few years ago, when the district attorney in New Orleans proposed shifting misdemeanor marijuana cases from the state court to the municipal court, the state court judges …

Louisiana Kickbacks as of FY2014

Kickback publication • April 26, 2017

Filed under: Telephones

Louisiana Kickbacks as of FY2014

Louisiana rates as of April 2017

Kickback publication • April 26, 2017

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Louisiana rates as of April 2017 4/26/2017 Securus Rate Quote (https://securustech.net/callratecalculator? p_p_auth=tXGaYQKz&p_p_id=49&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_49_struts_action=%2Fmy_sites%2Fview&_49_groupId=104052&_49_privateLayout=false) Email Address Password Phone Services Video Services Jail Voicemail (https://securustech.net/jailvoicemail) Money Transfer (https://securustech.net/moneytransfer) Email Services Facilities We Serve (https://securustech.net/facilitiesweserve) FCC (https://securustech.net/fcc) Customer Care LOGIN Type your email address  Live Chat (https://securustech.net/web/securus/livechat) Remember Me Enroll Now (https://securustech.net/web/securus/enroll) …

Mother Jones Reporter Discovered Working in CCA Prison

Article • April 13, 2017

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic

Mother Jones Reporter Discovered Working in CCA Prison by David Reutter by David Reutter Private prison operator Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) recently made a statement to Mother Jones magazine in response to the discovery of reporter who had been employed at one of its prisons in Louisiana. The operation …

All-in-One Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests, 2012

Publication • April 10, 2017

Filed under: Immigration

All-in-One Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests, 2012 THE ALL-IN-ONE GUIDE TO DEFEATING ICE HOLD REQUESTS ( a.k.a. Immigration Detainers ) Credits & Acknowledgements Author: Lena Graber, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Editors: Ann Benson, Washington Defenders Association, Angela Junck, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Paromita Shah, National …

Work Release Programs Reduce Recidivism in Louisiana – At a Cost

Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017

Filed under: Work Release, Cost of Prison Systems, Commissary

Work Release Programs Reduce Recidivism in Louisiana – At a Cost by The Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC) Transitional Work Program has been having a positive effect on reducing recidivism in Louisiana, though it has not been without its faults and criticisms. A recent audit of the program called for …

Hamilton v. Vannoy, LA, Complaint, Prolonged Solitary Confinement for Death Row Prisoners, 2017

Brief • March 29, 2017

Filed under: Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Row, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Mental Health

Hamilton v. Vannoy, LA, Complaint, Prolonged Solitary Confinement for Death Row Prisoners, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00194-SDD-RLB Document 1 03/29/17 Page 1 of 38 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ------------------------------------------------------------------------X MARCUS HAMILTON; WINTHROP EATON; and : MICHAEL PERRY, on their own behalf, and on behalf : of a class …

Exposing the Audacious Project to Make Christian Converts in America's Prisons

Article • March 20, 2017

Filed under: Education, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Required Religious Programming, Proselytizing

Exposing the Audacious Project to Make Christian Converts in America's Prisons by Tanya Erzen With a higher incarceration rate than anywhere in the world, the United States prison system has placed its faith in Christian prisoners. by Tanya Erzen, Beacon Press It’s hard to focus on anything, much less the Book …

Wheat v. Craig, LA, Complaint, Debtors Prison, 2017

Brief • March 20, 2017

Filed under: Money/Property

Wheat v. Craig, LA, Complaint, Debtors Prison, 2017 Case 5:17-cv-00424-SMH-MLH Document 1 Filed 03/20/17 Page 1 of 13 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION JAMES M. WHEAT and DANNY BRINSON, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Case No. 5:17-cv-424 …

Louisiana’s High Incarceration Rate Economically Motivated

Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017

Filed under: LaSalle Management Company, Statistics/Trends, War on Drugs

Louisiana’s High Incarceration Rate Economically Motivated by David Reutter It’s a well-known fact that the United States has around five percent of the world’s population but incarcerates approximately 25% of the world’s prisoners. Within that disturbing statistic is Louisiana, which has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the nation …

Kentrell v. Cain, LA, Memorandum in Support, 2017

Brief • March 6, 2017

Filed under: Expert Witnesses

Kentrell v. Cain, LA, Memorandum in Support, 2017 Case 3:15-cv-00318-BAJ-RLB Document 226-2 03/06/17 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JOSEPH LEWIS, JR., KENTRELL PARKER, FARRELL SAMPIER, REGINALD GEORGE, JOHN TONUBBEE, OTTO BARRERA, CLYDE CARTER, CEDRIC EVANS, EDWARD GIOVANNI, RICKY D. DAVIS, LIONEL TOLBERT, and …

Louisiana City Declines to Open Jail Funded by Offender Fees

Article • February 8, 2017 • from PLN February, 2017

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Jail Specific

Louisiana City Declines to Open Jail Funded by Offender Fees by Officials in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, apparently acquiescing to community opposition to profit-based and racially discriminatory policing, have scrapped plans to build a jail for misdemeanor offenders. The jail was to be financed solely through bench warrant fees levied on …

Allen v. Edwards, LA, Burochowitz Repor, 2017

Brief • February 7, 2017

Filed under: Attorney Client

Allen v. Edwards, LA, Burochowitz Repor, 2017 AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT C. BORUCHOWITZ Table of Contents I. Assignment ..........................................................................................................................1 II. Background and Qualifications............................................................................................2 III. Summary of Opinions ..........................................................................................................6 IV. Constitutional Mandates Require That Effective Representation Be Provided to Indigent Defendants at All Important Stages of a Criminal Proceeding .............................8 V. Pervasive …

Kissinger v. LeBlanc, LA, Amended Complaint, Retaliation for Media Contact, 2017

Brief • January 25, 2017

Filed under: Government Misconduct, Retaliation for Media Contact, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, First Amendment

Kissinger v. LeBlanc, LA, Amended Complaint, Retaliation for Media Contact, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00011-JWD-EWD Document 9 01/25/17 Page 1 of 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA WILLIAM KISSINGER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) JAMES LEBLANC, BURL CAIN, ) DARRYL VANNOY, SETH SMITH, ) ROBERT TANNER, …

Cook v. Black, LA, Amended Complaint, Debtors Prison, 2017

Brief • January 17, 2017

Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Money/Property

Cook v. Black, LA, Amended Complaint, Debtors Prison, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-11024-ILRL-MBN Document 67 Filed 01/17/17 Page 1 of 44 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LATASHA COOK, ROBERT LEVI, EBONY ROBERTS, ROZZIE SCOTT, RICHARD BOLGIANO, BENNY GRAHAM, JAMES LORIO, BRADLEY MOSES, and MARISA PAM, …