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Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
From the Editor by Paul Wright OBSERVANT READERS WILL NOTICE A number of changes in this issue of Prison Legal News. First, we have changed our layout design. It has been well over a decade since we last made significant changes to PLN’s layout, and it was time for a …
Article • March 15, 2013
Filed under: News
Newly Installed Florida Prison Chief Sacked by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After campaigning on a theme of reeling in wasteful spending, Rick Scott wasted no time as governor in tapping Edwin Buss as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC). At the time, Buss was Indiana’s Commissioner …
Article • March 15, 2013
California: Confidential Lifer Files Found Discarded in Dumpster Outside Prison by Mysteriously, the files of eight California prisoners serving life sentences turned up in a dumpster at a Shell gas station outside the California Men’s Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo. The files were found by a homeless couple looking …
Reintroducing the Private Prison Information Act: An Interview by Mel Motel Christopher Petrella and Alex Friedmann are leading a coalition of organizations urging U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to reintroduce the Private Prison Information Act during the 113th Congress. I reached them both on the phone on a busy …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Alabama Law Meant to Ensure Transparency in Judicial Elections Not Enforced for 16 Years by Derek Gilna An Alabama law that became effective in 1996, designed to remove any appearance of impropriety in the funding of judicial election campaigns, has languished while all three branches of state government have failed …
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Florida: When Jack Bates Rider III signed up for a training class to become a corrections officer, he likely didn’t expect to be arrested. He should have, though, as he was wanted in connection with the 2007 strangulation death of a woman in Arizona. The U.S. …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Louisiana Public Service Commission Votes to Lower Prison and Jail Phone Rates by Mel Motel On December 12, 2012, after a “raucous” hearing with four hours of testimony, the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) voted to lower the cost of telephone calls made from state prisons and local jails. With …
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Arkansas: While held at the Independence County jail, Michael Dennis Grubbs was charged with theft and breaking and entering after he reportedly used a comb to pick the lock to the property room and stole items belonging to other prisoners. Jail officials searched Grubbs’ cell after …
Louisiana Sex Offender Internet Restrictions Unconstitutional by In a February 16, 2012 opinion, a Louisiana federal court held that restrictions placed on sex offenders’ Internet access were unconstitutional. John and James Doe are pseudonyms for two Louisiana registered sex offenders who filed a federal civil rights action, pursuant to 42 …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Afghanistan: On June 7, 2012, 31 prisoners escaped from a prison in Sar-e-Pul province after Taliban fighters blew a hole in the side of the facility. Three prisoners were killed and 28 wounded in a resulting gun battle with guards. Sixteen prisoners were captured shortly after …
Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012
Federal Court Upholds Maryland Law that Reclassifies Prisoners for Redistricting by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 23, 2011, a Maryland federal district court three-judge panel upheld a state law that counts prisoners as residents of their legal home address rather than their prison address for redistricting purposes. …
Pennsylvania Guards Charged with Physical, Sexual Abuse of Prisoners by A Pennsylvania state prison guard was arrested on September 27, 2011 and charged with 89 counts of physically and sexually abusing prisoners at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Pittsburgh. Seven other guards were initially suspended, and three face related charges. Before …
Iowa Reconsidering Costs, Benefits of Sex Offender Supervision Law by Joe Watson Over the past decade more than 20 states have created “special sentences” that require community supervision for sex offenders after their release, even if they expire their prison terms. But Iowa is currently reevaluating whether the millions in …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Indiana: On June 21, 2012, former state prison guard Benjamin Hankins, 37, was sentenced to 64 years for killing his estranged wife, Lisa, in June 2011. Hankins shot his wife three times when she dropped off their children at his home, then waited several minutes before …
$60,411 Attorney Fee Award in Maryland Prisoner’s Public Information Act Suit by The State of Maryland has agreed to pay more than $60,000 in attorney fees to settle a longstanding lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had requested public records pursuant to the state’s Public Information Act. While incarcerated at …
Seventh Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Wisconsin Transgender Prisoner Treatment Ban by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s injunction barring the application of a Wisconsin law that prohibits certain types of medical care for transgender prisoners. Several Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDOC) prisoners have been diagnosed with …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Solitary Confinement: Bad for Chimps, Okay for Humans? by Lance Tapley Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins is a key cosponsor of legislation that, among other provisions, would outlaw psychologically damaging solitary confinement for more than 500 chimpanzees caged for research in federally supported laboratories. In July 2012 the bill bipartisanly …
California Female Prisoners Eligible for Early Release, but Disqualified Due to Lack of Local Rehabilitative Services by In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Plata v. Brown, mandating that California take immediate steps to reduce prison overcrowding, state officials have proposed innovative ideas to help accomplish that …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Ninth Circuit Holds CAFRA Attorney Fees Should be Paid to Claimant, not Attorney by In a case brought under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on April 26, 2011 that “attorneys fees awarded under CAFRA are payable to the claimant, not the …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Filed under: Voting, News, State Legislation
New York Court Upholds Law Requiring Census Count to Use Prisoners’ Pre-Incarceration Address by On December 1, 2011, a New York Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit that sought a judicial declaration that a state statute requiring prisoners to be counted for reapportionment purposes in their last known residence prior to …
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