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Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Rhode Island Supreme Court Finds Lifer “Civil Death” Law Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Rhode Island held on March 2, 2022, that the state’s civil death statute is “unconstitutional and in clear contravention of the provisions” of the state constitution. The Court’s ruling …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Texas Prisoner Religious Touch and Audible Prayer During Execution by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) held that a Texas death row prisoner was likely to prevail on his claims under the Religious Land Use …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
SCOTUS Reinstates Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Clarence Thomas on March 4, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, reversing a lower appellate court to conclude that the trial …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
$7,500 Settlement Reached for Assault in California Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 29, 2021, a lawsuit against California’s San Joaquin County was dismissed by a former detainee at the county jail, after he agreed to accept $7,500 to settle his claim that guards yanked him …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
$1.375 Million Award in Hawaii Prisoner’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 29, 2022, the First Circuit Court of Hawaii awarded $1.375 million to the estate of Joseph O’Malley, who committed suicide while incarcerated at the Halawa Correctional Facility (HCF) in July 2017. O’Malley, 28, was …
Third Circuit: Federal Prisoner Exposed to Risk of Assault Cannot Collect Damages if One Didn’t Occur by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On March 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s lawsuit, finding that even though a Bureau …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Florida Supreme Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Appeal That Was Dismissed for Lack of Prison Date Stamp by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 4, 2022, the Supreme Court of Florida held that the state’s First District Court of Appeal erred in not accepting a prisoner’s notice of appeal for …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
New York Lifts Blanket Internet Ban on Sex Offenders by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A settlement was finalized on January 19, 2022, in a lawsuit challenging a New York law barring those on the state sex offender registry from accessing the internet. The settlement allows some registered sex offenders …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Even as U.S. Jail Population Declines, Average Length of Stay Rises by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A recent study published in December 2021 suggests that even as U.S. jail population was falling between 2014 and 2019, the length of stay for each incarceration was on the rise. The …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Seventh Circuit Allows Wisconsin Prisoner to Amend Inartfully Pleaded Pro Se Complaint by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit revived a Wisconsin prisoner’s retaliation claim against a state prison guard, saying that the district court erred when it …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Indiana Caps Phone Rates in State Prisons and Jails by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On July 1, 2022, a new Indiana law took effect that caps the price charged for phone calls in state prisons and jails. With the change, those held by the state Department of Corrections …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story reports on developments in the Georgia prison system, which continues from bad to worse in terms of its rising body count of dead prisoners. This fits into the pattern of massive, systemic neglect, brutality and violence that …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Settlement Delivers Huge Gains for Montana Prisoners with Mental Illnesses by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) and Montana State Prison (MSP) entered into an agreement with Disability Rights Montana, Inc. (DRM) on March 10, 2022, settling a lawsuit DRM filed on behalf of …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Federal Court Puts Troubled Mississippi Jail in Receivership by David Reutter, Keith Sanders by David Reutter and Keith Sanders On July 29, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Mississippi took the dramatic step of placing Hinds County’s Raymond Detention Center (RDC) under federal receivership. A series of …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Sixth Circuit Again Extends Kingsley Protections for Pretrial Detainees in Deliberate Indifference Claim Against Kentucky Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit joined a short list of federal appellate courts so far to say that additional …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
CoreCivic Workers Unionize and Go On Strike at Arizona Prison by Benjamin Tschirhart by Ben Tschirhart Some 20 newly unionized workers and their supporters manned a picket line at CoreCivic’s Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex (CAFCC) on August 12, 2022, after pay negotiations broke down over a company offer the …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Federal Court Says Illinois Statute Barring More Than One Sex Offender per Address Is Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of Illinois enjoined the state Department of Corrections (DOC) from keeping 25 sex offenders imprisoned who were eligible …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19, Official Report
17 States and DC Have Stopped Reporting Active COVID Cases Behind Bars by Victoria Law by Victoria Law This article was originally published at TruthOut.com on August 5, 2022. It is reprinted here with permission. On July 5, Rita Deanda tested positive for COVID while incarcerated at the California Institution …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Voice Recognition and Surveillance by Beryl Lipton, Cooper Quintin by Beryl Lipton And Cooper Quintin This article was first published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on September 10, 2021. It is reprinted here with permission. Prison telecommunication companies have historically been in a voice-based …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Arizona Closing Prison, Moving Prisoners to CoreCivic Lockup by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In January 2022, when Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) announced the closing of the state prison complex in Florence, he pointed to the facility’s age—it was built in 1904—and said spending an estimated $150 million on …
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