Texas Execs Sentenced for Providing Bad Food to BOP by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Nearly every resident of a prison will quickly tell anyone who asks that what passes for food there leaves a lot to be desired. It is a good bet that the moniker “mystery meat” originated …
Texas Prison System Bans Greetings Cards, Postcards, Colored Paper in Mail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 1, 2020, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) began enforcing sweeping new restrictions on the mail received in its 104 prisons. The new policy basically bans prisoners from receiving anything …
News in Brief by Arizona: A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Daniel Davitt, 60, on January 14, 2020 on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Lower Buckeye Jail guard Gene Lee on October 30. Buckeye Jail video shows Davitt talking to Lee on October 29, then suddenly grabbing …
Prison Postcards: A Plea from Kentucky and Dispatches from Texas and Massachusetts by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, prisoners, their families and advocates have braced for major outbreaks at America’s prisons and jails. It’s still not clear just how bad prisoners are going to …
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Federal Judge’s Order Granting COVID-19 Relief to Elderly Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2020 the United States Supreme Court rejected a class-action lawsuit filed by two elderly Texas prisoners that would have forced the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) …
COVID-19 and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”That’s a famous quote from Luke Skywalker, a character in 1977’s Star Wars, as his Millennium Falcon spacecraft emerges from faster-than-light speed only to find Alderaan, its destination planet, has …
Texas Attorney General Finds GEO Documents Are Public Information by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 1, 2020, the Texas Attorney General’s Office issued an opinion holding that all records related to a private prison contractor’s operations in the state were public information subject to the Texas Public Information …
Prison Postcards: Official Accounts Differ from Prisoner Accounts as the Pandemic Spreads by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Ever since the coronavirus epidemic exploded in the United States earlier this year, government officials have reassured the public that they had things tightly under control. On February 26, before anyone in …
Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The silence is deafening. Over a week in mid-May, Prison Legal News tried to contact public information officers at seven federal prisons seeking an answer to a straightforward question: What are you doing …
TX State Auditor, Best Practices for Applying for an Occupational License After Conviction, 2020 Lisa R. Collier, CPA, CFE, CIDA First Assistant State Auditor August 2020 Report No. 20-327 Applying for an Occupational License After Conviction or Deferred Adjudication Before Applying Flowchart After Applying Flowchart FAQs Exceptions Introduction As required …
Naming and Shaming - Violations of the Human Rights of Transgender Persons With Felonies in TX 2020 Naming and Shaming Violations of the Human Rights of Transgender Persons with Felonies in Texas NOVEMBER 2020 HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC THE UNIVERSITY of TEXAS SCHOOL of LAW Cover: Khara Woods/Unsplash, Jude Beck/Unsplash This …
TX Criminal Justice Coalition - Misunderstood and Mistreated 2020 ONE SIZE FAILS ALL REPORT SERIES MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISTREATED How Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Experience the Texas Criminal Legal System OCTOBER 2020 One Size Fails All: Misunderstood and Mistreated 1 TEXAS CRIMINAL JusT1cE coAuT10N The Arc. Texas This series …
TX - Dallas County - Securus contract - 2020-2025 RFP NUMBER 2019-064-6828 BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS AND SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES LLC This Master Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between the Dallas County, Texas, ("County") a political subdivision of the State of Texas acting by and through the …
Doe v. CoreCivic, Inc, TX, Complaint, Sexual Assault of Detainees, 2020 Case 4:20-cv-01828 Document 1 Filed on 05/27/20 in TXSD Page 1 of 61 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION Jane Doe § § Plaintiff § § vs. § § § CoreCivic, Inc. f/k/a Corrections § …
Doe v. CoreCivic, TX, Complaint, Assault and Rape, 2020 Case 4:20-cv-01828 Document 1 Filed on 05/27/20 in TXSD Page 1 of 61 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION Jane Doe § § Plaintiff § § vs. § § § CoreCivic, Inc. f/k/a Corrections § Corporation of …
Texas Prison Health Care Costs at Record High Despite Population Reduction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Despite a reduction in the Texas prisoner population, state prisons are spending record amounts on prisoner health care. The reason is not an improvement in the health care afforded prisoners. Pending lawsuits allege …
Prison Postcards: Prisoners Write About Fears, Incompetence, at Their Facilities by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein On April 15, President Donald Trump announced that the coronavirus pandemic had peaked in the United States. That same day, nearly 2,300 people in the country died from COVID-19, the disease cause by the …
Texas AG Opinion That GEO Corporation Is Subject To State Public Records Law KEN rA.t'CTO N ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEX:\S May 01, 2020 Mr. Michael Shaunessy Counsel for Geo Group, Inc. McGinnis & Lochridge 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100 Austin, Texas 78701 OR2020-12334 Dear Mr. Shaunessy: You ask whether certain …
Letter from TX Attorney General re GEO contracts disclosure, 5-1-20 KEN rA.t'CTO N ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEX:\S May 01, 2020 Mr. Michael Shaunessy Counsel for Geo Group, Inc. McGinnis & Lochridge 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100 Austin, Texas 78701 OR2020-12334 Dear Mr. Shaunessy: You ask whether certain information is subject …
Valentine et al. v. Collier, et al., TX, preliminary injunction order, relief for vulnerable prisoners exposed to COVID-19, 2020 Case 4:20-cv-01115 Document 40 Filed on 04/16/20 in TXSD Page 1 of 5 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON …
