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Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Private Prison Company Pays to Play; Federal Election Commission Fails to Act by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest for-profit prison companies, donated $225,000 to the pro-Trump Super PAC Rebuilding America Now during the 2016 election cycle. Within a few months after President Trump’s …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages: Inside the Booming Market for Food in Pouches by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge, The Marshall Project Ed. Note: PLN’s August 2018 cover story examined prison food and commissary services. This article looks at prison and jail package services supplied by private vendors …
Brief • September 13, 2018
Murray v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Seizure of Inmate Funds, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement"), effective September 13, 2018, is between Ronald Murray ("Plaintiff') and Charles L. Ryan ("Defendant") (Plaintiff and Defendant are collectively referred to as the "Parties" in an action …
Article • September 5, 2018
Pay for prison labor ‘unfair’ to inmates and business by R. Bailey by R. Bailey Black lawmakers criticized the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDOC) prison service program for exploiting and even possibly enslaving prisoners with a traditional work program that pays from $6.75 to $24.25 every two weeks. Senator …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Filed under: Money/Property
New Orleans Parish Court System has Unconstitutional Funding Practices by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In December 2017, a Louisiana federal district court declared that the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (OPCDC) had violated the constitutional rights of defendants by jailing them for failure to pay fines and fees …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Minnesota Prisoner Wins Reprieve from Jail Debt in Federal Court by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Erik Daniel Christianson spent time in the Martin County jail in Minnesota on four occasions between 2013 and 2014. Under state “pay for stay” laws, prisoners are required to pay $25 for each day …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Money/Property
JPay Vulnerability Exploited by Idaho Prisoners for $225,000 in Credits by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In the realm of prisons and jails, many companies have positioned themselves to profit from mass incarceration. Few have done so in the area of prisoner communications with as much vigor as JPay, whose …
Article • September 2, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Rikers Island Beat Down Suit Settles for $165,000, but Victim Won’t See a Penny by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On October 30, 2012, several guards at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City used batons to beat handcuffed prisoner Gabino Genao, 31, into unconsciousness. In the wake …
Hill Barrientos et al. v. CoreCivic, Inc., GA, Motion to Dismiss Denied, Class-action Claims Under Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 2018 Case 4:18-cv-00070-CDL Document 38 Filed 08/17/18 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA COLUMBUS DIVISION WILHEN HILL BARRIENTOS, MARGARITO VELAZQUEZ-GALICIA, and …
Brief • August 17, 2018
Jasmine Still v. El Paso County, CO, Settlement, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2018 GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RECITALS 1. JASMINE STILL (“STILL”), and any and all of her heirs, personal representatives, executors, administrators, attorneys, successors and assigns, are hereinafter collectively referred to as "RELEASORS." 2. The County of El Paso, Colorado, …
Brief • August 14, 2018
Hootselle v. Missouri DOC, MO, Judgment, Employee Pay, 2018 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 1 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 2 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 3 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 4 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 5 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 6 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 7 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 8 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 9 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 10 Aiken_2019-06-28_Page 11
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Michigan Prisoner Publishes Book, State Sues for His Proceeds by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Curtis Dawkins is serving life without parole in Michigan. He has been imprisoned since 2005, after a crack-fueled series of crimes committed on Halloween night the year before left Tom Bowman dead. Dawkins is also …
Federal Court Allows Menard Prisoner’s Lawsuit for Loss of Legal Papers, Retaliation to Proceed by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Staci M. Yandle, in the Southern District of Illinois, ruled on May 22, 2018 that a civil rights suit filed by Mickey Mason, incarcerated at the …
Arkansas Supreme Court finds reimbursement from a §1983 settlement improper by An Arkansas Supreme Court reversed and remanded a circuit court’s order granting reimbursement to the state the costs associated with Dexter Harmon’s incarceration. The court ruled that reimbursement from a §1983 settlement was improper because the circuit court failed …
Federal Court Nullifies Seizure of Prisoner’s Civil Rights Award by On March 29, 2018, a Connecticut federal district court held state officials could not first indemnify a prison guard against whom a prisoner had won a jury award in a civil rights case, then seize the majority of the prisoner’s …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court: Prevailing Prisoners Must Pay 25 Percent of Damage Awards Towards Attorney Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a 5-4 decision, that when a prisoner wins a monetary judgment in a federal lawsuit and is entitled to …
Article • July 2, 2018
Nevada DOC Cuts Prison Sagebrush Program After Federal Funds Withheld by Dale Chappell   by Dale Chappell The Nevada Department of Corrections has cut the Sagebrush in Prisons program, citing overtime costs and lack of staff oversight, after the federal government withheld funding for the program. This means the 300,000 sagebrush …
Article • June 16, 2018
Florida Prisoners 'Laydown' in Non-Violent Protests by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In early 2018, Florida prisoners began a "laydown," a non-violent protest about prison conditions and unpaid "slave labor." The laydowns are to last as long as necessary to get the point across. Supported by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee ("IWOC"), the …
Wisconsin Settles State Prisoner’s Lawsuits for $13,000 by On February 2, 2017, Wisconsin officials agreed to pay $13,000 to settle two pro se federal lawsuits. Samuel S. Upthegrove, a Wisconsin state prisoner with mental health issues, filed two suits related to conditions of his confinement. One of his complaints alleged …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Lawsuits Filed Against GEO Group for Wage Violations at Detention Facilities by Christopher Zoukis, Matthew Clarke by Christopher Zoukis and Matt Clarke Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit in superior court against The GEO Group in September 2017, alleging the private prison contractor had violated the state’s …
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