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$150,000 Class-Action Settlement Reached Over Massive Scabies Outbreak at CoreCivic Tennessee Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett CoreCivic, the nation’s second-largest for-profit private prison operator, settled a class-action suit filed by former prisoners at the company’s Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility (MDDF) in Nashville on November 30, 2021. After deductions …
Supreme Court of Kansas: Lower Court Did Not Have Authority to Revoke Probation Without a Warrant by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 28, 2022, the Supreme Court of Kansas held that a state court has no authority to revoke and remand a state probationer to prison …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Oregon Judge Invalidates Governor’s Clemency Grant to Dozens Sentenced to Life as Juveniles, Halting Parole Hearings by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 1, 2022, a lawsuit challenging clemency orders by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) was mostly rejected in Marion County Circuit Court. However, in ruling on the …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Staffing, Guards/Staff
Nebraska Prison Staffing Crisis Sees Supervisors Take Demotions to Get Hourly Overtime Pay by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Despite a watchdog report finding state prisons so short-staffed that some guard supervisors sought demotions to take advantage of ballooning hourly overtime pay, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by   Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …
Washington DOC Ends Use of Solitary Confinement (Sort of) by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 16, 2021, headlines trumpeted the end of solitary confinement in Washington state prisons, even quoting Gov. Jay Inslee (D) to call it “the right thing to do.” So come March 2022, why was …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Supreme Court Passes on Case of New York Sex Offender Imprisoned Past Release Date for Lack of Compliant Housing by Chuck Sharman, Jory Smith by Jory Smith and Chuck Sharman On February 22, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to issue a writ of certiorari to hear an appeal by …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Monitoring Online Purchases of Inmates’ Family and Friends by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton by Cooper Quintin and Beryl Lipton This article was first published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on September 7, 2021. It is reprinted here with permission.   Prison wardens and detention center …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Class of Juvenile Prisoners Certified in Suit Against Florida DOC by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss O n October 22, 2021, federal Judge Robert Hinkle of the Northern District of Florida certified a class of plaintiffs in a suit accusing the state Department of Corrections (DOC) of housing juveniles and …
Eighth Circuit Reinstates Arkansas Prisoner’s Claim Over DOC’s Failure to Maintain Hearing Aids by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that an Arkansas prisoner had not failed to state an actionable claim against prison medical officials when …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Prisoner-Staff Assault
Sixth Circuit Reinstates Suit of Kentucky Jail Detainee Impregnated by Guard, Finds Genuine Factual Dispute Over Consent by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 18, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a former Kentucky jail prisoner who …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Former Arizona Corrections Chief Indicted After Drunken Armed Standoff with Tempe Police by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In Phoenix on April 26, 2022, the Maricopa County State Attorney’s Office indicted Charles Lee Ryan, former Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, on two felony charges stemming from …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
The Impact of Criminalizing Abortion on Prisoners and Mass Incarceration by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Over the course of its 233-year history, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has reversed its prior decisions on occasion. Until now those reversals have generally been to expand constitutional rights for the populace, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Bail Bonds
California Court Rules Bail Bond Companies Must Give Cosigners Financial Impact Notice by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 29, 2021, the Court of Appeal for the First District of California decided that a “bail bond premium financing agreement” is a consumer credit contract and, under California …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Virginia DOC’s Interference Hamstrings Local and Regional Jail Board by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss When the Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails (BLRJ) met unannounced and in closed session on April 20, 2022—in plain violation of the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)—Executive Director Ryan McCord shrugged it …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Suit Over California Detainee’s Suicide Survives Corporate Shell Game by Wellpath and HIG Capital by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 7, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of California allowed claims to proceed against Nevada County and a group of its jail guards for the 2019 …
Seventh Circuit Reiterates That Threats and Withholding Grievance Forms Render Administrative Remedies Unavailable to Prisoner by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s suit and remanded the case to the district court, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Federal Court Upholds and Monitors Requirement for Tennessee Jail to Provide COVID-19 Vaccination for Detainees by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 22, 2022, an inspector appointed by the federal court for the Western District of Tennessee reported that the Shelby County Jail remained understaffed even as …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Federal Courts Order Seizure of Canteen Funds for Restitution Owed by High-Profile Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In two recent cases, federal courts have granted orders to seize funds from prisoners after sizable balances in their canteen accounts came to prosecutors’ attention. In federal court for …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Prisoner-Staff Assault
Oregon Nurse Federally Charged With Raping Prisoners After State Prosecutors Declined to Prosecute by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 14, 2022, a federal grand jury in Oregon issued a 25-count indictment against a former nurse at the state’s only women’s prison, accusing him of sexually assaulting a dozen …
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