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Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Magic as Rehabilitation by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins When facing the harsh reality of incarceration, whether for a few years or several decades, one will soon confront a rather crucial question: “What am I going to do with all this time?” For many, the answer is to distract themselves …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
California: Prisoner-Run Journalism Thrives with San Quentin News, Ear Hustle by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Prison journalism is on the comeback in California, and it’s being credited as a rehabilitative tool that is impacting prison reform advocacy in a positive way. When The Prison Mirror was founded in …
CoreCivic Sued Over Prisoner Who Committed Suicide in Tennessee Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 19, 2020, the parents of a prisoner who committed suicide a year earlier at a privately operated Tennessee prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Nashville-based CoreCivic, alleging the company’s employees …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Federal Lawsuit Claims Texas Jail Released Man When Medical Problems Became Too Much Trouble, Resulting in Coma by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Apparently, it’s easier to release someone from jail and dismiss the charges if their issues become too much trouble, according to a lawsuit filed by James Bagley …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Charges Finally Announced 32 Months After South Carolina Prison Riot by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Shortly after the deadliest prison riot in 25 years, officials launched an investigation into the events surrounding the April 25, 2018, incident at South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Institution (LCI). After more than two …
Sixth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Sheriff in Tennessee Prisoner’s Assault Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on August 10, 2020, reversed a Tennessee federal district court’s order denying defendant’s motion for summary judgment on a claim that a sheriff was deliberately …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
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From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2021. This month’s cover story dissects the myth of the “Texas Criminal Justice Reform Miracle.” One of the oddities of the American police state is that only in the U.S., which cages more …
Alabama Court Allows Lawsuit Over Indigent Traffic Offenders Jailed for Not Paying Fines by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Alabama federal district court allowed portions of a lawsuit to move forward that sought damages from the City of Montgomery (the City) and Judicial Correction Services, Inc. (JCS). The …
Rapper Sues BOP Alleging Torture by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Rapper Kodak Black filed a lawsuit on September 21, 2020, alleging he “is suffering torture and religious persecution” at the hands of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guards and officials. Kodak Black, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Seventh Circuit: Nurse’s Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Pain Negates Summary Judgment Grant by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on July 23, 2020 that a prisoner acting pro se persuaded it that a factual issue remained as to whether a nurse was deliberately …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in New York Prisoner’s Due Process Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment grant to defendants in a New York prisoner’s lawsuit that alleged he was denied due process. The court’s July 23, 2020, …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
St. Louis, Missouri Guard Has History of Taser Abuse by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A captain with the St. Louis County Justice Center is under investigation for potentially inappropriate use of a Taser in several recent cases. In May 2020, he employed a Taser to subdue a …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 21, 2020, Sylvester Hartley became the seventh prisoner to die of complications from COVID-19 at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to a report in the St. Clair News-Aegis. The 60-year-old, who was serving a life-without-parole sentence for three counts of first-degree kidnapping, …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
South Florida: Jail Hotline Releases Report on Inadequate Health Care During Pandemic by Saraana Jamraj by Saraana Jamraj As the coronavirus pandemic has continued to devastate people, especially the vulnerable and marginalized, the COVID-19 Hotline for Incarcerated People (CHIP) has brought to light the dangerously insufficient response and deeply inhumane …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Former Prisoners Making Less Than Minimum Wage Working for Nonprofit Doe Fund by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Former prisoners who have turned to the nonprofit organization The Doe Fund in New York City for work and job training have found themselves making less than minimum wage, once the Doe …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Montana Supreme Court: Jail’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Violates Law by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 15, 2020, the Montana Supreme Court reversed the granting of summary judgment in a case challenging a jail’s blanket strip search policy on constitutional and statutory grounds. The court held that the …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
As Prison COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Rise, Washington State Supreme Court Looks Away by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson We are not indifferent to the serious dangers faced by petitioners and other inmates at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 in Washington’s correctional facilities.” That was a claim by a Majority …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
New Book on Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Anyone who has done time in a jail or prison has seen that one lone person, or sometimes two, who sits at a dayroom table for hours on end with pencil and paper. A …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Over Half the Prisoners Test Positive for COVID-19 at Arizona Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 8, 2020, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (ADCRR) announced that 655 of the 1,066 prisoners held at the La Paz unit in the state prison complex in Yuma …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
First Former Felon Elected to Washington State Legislature by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen On Election Day in November 2020, Washington State attorney and former prisoner Tarra Simmons became the first person convicted of a felony elected to the state’s legislature. Prior to the election, she said she …
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