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Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Mississippi Demands $1.9 Million From MTC For Short-Staffing Private State Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On November 14, 2022, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White submitted a civil demand for payment of $1.9 million to Utah-based private prison operator Management and Training Corporation (MTC) for violating its contractual …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Guards/Staff
‘Time for Me to Go’: Troubled Oklahoma Jail Loses Administrator by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When Greg Williams resigned from the Oklahoma County Jail on December 5, 2022, the administrator of the scandal-plagued lockup said only that “It is time for me to go.” That was after one detainee …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Second Circuit: N.Y. Detainee Didn’t Fail to Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Jail Grievance Procedure Excluded Matter Forming Basis of Claim by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 8, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reinstated a New York jail detainee’s claim, saying he couldn’t be …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
OIG Report Defers Claims That ICE Detainees in Georgia Had Forced Hysterectomies by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye Did 19 women detained for federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Georgia jail have forced hysterectomies? [See: PLN, Dec. 2020, p.60.] A whistleblower complaint said so. That led to …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Infections, Water
Potentially Fatal Legionella Bacteria Found at Six Illinois Prisons by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On June 27, 2022, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) announced it found Legionella bacteria in the water system at Jacksonville Correctional Center. The discovery of the bacterium — which causes a potentially fatal …
Over $237,000 Awarded in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Suit Accusing Guard of Unwanted Sexual Advances by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 16, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin ordered a state prison guard to pay $110,042.38 in legal costs and fees for a former state …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Fifth Circuit: Martinez Report May Not Override Factual Allegations in Prisoner’s Complaint by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that facts alleged in a supplemental administrative report which a district court requested from prison officials may not …
Ex-Prisoner Re-Elected to New York State Assembly by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders One of the most unjust consequences of mass incarceration in America is that it removes millions of citizens from the political process. Most prisoners lose voting privileges at least through their parole, though sometimes for life. But …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
UCLA Study Finds Over Half of ‘Natural’ Deaths Inside L.A. County Jails Showed Signs of Physical Harm by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders A recent study of deaths over the past ten years inside Los Angeles County jails revealed that over half of those recorded as “natural” showed evidence of …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
GEO Group Gets Another Extension to Biden’s Deadline for USMS at California Prison by Jenifer Lockwood by Jenifer Lockwood A privately run jail in downtown San Diego is still holding federal detainees after receiving an “unprecedented” third exception to an executive order issued by Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D). …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Georgia Prisoner Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Guards Dies by Apparent Suicide by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Just ten days after being sentenced to death for the 2017 murders of two state prison guards, a prisoner was found unresponsive in his cell at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Good Time Credits, Credits
Virginia Swipes Sentence Credits From 560 Prisoners Just About to Get Out by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Just as the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) was preparing to release 560 prisoners in July 2022, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) and state lawmakers stepped in with a budget amendment that …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Prison Gangs
‘Tragic and Wholly Unacceptable’ Gang Violence Erupts at Georgia Women’s Prison by Jenifer Lockwood by Jenifer Lockwood On June 23, 2022, gang violence at Georgia’s second-largest women’s lockup sparked a sharply worded letter from U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) calling on FBI Director Chris Wray to get involved and stop …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Former South Carolina Sheriff Begins 46-Month Prison Term for Corruption by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On October 14, 2022, a former South Carolina sheriff reported to the U.S. Penitentiary in Big Sandy, Kentucky, to begin serving a 46-month sentence for fraud and corruption-related charges. Alex “Big A” Underwood, …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
New Connecticut Law Restricts Use of Solitary Confinement by Keith Sanders, David Reutter by David M. Reutter and Keith Sanders A law that severely limits the use of solitary confinement in Connecticut jails and prisons took effect July 1, 2022. It also creates an ombudsman position within the state Department …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Daughter of Condemned Missouri Prisoner Unsuccessfully Sues to Witness His Execution by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 29, 2022, Missouri administered a lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre to murder prisoner Kevin Johnson, 37. But his 19-year-old daughter was not by his side. …
Annual report • December 31, 2022
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER 2022 Annual Report CONTENTS THE MAGAZINES PRISON LEGAL NEWS 1 CRIMINAL LEGAL NEWS 3 BOOK DISTRIBUTION BOOK SALES 5 BOOK PUBLISHING 5 HRDC WEBSITES 5 HRDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS 6 FUNDING IN 2022 7 ACTIVISM & ADVOCACY 7 MEDIA OUTREACH 7 LITIGATION PROJECT FIRST AMENDMENT CENSORSHIP …
Brief • December 30, 2022
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Telephone Rates
Linear v. Securus Technologies Dba Jpay LLC, WA, Statement of Claims, Unfair Charges, 2022 1 2 3 4 5 AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION 6 7 MICHAEL LINEAR, 8 9 10 11 12 NO. 01-22-0000-3053 Claimant, CLAIMANT MICHAEL LINEAR’S STATEMENT OF CLAIMS AND DAMAGES v. SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, d.b.a. JPAY, LLC, Defendant. 13 …
Brief • December 30, 2022
Filed under: Strip Searches, Transgender
Tibbs v. Morales, MA, Memo and Order, Transgender, 2022 �ll� cl, u/\f \,1� J: II COMMONWEALTH OF MASSAQWSETIS SUP�OR COURT CIVIL ACTION No.1984CV01506 SUFFOLK, ss. JEROME TIBBS a/k/a NINA TIBBS RICHARD L� MORALES & others1 �UPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION No.2184CV00384 SUFFOLK,-ss. JEROME TIBBS aJk!a NINA TIBBS & DARIUS GIBSON CAROL …
Publication • December 29, 2022
Filed under: Prisoners' Rights
Pennsylvania DOC-Inmate Pay Increases, Dec. 2022 ~ pennsylvania ~ DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO: All Inmates FROM: George M. Little Secretary of Corrections DATE: December 29, 2022 SUBJECT: Pay Scale Increase As we celebrate this holiday season, it is refreshing to look back over the past year and see how far …
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