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Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Escapes, Security Systems
Previous NY Escapee Fails to Negotiate Privileges in Exchange for Revealing Security Flaws by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna New York state prisoner David Sweat became famous – or rather infamous – when he and fellow prisoner Richard W. Matt escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Donald Who? Reform Goes Forward Despite His Idiocy by Joseph Margulies by Joseph Margulies, Justia.com Recently, the president called for the execution of drug dealers. This is idiotic, of course, both as a matter of law and policy. But no one who has been following these things should have been …
Growing Number of Local Jurisdictions Reject Correctional Privatization by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On May 8, 2018, the City Council in Tucson, Arizona passed a historic resolution by unanimous vote that prohibits “contracting with private, for-profit prison companies like GEO Group or CoreCivic (formerly CCA) for jail operations.” City …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Canadian Non-profit Seeks Plant-based Focus, No Animal Slaughter at Prison Farms by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A Canadian non-profit organization, Evolve Our Prison Farms (EOPF), has come out in opposition to the Canadian government’s plan, announced in early 2018, to reinstitute prison farms that will include the slaughter of …
Alabama Pastor and Non-profit Director Fights Capital Murder Charge by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Dothan, Alabama pastor and non-profit director Kenneth Glasgow, 52, has been charged with capital murder in a controversial case where another man with whom he was driving fatally shot a woman who allegedly stole the …
15 Years to Life for Jailers Who Beat Mentally Ill Prisoner to Death by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Three former California jail guards were convicted of second-degree murder for fatally beating a mentally ill prisoner who suffered what prosecutors called an “agonizing and painful” death. In January 2018, the …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Federal Prisoner’s Custody Status Continues While “on Loan” to Face State Charges by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on November 21, 2017 that a federal prisoner remains in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General despite being held on behalf of state officials. Bud Ray Brown was serving …
Alabama Prisoners Suffer Nation’s Highest Homicide, Suicide Rates by David Reutter by David Reutter Alabama’s prison murder rate, already the nation’s worst, is on the rise – along with an increase in assaults that do not end in fatalities, as well as prisoner suicides. Prison officials agree that the root …
ACLU Virginia -- Women in the Criminal Justice System - Pathways to Incarceration in Virginia, 2018 PHOTO: NARAL PRO-CHOICE OF AMERICA/FLICKR WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: PATHWAYS TO INCARCERATION IN VIRGINIA Acknowledgement First and foremost, we would like to thank the residents of Friends of Guest House in Fairfax, …
Publication • August 1, 2018
The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison, PEW Research Center, 2018 METHODOLOGYI The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison Data show the number returning 3 years later is down by nearly a quarter Trends in recidivism were analyzed using the National Corrections …
Publication • August 1, 2018
Office of the Inspector General: Review of the Justice Department's Clemency Initiative, 2018 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice OVERSIGHT INTEGRITY GUIDANCE Review of the Department’s Clemency Initiative Evaluation and Inspections Division 18-04 August 2018 Executive Summary Review of the Department’s Clemency Initiative Introduction Results in Brief …
Father of Man Strangled While in Missouri Jail Accepts Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis George Stevens, whose son was strangled to death by another man while being held in a Missouri jail, agreed to a settlement with the city of St. Louis in response to his wrongful death …
Two Men Unlawfully Searched and Falsely Arrested for Sitting in Vehicle Settle with Middletown, N.Y., Cops by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Patrick Ammirati and James Esposito, who were arrested and prosecuted over a speck that wasn’t even a drug after Middletown, New York, police found them suspiciously sitting in …
Article • July 24, 2018
Filed under: War on Drugs, Police
Queens Couple Receives $10,000 Settlement after False Arrest and Property Confiscation by NYPD by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Michael and Alisha Drepaul agreed to a $10,000 settlement with the city of New York in response to Mr. Drepaul’s false arrest and prosecution, and the police confiscation of $9,800 worth …
Article • July 8, 2018
$30,000 Settlement for Brooklyn Man Falsely Arrested by NYPD by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Derrick Baxton, who was arrested by officers of the New York Police Department with no evidence of wrongdoing, settled his federal civil rights lawsuit with the city of New York for $30,000.      On February …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: Informants
Florida: DHS Snitch Busted for Trying to Sell Informant Status to Federal Prisoner by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On February 26, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Darrin P. Gayles sentenced a former confidential informant for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to a year in prison and a …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Texas Prisons Stop Using Solitary Confinement as Punishment, but Thousands Kept in Administrative Segregation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 1, 2017 the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) changed its policy on prisoner discipline to eliminate solitary confinement as a punishment for violating institutional rules, though thousands …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: War on Terror, Terrorism, CIA
ACLU Reaches Confidential Settlement in CIA Detainee Torture Lawsuit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) entered into a confidential settlement with the CIA over “a torture program” designed and used against military detainees by two contractors, psychologists James Elmer Mitchell and John …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Oregon: Former Clackamas Deputy, Probation Officer Sentenced for Child Rape by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On March 23, 2018, Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge Michael Wetzel sentenced a former county deputy and probation officer to 35 years and one month in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing two young girls, …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: Census
Census Bureau will Count Incarcerated People in the Wrong Place Once Again in 2020 Census, Continues to Distort Democracy by On February 7, 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau announced how it will define residence for the 2020 Census. Ignoring overwhelming public support for a change in how incarcerated persons are counted in …
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