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New Rule Sparks Uprising at California Sex Offender Civil Commitment Facility by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 14, 2018, about 400 to 500 civilly committed sex offender “patients” met in the common area of California’s Coalinga State Hospital to protest a stringent new rule that went into effect …
Former Mexican Mafia General Turned Informant Receives $25,000 from GEO Group, 20 Years in Prison from Feds by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke After former Mexican Mafia general Raymond S. “Indio” Tellez agreed to testify against the gang, two gang members stabbed him multiple times in a secure area of …
Protesters Blockade CoreCivic Headquarters in Nashville; 19 Arrests by As dawn broke on August 6, 2018, the light shone on a group of about two dozen protesters who had blockaded the main entrance to the Nashville, Tennessee headquarters of CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America), the nation’s largest for-profit prison …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
New CNN Film, “American Jail,” Shows How the Poor Get – and Stay – Incarcerated by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On July 1, 2018, the film “American Jail” made its premiere screening before a cable television audience on CNN. Given how seldom criminal justice-related issues – let alone the …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Lawsuit, Ballot Initiative Seek to Reform Felon Disenfranchisement in Florida by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In 1868, in response to the abolition of slavery following the Civil War (except for prisoners), Florida enshrined in its constitution the permanent disenfranchisement of people convicted of a felony. The deprivation of …
Publication • September 1, 2018
Inside the Prison Labor Strike, The Kite, 2018 Working  W Working ki to t Extend E t d Democracy D to t All   V Volume V l Volume 1, N 1 Number b 3 3 September  S S t b 2018 September 2018 INSIDE THE PRISON …
Publication • September 1, 2018
Inside the Prison Labor Strike, The KITE, 2018 Working  W Working ki to t Extend E t d Democracy D to t All   V Volume V l Volume 1, N 1 Number b 3 3 September  S S t b 2018 September 2018 INSIDE THE PRISON …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Prison Reform
Trump Calls Prison Reform “Very Important” as First Step Act Passes in the House by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Does “tough on crime” President Donald J. Trump support prison reform? If his comments at a January 2018 listening session can be believed, the answer is a qualified “yes” – …
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 …
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 …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
The Catalyst: Thelton Henderson Transformed California’s Criminal Justice System. Now Comes the Backlash by Abbie Vansickle by Abbie Vansickle, The Marshall Project As the judge climbed the watchtower stairs in Pelican Bay prison, he heard muffled gunshots below. When he reached the top, he looked into the prison yard and …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Suicides
Colorado Prison Gang Leader Commits Suicide at Wyoming Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On August 26, 2017, Benjamin Davis, 42, the founder and leader of a white supremacist prison gang called the 211 Crew, was found hanging in his cell at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. Davis …
Publication • August 1, 2018
New York State Parole Board - Failures in Staffing and Performance - A Report by the Parole Preparation Project and The Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, 2018 New York State Parole Board: Failures A Report and in by the Staffing and Performance Parole Preparation Project The Release Aging People …
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 …
Article • July 3, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Lawsuit on Behalf of Prisoners in 1993 Lucasville Riot Challenges Ban on Media Access by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 11, 1993, hundreds of prisoners began rioting at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. The disturbance lasted eleven days, resulting in the deaths of nine prisoners …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
State Criminal Justice Reform Efforts Gaining Traction by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On the federal level, hopes for criminal justice reform have fallen victim to partisan bickering in Congress and a lack of substantive interest from the White House. Fortunately, state officials are not waiting around, and state-level reform …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
John Legend Fights for Criminal Justice Reform by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Singer and songwriter John Legend is not just a ten-time Grammy winner. The international superstar is also part of a family that has had several members locked up, including his mother. And he wants to do something …
Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Lawsuits Filed, Renewed Push to Block Cell Phones After Deadly South Carolina Prison Riot by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In the two months following an April 15, 2018 riot at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina that left seven prisoners dead and at least 22 injured, the …
On Sale Now: Prison Labor by Sytonia Reid by Sytonia Reid, Green American Magazine Every day, incarcerated and detained people in both US government and private prisons perform labor during their sentences, with few exceptions. Many provide services for the prison itself, such as cooking, laundry, and maintenance tasks, while …
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