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Pennsylvania County Prisons Mired in Conditions Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Whether or not a large number of lawsuits is indicative of management or operational problems at a prison or jail is a matter of debate that depends on one’s perspective – that is, which side of …
Article • November 15, 2009
Vengeance Meets Recidivism by Jimmie Franks By Jimmy Franks As vote-hungry politicians and vengeance-minded citizens continue to make it increasingly difficult for parolees to successfully reintegrate into society, prison recidivism remains a problem of epic proportions. Viewed objectively, the correlation between these two phenomena is readily apparent, although no one …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$1 Million Settlement in Washington DOC Staff Sexual Abuse Suit of Women Prisoners by On June 12, 2009, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit over staff sexual abuse of female prisoners which included $22,500 in attorney fees for future enforcement …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Former PA Lawmaker Who Took Sex Offenders into His Home Files Suit Against Zoning Board by Thomas E. Armstrong, a former tough-on-crime Pennsylvania lawmaker who took three registered sex offenders into his home in Marietta Borough, filed a lawsuit last year challenging a decision by zoning officials to force the …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$170,000 in Settlements to Sacramento Jail Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guards by California’s Sacramento County has paid $160,000 to settle a claim that a guard raped a prisoner. The settlement is in addition to a $10,000 payment out of personal funds paid by another guard for kissing the prisoner. The …
$250,000 Awarded to Former New York Prisoner Wrongly Convicted by Falsified Evidence by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A New York Court of Claims has awarded $250,000 to a former prisoner based on her claims of malicious prosecution and negligent supervision, after finding a State Police investigator had fabricated …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
CRIPA Investigation Finds “Woefully Inadequate” Conditions in Erie County, NY Jails; Lawsuits Filed by Jimmy Franks An investigation conducted by the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice uncovered significant civil rights violations at two New York detention facilities – the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) and the …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Justice Reinvestment Initiative Eliminates Texas Prison Overcrowding by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Despite a massive prison-building program in the 1990s, in 2007 the Texas legislature had to deal with an overcrowded prison system. Some lawmakers proposed including $523 million in the biennial budget for prison construction. Surprisingly, the legislature …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Texas Grand Jury Rules Jail Guards Not Negligent in Prisoner’s Death by Gary Hunter Despite a finding of homicide by the Dallas County Medical Examiner, an Angelina County grand jury ruled that jail guards involved in physically subduing a prisoner were not negligent in causing his death. In November 2008, …
Privatized Prison Medical Care in Mississippi Still Problematic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Anyone looking for evidence that privatized prison health care is a complete failure need look no further than Mississippi. In 2001, the per capita death rate for Mississippi prisoners was around the national average. By …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
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American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination, by Kristian Williams, South End Press, 279 pages by David Preston Reviewed by David Preston 1979. How well I remember it. My freshman year at college. In an effort to expand my consciousness and do good in the world, I joined a …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Indiana Supreme Court Holds Sex Offender Registration Act Unconstitutional When Applied Retroactively by In a courageous and controversial ruling, a unanimous Indiana Supreme Court held on April 30, 2009 that state statutes collectively referred to as the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act, when applied to Richard Wallace, a child molester …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
$21 Million Jury Award for Illinois Wrongful Conviction by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In June 2009, an Illinois federal jury awarded $21 million to a former prisoner who served 11-1/2 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The basis of the claim was that Chicago police detective Reynaldo …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Refusal to Mail Nebraska Prisoner’s Artwork Violates First Amendment by A Nebraska district court has held that prison officials violated a prisoner’s First Amendment right to send and receive mail when they refused to let him mail his drawings. The court’s ruling came on a motion for judgment as a …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Black Drug Incarceration Drops 21.6%, White Rate Up 42.6%; Shift Driven by Decreasing Crack Cocaine Use, Increasing Meth Use by Mark Wilson The number of people incarcerated in state prisons for drug offenses has increased an astronomical 1,150 percent since 1980, increasing from 40,000 to 500,000 prisoners, according to Bureau …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Alabama: In September 2009, criminal defense attorneys in Birmingham donated 2,700 rolls of toilet paper, soap and other supplies to the Jefferson County Jail when they learned officials were severely rationing those items. The jail was reportedly allowing prisoners no more than three strips of toilet …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
California Budget Cuts Lead to Closure of Two Parolee Residential Centers by In a questionable effort to save money, the State of California has closed two parolee residential centers in Los Angeles and returned the 74 non-violent offenders housed at those facilities back to prison. Scott Kernan, undersecretary of the …
Questionable Kentucky Courthouse Construction Practices Lead to Court Official’s Resignation, Audit, Settlement by Michael Brodheim On February 25, 2009, after questions were raised about the failure of his office to fully insure courthouse construction projects, Garlan VanHook resigned from his position as executive director of the Dept. of Facilities for …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
North Carolina Courts, Legislature Take Steps to Resume Executions by Michael Brodheim The North Carolina judiciary and legislature have both taken steps to clear the way to resume executions, which have remained dormant in the state for the past three years. On May 1, 2009, a split North Carolina Supreme …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Human Rights Study Shows That Decades Later Blacks Still Incarcerated More by Gary Hunter In March 2009 a report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization indicated that blacks continue to be arrested at disproportionately high rates in this country’s war on drugs. The study spanned almost three decades and …
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