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Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
New York Prisoner Prevails in Lawsuit, Freed from 23 Years in Solitary Confinement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 21, 2020, attorneys for New York state prisoner Imhotep H’Shaka, 46, announced that he had been released into the general population at Attica Correctional Facility after spending nearly a …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Lifers Now Exceed Entire Prison Population of 1970 by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Over the last 50 years, the number of prisoners serving life sentences has grown to exceed the entire prison population of 1970. While efforts are being made to “reform” the reforms enacted under the “tough on …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Second Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment on Connecticut Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held on Dec. 6, 2019, that a lower court incorrectly granted guards summary judgment on a prisoner’s failure to protect claim. Connecticut prisoner …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Many of Aging Kansas State Prison Population Could Be Released by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon By some standards, Kansas has a relatively small prison system. Numbering only around 10,000 beds, it is dwarfed by California’s and Texas’ penal institutions, which have 134,000 and 142,000 beds, respectively. Regardless of size, …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Study Shows Solitary Confinement Poses Mortality Risk After Release by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In recent years, a growing outcry has been raised against the practice of confining prisoners in solitary, even for short periods, because of the connection between solitary and the impairment of overall mental health, especially …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
$2.8 Million Settlement in New York Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter New York’s Suffolk County Legislature agreed on September 26, 2019 to pay $2.8 million to settle a lawsuit concerning the events surrounding the suicide six years earlier of pretrial detainee Jack Franqui. The morning …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Dallas County, Texas Jails Finally Enter the 21st Century on Phone Rates by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Until February 18, 2020, it cost pre- and post-trial detainees in the Dallas County, Texas jails .24¢ per minute to speak to their families on the phone. Urged by criminal justice reform …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Beyond Harsh: 86 Mississippi Prisoners Serving Life Without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a resurgence of “tough-on-crime” sentencing reforms that swept the nation in the 1990s, many states enacted “three-strikes” laws mandating life sentences for those convicted of three felony offenses. Mississippi was among …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Federal Judge: BOP Exercising “Reasonable Efforts” Against Coronavirus at NC Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 11, 2020, a federal court in North Carolina found that 11 prisoners at the Federal Correction Complex (FCC) in Butner had failed to prove officials with the Bureau of Prisons …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
United Nations Official Says Connecticut’s Use of Solitary May Amount to Torture by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A United Nations human rights expert has denounced the use of prolonged solitary confinement, which could inflict psychological torture on prisoners. His critique, given at a press conference on February 28, …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Seventh Circuit: Indiana District Court Erred in Denying Counsel to Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 4, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held an Indiana federal district court abused its discretion in denying a prisoner’s motion for appointment of counsel in …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
What’s Justice Got to Do with It? by Doran Larson Visits to Icelandic Prisons Shine Light on America’s Complacency Toward the Suffering of Incarcerated People by Doran Larson After 40 years of an inter-partisan tougher-on-crime-than-you arms race, sentencing reform (and a desire to reduce prison costs) is one issue that …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Editorials, COVID-19
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright COVID-19 has not gone away; indeed it seems to be worsening in prisons and jails around the country. But this month’s cover story on prisons in Iceland serves as a reminder that not all countries have, or want, a police state …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Can the Pandemic Undermine Mass Incarceration? by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The direction of public policy in massive bureaucratic states tends to create an almost inexorable momentum all on its own, and that momentum often overwhelms not only the conditions that created the policy but also the public welfare …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Exposure to Heat
Animal Shelters Provide Cooler Temperatures Than Florida Prisons in Summer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter With the heat of summer’s arrival, Florida prisoners endure living in outdated infrastructure. The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC), in a July 14, 2020 email to prisoners, said it “is making efforts to …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Prisoner Transfer
North Carolina Criticized for Prisoner Transfers During Pandemic by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On June 16, 2020, North Carolina’s Wake County Superior Court ordered the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) temporarily to cease the majority of prisoner transfers. Except for medical emergencies or cases of life endangerment, ordered …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality by Christopher Zoukis As Numbers Rise, Some Prison Systems Admit Defeat, Others Try to Ignore Death Toll by Christopher Zoukis, MBA As nations across the world battle the coronavirus plague, American prisons continue to fail at managing this pandemic, not unlike many communities across …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Survey of 8,000 Prisoners’ Political Views Finds Surprising Results by David Reutter by David M. Reutter What a politician believes about the impact of restoring the vote to a convicted felon often depends on which side of the aisle they stand on. A common belief amongst politicians is that felons …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright As summer wears on, the pandemic continues to take its toll behind bars. Our cover story reports the latest developments on COVID-19 in prisons and jails. Thanks to all the prisoner readers who are sending us reports and updates about coronavirus …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
How to Fail at Running a Prison During a Pandemic by Anthony Accurso A firsthand account from FCI Seagoville in Texas, one of the epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic by Anthony W. Accurso [Editor’s note: As of July 22, the Bureau of Prisons website reported 1,220 prisoners had tested positive …
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