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Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Prison Officials Limit Prisoner Communications During COVID-19 Crisis by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Prisoners struggling to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic — often without masks, sufficient cleaning supplies or the ability to social distance — are crying for help to the outside world by any means possible. Some prison …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Rhode Island Corrections’ Union President Fined for Excessive Political Donations by Bill Barton by Bill Barton The Rhode Island Board of Elections voted in December 2019 to fine correctional officers’ union president Richard Ferruccio for allowing the union’s Political Action Committee (PAC) to exceed the state’s limit on annual campaign …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Journalist
Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The silence is deafening. Over a week in mid-May, Prison Legal News tried to contact public information officers at seven federal prisons seeking an answer to a straightforward question: What are you doing …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Visitor Searches
Hawaii Institutes Non-Contact Visits at Another Prison to Control Contraband by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Hawaii’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) has now banned contact visits at three of the state’s correctional institutions: Oahu Correctional Community Center (OCCC), Maui Correctional Community Center (MCCC), and Halawa Correctional Facility (HFC). The …
New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On April 6, 2020, New York Supreme Court Judge Mark Dwyer ordered the release of 18 pre-trial detainees held at Rikers Island in response to a lawsuit brought by attorneys …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Number of California Prisoners Falling; Lifer Population Declines Slightly as Well by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As of April 1, 2020, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) counted just over 122,000 prisoners in custody, more than 25 percent lower than its 2006 peak, continuing a downward trend …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Kansas County Jails People for Unpaid Medical Bills by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A county in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt, CBS News reported in February 2020. The county is Coffeyville, Kansas, which has a poverty rate twice the national average. It’s also the place …
$200,000 Awarded to Missouri Prison Guard Over Sexual Harassment, Retaliation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 3, 2019, a Missouri jury entered judgment in favor of a former Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) employee who alleged she had suffered workplace sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and retaliation. The jury …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
New ACLU Study Says COVID-19 Deaths in Prison Will Soar Without More Releases, Fewer Arrests by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An April 22, 2020 report by the American Civil Liberties Union, with the collaboration of researchers from Washington State University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Tennessee, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Deplorable Conditions at South Carolina Prisons Prompt Call for UN Intervention by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Despite settling a landmark prisoner civil rights case in 2016, and after a bloody 2018 riot led to a nationwide prisoner work strike that same year, conditions in facilities run by the South …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Louisiana Governor’s Inaction Prevents Release of Grandmother Hospitalized with COVID-19 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards had yet to act on a July 2019 recommendation by the state Board of Pardons and Parole to grant Gloria Williams’ request for commutation. Williams is Louisiana’s longest incarcerated …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Report: Oaks of Justice Pitch to Help Prisoners Return Home Appears Shady by Bill Barton by Bill Barton It’s scarcely news that people incarcerated in federal prison are often desperate for any possible chance to return home. Unfortunately, prisoners aren’t really in a position to verify the legitimacy of assorted …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
First Prisoners and Staff, Including a Warden, Dead from COVID-19 in Louisiana; Hundreds Infected by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Like most prison systems, the Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC) has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic in crammed facilities that make for easy transmission of the highly contagious coronavirus. …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19
Florida Continues to Use Slave Labor During Coronavirus Outbreak by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Florida is one of a handful of states that doesn’t pay prisoners to work, constituting what some consider slave labor. Meanwhile, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) continues to use prison labor during the coronavirus …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Interview: Don Specter of the Prison Law Office on California Prisons, COVID-19 and Governor Newsom by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Don Specter is the executive director of the Berkeley, California-based Prison Law Office, a nonprofit public interest law firm that provides free legal services to adult and juvenile offenders. …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Overcrowding, Mental Health
Report: Tennessee Prison Population Climbs, Bucks Nationwide Trend by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Incarceration is not the answer to crime, concludes a December 19, 2019 report by the Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force (CJITF). “Despite incarcerating more people and spending over $1 billion annually on corrections in …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Mississippi Jail to Stay Open Despite Massive “Financial Trouble” by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On December 12, 2019, the Board of Supervisors of Mississippi’s Issaquena County granted an eleventh-hour reprieve to the Issaquena County Regional Jail just five days before it was set to close and over 300 prisoners …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Audit: Massachusetts Department of Corrections Failed to Provide Timely Health Care or Reentry Services by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney An audit of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC) released January 9, 2020, found that the agency was failing to provide prisoners with timely health care and proper reentry services, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Guard Unions
Nebraska Prison Employee Labor Agreement Contains Unusual Provision by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 27, 2019, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 88, the union that represents Nebraska Department of Corrections (DOC) workers, announced a “Letter of Agreement” that provides for increased worker …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Sandoval County, New Mexico Settles Public Records Lawsuit with Human Rights Defense Center by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Sandoval County, New Mexico on February 24, 2020, settled a public records lawsuit with the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent corporation of Prison Legal News, which alleged that the …
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