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Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
New York Federal Guard Sentenced to 25 Years for Sexually Abusing Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter New York federal judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto on July 31, 2019, sentenced former Bureau of Prisons Lieutenant Eugenio Perez to 25 years in prison. A jury in May 2018 found Perez …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Coronavirus Crisis: Wisconsin Releases Around 1,600 Prisoners, an ‘Inconsequential’ Number by By May 8, 2020, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections had released almost 1,600 prisoners as the coronavirus spread, Madison.com reports.  “The vast majority — 1,447 individuals released from March 2 to May 4 — are inmates who had been …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: housing
California Prison Reform Results in Housing Challenges for Former Prisoners by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Over 600,000 people are released from prisons across the U.S. each year, and a growing number of reentry providers are prepping to absorb increasing numbers as states reform their systems. In California, though, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Sign the Papers! Alabama Prisoners Get Masks for COVID-19 but With Strings Attached by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As the threat of COVID-19 contagion has become tangible to prison populations across the United States, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has implemented risk management and mitigation protocols throughout its …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC Settles California Jail Censorship Suit for $143,500, Consent Decree by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On May 13, 2020, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, settled a federal civil rights action concerning California’s Tehama County Jail censorship of prisoner publications like PLN …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
More Than 200 Convicted of Corruption at Baltimore Department of Corrections; More Charges Announced by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss More than 200 guards, prisoners and civilians have been convicted of corruption at the Baltimore Department of Corrections’ prison system over the last four years. In a major new case …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Innocence Project Working to Prove Arkansas Executed Innocent Man by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On January 23, 2020, the family of an Arkansas man who was executed three years earlier, filed a lawsuit to obtain evidence from the scene of the murder for which he was convicted, hoping to …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
$500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Beaten During Seizure by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Colorado prison officials agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard severely beat a prisoner who was experiencing a seizure. Prisoner Jayson M. Oslund entered the Colorado Department of Corrections for the …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Tenth Circuit Reinstates Colorado Prisoner’s Claim that Requires BOP to Release Him from Imprisonment for Marijuana Possession by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 16, 2019, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of Colorado federal prisoner Aaron Sandusky’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, thereby …
$500,000 Settlement From Psychiatrist for Failing to Treat New Mexico Prisoner Who Committed Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2019, the family of a New Mexico prisoner who committed suicide while incarcerated at a privately operated prison agreed to a $500,000 settlement against the psychiatrist, Andrew Kowalkowski, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Florida Prison Officials Ordered to Not Retaliate Against Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida federal district Judge Mark E. Walker entered a protective order to end retaliation against state prisoner Johnny Hill. The court’s January 28, 2020, order was entered to protect one of the plaintiffs in …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Nevada Supreme Court Holds Firefighting Prisoner Cannot Challenge Worker’s Compensation Based on Prison Pay by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Following his release, a former Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner who was injured while working as a firefighter for the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) challenged the calculation of …
Article • May 31, 2020
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Excessive-Use-of-Force Claim by On May 6, 2020, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals reversed the summary dismissal of Louisiana prisoner Layne Aucoin’s claim that state prison guards used excessive force after he was restrained and compliant following an altercation with guards. The appellate court upheld …
Article • May 31, 2020
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Mandamus to Pro Se Prisoner Seeking Prison Policy-Mandated Public Records That Prison Claims Do Not Exist by On May 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed pro se by Jerone McDougald, a prisoner at the Southern Ohio …
Sixth Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment Against 14-Year-Old Mentally Ill Pretrial Detainee, Raped by Guard in Solitary by Mark Wilson  by David Wilson  The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a 14-year-old Tennessee detainee’s solitary confinement, mental health care and sexual abuse claims. J.H. …
Article • May 15, 2020
Riverside, California Jails Become Coronavirus Incubator by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Jails throughout the nation have become hotspots for coronavirus infection, endangering the lives of prisoners, staff, and the public. The Riverside County jail system in California reported the death of Sheriff’s Deputy Terrell Young, 52, on April 2, …
Article • May 5, 2020
Third Circuit Upholds Federal False Liens Conviction and 48-Month Sentence by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson  The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a Pennsylvania man’s federal false liens convictions. The court concluded that 18 USC § 1521 is not unconstitutionally vague and overbroad, and the …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Coronavirus: A Nationwide Survey of the Push for Early Release as Pandemic Fears Grow by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis “Mother Nature is a serial killer. No one’s better. More creative. . . . She’s a bitch.” – World War Z Between January and August of 2019, the Department of …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Early Prison Release for Gangsta Rapper Sped Up by Coronavirus by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Daniel Hernandez was a Brooklyn rap artist who managed to achieve no small measure of fame. To his fans he was Tekashi 6ix9ine. He decided to live the gangsta life and rapped about his …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: Editorials, COVID-19
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Prison Legal News launched in May 1990, making this the thirtieth anniversary issue. I hand typed five pages, half the issue, in my maximum-security prison cell and Ed Mead, my co-editor, typed the other half in his cell. We sent it …
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