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Article • January 15, 2009
Vermont Orders Privacy vs. Public Interest Balancing In DOC Superintendent's Performance Evaluation Public Disclosure Request by Bob Williams By Bob Williams The Vermont Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to balance the privacy interests of Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) Superintendent Kathleen Lanman, of the Northern State Correctional Facility …
Article • January 15, 2009
A true story that Oprah won't touch by By ALLEN M. HORNBLUM Though I long ago jettisoned the notion of hearing from Oprah, Eddie Anthony continues to wait for the big call from Chicago. Unlike me, he's a dreamer and holds out hope that Ms. Winfrey will recognize the power …
Article • January 15, 2009
Colorado Federal Probationers' Employer Notification Requirement Not Occupational Restriction Under USSG by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Colorado federal probationers Ruian Du and Rachel Chavez appealed the denial of their individual requests for a stay of the 2005 application of Colorado's Employment Verification Policy (Policy). They claimed that it constituted …
Article • January 15, 2009
Federal Officials Raid Mushroom Farm Leaving Wyoming Prisoners "Spore" Losers by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Wyoming State prisoners face layoffs due to the imminent closing of the Wind River Mushrooms farm (Farm) in Shoshoni. This was caused by federal officials raiding the Farm finding false identification on Guatemalan immigrant …
Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories by Brandon Sample Federal Prison Industries (FPI), the largest legal sweatshop in America, has jeopardized the lives and safety of untold numbers of prisoners and staff working in its recycling factories, according to a preliminary report in an investigation by the …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2009. For the new year we are introducing a new quarterly column in PLN called Prison Health and Self Care by Dr. Michael Cohen. Dr. Cohen is a doctor who has extensive experience working with prisoners …
Allegations of Contraband Smuggling, Sex and Corruption at Texas Prison by Matthew Clarke Allegations of Contraband Smuggling, Sex and Corruption at Texas Prison by Matt Clarke The Inspector General’s office of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has been investigating numerous cases of corruption at the 1,555-bed Terrell Unit …
Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation by Jordan Flaherty At the heart of Louisiana’s prison system sits the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a former slave plantation where little …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
U.S. Homeland Security Illegally Drugged Immigrants for Deportation by Gary Hunter Until recently, immigrants destined for deportation due to their illegal residency status in the United States faced the possibility of being drugged before leaving. Since 2003, there have been more than 250 cases where psychotropic drugs were inappropriately administered …
Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner’s Brutal Beating By Ten Guards For $500,000 by Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner’s Brutal Beating By Ten Guards For $500,000 The Connecticut Department of. Corrections (CDC) settled for $500,000 the civil rights complaint brought by a prisoner who was brutally assaulted by ten CDC guards solely for …
Prisoners’ Death Rate Report Indicts Prison Medical Care by Implication by David Reutter Prisoners’ Death Rate Report Indicts Prison Medical Care by Implication by David M. Reutter A report by the US Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics has issued a report on the 12,129 state prisoners’ deaths reported …
Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse by Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse Three recent incidents at the Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa, Florida demonstrate a culture of abuse at the facility. One of the incidents involved a guard dumping a quadriplegic prisoner from …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Welcome to Fun Day: Crime and Punishment in the United States by Marie Gottschalk Doing Time Together: Love and Family in the Shadow of the Prison. By Megan Comfort. University of Chicago Press. 256 pp. $55.00 cloth. $22.00 paper. Race, Incarceration, and American Values. By Glenn C. Loury with Pamela …
Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David Reutter Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David M. Reutter On July 11, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division issued a letter to officials at Illinois’ Cook County Jail (CCJ) which found …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
CMS Fails to Treat MRSA Infection; Florida Jail Prisoner Dies by When Dorothy Dian Palinchik was booked into Florida’s Pinellas County Jail (PCJ) on February 13, 2008 for stealing a $9.00 Philly cheesesteak sandwich from a grocery store, she was seemingly healthy. Two weeks later she died of pneumonia and …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Oregon Juvenile Facility Warden Indicted; Youth Authority Director Resigns by Mark Wilson Oregon Juvenile Facility Warden Indicted; Youth Authority Director Resigns by Mark Wilson From 2000 to 2007, Darrin Humphreys served as warden of the RiverBend Youth Detention Center, a 50-bed Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) facility in LaGrande, Oregon. Supervisors …
Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids” by David Reutter Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids” by David M. Reutter While there have been no escapes and only two suicides in the past year at New York City’s Rikers …
Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges by Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges In July 2008, former Prison Health Services (PHS) employee John N. Mubang, 57, was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for prescribing drugs for monetary gain and trafficking in controlled substances. The six-month …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Skin
Prison Health and Self-Care: MRSA by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen MD Introduction There is much concern among prisoners about skin infections caused by a well-publicized germ called MRSA. This article explains what MRSA is, what you can do to protect yourself from MRSA, and how to …
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