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Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
The Impact of Criminalizing Abortion on Prisoners and Mass Incarceration by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Over the course of its 233-year history, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has reversed its prior decisions on occasion. Until now those reversals have generally been to expand constitutional rights for the populace, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Bail Bonds
California Court Rules Bail Bond Companies Must Give Cosigners Financial Impact Notice by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 29, 2021, the Court of Appeal for the First District of California decided that a “bail bond premium financing agreement” is a consumer credit contract and, under California …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Virginia DOC’s Interference Hamstrings Local and Regional Jail Board by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss When the Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails (BLRJ) met unannounced and in closed session on April 20, 2022—in plain violation of the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)—Executive Director Ryan McCord shrugged it …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Suit Over California Detainee’s Suicide Survives Corporate Shell Game by Wellpath and HIG Capital by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 7, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of California allowed claims to proceed against Nevada County and a group of its jail guards for the 2019 …
Seventh Circuit Reiterates That Threats and Withholding Grievance Forms Render Administrative Remedies Unavailable to Prisoner by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s suit and remanded the case to the district court, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Federal Court Upholds and Monitors Requirement for Tennessee Jail to Provide COVID-19 Vaccination for Detainees by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 22, 2022, an inspector appointed by the federal court for the Western District of Tennessee reported that the Shelby County Jail remained understaffed even as …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Federal Courts Order Seizure of Canteen Funds for Restitution Owed by High-Profile Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In two recent cases, federal courts have granted orders to seize funds from prisoners after sizable balances in their canteen accounts came to prosecutors’ attention. In federal court for …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor
“The Worst Kind of Work” Thai Prisoners Forced into Labor, Often Without Pay by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In February 2022, watchdog groups called for a U.S. ban on imports of fishing nets from Thailand, after a December 2021 report by Thomson Reuters Foundation that found some of that …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Prisoner-Staff Assault
Oregon Nurse Federally Charged With Raping Prisoners After State Prosecutors Declined to Prosecute by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 14, 2022, a federal grand jury in Oregon issued a 25-count indictment against a former nurse at the state’s only women’s prison, accusing him of sexually assaulting a dozen …
$1 Million Paid After Indiana Jailers Fatally Beat and Taser Detainee, But Prosecutor Finds No Crime by Keith Sanders, Benjamin Tschirhart by Keith Sanders and Benjamin Tschirhart When a caregiver fails to seek medical attention for a person during an emergency, inflicting instead additional pain and suffering and looking on …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
“One of the Most Egregious Violations of Church-State Separation” Prisons Welcome Fundamentalist Christian Education Programs Despite Conflicts with the Constitution by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett At a graduation ceremony held in the Nash Correctional Institution gym on December 15, 2021, a degree in pastoral ministry was awarded to 24 …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Illinois Counties Fail in Challenge to State Statutory Ban on ICE Detention Contracts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a decision handed down on December 6, 2021, a federal court in Illinois decided that the Constitution’s proscription against the federal government’s efforts to “commandeer” functions that rightfully belong to …
Federal Judge Allows Wiretapping Case to Proceed Against CoreCivic for Recording Attorney-Client Conversations at Nevada Prison by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 14, 2022, Judge Jennifer Dorsey ruled for the federal court for the District of Nevada that it has jurisdiction over a nationwide potential class …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Guard Unions
BOP Guard Terminated for Making Prisoner Do His Work, Union Blames Staff Shortages by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian As of March 31, 2022, nearly one-third of guard positions were vacant in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), leaving the remaining guards’ duties “augmented” with additional prisoner supervision. Cooks, nurses, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Eighth Circuit Pulls BOP’s Hand Out of Prisoner’s Pocket Accumulated Prison Wages Not “Substantial Resources” Under Mandatory Victim Restitution Act by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In a decision published on January 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that accumulated prison wages constitute …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Massachusetts Supreme Court Continues Trend of Easing Prison COVID-19 Protocols by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Even as the COVID-19 pandemic persisted and more variants appeared in late 2021, courts were steadily easing restrictions to mitigate its spread in prisons. A case in point: Massachusetts, where initially strong rulings by …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
Seventh Circuit Clarifies Calculation of Presumptive Parole Date for Federal Prisoner Sentenced Under Pre-1987 Law by Anthony W. Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In a decision reached on December 6, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified calculation of the presumptive parole release date for a …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
After Lengthy HRDC Litigation, GEO Group Gives Up Documents Revealing $10 Million Settlement for Death of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 8, 2022, PLN finally obtained documents revealing that private prison operator GEO Group, Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp., paid $10 million to …
Brief • July 15, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Kelley v. The City of Park, TX, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2022 1 IN•THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ··. WESTERN DISTRICT AUSTIN DIVISION , GREGORY RAYMONi) ·, K ELLEY § § Plaintiff, \ ·§ vs. § ' I, • . CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:20-CV-00481-RP ·§ , I THE CITY OF CEDAR …
Brief • July 15, 2022
Miller v. Bedford County, PA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2022 fl' LL AND FINA L RR LEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, JEFFREYS. MILLER, being of full legal age and of sound mind, for and in consideration of the sum of SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS 00/100 ($60,000.00), lawful …
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