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Audit: Privatizing Florida’s Prison Health Care Was Costly and Deadly Mistake by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When former Florida Gov. Rick Scott took office in 2011, he pushed to privatize health care for Florida prisoners. He promised the move would save taxpayers millions of dollars and it did, …
California Prison Officials Put Hold on Policy That Led to “Gladiator Fights” by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. In September 2019, California prison administrators and officials agreed to put a hold on a policy known as “incremental release” after complaints from prisoners and their relatives that it had …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$1 Million Paid by Snohomish County Jail to Settle Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death Lawsuit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On October 21, 2019, Snohomish County, Washington, agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit related to the death of Lindsay Kronberger. Kronberger had been a detainee at the …
Massachusetts Prison Retaliates Against Prisoners for Assault on Guards; Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in Class Action by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss After January 10, 2020, prisoner riot left three guards injured at Massachusetts’ Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC), prisoners and their loved ones said prisoners were subjected to retaliation, losing …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: TV/Movies
Kim Kardashian West Declares War on Mass Incarceration by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Nationally known actress, fashionista and activist Kim Kardashian West has two new loves. One of them is the law and the other is a burning desire to help society’s lowest esteemed class, its convicted criminals. Kardashian, …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Staffing
Florida Lowers Minimum Age for Prison Guards But Fails to End Staff Shortages by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A new law that reduces the minimum age to be a Florida prison guard has not helped resolve “critically low” staffing levels. Effective July 1, 2019, the minimum age to …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$1 Million Settlement in Atlanta Detainee’s Death From Untreated Diabetes by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $1 million settlement was reached in May 2019 in a lawsuit alleging the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) left a pretrial detainee in an unlit confinement cell to die from untreated diabetes. …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$41,850 Settlement in Heart Attack Death at California Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The surviving family of Kevin Lee McLaughlin, who died of a heart attack in California’s San Luis Obispo County Jail (SLOCJ) in April 2017, attempted to withdraw from a $41,850 settlement negotiated in its wrongful …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Editorials, COVID-19
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. This is one of the very few times in our 30 year history where we have changed a cover story midproduction after the magazine has already been laid out, but that is what we are …
$33,000 Settlement For Pro Se Arizona Prisoner Assaulted by Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In October 2019, Arizona settled for $33,000 a pro se federal lawsuit brought by a state prisoner who alleged he was assaulted by an Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) guard while handcuffed behind his …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
New York City Paid McKinsey & Company Millions for Failed Program to Reduce Jail Violence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A December 10, 2019 report from ProPublica said the city of New York paid management consulting firm Mc­Kinsey & Company $27.5 million to reduce violence at jails on Rikers …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Water
Arizona Prison Water Woes Ease Up by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The water at Douglas Prison, which has over 2,000 of Arizona’s prisoners, had a “noticeable petroleum odor and taste” and “was burning [prisoners’] skin after showers and causing diarrhea” in June 2019, Jimmy Jenkins of KJZZ-FM reported. The …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Precedential Settlement Eliminates Solitary Confinement on Pennsylvania’s Death Row by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) has agreed to operate a Capital Case Unit (CCU) “as a general population unit that exclusively houses prisoners sentenced to death.” That change in conditions is part of …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Pennsylvania Board Revokes Psychologist’s License Over Prisoner Suicides by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Pennsylvania Board of Psychology revoked the license of psychologist James Harrington and imposed $62,233 in civil penalties and costs. The revocation was based on seven suicides over an 18 month period at SCI Cresson, …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
GEO Group, Largest Private Prison Contractor, Cranks Up Political Contributions During Trump Years by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. In August 2016, just after an Obama administration decision to stop contracting with for-profit private prisons sent its stock price tumbling, GEO Group, Inc., the country’s largest private prison …
$596,475 in Fees and Damages Awarded Against NY DOCCS For Contempt in Denying Pain Medication to Blind Prisoner by Chad Marks by Chad Marks U.S. District Court Judge Loretta A. Preska has ordered the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to pay up in …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Afghanistan:  The Ministry of Interior Affairs is working on a draft proposal aimed at reducing jail time, while promoting “reading culture.” By the end of 2019, Afghanistan had at least 35,000 prisoners in jails across the country. If the proposal is adopted, a prisoner could receive …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Funding and Leadership Failures Result in Less Criminal Justice Data by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Several late or missing reports from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) highlights a trend toward less reporting and accountability by the federal government. The Crime and Justice Research Alliance, a nonprofit group …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Virginia Governor Suspends Policy After Eight-Year-Old Strip Searched During Prison Visit by Bill Barton by Bill Barton On December 6, 2109, Governor Ralph Northam suspended a Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) policy that authorized strip searches of minors. An 8-year-old girl had been subjected to a strip search November 24, …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
The Ongoing Push to End Outrageous Prison Phone Charges by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Groups in several states are drawing increased attention to the high cost of jail and prison phone rates, and pushing to reduce or eliminate such charges. HRDC, the publisher of PLN, has been a …
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