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Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Detention - Generally
Immigration Detention Contracts Cancelled in Georgia and Massachusetts by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently ordered two civil immigration detention facilities closed and terminated the contracts for both. DHS said the Carreiro Detention Center in Bristol County, Massachusetts and the Irwin County …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Settlements
$500,000 Settlement for California Jail Rape, Deputy Fired and Sentenced by A Ventura County, California jail deputy finds himself on the other side of the law after Superior Court Judge Gilbert Romero recently found him guilty of sexual misconduct with a female prisoner. The county of Ventura has paid $500,000 …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Pay-to-Play Lives in FEC Decision Not to Enforce Ban on Political Contributions by Boca Prison Contractor The GEO Group by Dan Christensen by Dan Christensen, Florida Bulldog, September 20, 2021 In a ruling that undermines an 81-year-old anti-corruption law prohibiting pay-to-play political contributions by federal contractors, an impotent Federal Election …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
PREA: Tackling the Nightmare of Prison Rape by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Movies and television often dramatize prison for entertainment purposes, and just as often the dramatizations are unrealistic. One aspect of prison life that cannot be overly dramatized—and is a reality for many of the imprisoned—is the …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For long time readers of PLN, this month’s issue may seem like déjà vu all over again with its national coverage of prisoners being raped, especially by guards and prison staff. For many years I wrote the “News in Brief” column …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Arizona Federal Court Rescinds Approval of Jensen Settlement; Sets Class Action Medical and Control Unit Case Against Arizona DOC for Trial by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 16, 2021, an Arizona federal court issued an order rescinding its 2015 approval of the settlement agreement (“Stipulation”) in a class …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
$50,000 Settlement for Denial of Medical Care at Tribal Jail in Montana by The United States paid $50,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging federal agents at Montana’s Fort Peck Tribal Jail failed to provide medical care for a detainee who was injured during an assault at the jail. Tyler Headdress …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Probation
Georgia Enacts Massive Probation Reform Bill by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A bill that went into effect on July 1, 2021, allows individuals to access termination of felony probation after three years if they meet certain requirements. The bill impacts up to a quarter of Georgia’s current probationers, …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Protective Order Issued in Florida Solitary Confinement Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court granted a protective order to protect “putative class members from retaliatory, chilling, or harassing conduct” and to prohibit “Defendants from improperly communicating with putative class members about th[e] lawsuit.” The …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Prison Staff Are Refusing Vaccines. Incarcerated People Are Paying the Price. by Erika Tyagi, Joshua Manson by Erika Tyagi and Joshua Manson UCLA COVID Behind Bars Project, August 12, 2021 In recent weeks, as the Delta variant has surged across the country, the rates of infection among prison workers are …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Official Report
The States that Lead the Nation in COVID-19 Cases Are Hiding Their Prison Data by Sharon Dolovich, Erika Tyagi, Neal Marquez by Sharon Dolovich, Erika Tyagi, and Neal Marquez, UCLA COVID Behind Bars Project, August 20, 2021 When the pandemic hit, prison systems around the country started posting COVID-19 data …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Court Grants Class Certification for Illinois Prisoners in Restrictive Housing Lawsuit by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On June 14, 2021, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification while granting in part and denying in part Defendant’s motion to Supplement. The …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
South Carolina Attorney General Issues Opinion That Information in State Prisoners’ Death Certificates Is Public Information by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2021, the Office of the Attorney General (AG) of South Carolina issued an opinion that information relating to the death of state prisoners contained in …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Prison Mail
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of HRDC Postcard-Only Suit Against Arkansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the postcard only policy of the Baxter County, Arkansas Jail and Detention Center (BCJ) constituted a de facto permanent ban on the First Amendment …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
HRDC Case Sues JPay Over Fee-Heavy “Release Card” Debit Cards by A lawsuit filed in a California federal court on September 15, 2021, accuses private prison financier JPay, Inc. of violating both U.S. law and the constitutional rights of prisoners by returning money owed at their release in debit cards …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Eleventh Circuit Holds No Qualified Immunity on Deliberate Indifference in Heat Exhaustion Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals found a Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy employed excessive force by detaining a pretrial detainee “in a hot, unventilated, and unair-conditioned transport van for approximately two …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Colorado Jail Blows Through $16 Million in COVID Relief Money, Has Outbreak Anyway, Settles ACLU Conditions Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Colorado’s El Paso County Jail, the state’s largest jail, received almost $16 million in federal funds to cover costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It used …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Tennessee Department of Corrections Rebids $123 Million Health Care Contract After Corizon Accuses It and Centurion of Bid Rigging by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 10, 2021, the Tennessee Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that it would rebid the $123 million contract it had awarded to Centurion to …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Death, Neglect and Despair in U.S. Tribal Jails by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen An investigation conducted by the Mountain West News Bureau and NPR recently found that at least 19 men and women have died in the past five years in tribal jails overseen by the Interior …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Study Analyzes Deaths of Parole-Approved Texas Prisoners Awaiting Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A national audit of state parole systems conducted in 2019 gave Texas an “F” grade, noting it had some of the most burdensome requirements prisoners must meet before being approved for parole. Now a new …
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