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Penal Reform International, Thailand Institute of Justice: Global Prison Trends, 2018 GLOBAL PRISON TRENDS 2018 SPECIAL FOCUS Pull-out section The rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders in the era of sustainable development Global Prison Trends 2018 This document is co-published and produced with financial assistance from the Thailand Institute of Justice …
Illinois Prisoner Fatally Shot after Standoff; Hostages File Lawsuit by On May 13, 2017, police shot and killed Kane County jail prisoner Tywon M. Salters at the Delnor Hospital in Geneva after he took first one and then another nurse hostage while recovering from surgery. The nurses filed suit against …
Article • July 20, 2017
Alabama’s Culture of Prisoner Abuse Reaches to the Top by David Reutter by David Reutter Alabama’s prison system has such an engrained culture of abusing prisoners that guards and administrators need not fear serious career consequences; in fact, they can expect to be promoted with abuse flags in their files. …
What Are Correction Officers So Afraid Of? by Dana Goldstein Besides the danger, being ignored. by Dana Goldstein, The Marshall Project If you're a correction officer (CO), you know what each day is likely to have in store: a treadmill of stress and often nastiness, in an environment outsiders rarely think …
Ex-captain Sentenced for Raping Subordinate at Virginia Prison by Lloyd G. Samuels, a former captain employed by the Virginia Department of Corrections and a naturalized U.S. citizen from Jamaica, was sentenced on March 11, 2016 to 10 years in prison with six years suspended for raping a fellow prison employee …
Adkins et al v. Miami-Dade County, FL, Complaint, male inmate sexual harassment of female employees, 2016
Article • January 11, 2016
Washington State Must Rehire 3 Guards Fired for Complacency by David Reutter An arbitrator ordered the state of Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) to rehire three guards fired on the heels of a guard’s murder. The arbitrator’s ruling found that “widespread… complacency” existed at the Monroe correctional Complex (MCC), which …
Article • June 12, 2015
Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson Alaska Prison Guard Terminated for Fighting off Prisoners with Pocketknif by Joe Watson A former guard at the Spring Creek Correctional Center—Alaska's only maximum-security prison—is now contesting his November 2012 termination for bringing a pocketknife to work …
Article • June 11, 2015
Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards by Ohio’s Prisons Grow Less Violent Despite More Assaults on Guards Officials with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) say changes in the state’s prison management system are responsible for an overall decline in assaults against prison guards …
CCA Pays $120,000 in Stabbing Death of Tennessee Prison Counselor by CCA Pays $120,000 in Stabbing Death of Tennessee Prison Counselor Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) paid $120,000 to settle a lawsuit in the stabbing death of one of its employees, Delbert Steed, at Hardeman County Correctional Facility in Tennessee. …
New Report Cites Improvements at Troubled Ohio Prison by New Report Cites Improvements at Troubled Ohio Prison Prisoner-on-staff assaults at the Toledo Correctional Institution (TOCI) in Ohio continued to rise in fiscal year 2014, but a recent report from a state inspection team indicates the facility has made improvements in …
Article • May 24, 2015
South Dakota Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty in Murder of Prison Guard by South Dakota Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty in Murder of Prison Guard On August 13, 2014, the South Dakota Supreme Court in a 4-1 decision affirmed the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a prison …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Florida Court of Appeals: Prison Guards Can Raise “Stand Your Ground” Defense by Matthew Clarke Florida Court of Appeals: Prison Guards Can Raise “Stand Your Ground” Defense by Matt Clarke On March 28, 2014, a Florida Court of Appeals held that a former Department of Corrections guard charged with aggravated …
Brief • January 9, 2015
Alejandro v. City of New York et al, NY, Stipulation of Settlement, Rikers Island Asst Warden assaults inmate for assaulting female guard, 2015 Case 1:11-cv-06370-KPF Document 51 Filed 01/09/15 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x JESUS ALEJANDRO, USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED …
Article • October 5, 2014
Nevada Juveniles Not Prisoners for Prisoner Battery Statute by Nevada Juveniles Not Prisoners for Prisoner Battery Statute   The Nevada Supreme Court held that a juvenile detained for delinquency in a state facility is not a prisoner for purposes of Nevada's felony battery-by-a-prisoner statute.   "Javier C., was adjudicated delinquent …
Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director by John Dannenberg Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director by John Dannenberg Just over a year after Colorado Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements was killed by former prisoner Evan Ebel, who had been released directly from long-term solitary confinement, …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
When Victims Speak Up in Court – in Defense of the Criminals by Andrew Cohen A death penalty case in Colorado has generated an unusual fight between a district attorney and two parents who oppose capital punishment against the man who murdered their son. One of the most profound changes …
Violence, Security Lapses and Media Attention Lead to Reforms at Georgia Prison by David Reutter A series of investigative news reports by Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Joy Lukachick, published from February to December 2013, revealed numerous problems in Georgia’s prison system – particularly at Hays State Prison (HSP), located …
Tennessee DOC Accused of Covering Up Violent Incidents by Alex Friedmann As previously reported in Prison Legal News, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has been experiencing higher levels of prisoner-on-prisoner and prisoner-on-staff violence since Commissioner Derrick Schofield was appointed in January 2011. The increased violence coincides with a number …
Illinois: Prisoner Who Commits Disciplinary Infraction May Also Be Prosecuted In Court by In November 2011, the Illinois Court of Appeal held that a single unlawful act by a state prisoner may give rise to both disciplinary and criminal charges. In August 2000, Anthony Gay, a prisoner at Pontiac Correctional …
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