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BOP Rolls Out Veterans-Only Housing at Federal Prison in Texas by In an article published by the Vanguard at Berkeley on October 15, 2023, a new program was reported at the Federal Correctional Institution in Seagoville, Texas: A dorm exclusively for prisoners who are veterans of the U.S. military. Federal …
The Graying of American Prisons by The term “geriatric” can apply to a prisoner as young as 50 in some prison systems, and it describes the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. incarcerated population. As Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) reported on August 2, 2023, the number has quintupled over the past …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Exceptional Punishments by Kate Weisburd by Kate Weisburd No one should be made to give up their rights in exchange for being spared from prison. The same scene unfolds in criminal courtrooms across the country every day. After someone has been found guilty by a jury or pled guilty, a …
Sick Georgia Prisoners Forced to Choose Between Treatment and Early Release by As reported by The Appeal on September 25, 2023, a Georgia prisoner with Hepatitis C was forced to pass up placement in a work-release program in order to maintain his medical care, which was not available to him …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
California Court of Appeal Reinstates Lawsuit by San Quentin Prisoner Over Botched Transfer That Sparked COVID-19 Outbreak by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 13, 2023, the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District reinstated a putative class-action lawsuit brought by a prisoner at San Quentin State …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Settlement Reached Over COVID-19 Measures, Home Confinement Releases at FCC Lompoc by On October 11, 2022, the federal court for the Central District of California approved a settlement resolving a suit over COVID-19 precautions and releases filed by prisoners at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Lompoc, California, in May …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
400 Prisoners Relocated After Fire at Texas State Penitentiary by A fire erupted at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville early on August 25, 2023, forcing the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to evacuate 655 prisoners – 400 of whom had to be relocated to other prisons due to …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
$8.25 Million Verdict Against Former Colorado Sheriff for Detainee’s Sexual Assault During Jail Transfer by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 4, 2022, a federal jury in Colorado awarded $8.25 million to a woman taken by a former sheriff to his home and sexually assaulted as he was transporting …
Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Qualified Immunity for Delayed Transfer of Sex Offenders by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On February 1, 2023, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that civilly committed sex offenders have a clearly established right to transfer to Community Preparation Services (CPS) within a reasonable time. What is …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Suspended Colorado Work Release Program Exposes Companies’ Reliance on Low-Wage Labor by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Human resources manager Jeanette Carmack called them “really, really good guys”: nine prisoners from the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) who filled positions in the Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Golf departments …
Brief • October 3, 2022
Filed under: Transfers
Villarreal v. Allison, Secretary of CDCR, CA, Order, Prisoner Transfers, 2022 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO DATE/TIME UDGE September 30, 2022 / 11:00 a.m. James P. Arguelles ISMAEL VILLARREAL, DEPT. NO. CLERK 32 Ward Case No.: 34-2021-80003779 Petitioner, v. KATHLEEN ALLISON, Secretary of the california Department of Corrections …
Publication • 2022
DOJ-Office of Inspector General-Investigation and Review of James Whitey Bulger-Dec. 2022 Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Handling of the Transfer of Inmate James “Whitey” Bulger *** 23-007 DECEMBER 2022 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Handling of the Transfer of Inmate …
Brief • April 26, 2022
Filed under: Work Release
Sparks v. Mills, ME, Settlement Agreement, Jobless Benefits, 2022 Case 2:20-cv-00190-LEW Document 47-1 Filed 04/26/22 Page 1 of 22 PageID #: 317 Exhibit 1 Settlement Agreement and Release Subject to Court approval, Representative Plaintiff Marc Sparks, individually, and on behalf of a class of other persons, and Defendants Janet Mills, …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Transfers, Transgender
California Begins Transfer of Prisoners to Facilities Consistent with Prisoners’ Gender Identity by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In 2020, California enacted Senate Bill No. 132, the Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act (SB 132). SB 132 requires, inter alia, that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) house …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Transfers, COVID-19
Inspector General Finds Botched Transfers Caused COVID Outbreak at San Quentin, 29 Dead by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 1, 2021, the Office of the Inspector General of California released a report highly critical of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Essentially, the report said the CDCR …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Transfer Lawsuit by Suicidal Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On October 15, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a prisoner who had consented to being transferred to a psychiatric unit after a suicide attempt could not sue …
Brief • 2021
Filed under: Home Detention, COVID-19
Memorandum Opinion for the Attorney General, at Home Confinement for Federal Prisoners During COVID (Slip Opinion) Discretion to Continue the Home-Confinement Placements of Federal Prisoners After the COVID-19 Emergency This Office concluded in January 2021 that, when the COVID-19 emergency ends, the Bureau of Prisons will be required to recall …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Family of San Quentin Prisoner Who Died of COVID-19 Due to “Horribly Botched Transfer” Files Lawsuit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On March 16, 2021, Daniel Ruiz’s four children and his mother, Angelica Chavez, filed suit in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California in relation …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Last-Minute DOJ Order Clears Way for Possible Return of Home Confinees to Prison by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Federal prisoners transferred tohome confinement to serve their sentences because of the COVID-19 emergency could return to lockup if a January 15, 2021, opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Out of State Transfers
Damage to South Carolina Prisons Shifts Prisoners to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Damage from tornados with winds in excess of 150 miles per hour in April of 2020 forced the immediate transfer of 956 low-security federal prisoners from Estill, South Carolina to the maximum-security U.S. Prison …
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