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Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Environmental Law
Prisoners File Environmental Lawsuit Against Proposed Federal Prison in Kentucky by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas More than three years after a controversial environmental review process for a new federal prison, conducted by the federal Bureau of Prisons and its consulting firm Cardno, attorneys filed suit in November 2018 on …
Brief • November 26, 2018
Barroca v. Bureau of Prisons, D.C., Complaint, Building Plans, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-02740 Document 1 Filed 11/26/18 Page 1 of 56 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Robert Barroca, Robert Black , David Cilla * CASE NO: 1:18-cv-2740 Auburn Calloway, Corvain Cooper, Manuel * Gauna, Christopher …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Litigation Surrounding Radon Exposure at Connecticut Prison Moves Forward by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas “We’re talking about levels in some places that are equivalent to smoking 2½ packs of cigarettes a day,” said Lori A. Welch-Rubin, one of the attorneys who filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of prisoners …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Canadian Non-profit Seeks Plant-based Focus, No Animal Slaughter at Prison Farms by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A Canadian non-profit organization, Evolve Our Prison Farms (EOPF), has come out in opposition to the Canadian government’s plan, announced in early 2018, to reinstitute prison farms that will include the slaughter of …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Environmental Law, Water
California Prison Spends $417,000 on Bottled Water as Contamination, Violations Continue by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas What was intended as a state-of-the-art, $32 million prison water treatment plant has turned into yet another state infrastructure boondoggle. Since the plant’s completion in 2010, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s …
On Sale Now: Prison Labor by Sytonia Reid by Sytonia Reid, Green American Magazine Every day, incarcerated and detained people in both US government and private prisons perform labor during their sentences, with few exceptions. Many provide services for the prison itself, such as cooking, laundry, and maintenance tasks, while …
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration by Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren, Maureen Nandini Mitra by Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren and Maureen Nandini Mitra Matthew Morgenstern is convinced his Hodgkin’s lymphoma was caused by exposure to toxic coal ash from the massive dump right across the road from …
McFadden v. Pfister, IL, Merit Review, Conditions of Confinement, 2018 Case: l :18-cv-01000 Document#: 5 Filed: 03/09/18 Page 1 of 3 PagelD #:19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LAROYCE MCFADDEN (#Y-19804), PLAINTIFF, V. TROY JOHNSON, ET AL., DEFENDANTS. ) ) ) …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Louisiana Prisons Present Immense Environmental Dangers by Daniel Horowitz by Daniel Horowitz For many people it will come as no surprise that Louisiana has an extensive prison system. Considered the world’s prison capital, the state imprisons more adults per capita than any other state in the U.S. With 132 detention …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Environmental Law, Water
Federal Correctional Complex at the Center of City’s Water Debacle by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas Any attention that Florence,Colorado receives from the world outside its rural and mountainous borders tends to involve the federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) supermax facility, built near the city 25 years ago. And news …
California Prisons Struggle with Environmental Threats from Sewage Spills, Contaminated Water, Airborne Disease by Rick Anderson by Rick Anderson "When I walk into my cell and see a [toilet] bowl full of brown water, I’m reminded of my status in the world; I’m reminded of my value. All the pious …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Environmental Protection Agency Finally Recognizes Prisons in Screening Tool by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas Two years ago, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, introduced the concept of prison ecology, building off the work of jailhouse lawyers, scholars and activists around the country. On many …
Heard v. Kramer, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE BOBBY J. HEARD v. KRAMER, LEWIS, CONKLIN AND DAVIS ND IL Case No. 17 CV 3435 AND BOBBY J. HEARD v. ROBINSON ND IL Case No. 17 CV 5461 This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") …
Opposition to Prison Is an Environmental Fight in Appalachia by Sara Imperiale by Sara Imperiale A proposed federal prison has become the focus of opposition for advocates concerned about the project's most notable feature: it’s slated for a mountaintop coal removal site. Coal companies mine by mountaintop removal predominately in …
Thomas v. Lincoln County, OR, Complaint, Jail Death, 2017 Case 6:16-cv-00562-AA Document 48 Filed 04/28/17 Page 1 of 16 Thomas Melville, OSB# 971282 tom@greshaminjurylaw.com Gresham Injury Law Center 424 NE Kelly Ave. Gresham, Oregon 97030 Telephone: (503) 492-1100 Facsimile: (503) 667-0321 Jennifer Middleton, OSB #071510 jmiddleton@justicelawyers.com Johnson, Johnson & Schaller, …
Florida County Votes against New Jail on Former EPA Superfund Site, Opts to Stay in Flood Zone by Panagioti Tsolkas Controversy arose at a November 12, 2015 Escambia County Commission meeting in Pensacola, Florida over a plan to construct a new jail. The county’s old jail had been damaged by …
Mold-infested Prisons Sicken Guards and Prisoners by by Spencer Woodman, The Intercept During much of her three years awaiting trial in New York’s Rikers Island jail, Candie Hailey was locked in a solitary confinement cell ventilated by a mold-covered air duct. The purpose of the vent was, of course, to …
Hawaii Prison Relocation Project Fails to Skirt Environmental Review by Panagioti Tsolkas While lawmakers in Hawaii have advanced bills to fast-track the relocation of a state prison, they were forced to concede that an environmental impact review could not be avoided. In February 2016, the state legislature held a pair of …
Publication • July 28, 2016
HRDC comment to EPA with 138 sign-ons, re environmental impacts on prisoners - July 2016 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Renewing Comments Re: Prisoner Populations Letter in EJ 2020 Action Agenda Last year, in July 2015, HRDC’s Prison Ecology Project submitted a letter re: EPA’s Draft …
Contaminated Sites and Prisons in New Jersey by Panagioti Tsolkas When journalist Raven Rakia embarked on an investigation of “the Superfund State” of New Jersey, she found another layer to the environmental justice disaster that sits just south of New York City. While New Jersey leads the nation in federally-designated …
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