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Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
States Take Legislative Action to Address Family Separation by Incarceration by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi When incarceration begins for a prisoner, a separate punishment also begins for his or her children. On February 27, 2023, Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) published its findings in How 12 States Are Addressing Family …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Parents Losing Children Because They Can’t Repay Foster Care Costs Incurred During Incarceration by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When parents are incarcerated, their children are often placed in foster care. A little-noticed federal law from the “tough on crime” Reagan era requires states to bill those parents …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Daughter of Condemned Missouri Prisoner Unsuccessfully Sues to Witness His Execution by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 29, 2022, Missouri administered a lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre to murder prisoner Kevin Johnson, 37. But his 19-year-old daughter was not by his side. …
Article • October 27, 2022
Federal Court Affords Immigrant Children More Due Process Rights in California Class-Action by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In a class-action suit filed by minor immigrants held in federal detention centers alleging deprivations suffered there, the federal court for the Central District of California granted plaintiffs a preliminary injunction …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: Family Law
California Appeals Court Lets CDCR Define Term Adopted From Legislation by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Is a man your mother marries after you grow up and leave home your stepfather? What if she dies — is he still your stepfather then? The questions sound like parlor games, but …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Fourth Circuit Rules Prisoner Sex Offender has No Right to In-Person Visitation with His Minor Children by Douglas Ankney by Doug Ankney James Desper is a convicted sex offender incarcerated at the Augusta Correctional Center in Craigsville, Virginia. For six years, Desper received visits from his minor child without incident. …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Children of Prisoners
California Juvenile Court Erred in Removing Child from Imprisoned Father’s Care by California’s Second District Court of Appeal vacated a juvenile court’s finding that an incarcerated father was a detriment to the child. It also vacated the order that removing the child from the father’s custody. The court’s April 2, …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Children of Prisoners
Minnesota Mothers to Receive More Bonding Time with Their Newborn Children by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Healthy Start Act in Minnesota will allow mothers who give birth while incarcerated more time to bond with their children. Signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz, the bill transfers expectant mothers …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Law Passes Requiring Parents in New York Prisons to be Housed Close to Their Children by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss New York state Senator Velmanette Montgomery sponsored a bill passed by both houses in August 2020 and signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo that will require the Department …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Marriage
Conjugal Visits in Prison Discourse - Is It Even an Offender Rehabilitation Option in Africa M Ss Advanced Journal of Social Science ISSN: 2581-3358 Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 67-76, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21467/ajss.8.1.67-76 REVIEW ARTICLE Conjugal Visits in Prisons Discourse: Is it Even an Offender Rehabilitation Option in Africa? Samson …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Third Circuit Reinstates Claims by Immigration Detainee in GEO-Operated Prison Seeking to Marry U.S. Citizen by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 11, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated some of the claims brought by a couple seeking permission to marry, one of whom is …
Article • October 27, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical, Family
$21,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging Violations of Family Medical Leave Act and Pregnancy Discrimination Act by Corizon Health, Inc., agreed to pay $21,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging it violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). The November 1, 2012, settlement was …
Article • October 6, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Family
$23,000 Settlement in Wrongful Termination Suit Against Corizon by Corizon Health agreed to pay $22,861.12 to settle a lawsuit alleging it wrongfully terminated an employee. The complaint alleged violation of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Kimberly Roddenberry requested to take the remainder of the day off on February 17, …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Marriage
Beltway Sniper Marries in Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins For three weeks in October of 2002, the residents of the Washington, D.C. area lived in fear of unknown assassins taking aim at random victims. Thirteen people were shot during that period; 10 died. Perhaps the only thing more …
Article • July 30, 2020
Quarantine Fatigue vs. Escalating Prison Lockdowns (During COVID-19 & Black Lives Matter Protests) by Ava Martoma KidsMates, Inc. Blog Post By Ava Martoma, Age 13 Like much of America, I’m feeling quarantine fatigue. On the upside, I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on … well, everything. Lately, George …
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, …
Dansby v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Dismissal, Unlawful Arrest and Detention, 2020 Case 2:18-cv-05866-SJO-m u r~tf~rf~ Df~'r~f8-f0c6B R'rage 1 of PricPriijle ID # :2~ LlS-6 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL CASE NO.: CV 18-05866 SJO (SKx) TITLE: DATE: nd Se Enter Closed JS-5/JS-6 Scan Only February …
Dansby v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Stip. for Dismissal, Unlawful Arrest and Detention, 2020 Case 1 2 3 4 :18-cv-05866-SJO-SK Document 50 Filed 02/06/20 Page 1 of 3 Page ID # :262 Mark D. Rutter (SBN 058194) Scott J. Camenter (SBN 253339) CARPENTER, ROTHANS & DUMONT 500 S. Grand …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
The Other Family Separation: Prisoners Fight to Keep Their Children by Victoria Law by Victoria Law Ayana Aubourg was seven years old when her father was sentenced to 10 years in prison. For the next decade he parented through letters, weekly phone calls and once-a-year visits. He missed most of …
Worth Rises: Paying for Jail - How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities, 2019 PAYING FOR JAIL How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities DE C EMBE R 2 01 9 C O- PUBL IS H E D BY: WO RTH RISES Worth Rises is a …
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