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German Prisoners Form Union, Seek Minimum Wage and Pension by Joe Watson A group of prisoners in Germany has accomplished what American prisoners have long been prohibited from doing ...
of in-house parole, I thought, ‘What the hell is that?’” added NMCD Secretary Gregg Marcantel, who took office in November 2011. “It’s a term that doesn’t make any sense ...
been fine. He would have recovered.” State officials were predictably less concerned about what happened to Persin than with the cost of the $7.2 million settlement, which was reached in October ...
that convictions “may not operate as an automatic bar to attaining such public employment or license.” The law in Minnesota includes a set of factors to consider when evaluating what is “job related,” and states ...
BOP Supermax Lawsuit Claims Horrific Abuse of Mentally Ill at ADX by Alan Prendergast “A Clean Version of Hell” – that’s what a 2007 segment of 60 Minutes called the U.S. Penitentiary ...
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
. The essential inconsistencies of modern capitalism, however, often serve as the fault lines from which social movements can emerge. And what better place to begin than with the Tennessee-based private prison ...
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
the disciplinary process is so convoluted. “Screenings are a good start, but what we need is far better training in terms of what the expectations of the jobs are, better supervision to [find] potential problems ...
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Filed under: Telephone Rates
business about what the phone rates are. That’s not what I’m here to tell you. I’m just going to emphasize they’ve got to be monitored and we’ve got to have the technology ...
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Filed under: Visitor Searches, Visiting
visitors to be fingerprinted. In late 2012, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) implemented the new policy due to what officials claimed was a need for greater efficiency. A new computer system had ...
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Filed under: Grievances
and the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. Although it concentrated on what it termed the “procedural justice paradigm,” the study also revealed what Bierie ...
Article • February 3, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
, but was ordered to pay $140 monthly toward her fines. She paid what she could, which put her further behind. Faced with the threat of losing her home, Cleveland asked for relief. The probation office told her she ...
;That is the right result and clearly what the Public Information Act requires,” stated Cindy Saiter, one of PLN’s attorneys . CCA has vigorously opposed compliance with state public records laws and has ...
his meds. You can guess what happened: James began to spiral into insanity, and he was sent to solitary confinement. James’s struggles angered the staff. After one incident ...
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
did what I was told to do.” Supporters of the school claimed it later changed its direction and treatment of young prisoners. “The employees that were there now, the administration that was there now ...
. The Court of Appeals rejected the argument that the guard’s conduct was justified because “Blackmon ‘refused to do as he was told.’” There was “no evidence suggesting what ...
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
for opiates, cocaine and alcohol. The percentage of positive tests was almost twice what it was in 2011, when 120 of 6,908 prisoners (1.74%) tested positive. “That is too high and absolutely unacceptable ...
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
global. In 1983, two guards were stabbed at the federal correctional institution in Marion, Illinois. Prisoners were placed on 23-hour-a-day lockdown, policies were rewritten and what was formerly ...
generalization that women ‘have an instinct and innate ability to discern ... what’s real and what isn’t’ and so are immune to manipulation by female inmates would violate ‘the Congressional purpose to eliminate ...
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
, given what they were caught on tape doing. At 4:31 p.m., Michelle was seen sitting on Braden’s lap “with her legs straddling him. They are kissing.” At 4:44 p.m. they were observed in the vending machine ...
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
administrative remedies, then granted summary judgment to the defendants on the remaining claims. On appeal, the Tenth Circuit appointed counsel for the purpose of supplemental briefing on the issue of what ...
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