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Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Federal Judge in Louisiana Issues Sweeping Opinion Finding Numerous Eighth Amendment, ADA and RA Violations at Angola by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Louisiana State Prison (LSP) in Angola, Louisiana, was found “deliberately indifferent” to the Eighth Amendment rights of its nearly 6,400 prisoners to receive competent medical care, according …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
ICE Settles Florida Detention Facility COVID-19 Class Action, All Detainees Offered Vaccination by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On December 22, 2021, a Florida federal court approved the settlement of a class-action lawsuit challenging conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities in …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Food
Massachusetts Appellate Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Food Substitution by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 20, 2021, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts reversed a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a prisoner challenging frequent food substitutions at Massachusetts Correctional Institute in Norfolk, as well as …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
With $2.95 Million Settlement, San Diego County Jail Racks Up Over $15 Million in Wrongful Death Payments by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On October 6, 2021, San Diego County agreed to a $2,950,000 settlement in a wrongful death suit filed by the wife of Heron Moriarty, a mentally ill …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
After Two Detainee Deaths, CoreCivic Hit With $2,500 Daily Fine for Chronically Short-Staffed Florida Jail by On February 15, 2022, an on-going staffing crisis at Florida’s Citrus County Detention Facility (CCDF) prompted county officials to start fining its privately contracted operator, Tennessee-based CoreCivic, $2,500 a day for running the prison …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
CFPB Report: ‘Criminal Justice Financial Ecosystem Exploits Families at Every Stage’: Finds ‘Products and Services Rife with Burdensome Fees and Lack of Choice’ by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A report released on January 31, 2022, by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shows the financial burden that falls …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$325,000 to Detainee Assaulted at East Texas Jail, 90 Days to Former Deputy Who Beat Him While Restrained in Wheelchair by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On February 24, 2022, a former sheriff’s deputy in Harrison County, Texas, was sentenced for savagely beating a restrained detainee at the …
Deaths and Violence Mount at Overcrowded Alabama Prisons While Parole Rate Hits New Low by Kevin Bliss, Jo Ellen Nott by Kevin Bliss and Jo Ellen Nott On February 5, 2022, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a nine-year sentence had been handed down to the last of four …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Alabama Plan to Relieve Prison Overcrowding: Tap COVID-19 Funds to Build “Mega-Prisons” by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) signed legislation in October 2021 to take $400 million of the state’s pandemic relief funds from the American Rescue Plan to build a trio …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story is part of our ongoing coverage from the killing fields of Southern prisons, where Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida are vying for the title of deadliest prison system in America. The political and moral bankruptcy of …
Fourth Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Suit by NC Jail Detainee Alleging Denial of Access to Grievance System and Timely Medical Care Prisoner Didn’t Ask the Court to Extend Kingsley Protections by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The U.S. Supreme Court lowered the bar for a pre-trial detainee to sustain a …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Death by Incarceration: Study Reveals High Death Rates Inside NY’s State Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders  In 1972, when the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment, New York state had been executing people since 1608. The total number of individuals put to death by the state in that …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Corizon, Centurion
Centurion Health Supplants Corizon in Missouri After Court Ruling by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders After a trial on November 3, 2021, a Missouri court ruled in favor of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) in a challenge to its decision replacing its private healthcare contractor Corizon with a competitor, …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Extreme Sentences for Women in the U.S.: An Overview by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye On January 14, 2022, Texas 138th District Court Judge Gabriela Garcia set an execution date for Melissa Lucio: April 27, 2022. That is when the 53-year-old will face death for her 2008 conviction of murdering …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$1.65 Million Settlement Reached in Connecticut Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Lupus by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 7, 2021, the Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) paid $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit alleging medical personnel failed to diagnose and treat a 19-year-old state prisoner who died of …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Eighth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Private Companies Providing Missouri Prisoner’s Health Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that private companies providing health care for prisoners are not entitled to assert qualified immunity or appeal …
$14.3 Million in Costs, Attorney Fees and Interest Awarded Against GEO Group in Suits for Not Paying Minimum Wage to Immigrant Detainee Workers in Washington by Matthew Clarke Brings total the firm is ordered to pay to $37.6 million by Matt Clarke On December 14, 2021, a Washington federal court …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry, jobs
$1.1 Million Colorado Initiative Set to Assist Prisoners With More Employment Opportunities Upon Release by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Individuals leaving prison often face obstacles securing basic necessities like employment, housing, and health care. This can make reintegration into society exceedingly difficult. The restrictions and limited opportunities that ex-prisoners …
Prison Telecom Giant GTL Agrees to $67 Million Settlement in Class-Action Over Inactive Account Seizure Policy by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Prison phone services provider Global*Tel Link (GTL) agreed to a settle a long-running class-action on December 20, 2021, with changes to company policies and up to $67 …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
No Charges So Far Against Former Arizona Corrections Director After Boozy Standoff with Police by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Before an armed standoff with Tempe police on January 6, 2022, former Arizona prisons chief Charles Ryan had been home drinking tequila. A lot of tequila. “Half a …
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