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Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
The Enduring Life of Life Sentences by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian A major driver of mass incarceration is the abusive rate at which life sentences are imposed, as a report from the Sentencing Project examines. Referred to as “death by incarceration,” long-term sentences have become the lifeblood of …
Federal Court Orders Release of Documents for Connecticut Prison Cancer Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Connecticut federal district court ordered the release of information related to prison health care. The court’s November 3, 2020, order was issued in a civil rights action alleging Connecticut prison officials …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Maine Prisons Expand Medication Assisted Treatment by David Reutter by David Reutter The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced on February 12, 2021, that it is expanding medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for prisoners with opioid-use disorder. The move is an expansion of a pilot project that started from an executive order issued …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Advancing Stage of HCV Triggers Imminent Danger Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, found that a prisoner stated a claim showing he was in imminent danger of physical harm, and that a district court erred in dismissing the prisoner’s …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Oregon Federal Court Issues Class Certification in HRDC Challenge to NUMI Release Debit Cards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Oregon federal district court issued an order that certified a class in a lawsuit challenging the issuance of debit cards by NUMI upon release in lieu of the …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Three Illinois Guards Indicted for Fatally Beating Prisoner by Three Illinois prison guards have been fired and indicted on federal charges for the fatal beating of a handcuffed prisoner. On May 17, 2018, Western Illinois Correctional center guards Lt. Todd Sheffler, 51, Sgt. Willie Hedden, 41, and Alex Banta, 28, …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
When Prisoners Die, Hawaii Keeps it Secret by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon What happens when a state prisoner or jail detainee dies in Hawaii’s custody? Few people know because prison officials do not tell anyone. Well, hardly anyone. A heavily redacted report goes to the state’s governor, who supposedly …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Majority of Americans Now Favor Life Imprisonment Over Death Penalty by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke For the first time since Americans’ opinion about the death penalty versus life imprisonment was polled, a majority of Americans favor life imprisonment over the death penalty. In 1985, Gallup began asking the question: …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Iowa Jails Lower Phone Rates But Not Far Enough by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Iowa Utilities Board ordered phone vendors that provide services to jails to lower their rates from as high as $1 per minute. The order comes after a two year review in which the …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
After Backlash, Tennessee State University President Reverses Decision to Join CoreCivic Board by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Opposition by community leaders forced the president of the historically Black Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville to change her decision to join the board of directors of the private prison company …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
“We Want Court dates!” by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders According to the protestors, conditions at the local lockup have become intolerable. On April 4, 2021, at approximately 8:30 p.m. detainees at the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) covered security cameras, smashed windows, threw furniture out onto the street …
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 …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Ohio County Executive and Underlings Under Investigation for Jail Corruption and Deaths by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Usually the highest elected official of a county in the U.S. is the sheriff. In Ohio, the highest elected county official in the state’s counties is the county executive. That position is …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Coronavirus Lockdowns in Prisons Test Limits of Colorado’s Rules on Solitary Confinement by John Herrick by John Herrick, The Colorado Trust Last summer, Matthew Harter, a 50-year-old from Lakewood, Colo., was incarcerated at Centennial Correctional Facility South, a prison in Cañon City, when he started to have trouble breathing. Harter …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Guard “Justified” in Shooting Death of Elderly Woman in Spokane County Jail Lobby by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Nancy King, a 70-year old woman with a history of mental health issues, was shot and killed at the Spokane County Jail (SCJ) December 4, 2020, after entering the lobby carrying …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Wisconsin Prisoner In Vegetative State After Suicide Attempt Wins New Trial on Jury Instruction Error by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a jury’s judgment in a civil rights action alleging guards at Wisconsin’s Madison County Jail (MCJ) were deliberately indifferent to …
After DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions for Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary, Massachusetts Experiments with Monitoring Gadget by Kevin Bliss, Keith Sanders by Kevin Bliss and Keith Sanders Six months after the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a highly critical report accusing the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MADOC) of violating the …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Illinois Prisoner’s Negligence Lawsuit Alleging Injuries from Wart Treatment Timely Filed by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of state law negligence claims based upon a prisoner being forced to self-apply a medication that was not supposed to be dispensed …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
District Court Certifies Class Status in Louisville Jail Overdetention of Prisoners’ Suit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky granted plaintiffs’ motion seeking class certification in a suit alleging the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) holds people after their court-ordered …
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