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Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
New Indianapolis Jail Will Not be Run by a Private Prison Company, but is Being Built on Contaminated Land by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Indianapolis City-County Council has approved a proposal to enter into a 40-year lease to build a new 3,000-bed criminal justice center in …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
GEO Group Produces Litigation Documents After HRDC Files Public Records Suit by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis, MBA The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, prevailed in a lawsuit seeking to force private prison contractor GEO Group to comply with Vermont’s public records law.  …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Imagine Pleading Guilty Because You Can’t Afford to Call Your Lawyer by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Truthout Imagine paying $20.12 for a 15-minute phone call. That’s how much a call from the Jennings Adult Correctional Facility in Missouri costs. In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set rate caps …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Canada: Long-Term Segregation of Mentally Ill Prisoners Unconstitutional; $20 Million in Damages by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Recently, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) violated the nation’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms by placing mentally ill prisoners in administrative segregation for …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Federal Court Rules in Favor of HRDC in Virginia Jail Censorship Suit by In June 2019, in a 42-page order, U.S. District Court Judge James P. Jones held the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority had violated the rights of the nonprofit Human Rights Defense Center by censoring books, magazines and …
Settlement Reached in Suit Over Failure to Keep Released L.A. County Prisoners from Becoming Homeless by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by the federal government against Los Angeles County over how the county’s jail system cycles “people with mental illnesses and …
“I Had Nothing”: How Parole Perpetuates a Cycle of Incarceration and Instability by Raven Rakia Richard Cannon was making gains after being released from prison. Then one arrest changed the course of his life. by Raven Rakia, The Appeal Richard Cannon was born into a large family in Harlem. He was …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story about prison education seems like a well-worn but broken record. In 1994, President Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which, as I noted at the time, was the biggest foray by the federal …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Sixth Circuit Rules Suit May Proceed Where State Judge Offered Reduced Sentences for Sterilization by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 4, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s order that dismissed a lawsuit filed by former jail prisoners in White County, …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
The Second Step: Invest in Prison Education Programs, Reinstate Pell Grants by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis, MBA Aaron Kinzel is a professor of criminal justice at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Jose Bou is the manager of Equity, Family and Community Partnerships in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Sean Pica is the executive …
Complaint: Care at ICE Detention Center at Aurora, Colorado, Substandard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The American Immigration Council (AIC) and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) filed a complaint on June 4, 2018, on behalf of detainees held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Denver …
Article • June 26, 2019
Jail Suicide Suit Rejected by Nebraska's Courts by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Gage County, Nebraska, pretrial detainee Chad Gesin hanged himself in a jail cell in 2013, shortly after being booked for domestic assault and third-degree assault. Five days later, he died. Gesin had been placed in a sobering …
FAMM, Washington Lawyers’ Committee, NACDL Launch Compassionate Release Clearinghouse by FAMM First Step Act paves the way for a massive pro bono effort to represent sick, dying, and elderly prisoners in court. The following is a press release from FAMM, June 19, 2019 WASHINGTON – Thousands of sick, dying, and …
Article • June 17, 2019
Monterey County, California, Jail Struggles, History of Suicides by Edward Lyon Three prisoners in the Monterey County jail in California committed suicide by hanging in the first nine months of 2015. The first was 34-year-old Cervantes Huerta in February, followed a month later by 52-year-old Sandra Lee Vela. The third …
San Francisco Joins National Push to Abolish Youth Prisons by Ella Fassler by Ella Fassler, Truthout, June 3, 2019 It’s happening in Minneapolis. New Jersey. Arkansas. Upstate New York. Durango, Colorado. One by one, juvenile prisons are closing, or are slated to close, in response to child abuse reports, sustained …
Article • June 11, 2019
Civil Rights Attorney Sues to Collect Fees by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Emily Posner is a Louisiana attorney representing state prisoner Kenneth Idel in a federal civil rights lawsuit. Idel alleges that prison guard Richard Pope broke and caused permanent damage to his jaw when Pope kneed the back …
As courts censure civil detention practices, is it time for professionals to speak up? by David S. Prescott Guest commentary by David S. Prescott, LICSW*, forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com (Sept. 14, 2015) Last week, a federal judge ruled that Missouri's civil commitment program is unconstitutional, the second such court decision in three months. …
Modern-Day Gulag In the Golden State by Barbara Koeppel by Barbara Koeppel, The Washington Spectator, June 4, 2019 Back in 1997, the Supreme Court ruled that the practice known as civil commitment was legal. This meant that 20 states—which had passed laws permitting the ongoing incarceration of sex offenders—could continue …
Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop by Aviva Stahl In a Colorado supermax facility, hunger-striking inmates have been force-fed and barred from sharing their ordeal with the outside world. A prisoner breaks his silence for the first time. By Aviva Stahl, The Nation, June 4, 2019 …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
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News In Brief by Alabama: “The public should know that the state, its officers, representatives, or employees would never request any type of payment in the form of a prepaid money card or other similar method,” the director of the Alabama DOC’s Investigation and Intelligence Division, Arnaldo Mercado, said in …
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