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Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Over $488,000 Awarded to Former Michigan Prison Warden in Retaliation Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court awarded $488,111.78 to Jeffrey P. Larson, formerly a warden with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). He alleged that he was subjected to retaliation for defending and …
Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Visiting
Massachusetts Prisoners and Visitors Challenge Restrictive Visitation Rules by Bill Barton by Bill Barton  More restrictive regulations for visits in Massachusetts prisons – originally adopted in March 2018 and later amended effective March 1, 2019 – have spurred at least five lawsuits against the state’s Department of Correction (DOC) by …
Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Plans for a New Federal Prison on Coal Mine Site in Kentucky Withdrawn by Panagioti Tsolkas Could the failure to move forward on USP Letcher indicate an end of the Appalachian prison boom? by Panagioti Tsolkas “I refuse to have our community’s future built on the backs of other people.” …
Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Pennsylvania Police Officer Shoots Unarmed Man in Holding Cell, is “Excused” by DA by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On March 3, 2019, Brian Riling, 38, was in custody after being arrested on intimidation charges. His girlfriend told police that he had sent her a number of text messages threatening …
Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Former Prisoner Named Secretary of Pennsylvania Board of Pardons by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke It may have seemed like an April Fool’s joke to many Pennsylvanians when, on April 1, 2019, former prisoner Brandon Flood became the new secretary of the state’s Board of Pardons (BOP). In fact, it …
Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
“Feeling Cute” Social Media Challenge Reveals Brutality of Prison Guards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The “Feeling Cute” social media challenge went viral in the spring of 2019, with photos tagged #FeelingCuteChallenge showing people in their work clothes, declaring they are “feeling cute” as they make a joke about …
Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
HRDC Files FOIL Petition Against New York State Attorney General’s Office by On March 8, 2019, the Human Rights Defense Center, PLN’s parent nonprofit organization, filed suit in the Supreme Court for Albany County, New York against the State Attorney General’s Office for failure to comply with a Freedom of …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Michigan: $9,750 in Damages and Costs in Prison Ramadan Violation Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter  A Michigan federal district court awarded costs in a case that alleged prison officials violated the religious rights of four Michigan prisoners during their observance of Ramadan – a holy month …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
GEO Group Under Pressure from Shareholders on Human Rights Policy by David M. Reutter, Kevin Bliss by David M. Reutter and Kevin Bliss An activist investor organization has forced Boca Raton, Florida-based GEO Group, which operates or manages almost 75,000 for-profit detention facility beds across the U.S., to adopt a …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Arizona Prison Scandal: Cell Doors that Don’t Lock, Maintenance Funds Misused by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2019, the Arizona legislature’s Joint Committee on Capital Review approved $16.5 million in special funding for the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) to repair faulty cell door locks at ASPC-Lewis, after …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Maine: Female Detainee Raped by Jailer Wins Lawsuit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On October 2, 2016, Amanda Bridges was housed in an administrative segregation cell at Maine’s York County jail, serving a six-month sentence for violating her probation. Jailer Jonathan Carpenter entered her cell and began to kiss …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Texas Passes Laws to Preserve Dignity of Women Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke With the passage of House Bill 650, which Governor Greg Abbott has already signed into law, Texas took a first step toward protecting the dignity of women held in state prisons. There are more women …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Jails in Oregon and Washington State Have High Prisoner Death Rates by Matthew Clarke, Mark Wilson by Matt Clarke and Mark Wilson The Spokane County jail in Washington State recently marked its ninth prisoner death since June 2017. But it was hardly unique. A study released in May 2019 by …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Book Excerpt: Lessons of “The Birdman” by Marc Mauer, Ashley Nellis by Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis In the early part of the last century, Robert Stroud was considered one of the most notorious and dangerous individuals in the U.S. prison system. Born in Seattle, Stroud ran away from his …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Federal Court Dismisses GEO Group’s Defenses in Lawsuit Over Pay for Immigrant Detainees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Undocumented immigrants in the United States often face wage theft when their employers underpay or refuse to pay them for their labor. A federal class-action lawsuit filed by the Attorney General …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For at least the past 50 years, the U.S. government has purported to wage a war on poor drug users. Poor people who used drugs such as heroin, cocaine and marijuana were duly arrested, prosecuted, convicted, caged and even killed in …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
When Going to Jail Means Giving Up the Meds that Saved Your Life by Beth Schwartzapfel How the Americans with Disabilities Act could change the way the nation’s jails and prisons treat addiction. by Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project Before Geoffrey Pesce got on methadone, his addiction to heroin and oxycodone …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Medication
Opioid Epidemic Impacts Prisons and Jails by Steve Horn by Steve Horn It has killed far more Americans than the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, claiming over 200,000 lives since 2010 according to the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse. It has swept the nation, from large cities to …
Article • September 5, 2019
Federal District Court Denies Nebraska Department of Correctional Services’ Motion to Strike Expert Declarations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 22, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska denied the “Motion to Strike Expert Declarations” (Motion) that was filed by the Nebraska Department of …
Federal Court Allows Lawsuit to Move Forward Where Prisoners Ordered to Clean Bloody Cell After Suicide by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Jeffrey Patel was a prisoner at the Theo Lacy Jail in Orange County, California, when another prisoner commited suicide with a razor blade. Prison staff ordered Patel and …
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