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Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Course of the Covid Pandemic by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen MD The United States continues to re-open as daily new cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline. However, the national numbers obscure the fact that these reduced outcomes are uneven across the states. In states and …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Magazines
Inmate Magazine Service Advertising Results in FTC Complaint by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Inmate Magazine Service (IMS) has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of Florida. The Plaintiffs alleged violation of federal and state laws meant to protect consumers in IMS’s failure to …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Feces Covered Cell Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on November 2, 2020 vacated lower court rulings that held prison officials were entitled to summary judgment in …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
$6.2 Million Judgment for California Deputies Negligence Causing Arrestee Injuries Affirmed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter California’s Fourth Appellate District affirmed a judgment finding two San Diego Sheriff’s deputies and two jail nurses were liable for injuries to an arrestee following his arrest. The court’s February 2, 2021, …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: In Custody
Incarcerated Persons Not In-Custody for Miranda Purposes by The Wisconsin Supreme Court held “that neither the Wisconsin Constitution nor the purposes underlying Miranda warnings support a judicially created rule treating all incarcerated individuals as ‘in custody.’” The court’s January 29, 2021 opinion was issued in an appeal brought by Brian …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Transfers, COVID-19
Inspector General Finds Botched Transfers Caused COVID Outbreak at San Quentin, 29 Dead by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 1, 2021, the Office of the Inspector General of California released a report highly critical of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Essentially, the report said the CDCR …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Domestic Violence
Woman Abuse Survivors Sent to Prison for Self-Defense by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders America’s criminal justice system is designed by and for men. It characterizes offenders as violent and victims docile, where offenders kill and victims die. Within this framework, women are often marginalized and unjustly prosecuted, especially victims …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
North Carolina Prisons Underreport COVID Related Deaths by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Vice News and North Carolina Health News (NCHN) completed a study of the North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) to examine COVID-related deaths and published an article based on the results. It said that the number of …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
New Jersey Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Kept Quiet in State Prisons by Akela Lacy After one person died and another spent a month in a coma, state officials found Legionella bacteria in the water at two New Jersey prisons. by Akela Lacy, The Intercept After Jamil Robinson drank the water from the infirmary …
GAO Reports ICE Wastes Hundreds of Millions Each Year by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The non-partisan Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued a report in February 2021 entitled, Immigration Detention: Actions Needed to Improve Planning, Documentation, and Oversight of Detention Facility Contracts. Key findings in the report included a failure …
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 …
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