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Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Colorado Grants COVID-19-Related Clemencies by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon COVID-19 has been particularly virulent in Colorado’s relatively small prison system. In the months between April 2020 and January 21, 2021, over 1,400 prisoners tested positive for coronavirus at the Sterling Correctional Facility alone. Nine of those men did not …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
U.S. DOJ Statistics on Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Perpetrators by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a January 2021 statistical brief, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics addressed the issue of the race and ethnicity of perpetrators of violent crimes in 2018. Based on data …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Connecticut Supermax Closing After Lawsuit Filed Seeking to Reduce Use of Solitary by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced on February 9, 2021, that the state Department of Correction (DOC) would permanently close its Northern Correctional Institution (Northern) in Somers by July 1. The announcement came …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Court Orders In-Person Inspection of Michigan Facility to Determine COVID-19 Policy Compliance by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An in-person inspection of the Calhoun County Correctional Facility (CCCF) to determine if it is compliant with COVID-19 policies was ordered by a Michigan federal district court. “Through filings submitted as …
Sixth Circuit Refuses to Extend Bivens to BOP Prisoner’s First Amendment Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 16, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a federal prisoner’s Bivens action, because First Amendment claims are not cognizable …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Advocacy, Art
Activism and Art Team Up to Abolish Mass Incarceration by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Imagine a future in America that is radically different than it is today—an America where police do not brutalize and kill people, a society without institutionalized racism and classism, a country where jails and prisons …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Connecticut Prisoner Population Lowest in Over Three Decades Due to Coronavirus by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to the Connecticut Post, as of January 23, 2021, the number of people confined in Connecticut jails and prisons was 9,083—the lowest it has been in the last 32 years. That number …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
DWN Report Shows ICE Facilities Were Community Superspreaders of COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In December 2020, Detention Watch Network (DWN) published a report showing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities caused an increase of over 245,000 COVID-19 cases in nearby communities. The presence of an …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Australia: A February 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court in the Australian province of Victoria presented “a rare win” for a prisoner contesting prison procedures, according to a report by The Conversation. The convict, 56-year-old Craig Minogue, argued that Barwon Prison’s random drug testing and strip-searching …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption
State Prison System Takes Over County Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In a public move, shrouded in a cloak of utter secrecy, the Bedford County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners suspended with pay their jail’s senior and assistant wardens, ceding operational authority to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC). …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
PA Lawsuit Claims Allegheny County Jail Sergeant Brutalized Disabled Women by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three former women detainees with psychiatric and physical disabilities allege that Sergeant John Raible “brutally assaulted” them while they were held at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail (ACJ). The complaint alleged other officials and …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
GEO Group Puts Money, Lobbyist into Defeating Bill to Prohibit Private Prisons in Virginia by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As Virginia was poised to consider a bill to end private prisons, the GEO Group entered the fray with donations to legislators and lobbyists. The bill met a quick …
Six Howard County, Indiana Jail Guards Fired Over Sexual Assaults and Harassment of Prisoners by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. Following multiple PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) investigations into the inappropriate actions of six sheriff’s Office employees, all were summarily fired from their positions at the Howard County …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Guard Commits Suicide Amidst Allegations in Federal Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Officer Phillip Tippett, 47, died on Christmas Day 2020, shooting himself with a gun he brought into Coleman, a federal prison complex in Sumter County, Florida. Joe Rojas, a spokesperson for the AFGE Council of Prisons …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Prisoners Released Without COVID Tests Face Difficult Reentry by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Early in the pandemic, safety watchdogs called for state and federal prisoners to be released in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in cramped lockups. Social distancing is simply not possible in most prisons, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Sovereign Immunity
Kentucky Consolidated Local Government Entitled to Sovereign Immunity by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Kentucky Supreme Court held that the Louisville Metro Government (LMG) are entitled to sovereign and qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging violation of Ky. Rev. Stat. 71.040. The court’s December 17, 2020, opinion was …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Pandemic Medical Update by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen MD Course of the Pandemic Some of the worst surges of the pandemic are occurring in Brazil, India, and Uruguay. The surges seem to be driven in part by bad policies, like relaxing restrictions too soon. The surges …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright The past year and a half has consumed news coverage with the coronavirus pandemic. Since March of last year Prison Legal News has shifted its news coverage to COVID-19 and its impact on prisoners and the criminal justice system. With the …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Trump Pardons Highlight System’s Flaws by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Former President Donald Trump announced 143 pardons and commutations in the final hours of his term. While end-of-term pardons are the norm for outgoing presidents, the huge batch of last-minute announcements from the White House seemed to highlight the …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Medication, COVID-19
Prioritizing Incarcerated People for Vaccine Quickly Reduced COVID in IL Prisons by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar, TruthOut.org "One thing about prison, youdon’t want to get sick in here,” says James Trent, who is incarcerated in Western Illinois Correctional Center. When the chance came to get the vaccine for COVID-19, …
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