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Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Class Actions
Class Action Lawsuit Over COVID at Chesapeake, MD Jail Reaches Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement agreement was reached in a class action lawsuit alleging there was an “uncontrolled outbreak of COVID at the Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF)” in Maryland. The complaint was filed in federal …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Massachusetts Medical Parole Cases and COVID-19 Prisoner Deaths by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As early as February 2020, medical and corrections experts warned criminal justice officials across the U.S. of the danger COVID-19 posed to crowded prison populations, encouraging them to parole as many prisoners as feasible. By late …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Sexual Assault
DOJ: Florida Women’s Prison Subjects Prisoners to Unconstitutional Risk of Sexual Abuse by Kevin Bliss, David Reutter by Kevin Bliss and David M. Reutter After a blockbuster report by federal investigators in December 2020 that slammed Florida’s Lowell Correctional Institution (LCI) for subjecting women to serial abuse, two state lawmakers …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Consent Decrees
New Hampshire Prisoner Sues to Enforce Conditions of Consent Decree by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The New Hampshire Supreme Court held a prisoner has standing to pursue a lawsuit alleging breach of contract for the failure to comply with a settlement in a prison conditions lawsuit. The court …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Food, Sanitation
Inspection Reports Reveal Filthy Conditions In Arizona Prison Kitchens by Jimmy Jenkins by Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ.org When she arrived at the Perryville state prison, Alexandria Hunt noticed the facility was home to more than just incarcerated women. “At first there were little baby field mice in the dorms,” which Hunt …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
NY Prisoner Entitled to Release Upon Reaching Conditional Release Date by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a New York prisoner has rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to be released upon mandatory conditional release. The court, however, found those rights …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Overcrowding
Prison Overcrowding Continues During COVID-19 Pandemic by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon While problematic at any other time, prison overcrowding has proven deadly during the global COVID-19 pandemic because social distancing is one of the main weapons epidemiologists recommend to combat the spread of this highly contagious, often fatal disease. …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Education
Prisoners Find Their Voice in Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Jennifer Bowen Hicks wandered the United States for many years freelancing for literary magazines and teaching writing classes before making her home in Minnesota. In 2011, she decided to share her unique writing skill with …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Private Prisons
Kentucky Leases Closed Private Prison to Use as State Facility by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Kentucky in December 2020 reopened Otter Creek Correctional Center (OCCC), leasing it from CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), but staffing it with state employed Department of Corrections (DOC) staff. Its …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Rural Prisons
Texas Republican Representative Proposes Renaming Prisons With Names Honoring Enslavers, Oppressors and Convict Leasers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke It may not be surprising to readers of Prison Legal News that many prisons throughout the US are named after people who were slave owners, officers in the Confederate Army, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Draconian Use of Solitary Confinement in North Carolina by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Compared to other experiences inside American prisons, spending time in solitary confinement is the harshest and most dehumanizing. Between 50,000 and 60,000 individuals languish in concrete boxes no larger than a closet for 22-plus hours a …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Inspector General Calls California Prison Reform Efforts a $10 Million Failure by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2021, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued its finding that a $10 million effort by the state prison system—to address deficiencies that OIG previously uncovered in reporting staff …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
New Jersey Man Dies Soon After Exonerated of Sex Offense by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon "Watch out for the kids, he’s here,” was one of the hurtful comments Dion Harrell often overheard whenever he attended a neighborhood barbecue or get-together. In 1992, 22-year-old Harrell, an African American man, was …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Fourth Circuit Holds Immigrant Children’s Mental Health Care Should Be Up to Professional Standards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held “that a facility caring for unaccompanied children fails to provide a constitutionally adequate level of mental health care if it departs from …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Federal Agencies Rack Up Nearly One Thousand Arrest-Related or In-Custody Deaths in Two Years, DOJ Report Finds by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A December 2020 report by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) found that federal law enforcement and detention agencies documented an alarming number of fatalities, including …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Pew Study Shows Crime Falls but Spending on Jails Soar by David Reutter by David M. Reutter "Nationwide, crime and jail admissions decreased between 2007 and 2017, yet spending on jails increased 13%, to $25 billion, over that span,” concludes a study issued by the Pew Charitable Trusts on February …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
State Auditor Report Critical of Texas Prison Agribusiness by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The State Auditor of Texas issued a report in March 2021 about the sale and production of food and fiber by the Agribusiness, Land and Minerals Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Amending the 13th Amendment by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For over 200 years the United States Constitution has been revered by some, regarded as a nearly perfect bedrock governing document. Except ... it has not been, and still is not. There is a movement fast gaining momentum to remove …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Auditor Appalled at Lack of Spending Controls in Mississippi Prison System by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Mississippi State Auditor on December 16, 2020, issued a report that made 18 findings of deficiencies within the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). MDOC has been plagued with violence, staff shortages, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Voting Rights
Washington Gives Right to Vote to 20,000 People Previously Incarcerated by Juliette LaMarr by Juliette LaMarr Washington state has moved to restore voting rights to people with felonies upon their release from prison, according to an April 7, 2021 article in The Seattle Times. With votes being largely along party …
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