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Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention
$731,000 Jury Award to Illinois DOC Prisoner Held 23 Months Beyond Release Date, Over $210k in Fees Awarded As Well by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court found that a prison records clerk deprived a former prisoner of his liberty and caused him to serve …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Eighth Circuit Clarifies Legal Standards for Conditions-of-Confinement Lawsuits Brought by Civilly-Committed Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 21, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an opinion clarifying the legal standards to be applied to lawsuits over conditions of confinement brought …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Voting Rights
Prisoner Voting Population Grows as Illinois Bill Extends Polling Sites to County Jails by The push to restrict voting rights and limit access to polling locations has gained momentum in the past several months. Advancing the false claims of excessive fraud and a rigged election by former President Donald Trump, …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Massachusetts Department of Corrections Sued Over Use of “Fake” Drug Tests on Legal Mail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) has been knowingly using drug tests described by plaintiff’s lawyers as “fake” on legal mail to both interfere with attorney/client communications and impose …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Summary Judgment, Sanctions
Seventh Circuit: Local Rules Requiring Specific Filings to Summary Judgments Should Not be Used as a Sanction by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Providing an example of how the rules apply to everyone—even pro se prisoners—the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the motion of summary judgment …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Michigan DOC Eases Up on Pregnant Prisoners, Limits Shackles and Solitary Confinement by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Under a new policy announced on October 19, 2021, pregnant prisoners held by the Michigan Department of Corrections (MIDOC) will be restrained less and will also have more time to spend with …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
D.C. Federal Court Rules District Providing Unlawfully Inadequate Education to Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities, Grants Preliminary Injunction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 16, 2021, a federal court in the District of Columbia (D.C.) provisionally certified a class of disabled youth incarcerated in D.C. jails who were not …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Staffing
Wisconsin Feels Effects of Staffing Shortage in State Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Staffing shortages in Wisconsin’s maximum security prison, Waupun Correctional Facility, prompted the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDOC) in June of 2021 to ask for guards at the state’s other prisons to voluntarily report to Waupun …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
First Prisoner Elected to Hold Public Office in Washington DC by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Joel Castón, 44, a prisoner of the District of Columbia Jail, may be the first incarcerated elected official in the nation. He won the special election June 15, 2021 for the Ward 7 Advisory …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
$72,000 Settlement Over Corizon’s Lack of Medical Treatment to Injured Arizona Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 8, 2020, Corizon Health, Inc. agreed to pay $20,000 to settle its part of a federal lawsuit brought by an Arizona prisoner who suffered a partial foot amputation after Corizon …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Immunity of Federal Prison Guards Under FTCA, Even for Blatant Unconstitutional Acts by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a move that surprised few, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit went against the grain of almost every other court and held on June 9, …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Weeks Without a Shower: Neglect Defines COVID-19 Containment in California Jails by Brian Osgood Incarcerated people have been denied basic services in the name of fighting the virus, exacting a heavy psychological toll. by Brian Osgood, The Intercept Michael Pitre spent Christmas Eve in a frigid cell in the Sacramento …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Audit Reveals Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Chaplaincy Services Branch Critically Depleted by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The Office of the Inspector General completed an audit of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Chaplaincy Services Branch (CSB) in July 2021. The CSB is responsible for the BOP’s religious services …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up by James Kilgore An interview with Victoria Law by James Kilgore, Truthout.org One of the most pervasive myths about incarceration is that it makes a society safer. Now, a leading journalist who focuses on the criminal …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
CFPB Hits JPay with $6 Million in Fines and Restitution Over Fee-Heavy “Debit Release Cards” by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In an order and settlement agreement released on October 19, 2021, by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), prison financial giant JPay, LLC agreed to pay $6 million …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
HRDC Prevails Over Wellpath as Vermont Supreme Court Rules Private Contractor Must Release Public Records by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Vermont Supreme Court concluded that under the Public Records Act (PRA) when “the state contracts with a private entity to discharge the entirety of a fundamental and …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Eleven Guards Fired after Death at Houston Jail by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar As other cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York have slowly begun to decarcerate their county jails, the Harris County Jail in Houston has resisted reform efforts. Over the years, Prison Legal News (PLN) has …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
What’s in a Name? by Jeffrey Ross Exconvict, formerly incarcerated, or returning citizen? by Jeffrey Ian Ross In the field of corrections, there are lots of labels, names, and terms that the public frequently applies to people who are housed in, live in, and are processed by jails and prison …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Louisiana Prisoners Used as Slave Labor During Hurricane Ida, Families Left in the Dark for Weeks by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar When Hurricane Ida made landfall this past summer, it was the deadliest and most destructive to hit Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina. In 2005, many prisoners were not evacuated …
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