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Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19 Kills Jeffery Epstein’s Former Cellmate by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On November 27, 2020, Efrain “Stone” Reyes died in his mother’s Bronx, New York apartment from COVID-19 he contracted while at the Queens, New York Correctional Center (QCC). He was 51. Prior to his stay at the Queens …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Narrowing the Remedial Gap: Damages for Disability Discrimination in Outsourced Federal Programs by Margo Schlanger by Margo Schlanger, University of Chicago Law Review Online, March 5, 2021 I. Introduction Kamyar Samimi, a sixty-four-year-old legal permanent resident from Iran, died in U.S. immigration detention in December 2017. After more than four …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Federal Legislation
Biden’s Justice Department Nomination Faces Aggressive Opposition From Senate Republicans by Juliette LaMarr by Juliette LaMarr Kristen Clarke is President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). As evidenced by her April 14, 2021 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, many Republicans …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Lawsuit Over Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Fatal Asthma Attack Allegedly Triggered by Excessive Use of Pepper Spray by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The estate of a Philadelphia man who died of asthma in a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the DOC and officials …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Why Did a St. Louis Man Die in a Federal Prison Coronavirus Hotspot? by Mike Fitzgerald by Mike Fitzgerald, originally published by the Riverfront Times Derrick Howard was tough — prison tough. Howard grew up in the St. Louis suburb of Normandy. In his late teens, before his first stretch …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Staffing
Texas Prisons Close Amid Pandemic by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) shuttered its Wayne Scott Unit in Brazoria County on December 15, 2020. Its Neal Unit in Amarillo and Gurney Unit outside Palestine were also closed by the end of 2020. TDCJ said …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
The Importance of Establishing Veterans Benefits While in Prison by Art Gage by Art Gage Imprisoned veterans across the country need to know about the service-connected disability compensation and rehabilitation benefits they may be eligible for. Even as prisoners, veterans still have options which are not available to the general …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Alabama Prisons, Among Deadliest for COVID-19, Not Prepared to Vaccinate Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has postponed COVID-19 vaccinations for prisoners, although a March 1, 2021 story by The Marshall Project and the Associated Press placed the state prison system eighth in …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
ICE Holding Cuban Detainee for 11 Years and Counting Following Florida Prison Release by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Heriberto Delvalle’s story sounds like a Kafka novel, but it’s sadly true. After serving his 15-year sentence for attempted murder in a Florida state prison, he was detained by …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Massachusetts Uses Medical Parole to Avoid In-Custody Deaths From COVID-19 by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Joseph Messere, a 68-year-old prisoner in Massachusetts, was just days away from death in December 2020 when his attorney got a phone call from state officials. The Parole Board and state Department …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Amid Widespread Calls for Abolition, Mariame Kaba Sheds Light With Latest Book by Juliette LaMarr by Juliette LaMarr Mariame Kaba has released a book in response to the rise in abolitionist thinking in the last year, per a February 23, 2021 article for NBC News. Last summer, as thousands gathered …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Tapes/Music
Music Project Brings Prisoners’ Stories to Life in Song by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Folsom Prison was once the setting for an iconic musical performance, when Johnny Cash first played live there in 1968. Now, Folsom prisoners are performing their own songs, and telling their stories with …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Second Circuit Reinstates Acquitted New York City Man’s Claims of Police Due Process Violations and Excessive Use of Force by Jailers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 12, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated claims by a New York City man that he was the victim …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Report: Massachusetts Prisons Continue to Fail on Mental Health Care by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A two-year federal investigation into the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC) found that prisoners’ constitutional rights had been violated in regard to mental health care. Investigators cited hundreds of instances of MDOC employees failing …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Medication, COVID-19
Pandemic Medical Update: Vaccines, Variants and More by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen MD Course of the Pandemic The United States has lately stabilized at around 60,000 new infections per day. This is not good, as daily infections need to go down much further before control of …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Southern Republican Senators Criticize Third Pandemic Relief Bill for Giving Payments to Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Editors’ Note: On March 17, the IRS announced that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals filing for the 2020 tax year was extended from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021.  No Republican senator voted to …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: OB/GYN, Restraints
Broad Support for North Carolina Bill to Bar Shackling Pregnant Prisoners by Daniel Matheson by Daniel Matheson On April 20, 2021 a bipartisan bill entitled the “Dignity for Women Who Are Incarcerated Act” was filed in the North Carolina state legislature. The bill would end the degrading act of shackling …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Judge Slaps Arizona With $1.1 Million Fine Over Prison Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court fined the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) $1.1 million for failing to meet performance measures (PM) in a 2015 Stipulation Settlement from a class-action lawsuit. The court’s February …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
HRDC Wins FOIA Lawsuit filed in Washington State for Unredacted ICE Documents by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 6, 2021 a Washington State federal district court granted summary judgment to the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) in a lawsuit seeking to obtain documents under the Freedom of …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Mediation
With the majority of corrections officers declining the COVID-19 vaccine, incarcerated people are still at serious risk by Wanda Bertram, Wendy Sawyer Low rates of vaccine uptake among correctional staff make it clear that withholding the vaccine from people who are locked up — or offering it only to a small …
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