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Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Media Contact, Whistleblowing, Lobbying, Attorney Client, Excessive Force, Judiciary, Contractor Liability, Prisoner Media, Federal Legislation
Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer by Paul Wright by Paul Wright, et al. On June 13, 2007, former President Bush nominated Gustavus A. Puryear IV, 40, for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. …
Entire Texas Prison System Locked Down to Search for Phones; Prison Cell Phone Problem is Pandemic
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Prison/Common Area Searches, Criminal Prosecution, Lockdowns, Telephone Access, Death Row, State Legislation
Entire Texas Prison System Locked Down to Search for Phones; Prison Cell Phone Problem is Pandemic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 20, 2008, Texas Governor Rick Perry placed all 112 prisons and 155,000 prisoners in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on lockdown to search for …
Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Overcrowding, Staffing, Injunctions (PLRA), Guard Unions, News, State Legislation
Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years by John Dannenberg Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years by John E. Dannenberg In a tentative ruling issued February 9, …
Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Filed under: Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Prisoners-International, Death Penalty, News, Federal Legislation
Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners by Gary Hunter Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners by Gary Hunter In 1977, German anatomist Gunther von Hagens developed a technique called plastination. The process involves slicing open human cadavers, exposing or extracting the internal …
Report Finds Increase in Michigan Prison Population Attributable to Political Policy Changes, Not Crime Increase
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Filed under: Overcrowding, Parole, News, State Legislation
Report Finds Increase in Michigan Prison Population Attributable to Political Policy Changes, Not Crime Increase by David Reutter Report Finds Increase in Michigan Prison Population Attributable to Political Policy Changes, Not Crime Increase by David M. Reutter A report issued by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan (CRC) concludes that …
News in Brief:
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On December 19, 2008, Damon Rossi, 38, a criminal defense attorney, was arrested at home for allegedly giving his client a piece of candy during a trial in Yavapai superior court. His client was a jail prisoner in shackles. Sheriff’s spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn said the …
News in Brief:
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On November 20, 2008, Earl Lappe, 32, a prisoner at the Lewis Morey Unit of the state prison in Buckeye was killed, apparently by another prisoner. In October, 2008, Duffy Kilrain, another prisoner at a separate prison, was also murdered. California: On December 22, 2008, …
Deceased New York Prisoner Wins Barber/Cosmetology Licensing For Ex-Cons
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Prison Labor, Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, State Legislation
Deceased New York Prisoner Wins Barber/Cosmetology Licensing For Ex-Cons by Three years after his death, ex-con Marc LaCloche won his long-fought case to permit ex-cons in New York state the right to gain barber and cosmetology licenses. LaCloche, after an 11-year stint in New York prison, sought to make a …
Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Work Release, Geriatric Classification, Discrimination, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Tax Law, Federal Legislation
Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded by Brandon Sample Second Chance Act Signed Into Law, But Not Yet Funded by Brandon Sample On April 9, 2008, President Bush signed the Second Chance Act into law. The Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199), a bi-partisan effort, was designed …
Officials Agree To Cap Population at D.C. Jail
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Injunctions (PLRA), Injunctions, Sanctions, News, State Legislation
Officials Agree To Cap Population at D.C. Jail by Michael Rigby After decades of fighting lawsuits, skirting court orders, and defying legislative decrees, the District of Columbia Mayor’s Office has finally agreed to a definitive population cap at the notoriously overcrowded and dangerous D.C. Jail. Under the terms of the …
Washington DOC Restarts Private Industry Prison Jobs Following State Constitutional Amendment
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, State Legislation
Washington DOC Restarts Private Industry Prison Jobs Following State Constitutional Amendment by John Dannenberg Washington DOC Restarts Private Industry Prison Jobs Following State Constitutional Amendment by John E. Dannenberg After eliminating private industry prison work programs in response to a Washington State Supreme Court ruling declaring the underlying statute unconstitutional …
Texas Awards Prison Phone Contract
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, State Legislation
Texas Awards Prison Phone Contract by Matthew Clarke On August 14, 2008, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) awarded a phone service contract to two companies, Kansas-based Embarq Corp. and Dallas-based Securus Technologies, Inc. Prior to this historic event, the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) was the only …
Behavior Modification Training to Become Part of Washington State DOC
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Clergy, State Legislation
Behavior Modification Training to Become Part of Washington State DOC by Behavior Modification Training to Become Part of Washington State DOC Governor Chris Gregoire signed Senate Bill 6400 into law on March 20, 2008. The bill enacts a revolutionary concept designed to correct what politicians perceive to be, the morally …
Ohio DNA Specimen Law Ruled Not Retroactive
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Searches, DNA Testing/Samples, Retroactivity, State Legislation
Ohio DNA Specimen Law Ruled Not Retroactive by The Ohio Supreme Court held that a state law requiring convicted felons and some misdemeanants to provide DNA specimens could not be applied retroactively to offenders placed on supervised release before the law’s May 2005 effective date. On August 6, 2002, Craig …
Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Environmental Law, Accidents, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation, Federal Legislation
Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories by Brandon Sample Federal Prison Industries (FPI), the largest legal sweatshop in America, has jeopardized the lives and safety of untold numbers of prisoners and staff working in its recycling factories, according to a preliminary report in an investigation by the …
115,000 Florida Ex-Felons Have Civil Rights Restored Under New Rules
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, State Legislation
115,000 Florida Ex-Felons Have Civil Rights Restored Under New Rules by Changes to Florida’s rules for restoration of civil rights were made in April 2007; since that time, 115,232 former felons have had their rights to vote, serve on juries, run for office, and obtain various business licenses restored. That …
Will California’s $11 Billion Prison Outlay Survive State Budget Cuts?
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis, Overcrowding, Guard Unions, News, State Legislation
Will California’s $11 Billion Prison Outlay Survive State Budget Cuts? by Marvin Mentor As California deals with a projected $28 billion budget shortfall over the next 18 months, it remains to be seen if the requisite two-thirds of the state legislature has the political courage to make cuts to the …
Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Civil Commitment, Federal Legislation
Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional by Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause of the U.S. Constitution in enacting the civil commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Act, a Minnesota U.S. …
New Jersey State Audit Reports DOC Life Skills Program Contractually Noncompliant
Article • January 15, 2009
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Education, News
New Jersey State Audit Reports DOC Life Skills Program Contractually Noncompliant by Bob Williams By Bob Williams The New Jersey State Legislature Auditor's Office conducted an investigation into contractual expenditures, policies and provisional compliance of the Department of Correction’s (DOC) Life Skills Academy (LSA) program. The 2006 report reflected the …
News in Brief:
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arkansas: On July 24, 2008, Joshua Albright, a prisoner in the Johnson county jail, was being transported to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to serve a 40 year sentence for armed robbery. Deputies stopped at the Johnson county jail so Albright could use the bathroom and …
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