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Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Prison Staff Are Refusing Vaccines. Incarcerated People Are Paying the Price. by Erika Tyagi, Joshua Manson by Erika Tyagi and Joshua Manson UCLA COVID Behind Bars Project, August 12, 2021 In recent weeks, as the Delta variant has surged across the country, the rates of infection among prison workers are …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Official Report
The States that Lead the Nation in COVID-19 Cases Are Hiding Their Prison Data by Sharon Dolovich, Erika Tyagi, Neal Marquez by Sharon Dolovich, Erika Tyagi, and Neal Marquez, UCLA COVID Behind Bars Project, August 20, 2021 When the pandemic hit, prison systems around the country started posting COVID-19 data …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Court Grants Class Certification for Illinois Prisoners in Restrictive Housing Lawsuit by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On June 14, 2021, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification while granting in part and denying in part Defendant’s motion to Supplement. The …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
South Carolina Attorney General Issues Opinion That Information in State Prisoners’ Death Certificates Is Public Information by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2021, the Office of the Attorney General (AG) of South Carolina issued an opinion that information relating to the death of state prisoners contained in …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Prison Mail
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of HRDC Postcard-Only Suit Against Arkansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the postcard only policy of the Baxter County, Arkansas Jail and Detention Center (BCJ) constituted a de facto permanent ban on the First Amendment …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
HRDC Case Sues JPay Over Fee-Heavy “Release Card” Debit Cards by A lawsuit filed in a California federal court on September 15, 2021, accuses private prison financier JPay, Inc. of violating both U.S. law and the constitutional rights of prisoners by returning money owed at their release in debit cards …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Eleventh Circuit Holds No Qualified Immunity on Deliberate Indifference in Heat Exhaustion Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals found a Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy employed excessive force by detaining a pretrial detainee “in a hot, unventilated, and unair-conditioned transport van for approximately two …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Colorado Jail Blows Through $16 Million in COVID Relief Money, Has Outbreak Anyway, Settles ACLU Conditions Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Colorado’s El Paso County Jail, the state’s largest jail, received almost $16 million in federal funds to cover costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It used …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Tennessee Department of Corrections Rebids $123 Million Health Care Contract After Corizon Accuses It and Centurion of Bid Rigging by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 10, 2021, the Tennessee Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that it would rebid the $123 million contract it had awarded to Centurion to …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Death, Neglect and Despair in U.S. Tribal Jails by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen An investigation conducted by the Mountain West News Bureau and NPR recently found that at least 19 men and women have died in the past five years in tribal jails overseen by the Interior …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Study Analyzes Deaths of Parole-Approved Texas Prisoners Awaiting Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A national audit of state parole systems conducted in 2019 gave Texas an “F” grade, noting it had some of the most burdensome requirements prisoners must meet before being approved for parole. Now a new …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Police Field Reports
Erie County Sheriff Settles AG Lawsuit for Violating New York Reporting Directives by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A suit against Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard was settled in June 2021. The New York State Commission of Correction (Commission) filed the suit  against the Eric County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) for …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
California Slashes High Call Rates in Prisons and Jails by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On the heels of a May 2021 decision by federal regulators that sharply lowered rates prisoners and their loved ones pay for interstate calls, the California Public Utilities Commission (CAPUC) adopted a rule on August …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Mailbox Rule Inapplicable to Prisoners Represented by Counsel by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that “in the context of civil complaints, the prison mailbox rule applies only to prisoners who are not represented by counsel and are proceeding pro se.” The court’s February 17, 2021, opinion was issued …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Federal New York City Jail Made Infamous by Jeffrey Epstein Death Closed Due to Persistent Problems and Incompetence by In late August, 2021, the federal Bureau of Prisons announced what is likely a temporary closure of its Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), located in lower Manhattan. It has been cited for …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Voting, Rural Prisons
New Connecticut Law Eliminates Prison Gerrymandering by On May 26, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed S.B. 753, Public Act 21-13, which created a new statute requiring the state to count most imprisoned persons as residents of the district where they were living before they were imprisoned for purposes of …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
$56 Million Settlement in CoreCivic Securities Violation Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Private prison operator CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), paid $56 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it violated securities laws that resulted in a loss to stock holders. The …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Eleventh Circuit Grants Prisoner with Hep C Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, held a prisoner who had symptoms of fibrosis from Hepatitis C (HCV) and claimed prison officials refused to treat him was sufficient to satisfy that he …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Judge Orders COVID Emergency Release Procedures at Lompoc Federal Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In July 2020, Judge Consuelo Marshall of the U.S. District Court for Central California granted class certification to a group of prisoners at Lompoc federal prison, granting in part and denying in part their …
Washington DC Jail’s Suicide Proof “Safe Cell” Use Not Safe for Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Washington, D.C.’s jail safe cell use has been under scrutiny since 2013 when a rash of suicides prompted the jail to hire Lindsay Hayes, a nationally renowned jail and prison suicide prevention …
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