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Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Smoking
Mississippi Department of Corrections Lifts Smoking Ban at its Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Mississippi joined 28 other states by removing a tobacco ban at the state’s prisons. As of February 1, 2021, both prisoners and staff are allowed to smoke outdoors in designated areas determined by each …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Partly Overturns New York District Court, Allows Prisoner’s PREA Violations Claims to Proceed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner exhausted administrative remedies when he followed the New York State Department of Corrections and Community …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Minnesota Counties Pay Out More Than $10 Million For Prison and Jail Settlements by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss "In the last 10 years, Minnesota counties have paid out more than $10 million in settlements and legal fees following lawsuits accusing jails of providing inadequate to non-existent health care to …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Data: Families of Arizona Prison Guards Suffer High Rates of Domestic Violence by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon About 500 Arizona prison staff were arrested between 2015 and 2019, averaging around 100 per year. Drunken driving charges supposedly top the list of charges, which include sexual assault and human trafficking, …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Federal Court Finds Missouri Parole System Unconstitutional by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. District Court for the Western  District of Missouri entered an order on November 12, 2020, finding that Missouri’s parole system was unconstitutional, handing down a laundry list of corrections needed. The problem was Missouri’s handling …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
New Allegations of Abuse and Sexual Assault at Edna Mahan Women’s Prison in New Jersey by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (Mahan) in Clinton, New Jersey is again headlining the news with 32 guards now under investigation for assault and sexual abuse. The …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Successive Corruption Scandal Rocks Mississippi Prison System by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon "We are the ones who are supposed to be protecting society from the criminals, not be the criminals,” the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) said at a September 18, 2020 press conference. “So we …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, COVID-19
California Prison System Fined $400,000 For Prisoner Transfers That Sparked Surge in COVID-19, Also Faulted For Easing Restrictions by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On February 4, 2021, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) was fined $400,000 by a state agency for placing the staff of its San …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID Pandemic: Medical Update by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. New variants of the coronavirus February saw numerous reports about mutations and new variants of the pandemic coronavirus. A variant called B.1.1.7 was first identified in England (UK) last fall. B.1.1.7 spreads among people more easily …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Private Prisons
Biden to Phase Out Privately-Run Federal Prisons; Critics Say Plan Too Timid by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Within the first six days of office President Biden signed the ‘‘First Step’’ executive order preventing the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from renewing any of its contracts with private companies to …
Reuters Investigation: Lamentable Medical Care in Jails and Prisons Exposed During Pandemic by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Very few criminal offenses in America allow for a sentence of death. Nevertheless, too many people are dying in jails and prisons while serving a sentence or simply waiting for the process …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
$300,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner in Sexual Assault Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court awarded $300,000 to a prisoner who alleged a female food supervisor coerced him into sexual activity. The court’s September 29, 2020, order was issued following a damages bench trial. …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Last-Minute DOJ Order Clears Way for Possible Return of Home Confinees to Prison by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Federal prisoners transferred tohome confinement to serve their sentences because of the COVID-19 emergency could return to lockup if a January 15, 2021, opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Second Circuit Upholds New York Prison Guards’ Federal Criminal Convictions for Assaulting Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 5, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the federal criminal convictions of two former New York prison guards for their assault of an unresisting prisoner and subsequent …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Centurion
Centurion Opts Out of Mississippi Prison Medical Contract by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Citing Mississippi’s refusal to invest in prison facilities and staff, private medical vendor Centurion pulled out of its contract with the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) to provide medical and mental health care to prisoners. …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: housing
A Guide To Finding Housing After Incarceration by MyMove.com (https://www.mymove.com/moving/guides/moving-after-incarceration/) What does life after prison look like for these returning citizens? Specifically, will they have the safe, affordable housing they need to set them up for stable, productive reentry? These questions are particularly pressing because around two-thirds of returning citizens …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: In January 2021, two women who worked at an Arizona state prison operated by Florida-based GEO Group pleaded guilty to having sex with inmates there. Melony Petrovffsky, 50, ran the commissary for the private contractor at a prison in Golden Valley, where she was allegedly …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Prison Reform, COVID-19
COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Founding of Congressional BOP Reform Caucus by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A Congressional caucus was announced on August 14, 2020 whose purpose is to shed light on management of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and to bring accountability to decisions made by its …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Tapes/Music
Greedo Still Influencing From Texas Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins His Texas ID card identifies him as Jason Jackson, Offender #2208297. The black ink etched in his skin and white clothing he must wear mark him as little different from 140,000 others in the state’s prison system, yet …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Federal Judge Dismisses Arizona Woman’s Wrongful Conviction Suit by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Ex-death-row prisoner Debra Milke’s civil suit against Arizona authorities claiming wrongful conviction was dismissed by a federal judge on October 29, 2020 because she repeatedly destroyed documents relevant to her case. Judge Roslyn Silver …
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