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Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Victim Compensation and Restorative Justice as Alternatives to Sentencing Enhancements for Hate Crimes by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Law professors Shirin Sinnar (Stanford Law School) and Beth A. Colgan (UCLA School of Law) explored the viability of victim compensation and restorative justice as alternatives to sentencing enhancements for hate …
Private Medical Contractor Wellpath Pays $4.5 Million in Death of Mentally Ill Jail Detainee After Judge Finds It Destroyed Evidence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In late September 2020, private correctional healthcare contractor Wellpath paid $4.5 million to settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a …
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Florida Prisoner Accused of Assaulting Guard After Video Surfaces by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Prosecutors dismissed felony aggravated assault charges against jail detainee Mike Neal and placed three guards under criminal investigation for battery and official misconduct after previously unreported video surfaced of the incident …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Nearly Killed by Dehumanizing Culture of Indifference, Oregon Prisoner Sues for $975,000 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Oregon prisoner Carl Spieler, 56, suffered for three months after he was admitted to the state penitentiary in Salem in May 2018, while prison medical staff, convinced he was malingering, dismissed his …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Pay-to-Stay Fees Impoverish Prisoners, Increase Recidivism by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Pay-to-stay fees are charged by over 30% of the county jails and detention centers in the state of Wisconsin. Critics contend that the system contributes to recidivism and that the penalties are so high that they violate the …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree by Isaac Arnsdorf Private executioners paid in cash. Middle-of-the-night killings. False or incomplete justifications. ProPublica obtained court records showing how the outgoing administration used its final days to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II. by Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica, Dec. 23, …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Sequel: Three Additional Federal Executions Before Trump Left Office by Chad Marks by Chad Marks As detailed in this month’s cover story, former President Trump and Attorney General Barr were responsible for a spree of federal executions during their final months in office. But the ProPublica cover story was written …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Death Penalty
Analysis: Federal Executions in Indiana Became ‘Super-Spreader’ Events by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna It seems inconceivable that prison personnel selected to carry out the ultimate judicial sanction – execution — would willfully violate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and expose themselves, their families, prisoners and staff, clergy, …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Since our inception, the Human Rights Defense Center, the publisher of Prison Legal News, has opposed the death penalty. The saying that capital punishment means that those without the capital get the punishment well illustrates the inherent unfairness of how the …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
New Surge of COVID Is Spreading “Like Wildfire” in Illinois Prisons by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar, Truthout.org, January 30, 2021 Part of the Series: Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19 With COVID-19 raging throughout the United States, there is a growing sense of desperation among people in …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania County Over Prisoner’s Death in Restraint Chair Settled for $3 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 14, 2020, a federal judge approved a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a Pennsylvania jail prisoner who died after being held in …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Arizona Grandmother Sues After Being Jailed and Forced to Drink From Toilet by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A 63-year-old grandmother filed a lawsuit on October 8, 2020 after she was arrested and jailed while having a mental health crisis. While jailed, she was forced into a restraint chair and …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Audits Reveals Problems With Privatized Food Service at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Two audits released July 20, 2020 revealed a series of shortcomings by a food service contractor tasked with providing meals to juvenile detainees and in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County. Florida-based contractor Trinity Services …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Essay: What Spurred the Rise in Mass Solitary Confinement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Mass solitary confinement in the United States did not develop as a response to violent predators, “but rather as a means for officials to achieve control of political activists and ‘troublemakers’ amongst prisoners.” That …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
No Sentence Reduction for Former Pennsylvania Judge Who Was Caging Kids for Kickback Cash by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2020, a federal judge rejected reducing the sentence of a former Pennsylvania judge who became infamous for taking bribes to keep a private juvenile prison full of …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Video-Conferencing
Report: Video Courtroom Proceedings Have Negative Impact on Fairness and Access to Justice by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a timely report published on September 10, 2020, the Brennan Center for Justice examined the impact of video proceedings on fairness and access to justice in court. It recommended caution …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
New Mexico Lawyer Fights to End Solitary Confinement by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen An attorney with a small private practice in Albuquerque has blazed an unconventional path to reforming the use of solitary confinement in New Mexico. According to an October 2020 profile in Rolling Stone magazine, …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Federal Court Orders Body Cams Be Worn by Guards in Effort to Stop Abuse of Disabled at California Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 8, 2020, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilkin of the Northern District of California ordered additional remedial measures—including body-worn cameras for guards—as relief in …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Recorded Calls
Arizona Supreme Court Overturns Decision Allowing Special Master to Review Recordings of Jail Phone Calls to Attorney Alleged to be Privileged by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 9, 2020, the Supreme Court of Arizona held that a lower court could not appoint a special master to review the …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
ICE Detention Facility Deaths Now Highest Since 2005 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The number of people who died in federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detention centers during its fiscal year that ended September 30, 2020 — 21 in all — was more than double the previous years’s …
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