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Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Virginia: Former Assistant Warden Gets Suspended Sentence for Trading Privileges for Sex by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On March 19, 2018, former Indian Creek Correctional Center assistant warden Clyde Alderman, 68, entered an Alford plea to three misdemeanor counts of solicitation. By entering the plea, Alderman, without admitting guilt, …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Alaska Jail Recorded Attorney-client Conversations for Four Years by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On January 15, 2018, the Anchorage Daily News reported that, from 2012 to 2016, confidential conversations between criminal defendants and their attorneys were routinely recorded by a long-abandoned audio monitoring system in a visitation room at …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Canadian Non-profit Seeks Plant-based Focus, No Animal Slaughter at Prison Farms by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A Canadian non-profit organization, Evolve Our Prison Farms (EOPF), has come out in opposition to the Canadian government’s plan, announced in early 2018, to reinstitute prison farms that will include the slaughter of …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Michigan Prisoners Receive Compensation for Wrongful Convictions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Edward George Carter and Marwin McHenry, both wrongfully convicted and imprisoned in separate cases, have obtained compensation awards from the Michigan Court of Claims. Carter was awarded $1,761,506.85, while McHenry received $175,753.42. Carter was tried and convicted …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Federal Judge Dismisses Class-action Suits Over Jail Phone Rates, Commissions by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On August 10, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers dismissed four related class-action lawsuits in which prisoners challenged the rates and commission kickbacks associated with jail phone service contracts. A group of …
Alabama Pastor and Non-profit Director Fights Capital Murder Charge by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Dothan, Alabama pastor and non-profit director Kenneth Glasgow, 52, has been charged with capital murder in a controversial case where another man with whom he was driving fatally shot a woman who allegedly stole the …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Former Prosecutor and Director of Tennessee DOC Sentenced to Prison by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On March 30, 2018, D. Michael Dunavant, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced that Quenton Irwin White, who previously served as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee during …
15 Years to Life for Jailers Who Beat Mentally Ill Prisoner to Death by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Three former California jail guards were convicted of second-degree murder for fatally beating a mentally ill prisoner who suffered what prosecutors called an “agonizing and painful” death. In January 2018, the …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Federal Prisoner’s Custody Status Continues While “on Loan” to Face State Charges by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on November 21, 2017 that a federal prisoner remains in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General despite being held on behalf of state officials. Bud Ray Brown was serving …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
North Carolina Prison Guard Beaten, Stabbed; Sources Say His Past Brutality Made Him a Target by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Brent Soucier was hired as a prison guard by the then-North Carolina Department of Correction in 1997. Only four months earlier, he had been fired from his job as …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Dogs
Prisoners Help Train Future (K9) Law Enforcement Officers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Post-9/11, the demand for highly-trained explosives investigators has grown significantly; law enforcement agencies nationwide have hurried to recruit officers who have received specialized training in the detection of bombs and accelerants. And in an ironic twist, …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Environmental Law, Water
California Prison Spends $417,000 on Bottled Water as Contamination, Violations Continue by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas What was intended as a state-of-the-art, $32 million prison water treatment plant has turned into yet another state infrastructure boondoggle. Since the plant’s completion in 2010, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Tennessee Jailer Convicted of Official Misconduct, “Extreme Provocative Contact” by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin PLN previously reported the January 2016 grand jury indictments of former Morgan County, Tennessee jail guard Joe D. Shoffner, Jr. and fellow jailers Garren Austin Luke Cooper and Michael Alan Lloyd for their roles in …
Florida: $60,000 Settlement for Juvenile Offender Raped During “Test of Heart” Ritual by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida juvenile offender who was beaten and raped by other prisoners as a guard stood by and watched has received a $60,000 settlement from the state. According to the U.S. …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Shelter, Exposure to Heat
Arpaio’s Infamous Tent City is Gone but Arizona State Prison’s Tent City Remains by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke Soon after he was sworn in as sheriff for Maricopa County, Arizona, Paul Penzone began phasing out the infamous Tent City jail erected by his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, who was found …
Texas Towns with Private Prisons Experience Job Losses by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke Over a decade ago, with the promise of cost savings as well as stable jobs for the community, local governments in Texas agreed to issue bonds to finance the construction of prisons and jails operated by …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
$375,000 Settlement for Ohio Woman Pepper Sprayed in Jail’s Restraint Chair by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2017, a lawsuit brought by a woman who was pepper sprayed at the Montgomery County jail in Dayton, Ohio – despite being held in a restraint chair – settled for $375,000. …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
The Catalyst: Thelton Henderson Transformed California’s Criminal Justice System. Now Comes the Backlash by Abbie Vansickle by Abbie Vansickle, The Marshall Project As the judge climbed the watchtower stairs in Pelican Bay prison, he heard muffled gunshots below. When he reached the top, he looked into the prison yard and …
Alabama Prisoners Suffer Nation’s Highest Homicide, Suicide Rates by David Reutter by David Reutter Alabama’s prison murder rate, already the nation’s worst, is on the rise – along with an increase in assaults that do not end in fatalities, as well as prisoner suicides. Prison officials agree that the root …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Jail Prisoner Injured in Attack by Co-defendant Settles for $5,000 by A prisoner who was attacked by his co-defendant at the Crawford County Correctional Facility (CCCF) in Saegertown, Pennsylvania agreed to a $5,000 settlement in his failure-to-protect suit. Harry W. Boyer, Jr. was arrested on a probation violation for new …
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