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Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
$550,000 in Damages Ordered to Woman Prisoner Raped by New York Guard by Calling the crime “reprehensible,” a Manhattan federal judge ordered a former New York prison guard on May 28, 2021, to pay $550,000 in damages to a prisoner he was convicted of sexually assaulting. According to a report …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Children of Prisoners
California Juvenile Court Erred in Removing Child from Imprisoned Father’s Care by California’s Second District Court of Appeal vacated a juvenile court’s finding that an incarcerated father was a detriment to the child. It also vacated the order that removing the child from the father’s custody. The court’s April 2, …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Anti-Parole Whistleblower Prompts Investigation of Virginia Parole Board by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian Following a series of complaints resulting from the parole of 329 Virginia state prisoners in 2020, a whistleblower released several emails sent between members of the Virginia Parole Board (“VPB”) employees. The leaked emails were …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
South Carolina to Use Firing Squads to Execute Prisoners by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders In recent decades, the inability of state corrections departments to procure the necessary drugs to carry out lethal injections and kill people has led to a gradual decline in the number of executions in America. …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Medical Update: COVID is Not Over by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen MD Worldwide Pandemic As I write this in mid-July the pandemic has again changed direction and cases are rising throughout the world. Deadly surges are beginning or continuing in Africa, Latin America and South Asia. …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
No Qualified Immunity for Oregon Prison Officials’ COVID-19 Response; Class Certified by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "The law is clearly established that individuals in government custody have a constitutional right to be protected against a heightened exposure to serious easily communicable diseases,” concluded United States Magistrate Stacie F. Beckerman …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Virginia Federal Court Sentences Former Superintendent of Rockbridge County Jail to 51 Months in Prison for Brutality and Corruption by In May 2021, the former supervisor of Virginia’s Rockbridge County Regional Jail was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after he was convicted for violating the civil rights of …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Wrongful Death
U.S. Department of Justice Publishes Statistics on Prisoners’ Deaths by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) published two reports on prisoner deaths in the U.S. Report number NCJ 255970 covered mortality in state and federal prisons 2001 - …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
HRDC Settles Censorship Lawsuit with Johnson County, Kansas Jail for $50,000 and Policy Changes by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News (PLN), on May 12, 2021, settled its civil lawsuit filed in September of 2020 in U.S. district court …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Resisting a Prison Without End by Jayson Hawkins, Panagioti Tsolkas by Jayson Hawkins and Panagioti Tsolkas The fantasy of those who profit off the Prison Industrial Complex has long been perpetual incarceration. This dream has seeped into reality in recent decades as many states began adopting LWOP (life without parole) …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Staffing
Florida Prisons Face Ongoing Staff Shortages Due to Low Pay And Long Hours by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For the last two decades, theFlorida Department of Corrections (FDC) has faced a staff shortage. Mark Inch, Secretary of the FDC, urged lawmakers earlier this year to provide $26.1 million …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Environmental Law
America’s Biggest Jails Are Frontline Environmental Justice Communities by Adam Mahoney The three biggest county jail systems in the U.S. demonstrate how incarcerated people are uniquely exposed to environmental hazards. by Adam Mahoney, Environmental Justice Fellow with Grist.org For more than half a century, 441 Bauchet Street has been the …
Federal Judge Rejects BOP’s Attempts to Keep Videos of Force-Feeding Prisoners at ADX Secret by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell   A federal judge has rejected attempts by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to keep videos of staff force-feeding a prisoner on a hunger strike at the Administrative Maximum Facility …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
No Mutual Assent Where Detainee Forced to Accept Release Card in HRDC Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Washington State federal district court found there was no mutual assent when a detainee who was issued a debit card in lieu of his monies upon release. The Court, …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Environmental Law
Potential Radioactive Exposure to Manatee County Jail Prisoners in Florida by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Palmetto, Florida, Manatee County Central Jail (MCCJ) and the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) received criticism from prisoners’ rights activists when officials decided that 721 prisoners and detainees were exempt from the mandatory evacuation …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Good Time
Change in Good Time Makes Tens of Thousands of California Prisoners Eligible for Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The California Office of Administrative Law approved emergency regulations governing prisoners’ good behavior credits making tens of thousands of prisoners eligible for credits that shorten their time behind bars by …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Connecticut Makes All Prison Communications Free, Makes History by Daniel A. Rosen Connecticut made history on June 16, 2020, when Governor Lamont signed Senate Bill 972, making the state the first in the country where prison phone calls will be free for all prisoners and their families, including incarcerated youth. …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Orange County California Jail Guard Investigated for Burning Mentally Ill Prisoner by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A sheriff’s deputy in California is suspected of burning a mental health prisoner with hot water to gain compliance, according to a statement released by authorities in Orange County. Twenty days …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Dogs
Virginia Prison Guards Attack Prisoners with Dogs by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Two prisoners recently filed suit against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) alleging that guards used unmuzzled dogs to attack and maul them. The plaintiffs are represented by Kelly Jo Popkin, an attorney with Rights Behind Bars, …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Seven Guards Fired After Prisoner Dies in TX Jail by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders At 6:22 pm on March 14, 2021, Marvin David Scott III was arrested by police in Allen, Texas for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana. Soon after being transferred to the Collin County …
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