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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 …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Report Shows Official Misconduct Responsible for More than Half of Exonerations by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A 2020 annual report on exonerations, released by the National Registry of Exonerations (NRE) on March 30, 2021, shows the disturbing fact that in more than half of the cases where those convicted …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Illinois Prisoner Gets Mixed Results in Appeal of Suit Against Wexford and Doctors by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to a Wexford Health Sources doctor. It affirmed the judgment granted to Wexford and another doctor. The …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois DOC Prisoner’s Suit Against Wexford Psychiatrist by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 9, 2021, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals held that a district court erred when it departed significantly from Pruitt v. Mote, 503 F.3d 647 (7th Cir. 2007) in its consideration of …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Seventh Circuit Says Racial Disparity Argument ‘Too Weak to Require Discussion’ in COVID-Related Motion for Compassionate Release by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In affirming an Illinois district court’s order denying a motion for compassionate release, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held there was no procedural error in …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
$1.65 Million Settlement for Family of Prisoner Killed at Rikers Island by Casey Holloway was killed while in the mental health observation unit at the notorious Rikers Island Correctional Facility. Artemio Rosa, another prisoner with a history of violence, strangled the 35-year-old Holloway as he sat in a chair. Holloway …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Ohio Enacts Criminal Justice Reform in 2020 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Criminal justice reform advocates scored multiple wins in the closing weeks of the 2020 session of Ohio’s General Assembly. The new laws end the shackling of pregnant prisoners giving birth, allow people to do community service …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Suicides
Sixth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Kentucky Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 29, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated a claim against a Louisville, Kentucky jail classification officer who, contrary to jail policy, moved a prisoner to a segregation …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Rebellion at GEO-Run Prison in New Mexico by A three-hour uprising at a privately-run medium security prison in New Mexico on November 2, 2020, led to a few prisoner injuries, a fire and property destruction. It was an “incident [that] absolutely could have been prevented,” said said the state’s Corrections …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Louisiana Law School Counts Deaths Behind Bars Because State Won’t by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen At jails, prisons, and detention centers across Louisiana, in-custody deaths are not always made public. The state does not require officials to report on deaths behind bars, unlike many other states. As …
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