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Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Police
The 10 Worst Sheriffs in America by Nicole Audrey Spector In a job with virtually no oversight, abuse of power runs amok by Nicole Audrey Spector Sure, the president of the United States wields immense power, as does the average member of the Senate and House of Representative, but when …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Auditor Slams California ICE Facility That Released Detainees With COVID-19 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A dozen immigrant asylum seekers who had tested positive for COVID-19 were released from a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center into the surrounding community of Calexico, California, in March 2021—the same …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Sen. Warren Investigation Exposes Broken Prison Accreditation System by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Progressive criminal justice reform has been slow to make it into the political mainstream, but one area where it is getting increased traction is around the use of private prisons. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: AEDPA
25 Years of the AEDPA: Where do We Stand? by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell It’s no secret that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) has neither sped up the death penalty nor prevented terrorism. What continues to surprise many is that this much-criticized law has somehow survived, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Law Passes Requiring Parents in New York Prisons to be Housed Close to Their Children by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss New York state Senator Velmanette Montgomery sponsored a bill passed by both houses in August 2020 and signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo that will require the Department …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Former Georgia Sheriff Deputies Denied Immunity in Criminal Case for Taser Death of Unarmed Man by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three former Georgia Sheriff’s deputies were denied immunity on December 8, 2020, by Washington County Judge H. Gibbs Flanders in a criminal prosecution, according to a December 9, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Mentally Ill Alabama Prisoner Dies in 101-Degree Cell by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Hardly a summer passes that prisoners do not die from heat illnesses of one variety or another. This is especially true in the southern part of the country where retributive attitudes prevail along with an enslavement …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Microsoft Invests in Digital Incarceration by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In the summer of 2020, the social landscape of the United States was shaken by nationwide demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd. In response, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told his employees that the company was committed to …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Resources, Advocacy
Resources for Understanding Today’s Prison System by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Izzie Ramirez, reporter for Vice, wrote a summary of the many resources available to anyone wishing to learn about the U.S. prison system. The article, published Jan. 22, 2021, discusses the varied inequalities of the prison industrial complex …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
NC Prisoner Survives Summary Judgment for Two Excessive Force Claims by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals found a prisoner’s material facts in an excessive use of force claim were sufficient to overcome the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The court’s January 4, 2021, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Staffing
Staff Shortages in Georgia Prisons Reach Crisis Levels by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) is experiencing chronic staff shortages at its facilities across the state that have led to an alarming increase in riots, gang violence, homicides, and suicides. According to the Southern Center …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Colorado Grants COVID-19-Related Clemencies by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon COVID-19 has been particularly virulent in Colorado’s relatively small prison system. In the months between April 2020 and January 21, 2021, over 1,400 prisoners tested positive for coronavirus at the Sterling Correctional Facility alone. Nine of those men did not …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
U.S. DOJ Statistics on Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Perpetrators by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a January 2021 statistical brief, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics addressed the issue of the race and ethnicity of perpetrators of violent crimes in 2018. Based on data …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Connecticut Supermax Closing After Lawsuit Filed Seeking to Reduce Use of Solitary by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced on February 9, 2021, that the state Department of Correction (DOC) would permanently close its Northern Correctional Institution (Northern) in Somers by July 1. The announcement came …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Court Orders In-Person Inspection of Michigan Facility to Determine COVID-19 Policy Compliance by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An in-person inspection of the Calhoun County Correctional Facility (CCCF) to determine if it is compliant with COVID-19 policies was ordered by a Michigan federal district court. “Through filings submitted as …
Sixth Circuit Refuses to Extend Bivens to BOP Prisoner’s First Amendment Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 16, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a federal prisoner’s Bivens action, because First Amendment claims are not cognizable …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Advocacy, Art
Activism and Art Team Up to Abolish Mass Incarceration by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Imagine a future in America that is radically different than it is today—an America where police do not brutalize and kill people, a society without institutionalized racism and classism, a country where jails and prisons …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Connecticut Prisoner Population Lowest in Over Three Decades Due to Coronavirus by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to the Connecticut Post, as of January 23, 2021, the number of people confined in Connecticut jails and prisons was 9,083—the lowest it has been in the last 32 years. That number …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
DWN Report Shows ICE Facilities Were Community Superspreaders of COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In December 2020, Detention Watch Network (DWN) published a report showing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities caused an increase of over 245,000 COVID-19 cases in nearby communities. The presence of an …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Australia: A February 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court in the Australian province of Victoria presented “a rare win” for a prisoner contesting prison procedures, according to a report by The Conversation. The convict, 56-year-old Craig Minogue, argued that Barwon Prison’s random drug testing and strip-searching …
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