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Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption
State Prison System Takes Over County Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In a public move, shrouded in a cloak of utter secrecy, the Bedford County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners suspended with pay their jail’s senior and assistant wardens, ceding operational authority to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC). …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
PA Lawsuit Claims Allegheny County Jail Sergeant Brutalized Disabled Women by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three former women detainees with psychiatric and physical disabilities allege that Sergeant John Raible “brutally assaulted” them while they were held at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail (ACJ). The complaint alleged other officials and …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
GEO Group Puts Money, Lobbyist into Defeating Bill to Prohibit Private Prisons in Virginia by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As Virginia was poised to consider a bill to end private prisons, the GEO Group entered the fray with donations to legislators and lobbyists. The bill met a quick …
Six Howard County, Indiana Jail Guards Fired Over Sexual Assaults and Harassment of Prisoners by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. Following multiple PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) investigations into the inappropriate actions of six sheriff’s Office employees, all were summarily fired from their positions at the Howard County …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Guard Commits Suicide Amidst Allegations in Federal Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Officer Phillip Tippett, 47, died on Christmas Day 2020, shooting himself with a gun he brought into Coleman, a federal prison complex in Sumter County, Florida. Joe Rojas, a spokesperson for the AFGE Council of Prisons …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Prisoners Released Without COVID Tests Face Difficult Reentry by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Early in the pandemic, safety watchdogs called for state and federal prisoners to be released in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in cramped lockups. Social distancing is simply not possible in most prisons, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Sovereign Immunity
Kentucky Consolidated Local Government Entitled to Sovereign Immunity by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Kentucky Supreme Court held that the Louisville Metro Government (LMG) are entitled to sovereign and qualified immunity in a lawsuit alleging violation of Ky. Rev. Stat. 71.040. The court’s December 17, 2020, opinion was …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Pandemic Medical Update by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen MD Course of the Pandemic Some of the worst surges of the pandemic are occurring in Brazil, India, and Uruguay. The surges seem to be driven in part by bad policies, like relaxing restrictions too soon. The surges …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright The past year and a half has consumed news coverage with the coronavirus pandemic. Since March of last year Prison Legal News has shifted its news coverage to COVID-19 and its impact on prisoners and the criminal justice system. With the …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Trump Pardons Highlight System’s Flaws by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Former President Donald Trump announced 143 pardons and commutations in the final hours of his term. While end-of-term pardons are the norm for outgoing presidents, the huge batch of last-minute announcements from the White House seemed to highlight the …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Medication, COVID-19
Prioritizing Incarcerated People for Vaccine Quickly Reduced COVID in IL Prisons by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar, TruthOut.org "One thing about prison, youdon’t want to get sick in here,” says James Trent, who is incarcerated in Western Illinois Correctional Center. When the chance came to get the vaccine for COVID-19, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Class Actions
Class Action Lawsuit Over COVID at Chesapeake, MD Jail Reaches Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement agreement was reached in a class action lawsuit alleging there was an “uncontrolled outbreak of COVID at the Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF)” in Maryland. The complaint was filed in federal …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Massachusetts Medical Parole Cases and COVID-19 Prisoner Deaths by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As early as February 2020, medical and corrections experts warned criminal justice officials across the U.S. of the danger COVID-19 posed to crowded prison populations, encouraging them to parole as many prisoners as feasible. By late …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Sexual Assault
DOJ: Florida Women’s Prison Subjects Prisoners to Unconstitutional Risk of Sexual Abuse by Kevin Bliss, David Reutter by Kevin Bliss and David M. Reutter After a blockbuster report by federal investigators in December 2020 that slammed Florida’s Lowell Correctional Institution (LCI) for subjecting women to serial abuse, two state lawmakers …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Consent Decrees
New Hampshire Prisoner Sues to Enforce Conditions of Consent Decree by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The New Hampshire Supreme Court held a prisoner has standing to pursue a lawsuit alleging breach of contract for the failure to comply with a settlement in a prison conditions lawsuit. The court …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Food, Sanitation
Inspection Reports Reveal Filthy Conditions In Arizona Prison Kitchens by Jimmy Jenkins by Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ.org When she arrived at the Perryville state prison, Alexandria Hunt noticed the facility was home to more than just incarcerated women. “At first there were little baby field mice in the dorms,” which Hunt …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
NY Prisoner Entitled to Release Upon Reaching Conditional Release Date by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a New York prisoner has rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to be released upon mandatory conditional release. The court, however, found those rights …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Overcrowding
Prison Overcrowding Continues During COVID-19 Pandemic by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon While problematic at any other time, prison overcrowding has proven deadly during the global COVID-19 pandemic because social distancing is one of the main weapons epidemiologists recommend to combat the spread of this highly contagious, often fatal disease. …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Education
Prisoners Find Their Voice in Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Jennifer Bowen Hicks wandered the United States for many years freelancing for literary magazines and teaching writing classes before making her home in Minnesota. In 2011, she decided to share her unique writing skill with …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Private Prisons
Kentucky Leases Closed Private Prison to Use as State Facility by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Kentucky in December 2020 reopened Otter Creek Correctional Center (OCCC), leasing it from CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), but staffing it with state employed Department of Corrections (DOC) staff. Its …
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