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Article • January 7, 2016
ACLU Calls for Nationwide Ban on Solitary Confinement of Children by Joe Watson To minimize psychological and physical harm to children behind bars, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recommends in a recent report that solitary confinement should be banned in all juvenile facilities. Though several states in recent years—including Alaska, …
Article • January 7, 2016
Segregation Rate and Segregated Prisoner Suicide Rate High in Texas by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke At around 5.5%, the segregation rate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is over twice the national average of 2.7%. Segregating so many prisoners raises questions about the mental health effects of …
Colorado Court Finds Book Limitation Policy Violates Prisoner’s Religious Rights, but Case Reversed on Appeal by David Reutter A federal district court held that a Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) policy which limits prisoners in administrative segregation to having no more than two personal books at a time violates the …
Connecticut Prisoner Obtains Settlement in Civil Rights Case by Derek Gilna Connecticut Prisoner Obtains Settlement in Civil Rights Case by Derek Gilna Jerome Riddick, who has acknowledged he has a variety of mental disabilities, suffered for many years in the State of Connecticut’s prison system; at one point he was …
Peoples v. Fischer, NY, Settlement Agreement, Special Housing Units, 2015 Case 1:11-cv-02694-SAS Document 137-1 Filed 12/16/15 Page 1 of 79 EXHIBIT 1 Case 1:11-cv-02694-SAS Document 137-1 Filed 12/16/15 Page 2 of 79 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------x LEROY PEOPLES, TONJA FENTON and : DEWAYNE RICHARDSON, …
Butler et al v. Niles et al, GA, Complaint, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-04239-MHC Document 1 Filed 12/07/15 Page 1 of 67 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION DENISE BUTLER and JIMMY DAVIDSON, individually and on behalf of the ESTATE OF J.D. (a minor), …
Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News by Alan Prendergast Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News by Alan Prendergast The U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum outside Florence, Colorado, better known as ADX, has a deserved reputation as the highest-security supermax prison on the planet. It houses some of the most …
Article • November 16, 2015
Bizarre Ruling Deprives Arkansas Prisoner of Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action by Bizarre Ruling Deprives Arkansas Prisoner of Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action On May 15, 2014, the Arkansas Supreme Court denied a state prisoner the right to seek judicial review of a disciplinary action because he did not pay …
Estrada v. Blansett, NM, Settlement, Solitary Confinement, 2015 FULL .AND FINAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAWS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT Two million, nine hundred thousand dollars ($2,900,000.00), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Diana Estrada, as Next Friend of Jerome Gonzales, (hereinafter referred to as "Releasot"), does-hereby. forever release, …
Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? by Baz Dreisinger Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? The U.S. incarceration problem is now the world’s to solve. by Baz Dreisinger Behind the bars of a prison in Brazil, the federal agent on duty sidled up to me. “You’re getting a good report, yes?” he …
Article • October 28, 2015
California's Secret Solitary Courts by Sarah Shourd California's Secret Solitary Courts by Sarah Shourd Despite a new settlement that bans indefinite solitary confinement in California, prisons are finding new secondary excuses to lengthen time in the SHU. A change in policy in California just last month could result in an …
Violence in Texas Prisons Tied to Mental Illness by Violence in Texas Prisons Tied to Mental Illness Conclusions of a longitudinal study found that the most violent Texas prisons also house the highest percentage of mentally ill prisoners. The study conducted by the Texas Tribune from 2006 to 2012 collected …
Brief • October 28, 2015
Aref v. Lynch, DC, Brief for Plaintiffs-Appellants, CMU Placement, 2015 USCA Case #15-5154 Document #1580576 Filed: 10/28/2015 Page 1 of 72 ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit  No. 15-5154 YASSIN MUHIDDIN AREF; KIFAH JAYYOUSI; DANIEL MCGOWAN, Plaintiffs-Appellants, – v. …
Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison by Mark Binelli Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison by Mark Binelli, New York Times Magazine For years, conditions inside the United States’ only federal supermax facility were largely a mystery. But a landmark lawsuit is finally revealing the harsh world within. In prison, Rodney Jones told …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Ohio Limits Solitary Confinement for Juvenile Offenders by Derek Gilna Ohio Limits Solitary Confinement for Juvenile Offenders by Derek Gilna Ohio’s Department of Youth Services, which is responsible for the incarceration of offenders ages 10 to 21, reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in May 2014 …
Article • October 26, 2015
Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions by James Ridgeway Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway A long-awaited audit of the use of solitary and other forms of isolated confinement in the …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Association of State Correctional Administrators Study Criticizes Solitary Confinement by Derek Gilna Association of State Correctional Administrators Study Criticizes Solitary Confinement by Derek Gilna In August 2015, the Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA), made up of the heads of state prison systems, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and …
Pennsylvania: Settlement Means Better Care for Severely Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter Pennsylvania: Settlement Means Better Care for Severely Mentally Ill Prisoners by David M. Reutter and Derek Gilna Severely mentally ill prisoners in Pennsylvania state prisons will receive improved treatment and live in better conditions following the settlement …
Patient A v. Vermont Agency of Human Services, VT, Order on Mot for SJ, CCS Medical Malpractice, 2015 Case 5:14-cv-00206-gwc Document 85 Filed 10/23/15 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT PATIENT A, Plaintiff, v. VERMONT AGENCY OF HUMAN SERVICES, VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL …
Ind v. CDOC, CO, Order Vacating Judgment, RLUIPA Christian Separatism ad seg books, 2015.pdf Case 1:09-cv-00537-WJM-KLM Document 336 Filed 10/19/15 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge William J. Martínez Civil Action No. 09-cv-0537-WJM-KLM JACOB IND, Plaintiff, v. COLORADO …
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