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Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Mental Health and Prison Systems in Major Need of Reform by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An article in the Harvard Political Review by Jenna Bao published March 9, 2020, reported that the movement to deinstitutionalize mental health facilities and save costs, which began in the 1950s, has resulted in …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
NYC Floating Jail May Finally be Closed by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx was emblematic of the Big Apple’s rotten core in the 1990s, an area saturated with drugs, homelessness and prostitution. Facing an influx of inmates from rising crime rates, the city …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Fourth Circuit Holds South Carolina DOC Lawyers Entitled to Qualified Immunity by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that lawyers for the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) who made a legal error in interpreting new state law were entitled to qualified immunity. …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
New Study Shows “Tough on Crime” Generation Spent More Time in Prison Despite Falling Crime Rate by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A study by a group of criminologists and sociologists published in August 2020 found that an entire generation during the “tough on crime” era of the 1980s and …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Marriage
Beltway Sniper Marries in Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins For three weeks in October of 2002, the residents of the Washington, D.C. area lived in fear of unknown assassins taking aim at random victims. Thirteen people were shot during that period; 10 died. Perhaps the only thing more …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Report: New Jersey Women’s Prison Promoted Culture of Abuse by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) concluded a two-year investigation April 12, 2020 of allegations of continued sexual abuse against prisoners at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCFW). …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Missouri Downsizing Prisons to Save Cash by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, announced a plan to close a number of housing units at prisons throughout the state. Budget director Dan Haug said, ‘‘What they are doing is they are consolidating space …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Elections, Criminal Justice
Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice by Christopher Zoukis, Charles Sloan-Hillier by Christopher Zoukis and Charles Sloan-Hillier “If we catch a drug dealer – death penalty.” – President Donald J. Trump, 2018 “Lock the S.O.B.s up.” – Former Senator Joe Biden, 1994 As protests and calls for police reforms continue …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Delusional Prisoner’s Medical Malpractice Claim by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On March 20, 2020, Alaska’s Supreme Court shut down a state prisoner’s argument that his diagnosis as a schizophrenic was incorrect because he claims he can actually see ghosts due to a genetic …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Mental Health, Guards/Staff
$300,000 a Year Not Enough to Convince Psychiatrists to Work in California Prisons by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell  Suicides in California prisons reached a record high last year, with 38 recorded. According to prison and union officials, a lack of psychiatrists and other problems in the state’s prison system contributed to …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
DC Federal Court Enters Partial Preliminary Injunction Against District Jails For COVID-19 Deficiencies by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In an order entered June 18, 2020, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the federal district court of the District of Columbia entered a preliminary injunction against the district’s Department of Corrections (“DOC”), …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Out of State Transfers
Damage to South Carolina Prisons Shifts Prisoners to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Damage from tornados with winds in excess of 150 miles per hour in April of 2020 forced the immediate transfer of 956 low-security federal prisoners from Estill, South Carolina to the maximum-security U.S. Prison …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Social Media
Offensive Facebook Posts Cost Wisconsin Warden His Job by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Richard “Sam” Schneiter, a 65-year-old Wisconsin deputy prison warden in charge of 14 minimum-security prisons, was fired in November 2019 after posting offensive memes on his Facebook account. Schneiter posted two memes on Facebook last July, …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
More Than Half of Chicago’s COVID-19 Cases Linked to Cook County Jail by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Almost 60 percent of COVID-19 cases in Chicago were linked to police throwing people in the Cook County Jail and then releasing them to their home communities, according to a Harvard University …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Mother of Decapitated Prisoner Sues California Prison Officials for Housing Her Son with Prisoner Who Tried to Murder Previous Cellmate by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 2, 2020, the mother of a man murdered at the California State Penitentiary, Corcoran filed a lawsuit against California Department of Corrections …
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Unconstitutional Statute Authorizing Forcible Medication of Involuntarily Committed Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin held unconstitutional a statute permitting an involuntarily committed prisoner to be forcibly medicated without a court finding that the prisoner was dangerous. …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Work Release, Prison Labor
Wildfires Threaten Prisoners in West, While New California Law Helps Prisoner-Firefighters to Continue Work After Release by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell It used to be that specially trained prisoners who worked on the front lines fighting wildfires couldn’t continue to work as firefighters after their release. Thanks to a …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Staffing
National Guard Called in to Help Run Indiana State Prisons by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Indiana National Guard has switched roles in helping the Indiana Department of Correction (“IDOC”) during the coronavirus pandemic, from that of health-care workers to prison guards, as prison staff become infected by COVID-19. …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Pay-To-Vote for Florida Felons Who Completed Sentences by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a 6-4 en banc ruling, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that Florida can bar ex-felons from voting until they pay all court fines, fees, and restitution — even if they …
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