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Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Ineffective Treatment of Ohio Prisoner’s Psoriasis Defeats Summary Judgment by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on July 16, 2017 that an Ohio prisoner presented sufficient evidence to survive summary judgment in a claim that prison medical officials chose a less efficacious treatment method. Ohio prisoner Kevin Darrah was …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Oregon Parole Board Cannot Postpone Elapsed Release Date by The Oregon Court of Appeals held on February 15, 2017 that the Oregon Parole Board lacked authority to postpone a prisoner’s release date after that date has passed. John Jones murdered a woman on May 30, 1988, when he was 17 …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
San Quentin’s “Ear Hustle” Podcast Makes History, Receives Praise by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, both incarcerated at California’s San Quentin State Prison, made broadcasting history by creating “Ear Hustle” – the first podcast from behind prison walls. The nine-episode first season of “Ear Hustle” …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Overworked South Koreans Relax at Prison-themed Retreat by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Two hours west of Pyeongchang in South Korea, home of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, guests pay 500,000 Korean won (about $470 U.S.) to stay for a week at Prison Inside Me, a jail-themed meditation center in …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Alaska DOC’s 1990 Prison Conditions Settlement Still Enforceable by In March 2017, the Alaska Supreme Court held that a 1990 settlement agreement in a class-action prison conditions suit had not been terminated and remained enforceable. Alaska Department of Corrections (ADOC) prisoners brought a class-action suit challenging prison conditions in 1981. …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Declaratory Judgment in Mississippi Case Challenging Indefinite Jail Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Mississippi federal district court has issued an agreed declaratory judgment in a case brought by two defendants who were held for long periods of time in the Scott County Detention Center without an individualized …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Four Guilty in Federal Student Loan Scam Using Prisoners’ Identities by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On January 12, 2018, Mercedes Diaz, 28, was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in an identity theft scheme that preyed upon 181 prisoners in Colorado, Arizona, Ohio, Florida and Illinois …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Two Cellmates Die at Private Louisiana Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A bizarre incident that resulted in the deaths of two pretrial detainees at the Richwood Correctional Center (RCC) in Louisiana reflects how understaffing and inadequate training at privately-operated jails can have life-changing consequences. Following a traffic …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Damages
$50,000 Damage Award Garnished for Restitution Payment by The Oregon Court of Appeals, on June 28, 2017, upheld the garnishment of a prisoner’s $50,000 federal damage award as partial payment of her restitution judgment. In 2009, Sandra Quesnoy was convicted of theft charges in Oregon and sentenced to 18 months …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Settlements in Arizona DOC, BOP Lawsuits Over Release Debit Card Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The parties in a class-action suit filed in federal district court, which alleged Bank of America (BOA) charged excessive fees for debit cards given to Arizona state prisoners upon their release, reached a …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Fourth Circuit Vacates Sua Sponte Dismissal Due to Non-exhaustion by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court’s sua sponte dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit for failure to exhaust available administrative remedies. The Virginia Department of Corrections’ (VDOC) grievance procedure requires prisoners to first submit an informal …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Deaths Soar 600 Percent at Nevada Jail Under New Sheriff by by David M. Reutter An investigative report by the Reno Gazette-Journal found that 13 detainees died at WCJ in the two years since Allen took office. Just two were ruled deaths by natural causes; the others resulted from two …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Aramark, Food
Ohio Experiences Continued Problems with Aramark by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) overpaid food service giant Aramark $57,193 for food provided to nonexistent prisoners, investigators found. The overpayment was uncovered by the state Office of the Inspector General (OIG). According to a …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For the past 27 years we have reported on the private prison industry and its expansion. Despite a lot of rhetoric and dire or optimistic predictions (depending on who was making them at the time and their financial relationship with for-profit …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Fifth Circuit Okays Mississippi County’s Strip Search of 12-Year-Old Girl by On February 21, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to Lee County, Mississippi in a lawsuit over a pre-teen girl who was strip searched after being brought to a county …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
PCI Announces Awards for Private Prison Activism, Advocacy, News Reporting by On February 6, 2018, the Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a non-profit citizen watchdog organization, announced its 2017 awards for individual activism, organizational advocacy and excellence in news reporting related to the private prison industry. PCI opposes the privatization of …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
News in Brief by Alabama: Five state prison guards were arrested in May 2017, accused of using their positions for personal gain. The arrests followed a three-month investigation at the Staton Correctional Facility, and resulted in Ronald Dickerson, 23, Jarod McDowell, 29, Joshua Alexander, 26, Leonard Scott, 31, and Patrick …
The High Cost of Texas Prison Rape Data by Edward Lyon by Edward B. Lyon A recent request for sexual assault data in Texas prisons since 2013 was estimated to cost $1,132,024.30. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) stated it needs over 61,000 hours to "hand search" more than …
Article • March 1, 2018
Nebraska Prisoner Prevails on Religious Rights Lawsuit by Edward Lyon by Edward B. Lyon On August 21, 2014, a settlement between prisoner Harold Wilson and defendants Diane Sabatka-Rine, Mario Peart and Michael Edison was agreed to by all parties. Nebraska will pay $15,000 in attorney fees and guarantee Wilson access …
Article • February 22, 2018
$450,000 to Prisoner's Estate for Beating Death by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Oregon prison officials have paid $450,000 to settle state and federal claims that systemic gang violence resulted in a prisoner being murdered in his cell. Officials had previously admitted that staff negligence was a “substantial factor” in …
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