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Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Filed under: Medical Misconduct
The Crisis in Prison Healthcare: Understanding Your Rights and Fighting for Change by Alex Dietz by Alex Dietz, Civil Rights Attorney at PCVA The state of healthcare in American prisons and jails has reached a critical point. As someone who regularly represents incarcerated individuals fighting for their basic right to …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Watchdog Finds “Serious Safety and Security Issues” at Oregon BOP Lockup by In a report issued on May 22, 2024, the federal Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) slammed persistent staff shortages at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Sheridan, Oregon, saying they raise “serious safety and …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
In Failure-to-Treat Claims, Wellpath Denied Dismissal in Virginia, Settles in Pennsylvania by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 11, 2024, private prison and jail healthcare contractor Wellpath LLC filed for bankruptcy protection from debtors collectively owed $544 million, casting doubt on its ability to continue in business, much …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Trends Show Mortality Risks Increase with Higher Jail Turnover Rates by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Thousands of people die in local jails annually. The causes of death vary, leading researchers to seek identifiable trends. A report published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on December 19, 2023, …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Kentucky’s Failure to Timely Release Prisoners Costs Taxpayers $30 Million (So Far) by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney When Kentucky prisoner Keith Bramblett complained about not receiving “good time credit” against his sentence for the class he took while incarcerated, an official with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) replied: …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Former Warden at Troubled Illinois Lockup Promoted to Run BOP Training Academy by Overlooking a troubling record of overseeing abusive conditions, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) promoted Andrew Ciolli in July 2024 to serve as director of the agency’s Management and Specialty Training Center (MSTC) in Aurora, Colorado. Ciolli …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Sprawling Indictment Targets Two Smuggling Networks Run by Georgia Prisoners by Two federal indictments unsealed on August 21, 2024, charged 23 current and former Georgia prisoners and their accomplices in a conspiracy using drones to distribute methamphetamine, marijuana and cellphones at two lockups in the southeastern part of the state. …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Georgia Deputy Warden and Guard Fired for Prisoner Sex Assaults, Second Guard Sentenced to 25 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 4, 2024, former Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Larenzo Cheeks, 25, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for having sex with three prisoners …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Spit Hoods, Modern Legacy of Torture by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Spit hoods are a type of restraint used by prison and jail guards, as well as other law enforcement and custodial healthcare professionals, ostensibly to protect themselves from the bites and spit of detainees. The instructions are …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Eighth Circuit Asked to Block New FCC Rules Capping Prison Phone Rates and Eliminating Ancillary Fees and Kickbacks by In a petition filed on September 30, 2024, the Republican Attorneys General of 14 states asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to block new rate caps on …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Kentucky Prisoners Take Advantage of Securus Software Glitch for $1 Million by On August 24, 2024, Kentucky’s Lexington Herald-Leader reported that prisoners at several state prisons took advantage of a software vulnerability in state-­issued Securus Technologies tablets to fraudulently create over $1 million in digital credits. The counterfeit funds were …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Alabama Jail Accused of Granting Detainee’s Medical Bond Just Before Death to Avoid Costly Medical Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Alabama’s Dallas County Jail (DCJ) has a “scheme” of releasing very ill detainees to avoid the cost of their medical care. That explosive allegation lay at the …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
$28.75 Million Settlement Paid by New York City in Suit Alleging Rikers Guards Stood by and Watched Detainee Hang Himself by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 5, 2024, the City of New York agreed to pay $28.75 million to settle a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint filed by Madeline …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Former state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Henry Guice, Jr., 46, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison on September 9, 2024, for his role in a drug smuggling conspiracy at Staton Correctional Facility. The Birmingham News reported that a fellow guard was inspecting …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by by Paul Wright Since our inception PLN has reported on the myriad means used to torture American prisoners. Torture and the wanton infliction pain have been an integral part of imprisonment since people first decided to start caging each other. In American history it has been …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Fifth Circuit Revives Texas Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Interference With His Muslim Religious Practice by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found error in a lower court’s judgment for Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) officials in a …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Colorado Becomes First State to Require Polling Stations in Jails by On May 31, 2024, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed S.B. 72 into law, making his the first state in the U.S. to require jails to operate in-­person polling stations for eligible detainees to cast a vote. Some 6,000 …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
BOP Ends “Blast” Messages on TRULINCS by On October 8, 2024, federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) spokesman Ben O’Cone announced a change to the TRULINCS messaging system used by prisoners: Starting then, no more than 10 prisoners can be addressed in any single message. The move put an end to …
PPI Releases 10th Anniversary Report on Mass Incarceration in the U.S. by On March 14, 2024, the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), a Massachusetts-­based non-­profit known for its data-­driven research on criminal justice, published its 10th annual report detailing how many people are locked up in the U.S. among all the …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Ninth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for California Jail Nurse Who Cleared Detainee for Release Just Before His Suicide by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Los Angeles County Jail nurse Trieste …
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