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Article • November 8, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016
Settlement Comprehensively Overhauls Solitary Confinement in New York Prisons by Matthew Clarke On December 16, 2015, the State of New York and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) announced a final settlement agreement that will change many aspects of the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s use …
Book Review: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, by Dr. Heather Ann Thompson (Pantheon Books, 2016). 752 pages, $24.00 (hardcover) Book review by Alan Mills Anyone who wants to …
Article • November 7, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Moratorium by David Reutter Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in early 2015; predictably, the move was lauded by opponents of capital punishment and despised by those in favor of the death penalty. State prosecutors petitioned the Pennsylvania Supreme …
Hunger Strikes by Immigrant Detainees Expose Abuses by ICE, Private Detention Centers by Joe Watson A series of hunger strikes over the past two years by detainees at federal immigration detention facilities from Washington state to Pennsylvania have called for an end to the incarceration and deportation of undocumented immigrants, …
Oregon Prison Parenting Program Dramatically Reduces Recidivism by Mark Wilson Oregon prisoners who complete a parenting program are significantly less likely to engage in criminal behavior and substance abuse after release, a long-term study found. More than half of America’s 2.3 million prisoners have children under the age of 18 …
Article • November 7, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016
From the Editor by Paul Wright By now everyone should have received our special fundraiser issue, which includes our 2015 annual report. We don’t get many visitors to our office in Lake Worth, Florida, and when we do reactions tend to fall into two categories when people realize we have …
Article • November 1, 2016
Georgia Sheriff Opens Veterans Jail that's 'Too Good for Everyone Else by A Columbus, Georgia, sheriff opened what's believed to be a first-of-its-kind jail in April 2012 dedicated to providing offenders who are military veterans with mental health treatment, substance abuse counseling and community transition skills in a sort of …
Arizona Governor's Record on Clemency is Brutal, Unlikely to Change by In Arizona, where most residents throughout the state seldom experience thunderstorms, data shows that it's more likely criminal offenders will be struck by lightning than granted clemency by the governor. And the rarity of commutation is likely to be …
Article • November 1, 2016
Texas Plans to Allow In-Prison Marriage Ceremonies for Prisoners by Texas prison officials have announced plans to permit what has long been prohibited in Texas prisons--weddings. The move was spurred by the elimination of proxy marriages for prisoners, the traditionally method used by Texas prisoners to marry. Proxy marriages allow …
Private Prison Company Not Liable for Guard's Death in Riot by Lonnie Burton Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) successfully moved in federal court to dismiss a suit brought by the survivors of a guard who was killed by prisoners during a riot in 2012. On May 20, 2012, prisoners rioted …
Kickback publication • November 1, 2016
ND DOC Rates 2017-2020 EXHIBIT B - Compensation Details 1. PRICING Telephone Rates CONTRACTOR will provide telephone services to the STATE and will charge the following rates (plus applicable taxes and regulatory fees): Collect Local lntraLATA lnterLATA lnterLATA lntraLATA Intrastate Intrastate Interstate Interstate Per Minute Rate $0.079 $0.079 $0.079 $0.079 …
New York Settles Indigent Defense Suit; $5.5 Million in Attorney Fees by Plaintiffs filed a state court class-action suit alleging the system of indigent legal services for defendants in New York criminal cases was unconstitutionally deficient. On October 22, 2014, the state and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), …
Article • October 25, 2016
Federal Court Orders Release of Prisoner from S.H.U.; Ninth Circuit Reverses by Lonnie Burton Robert Lee Griffin has been in prison since 1970. In 1979 he was validated as a member of the Aryan Brotherhood ("AB") and placed in the Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in …
Letter to Rep. Reed re Fentanyl Death Penalty Bill H.R. 6158 HELP Act of 2016, 2016 October 18, 2016 The Honorable Tom Reed U.S. House of Representatives 2437 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 cc: Speaker Paul Ryan, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Rep. John Conyers. RE: …
Article • October 14, 2016
Pardon for Michigan Attorney Has Political Connotations by After Michigan Governor Rick Snyder reorganized the state’s parole board, he told its new members he had an interest in granting pardons to prevent a criminal conviction from being an economic barrier to applicants. Then, in March 2015 he granted a rare …
U.S. Department of Justice Finds Fault with Privatized Federal Prisons by Christopher Zoukis Privately-operated federal prisons, also known as contract prisons, have more violence, use-of-force incidents and contraband seizures than facilities run by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), among other findings in an August 2016 report by the U.S. …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Alabama Public Service Commission Enacts Prison, Jail Phone Reforms by David Reutter Over the past several years, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a series of orders that revise an October 2013 order related to rule changes for Inmate Calling Services (ICS). The PSC issued its most recent …
Studies Suggest Parental Incarceration is More Damaging to Children than Death of a Parent by Christopher Zoukis A study published in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior found much higher rates of significant health and behavioral problems among children of incarcerated parents as opposed …
Conservatives Try to Co-opt Criminal Justice Reform by Matthew Clarke After decades of driving prison expansion by espousing tough-on-crime sentencing laws, advocating for policies to lock up criminals and throw away the key, and exploiting the public’s fear of crime, conservative lawmakers have finally discovered criminal justice reform. Like European …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
There is Talk of Prison Reform, but for the 150,000 People in Prison for Life, There is No Reform on the Horizon by Life and life without parole sentencing, like mass incarceration itself, needs a reexamination. by Kali Holloway, AlterNet Almost 160,000 prisoners are currently serving life sentences in the United …
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