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Article • November 30, 2017
Failing to Report on Hawaii Furlough Is Not Escape by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Hawaii Supreme Court reversed an escape conviction, finding that failing to report to a caseworker while on extended furlough is not escape. In June 2011, Hawaii prisoner Eugene Paris Jr. was released on an …
Article • November 30, 2017
Nevada: Woman Freed After 35 Years Sues for Wrongful Murder Conviction by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Homophobic police officers in Reno, Nevada framed a mentally ill woman for a murder she did not commit by labeling her a lesbian, withholding evidence and coercing a confession from her, her attorneys …
Article • November 30, 2017
Michigan Court Forced to End “Pay or Stay” Policy by David Reutter by David Reutter A Michigan state district court judge was ordered to end a “pay or stay” policy that he used to toss poor defendants in jail for their inability to pay fines, fees and court costs. The …
Article • November 28, 2017
Court: Treatment of South Carolina’s Mentally Ill Prisoners Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David Reutter In finding the treatment of South Carolina’s prisoners with “serious mental illness” is unconstitutional Judge J. Michael Baxley said that the case is “the most troubling” of those he has seen in more than 14 …
Article • November 28, 2017
Third Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Grievance Threat Retaliation Claim by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a reasonable fact finder could conclude that a prisoner was issued a misconduct report in retaliation for threatening to file a grievance. Pennsylvania …
Article • November 28, 2017
Filed under: Costs, Juveniles
Ninth Circuit: Incarceration Costs Subject to Bankruptcy Discharge by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "Seeking to obtain…revenue by unremittingly pursuing legal actions against disadvantaged individuals--the counterproductive practice at issue here--can have damaging effects on the community," the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently declared. "Not only …
Article • November 28, 2017
Arkansas Supreme Court: Accident Report Information Not Exempt from FOIA Disclosure by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Arkansas Supreme Court held that the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) does not prohibit public disclosure of information contained in vehicle accident reports from being released under the Freedom of Information …
Article • November 28, 2017
Filed under: War on Drugs, Sentencing, Parole
Missouri’s Release of Pot Dealer Doing LWOP Gives Hope to Nonviolent Drug Offenders Incarcerated Nationwide by Joe Watson By Joe Watson Jeff Mizanskey, a 62-year-old Missouri state prisoner serving life without parole (LWOP) on a nonviolent drug conviction, was released on Sept, 2, 2015, eliciting cautious optimism that thousands like …
Article • November 28, 2017
Filed under: Staffing
Top Florida Prison Brass Forced to Reapply for Their Jobs by The Secretary for Florida’s Department of Corrections (FDC), Julie Jones, required the agency’s top 12 officials to reapply for their jobs. The move affects the positions of the top brass at each of FDC’s three regions. It allowed Jones …
Article • November 28, 2017
Report Finds Medical Professionals Facilitated Torture of Alleged Terrorists by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Task Force on Preserving Medical Professionalism in National Security Detention Centres issued a report slamming health care professionals voluntarily working with the military and intelligence communities who “[p]articipated in cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment …
Article • November 16, 2017
State Bar of Texas Pursuing Disciplinary Action against Prosecutor Who Lied about Deals with Jailhouse Informants in Capital Case by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In September 25, 2017, the State Bar of Texas filed a disciplinary action against former Harris County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth A. Exley. She is …
Five Years after Implementation, PREA Standards Remain Inadequate by Derek Gilna “We should not be tolerating rape in prison.” – President Barack Obama, July 2015 by Derek Gilna The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), passed unanimously by Congress in 2003, was a rare instance of bipartisan cooperation, and its passage signaled …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Lockdowns, Jail Specific
Cook County Jail Locked Down on Mother’s Day; Over 200 Workers Absent by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On Sunday, May 14, 2017--Mother’s Day--86 guards called out sick at the Cook County Jail in Chicago while another 120 cited the Family Medical Leave Act to justify their absences. The jail …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Jail Specific, Booking Fees
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on Jail Booking Fees by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to rule on the issue of jail “booking fees” – fees charged when arrestees are jailed, which are not always returned upon their release. The case involved a …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Prisoners in Flint, Michigan Lied to About Water Crisis; Lawsuit Settles by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan developed in 2015 and 2016, detainees held at the Genesee County Jail (GCJ) were told the water they drank, cooked with and bathed in …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Michigan Court Forced to End “Pay or Stay” Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Michigan state district court judge was ordered to end a “pay or stay” policy that he used to toss poor defendants in jail for their inability to pay fines, fees and court costs.  …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Eighth Amendment
Seventh Circuit Allows Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claim to Proceed by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a district court’s ruling that a former prisoner’s Eighth Amendment claim of cruel and unusual punishment could not go forward. The appellate court did, however, …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Former Utah Jail Commander Pleads Guilty to Misuse of Public Money by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Galen Bret Allred, 47, the former commander of the Iron County Correctional Facility in Utah, pleaded guilty on September 7, 2017 to one third-degree felony count of misuse of public funds. Millard County …
Article • November 7, 2017
The Fight to Restore Ex-felons’ Voting Rights in Virginia by David Reutter by David M. Reutter By an executive order signed on April 22, 2016, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe restored the voting rights of more than 206,000 convicted felons. The order not only allowed former prisoners the right to vote …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Prison Labor
Concern over Use of Prisoners to Clear Homeless Camps in Washington, Oregon by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In November 2016, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Seattle, Washington adopted a resolution calling on the city to stop using state Department of Corrections (DOC) work crews to clean up homeless …
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