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Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Inspector General Calls California Prison Reform Efforts a $10 Million Failure by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2021, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued its finding that a $10 million effort by the state prison system—to address deficiencies that OIG previously uncovered in reporting staff …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Pew Study Shows Crime Falls but Spending on Jails Soar by David Reutter by David M. Reutter "Nationwide, crime and jail admissions decreased between 2007 and 2017, yet spending on jails increased 13%, to $25 billion, over that span,” concludes a study issued by the Pew Charitable Trusts on February …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
State Auditor Report Critical of Texas Prison Agribusiness by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The State Auditor of Texas issued a report in March 2021 about the sale and production of food and fiber by the Agribusiness, Land and Minerals Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Auditor Appalled at Lack of Spending Controls in Mississippi Prison System by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Mississippi State Auditor on December 16, 2020, issued a report that made 18 findings of deficiencies within the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). MDOC has been plagued with violence, staff shortages, …
Publication • 2021
The PEW Charitable Trusts, Local Spending on Jails Tops $25 Billion, 2021 Chartbook Jan 2021 Getty Images Local Spending on Jails Tops $25 Billion in Latest Nationwide Data Costs increased despite falling crime and fewer people being admitted to jail The Pew Charitable Trusts Michael Caudell-Feagan, executive vice president and …
Report: Border Patrol Misappropriated Funds and Failed to Provide Proper Medical Care to Accurately Report Migrant Deaths by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney As a surge in migrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border made headlines in March 2020, the federal agency in charge was still trying to address deficiencies uncovered …
Brief • April 27, 2021
Ziegler v. Ivey, AL, Complaint, Private Prison Contracts, 2021 DOCUMENT 2 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 4/27/2021 4:53 PM 03-CV-2021-900447.00 CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA GINA J. ISHMAN, CLERK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA JIM ZEIGLER JOHN W. ROGERS LESLIE OGBURN KENNY GLASGOW ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Study Shows Misaligned Economic Incentives Fuel Mass Incarceration by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An academic study by a University of Pennsylvania professor published in November 2020 shows that mismatched economic incentives — local governments making sentencing decisions while the state government pays the costs of incarceration — are an …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Oklahoma Prisoners Call for Better Nutrition by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) was accused of not providing nutritionally fit meals in an article published October 24, 2020. Prisoners say portions are too small to be of value, there are little to no vegetables, and …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
No-Show Prison Workers Cost Mississippi Taxpayers Millions by Joseph Neff, Alysia Santo Prisoners, guards face danger from chronic understaffing by MTC by Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo, The Marshall Project This article was published in partnership with The Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi Today and The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. When Darrell …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Sixth Circuit Affirms Tennessee DOC’s Hepatitis C Treatment Due to Lack of Funds by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s grant of judgment for prison officials in a class action that alleged that the Tennessee Department of Corrections’ (TDOC) Hepatitis …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
As Millions Suffer, Congress Awards BOP $356 Million for New Kansas Prison by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson As millions of Americans suffer economic pain from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s business as usual for fat cat lawmakers who continue to reveal how out of touch and indifferent they are to …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Privatized Food Service Problems at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A recent audit at an Allegheny county jail revealed a series of shortcomings by a food service contractor tasked with providing meals to prisoners. Florida-based contractor Trinity Services Group was paid $3.5 million to provide …
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 • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Mississippi Prisons in Crisis by David Reutter Prisons beset with gang-related violence, overcrowding, understaffing and weak funding. by David M. Reutter Between late last year and early April 2020, more than 30 Mississippi prisoners died due togang violence, suicide or illness – over 10 times the average of 3.4 prisoner …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Rappers Jay-Z and Yo Gatti Help Prisoners in Mississippi Sue State Over “Inhumane and Unconstitutional Conditions” by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Lawyers representing music stars Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims, along with Carter’s entertainment company, Team Roc, filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Mississippi Jail to Stay Open Despite Massive “Financial Trouble” by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On December 12, 2019, the Board of Supervisors of Mississippi’s Issaquena County granted an eleventh-hour reprieve to the Issaquena County Regional Jail just five days before it was set to close and over 300 prisoners …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Missouri Requires County Jails to House State Prisoners, Then Doesn’t Pay for Them by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The state government in Missouri owes counties more than $33 million for housing and transporting state prisoners during fiscal year 2019. Although state law places no cap on the …
Worth Rises: Paying for Jail - How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities, 2019 PAYING FOR JAIL How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities DE C EMBE R 2 01 9 C O- PUBL IS H E D BY: WO RTH RISES Worth Rises is a …
Association of Restrictive Housing With Mortality, JAMA, 2019 Original Investigation | Public Health Association of Restrictive Housing During Incarceration With Mortality After Release Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD; Josie Sivaraman, MSPH; David L. Rosen, PhD, MD; David H. Cloud, JD, MPH; Gary Junker, PhD; Scott Proescholdbell, MPH; Meghan E. Shanahan, PhD; Shabbar …
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