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Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Ohio County Executive and Underlings Under Investigation for Jail Corruption and Deaths by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Usually the highest elected official of a county in the U.S. is the sheriff. In Ohio, the highest elected county official in the state’s counties is the county executive. That position is …
Florida Jail Administrators Fired After Woman Gives Birth in Cell by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A jail prisoner in Broward County gave birth in her cell recently, with staff ignoring her pleas for help until just prior to delivery. Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony fired two top administrators …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Successive Corruption Scandal Rocks Mississippi Prison System by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon "We are the ones who are supposed to be protecting society from the criminals, not be the criminals,” the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) said at a September 18, 2020 press conference. “So we …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, COVID-19
California Prison System Fined $400,000 For Prisoner Transfers That Sparked Surge in COVID-19, Also Faulted For Easing Restrictions by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On February 4, 2021, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) was fined $400,000 by a state agency for placing the staff of its San …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
California Sheriff Hid Number of Deaths in Sacramento County Jails by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Sheriff Scott Jones of Sacramento, California has been exposed for failing to report deaths at two Sacramento County jails. California Department of Justice records show that at least nine people died in the county …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Innovative Vermont Prison Superintendent’s Demotion for Sexist Language Proves Controversial by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Former Vermont prison Superintendent Ed Adams has found himself the subject of repeated media scrutiny over the last few years, and his story is illustrative of the problems that surround prison reform, public records …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Former Angola Warden Burl Cain Appointed Head of Mississippi Prison System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Former Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain’s 21-year tenure running the prison complex at Angola was both long and controversial. His critics accused him of religious bias, blatant racial prejudice and excessive use …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Fines
Can Kentucky Keep Charging Prisoners for Their Jail Stay if They Are Found Not Guilty? by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Kentucky State law allows county jails to charge prisoners a daily fee during their stay while fighting their case. But what happens when the person is found not guilty …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Utah State Auditor Finds Grave Deficiencies in Prisoner Placement Program by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. A January 23, 2020, report from the Office of the State Auditor reveals poor oversight by the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) of its Inmate Placement Program (IPP), which places state prisoners …
Brief • June 30, 2020
Armstrong v. Newsom, CA, Motion, retaliating against incarcerated people with disabilities, motion to stop assault, 2020 Case 4:94-cv-02307-CW Document 2948 Filed 06/03/20 Page 1 of 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DONALD SPECTER – 083925 RITA K. LOMIO – …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Restraints
They Went to Jail. Then They Say They Were Strapped to a Chair for Days. by Maurice Chammah Allegations in a Missouri lawsuit shed light on how some jail officials use restraint chairs, which have been linked to dozens of deaths. by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project, published in partnership …
Notice Regarding Investigation of South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Allorney General 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW - RFK Washington, DC 20530 FEB Ot2020 The Honorable Henry McMaster Governor of South Carolina State House 1100 …
Investigations into Texas Jail Deaths Find Thousands of Guards Untrained, on Temporary Licenses by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An investigation by the Dallas Morning News into the Christmas Eve 2016 death of prisoner Andy Debusk at the Parker County jail revealed that not only did the guards at the …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Santa Clara County Jail Captain Accused of Misconduct, Retires by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In early June 2019, Captain Amy Le, 51, former president of the Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers’ Association, was walked off the sheriff’s office property and placed on paid leave. The reasons for her …
The Untold Stories of Jail Deaths in Washington, Columbia Legal Services, 2019 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN The Untold Stories of Jail Deaths in Washington May 2019 Columbia Legal Services advocates for laws that advance social, economic, and racial equity for people living in poverty. www.columbialegal.org For more information about this …
Brief • May 31, 2019
United States v. Abston, AL, indictment, misuse of surplus jail food allowance money, 2019 FILED Case 7:19-cr-00312-LCB-HNJ Document 1 Filed 05/29/19 Page 1 of 18 2019 May-31 PM 01:36 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA JET / JBW: June 2019 Grand Jury # 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
New York City Pre-trial Detainees Exposed to Freezing Temperatures at Federal Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York, a 1,654-bed facility operated by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that houses defendants awaiting trial, was without main and generator-supplied electricity between …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Texas Accounts for Over Ten Percent of Nation’s Jail Deaths by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke There are over 1,000 prisoner deaths each year in U.S. jails, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and one of every ten occurs in Texas. Over the nine-month period between October 1, 2017 …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Virginia Jail Officials Indicted on Civil Rights Violations by A Western District of Virginia federal grand jury indicted two former Rockbridge County Regional Jail (RCRJ) officials on charges related to civil rights violations and falsifying documents to obstruct justice. The August 14, 2018 indictment, which was initially sealed, included four …
Wade v. Eversole, et al., OH, Settlement, Pepper Spray, Restraint, Assault on Jail Prisoner, 2019 Case: 3:17-cv-00051-TMR Doc #: 80-2 Filed: 01/25/19 Page: 1 of 7 PAGEID #: 2151 EXHIBIT B Case: 3:17-cv-00051-TMR Doc #: 80-2 Filed: 01/25/19 Page: 2 of 7 PAGEID #: 2152 EXHIBIT B Case: 3:17-cv-00051-TMR Doc …
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