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Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Arizona: Lawsuit Spurs Significant Reforms for Death Row Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal lawsuit that settled in March 2017 resulted in the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) drastically improving conditions of confinement for death row prisoners. Pursuant to the settlement, most of the state’s 120 condemned …
Texas Uses Failed Private Prison to Hold Civilly Committed Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2015, Texas converted its outpatient program for civilly committed sex offenders into a “tiered” treatment program, in which participants start out in a “total confinement facility” at twice the cost of the …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Georgia Medical Prison Rife with Dysfunction, Abuse and Dilapidated Conditions by David Reutter by David Reutter Poor sanitation, asbestos contamination, leaky roofs, inadequate health care, the loss of a top doctor frustrated with it all – those are just some of the problems that have plagued Georgia’s Augusta State Medical …
California Prisoner Moved to Formerly Condemned Facility with No Bed Settles Civil Rights Suit by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis David C. Moore, a California prisoner who was temporarily sent to a different prison and assigned to a cell with no bed, the conditions of which caused him back pains, …
Status of Medical Issues of Somali Detainees, 2018 Case 1:17-cv-24574-DPG Document 160-6 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/19/2018 Page 1 of 2 STATUS OF MEDICAL ISSUES OF SOMALI DETAINEES July 18, 2018 Glades 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ABDI AADAN, Mohamed Kaafi, A#079 262 218 a. Wrists are …
Brief • July 9, 2018
King County and Columbia Legal Services and Plaintiffs, Settlement, re Solitary Confinement of Juveniles, WA, exhibit A, 2018 Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 24-1 Filed 07/09/18 Page 1 of 6 EXHIBIT A Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 24-1 Filed 07/09/18 Page 2 of 6 Exhibit A-1 Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 24-1 Filed 07/09/18 Page 3 …
A Puerto Rican Federal Prisoner’s Horrifying Account of What the Prison did After Hurricane Maria by Milton Pinilla describes a horrific week of violence, humiliation and fear. by Nick Chrastil,  ThinkProgress Like much of Puerto Rico, the island’s only federal detention center ­– the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Guaynabo – …
Warmbier v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DC, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 1 Filed 04/26/18 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CYNTHIA WARMBIER, individually and ) as personal representative of the Estate of ) ) Otto Warmbier, ) …
Barrientos, Galicia and Ahmed vs. CoreCivic, Inc., class action complaint, immigrant labor, 2018 Case 4:18-cv-00070-CDL Document 1 Filed 04/17/18 Page 1 of 32 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA COLUMBUS DIVISION WILHEN HILL BARRIENTOS, MARGARITO VELAZQUEZ GALICIA, and SHOAIB AHMED individually and on behalf of all …
Immigrant, Refugee Detainees Allege Abusive Treatment at Private Texas Facility by Steve Horn Detainees predominantly from Somalia have alleged abusive conditions and treatment at a Sierra Blanca, Texas, immigration detention facility operated by LaSalle Corrections, according to a new report published by the Texas A&M University School of Law Immigrant …
USP Lewisburg Special Management Unit Report with BOP Response 2018 Source: bop.gov USP Lewisburg Special Management Unit District of Columbia Corrections Information Council April 6, 2018 District of Columbia Corrections Information Council Charles Thornton, Board Chair Phylisa Carter, Board Member Katharine A. Huffman, Board Member Calvin Woodland Jr., Board Member …
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration by Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren, Maureen Nandini Mitra by Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren and Maureen Nandini Mitra Matthew Morgenstern is convinced his Hodgkin’s lymphoma was caused by exposure to toxic coal ash from the massive dump right across the road from …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Totality of Conditions
As Wyoming State Penitentiary Falls Apart, Officials Rush Repairs by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Built just 17 years ago, but on unstable ground, Wyoming’s maximum-security penitentiary in Rawlins suffers from a sinking foundation, cracking walls and ceilings, and flooding from both a failing roof and broken, badly-installed pipes. In …
The Campaign to Close the Workhouse and Promote a New Vision for St. Louis, 2018 -EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- The City of St. Louis condemns hundreds of mostly poor and Black people to suffer in unspeakably hellish and inhumane conditions at the “Workhouse,” officially known as the Medium Security Institution. Over 95% …
Langford v. Bullock, MT, Settlement Agreement III, ADA Compliance, 2018 Case 6:93-cv-00046-DWM-JCL Document 1542 Filed 02/23/18 Page 1 of 100 ERIC BALABAN National Prison Project of the ACLUF 915 15th Street, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 202.393.4930 ALEX RATE ACLU of Montana P.O. Box 9138 Missoula, MT 406.443.8590 JON ELLINGSON …
Office of the Inspector General, Nebraska Correctional System, 2016-17 Annual Report, 2017 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NEBRASKA CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM 2016/2017 ANNUAL REPORT Abstract An annual report regarding the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and the Nebraska Office of Parole Administration. The report is a summary of the year’s …
Florida Lawmaker Visits Prisons, Audits Private Prison Contracts by David Reutter by David Reutter In prison after prison across the state, over a period of two years, Florida state Representative David Richardson found that toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, pillows, sheets, shirts and soap were often withheld from prisoners, especially those in …
ACLU - re Private Military and Security Companies, UN Working Group, 2017 Written Statement of the American Civil Liberties Union Before the United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self Determination …
Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales - Annual Report 2016-2017, 2017 HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales Annual Report 2016–17 HC 208 HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales Annual Report 2016–17 Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 5A of the Prison Act …
Gangs, Privatization Create “Chaotic” Conditions in Mississippi Prisons by David Reutter By David Reutter Mention prison and most people imagine dark thoughts.  The reasons for those thoughts vary from a fear of losing personal freedom to the images from Hollywood that portray prison as a gladiator school where violence reigns …
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