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Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Death Penalty
Analysis: Federal Executions in Indiana Became ‘Super-Spreader’ Events by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna It seems inconceivable that prison personnel selected to carry out the ultimate judicial sanction – execution — would willfully violate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and expose themselves, their families, prisoners and staff, clergy, …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Since our inception, the Human Rights Defense Center, the publisher of Prison Legal News, has opposed the death penalty. The saying that capital punishment means that those without the capital get the punishment well illustrates the inherent unfairness of how the …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
New Surge of COVID Is Spreading “Like Wildfire” in Illinois Prisons by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar, Truthout.org, January 30, 2021 Part of the Series: Despair and Disparity: The Uneven Burdens of COVID-19 With COVID-19 raging throughout the United States, there is a growing sense of desperation among people in …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania County Over Prisoner’s Death in Restraint Chair Settled for $3 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 14, 2020, a federal judge approved a $3 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a Pennsylvania jail prisoner who died after being held in …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Arizona Grandmother Sues After Being Jailed and Forced to Drink From Toilet by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A 63-year-old grandmother filed a lawsuit on October 8, 2020 after she was arrested and jailed while having a mental health crisis. While jailed, she was forced into a restraint chair and …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Audits Reveals Problems With Privatized Food Service at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Two audits released July 20, 2020 revealed a series of shortcomings by a food service contractor tasked with providing meals to juvenile detainees and in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County. Florida-based contractor Trinity Services …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Essay: What Spurred the Rise in Mass Solitary Confinement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Mass solitary confinement in the United States did not develop as a response to violent predators, “but rather as a means for officials to achieve control of political activists and ‘troublemakers’ amongst prisoners.” That …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
No Sentence Reduction for Former Pennsylvania Judge Who Was Caging Kids for Kickback Cash by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2020, a federal judge rejected reducing the sentence of a former Pennsylvania judge who became infamous for taking bribes to keep a private juvenile prison full of …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Video-Conferencing
Report: Video Courtroom Proceedings Have Negative Impact on Fairness and Access to Justice by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a timely report published on September 10, 2020, the Brennan Center for Justice examined the impact of video proceedings on fairness and access to justice in court. It recommended caution …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
New Mexico Lawyer Fights to End Solitary Confinement by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen An attorney with a small private practice in Albuquerque has blazed an unconventional path to reforming the use of solitary confinement in New Mexico. According to an October 2020 profile in Rolling Stone magazine, …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Federal Court Orders Body Cams Be Worn by Guards in Effort to Stop Abuse of Disabled at California Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 8, 2020, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilkin of the Northern District of California ordered additional remedial measures—including body-worn cameras for guards—as relief in …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Recorded Calls
Arizona Supreme Court Overturns Decision Allowing Special Master to Review Recordings of Jail Phone Calls to Attorney Alleged to be Privileged by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 9, 2020, the Supreme Court of Arizona held that a lower court could not appoint a special master to review the …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
ICE Detention Facility Deaths Now Highest Since 2005 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The number of people who died in federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detention centers during its fiscal year that ended September 30, 2020 — 21 in all — was more than double the previous years’s …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Art
Prisoner Art on Display in New York City Exhibition by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Whether in a jail or a prison, the sight of a person drawing cards or decorating envelopes and even doing portraits is not uncommon. Art is a major part of prison life, a way of …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Pardoned Nevada Bank Robber’s Story Creates Hope for Prisoners by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In 2004, former FBI agent Richard Beasley first met Jon D. Ponder when he was arresting Ponder for bank robbery. Beasley recalled that Ponder was “angry, scared, frustrated and anxious about his future.” Ponder …
CoreCivic Faces Liability for Wiretap Act Violations in Nevada Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that each interception of an attorney’s privileged telephone is a violation of the federal and Nevada Wiretap Acts. As such, the statute of limitations is triggered …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Mentally Ill Oregon Prisoner’s “Needless & Preventable” Death From Flu Complications Nets Record $3 Million Settlement by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "Michael Barton died a brutal death because he was ignored and then written off as faking symptoms and refusing medication,” said attorney Bryan Dawson, upon securing a $3 …
Sixth Circuit Orders Michigan District Court to Review Prisoner’s Plea for Compassionate Release by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a Michigan federal district court to determine if a prisoner showed excusable neglect in filing an appellate notice outside time limitations. The prisoner …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
California Starts Phase-Out of Most State Juvenile Prisons, but Loophole Allows Two to Remain Open by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Beginning in July 2021, California will stop accepting nearly all youth offenders at three facilities operated by the Division of Juvenile Justice (“DJJ”). This resulted from an August 2020 …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Mass Incarceration Fueling Spread of COVID-19 in Local Communities by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Once behind bars, American prisoners often feel forgotten, thanks to an “out of sight, out of mind” attitude that turns the country’s prisons and jails into human warehouses. Disregarding its impact on communities is dangerous …
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