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Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Private Prisons
Biden to Phase Out Privately-Run Federal Prisons; Critics Say Plan Too Timid by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Within the first six days of office President Biden signed the ‘‘First Step’’ executive order preventing the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from renewing any of its contracts with private companies to …
Reuters Investigation: Lamentable Medical Care in Jails and Prisons Exposed During Pandemic by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Very few criminal offenses in America allow for a sentence of death. Nevertheless, too many people are dying in jails and prisons while serving a sentence or simply waiting for the process …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
$300,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner in Sexual Assault Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court awarded $300,000 to a prisoner who alleged a female food supervisor coerced him into sexual activity. The court’s September 29, 2020, order was issued following a damages bench trial. …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Last-Minute DOJ Order Clears Way for Possible Return of Home Confinees to Prison by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Federal prisoners transferred tohome confinement to serve their sentences because of the COVID-19 emergency could return to lockup if a January 15, 2021, opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Second Circuit Upholds New York Prison Guards’ Federal Criminal Convictions for Assaulting Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 5, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the federal criminal convictions of two former New York prison guards for their assault of an unresisting prisoner and subsequent …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Centurion
Centurion Opts Out of Mississippi Prison Medical Contract by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Citing Mississippi’s refusal to invest in prison facilities and staff, private medical vendor Centurion pulled out of its contract with the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) to provide medical and mental health care to prisoners. …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: housing
A Guide To Finding Housing After Incarceration by MyMove.com (https://www.mymove.com/moving/guides/moving-after-incarceration/) What does life after prison look like for these returning citizens? Specifically, will they have the safe, affordable housing they need to set them up for stable, productive reentry? These questions are particularly pressing because around two-thirds of returning citizens …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: In January 2021, two women who worked at an Arizona state prison operated by Florida-based GEO Group pleaded guilty to having sex with inmates there. Melony Petrovffsky, 50, ran the commissary for the private contractor at a prison in Golden Valley, where she was allegedly …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Prison Reform, COVID-19
COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Founding of Congressional BOP Reform Caucus by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A Congressional caucus was announced on August 14, 2020 whose purpose is to shed light on management of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and to bring accountability to decisions made by its …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Tapes/Music
Greedo Still Influencing From Texas Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins His Texas ID card identifies him as Jason Jackson, Offender #2208297. The black ink etched in his skin and white clothing he must wear mark him as little different from 140,000 others in the state’s prison system, yet …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Federal Judge Dismisses Arizona Woman’s Wrongful Conviction Suit by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Ex-death-row prisoner Debra Milke’s civil suit against Arizona authorities claiming wrongful conviction was dismissed by a federal judge on October 29, 2020 because she repeatedly destroyed documents relevant to her case. Judge Roslyn Silver …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Victim Compensation and Restorative Justice as Alternatives to Sentencing Enhancements for Hate Crimes by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Law professors Shirin Sinnar (Stanford Law School) and Beth A. Colgan (UCLA School of Law) explored the viability of victim compensation and restorative justice as alternatives to sentencing enhancements for hate …
Private Medical Contractor Wellpath Pays $4.5 Million in Death of Mentally Ill Jail Detainee After Judge Finds It Destroyed Evidence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In late September 2020, private correctional healthcare contractor Wellpath paid $4.5 million to settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a …
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Florida Prisoner Accused of Assaulting Guard After Video Surfaces by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Prosecutors dismissed felony aggravated assault charges against jail detainee Mike Neal and placed three guards under criminal investigation for battery and official misconduct after previously unreported video surfaced of the incident …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Nearly Killed by Dehumanizing Culture of Indifference, Oregon Prisoner Sues for $975,000 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Oregon prisoner Carl Spieler, 56, suffered for three months after he was admitted to the state penitentiary in Salem in May 2018, while prison medical staff, convinced he was malingering, dismissed his …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Pay-to-Stay Fees Impoverish Prisoners, Increase Recidivism by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Pay-to-stay fees are charged by over 30% of the county jails and detention centers in the state of Wisconsin. Critics contend that the system contributes to recidivism and that the penalties are so high that they violate the …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree by Isaac Arnsdorf Private executioners paid in cash. Middle-of-the-night killings. False or incomplete justifications. ProPublica obtained court records showing how the outgoing administration used its final days to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II. by Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica, Dec. 23, …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Sequel: Three Additional Federal Executions Before Trump Left Office by Chad Marks by Chad Marks As detailed in this month’s cover story, former President Trump and Attorney General Barr were responsible for a spree of federal executions during their final months in office. But the ProPublica cover story was written …
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 …
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