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Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
The Latest on COVID-19: Will Vaccines be Available Soon? by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. The U.S. is experiencing the most widespread COVID-19 epidemic so far. Daily new infections diagnosed are over 150,000. More than 70,000 are hospitalized on any given day. As PLN was going …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Fifth Circuit Order Denies Texas Prisoners Hand Sanitizer and Cleaning Supplies by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of a Texas’ federal judge’s injunction compelling the Texas Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies to prisoners at the …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Former Prisoners Testify on Abuse at Notorious New Jersey Women’s Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Former prisoners gave testimony at a July 1, 2020, hearing at the Workgroup on Harassment, Sexual Assault and Misogyny in New Jersey Politics, founded by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg. Speakers included six …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Chanting “not one more,” about 30 carloads of protesters from “Alabamians Who Care” caravanned to the governor’s mansion in Montgomery on August 1, 2020, protesting a plan by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to build three new “mega-prisons.” According to a report by Montgomery TV station …
California Passes Bill Allowing ICE Detainees to Sue Private Contractors by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3228 (AB 3228) September 27, 2020, allowing U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detainees to sue private detention facility contractors for alleged abuses of civil rights and …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
The Role of Prosecutors in Mass Incarceration by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Mass incarceration has long been recognized as a serious and abiding problem in the American social landscape. Historically, mass incarceration has been attributed to a combination of the war on drugs, politically driven harsh sentencing, and the …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
COVID-19 Deaths in Jails, Prisons Exceed Number of Deaths by Execution From 1990 to Present by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in jails and prisons across the county. The number of virus-related prisoner deaths reached 1,453 on November 17, 2020. This number exceeds the 1,406 …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
For Some Faiths in Los Angeles County Jails, Volunteer Chaplains Are in Short Supply by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The chaplains of various faiths in the jails of Los Angeles County are united in a common mission: remind prisoners of their humanity. Often in one-on-one visits, the chaplains patiently …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
$5.9 Million Settlement in Death of Transgender Prisoner at New York’s Rikers Island by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2020, New York City agreed to settle a lawsuit over the death 15 months before of a Dominican-born transgender detainee who died of epileptic seizures while in segregation at …
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 • December 1, 2020
Researchers, Prison Officials to Study Effects of Prison Violence Comprehensively by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A research team of internationally recognized prison experts from multiple academic institutions will be working with state prison officials from Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas to perform the most comprehensive study …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
California Appellate Court Orders 50% Reduction in San Quentin Population Over Fears of COVID-19 Spread by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 20, 2020, after finding the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) was deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s COVID-19 risk, the state’s First Appellate District Court …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Education
COVID-19 Lockdowns in Prisons Affecting Post-Secondary Education by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Higher education in prisons is being negatively impacted by the COVID-19 quarantine. Prisons are finding their post-secondary programs evolving into correspondence classes or falling away completely. Advocates fear that this will affect every aspect of an offender’s …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Indiana Prisoner Has First Amendment Retaliation Claims Rejected by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals by Casey Bastian
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Nine Months Later, DOJ Still Hasn’t Provided Senator Rubio With Answers About Rampant Sexual Abuse at Women’s Prisons by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 3, 2019, fourteen prisoners filed suit alleging repeated rapes and other sexual abuse at two federal prisons for women in Florida. Senator Marco Rubio …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: ACA, Military Prisons
Members of Congress Probe Pentagon on Accreditation of Military Prisons by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 10, 2020, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper requesting information about the Department of Defense’s (“DOD”) reliance on the American Correctional …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19 in the Country’s Largest Female Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Texas may have bragging rights for the largest state prison system in the United States, but California still has the single largest female prison in the country. According to attorney Alison Hardy of California’s Prison Law Office, …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
$11 Million Settlement in Illinois for Three Men Freed From Prison in Wrongful Convictions by Anthony Accurso by Anthony A. Accurso The City of Rockford, Illinois, settled a lawsuit on March 2, 2020 brought by three men who were wrongfully convicted and spent 10 years in prison after police used …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Activists Call to Shut Down Illinois Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Over 1,000 people signed a letter that urges the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to evacuate Vienna Correctional Center (VCC) “until it can be renovated or shut down completely.” The letter was sent to IDPH …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
California Jail Prisoner Loses Limbs, but Faces Setback in Lawsuit Alleging Medical Neglect by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On June 12, 2020, a former California prisoner suffered a setback in his legal battle to hold San Bernardino County accountable for the loss of his hand and legs due to …
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