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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 …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Suicides in New York SHUs Surge to Epidemic Levels by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders After being placed in solitary confinement at New York State’s Fishkill Correctional Center in 2014, 21-year-old Ben Van Zandt, a former honors student who struggled with an undiagnosed mental health condition, begged his family to …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: State Actors
Teen Spends 17 Months in Mississippi Jail Without Indictment by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A 16-year-old in Mississippi has spent almost a year and a half in an adult jail without being indicted, according to a July 30, 2020, article in The Appeal. And his case is …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19 Strikes Alaskan Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A major outbreak of COVID-19 has hit Alaska’s biggest prison. Nearly 300 prisoners out of about 1,300 inmates at the Goose Creek Correctional Center near Wasilla tested positive for COVID-19, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) reported in late November. …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Julian Assange’s Potential Fate in U.S. Prisons by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins As the extradition trial of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange continued in London in September 2020, a series of witnesses were brought forth to describe the conditions Assange would face if extradited to the U.S. Assange is under …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
California First State to Eliminate Post-Prison Fees by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins California became the first state in the nation to roll back laws that allowed for the collection of fees and fines from people released from prison or jails. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Families Over Fees Act …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Bill of Costs
Families Must Pay for Cremation Bill of Loved Ones Who Die in Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Melford Henson, a 65-year-old California resident serving time at the California Institute for Men (CIM) for a DUI, died May 6, 2020 of COVID-19. His wife, Tracy Henson, was informed that …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Jail Suicide Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 12, 2020, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit against four Texas police department employees alleging they knew a prisoner was suicidal when they gave him a blanket, failed to remove the blanket …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Alleging Dental Care Negligence by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed June 18, 2020 the grant of summary judgment for defendants in a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference to his dental infection. …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Former Transgender Prisoner Fights for LGBTQ Rights in Massachusetts Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Angelina Resto filed suit against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2017, claiming discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. She won her case in 2018 and was the first transgender prisoner in …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Third Circuit Reinstates Claims by Immigration Detainee in GEO-Operated Prison Seeking to Marry U.S. Citizen by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 11, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated some of the claims brought by a couple seeking permission to marry, one of whom is …
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