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Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Colorado Sheriff for Censorship of Prisoner Publications by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), parent company of Prison Legal News, (PLN) and Criminal Legal News (CLN), on September 1, 2020, filed a federal civil rights case alleging violations of …
Captain Accused of Abusing Mentally Ill Prisoners Cleared in Internal Investigation by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A captain with the St. Louis County Justice Services Center in Clayton, Missouri was under investigation for allegedly abusing prisoners with histories of mental health problems. The captain had been accused of assaulting …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
New York City BOP Prisoner Dies After Being Pepper-Sprayed by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Jamel Floyd, a 35-year-old Black male held at the federal Bureau of Prison’s (BOP) Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, died after being pepper sprayed by guards June 3, 2020. Floyd was serving a 12- …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Rural Prisons
Former Pennsylvania Prison All Solitary with Silence Mandatory by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon To be penitent is generally defined to be sorry for the wrongs, sins, misdeeds or offenses a person has committed. The word penitent is actually the root of the word penitentiary, which is another word for …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Alabama Executes Non-Shooter in Police Killings by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The death penalty is advocated both for punishing the most atrocious cases of murder and for its alleged deterrent effect. Yet on March 5, 2020, Alabama executed a 44-year-old man, not for committing murder but instead because …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Former Angola Warden Burl Cain Appointed Head of Mississippi Prison System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Former Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain’s 21-year tenure running the prison complex at Angola was both long and controversial. His critics accused him of religious bias, blatant racial prejudice and excessive use …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Massachusetts Jail Phone Cost Reductions Under Attack by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon At least two Massachusetts sheriffs offer rehabilitative programs to prisoners in their jails. Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi’s jail holds anger management, domestic violence classes and employment seminars while providing bus service to and from the jail …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Articles About PLN
Milestone: Thirty Years of Prison Legal News and the Human Rights Defense Center by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Originally we were planning to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Prison Legal News (PLN) in the May 2020 issue. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting prisoners and the criminal justice system …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Denied Medical Care During Pandemic, New Jersey Prisoner Treats Infected Wound With Bleach by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell While the coronavirus runs rampant through the country’s prisons, medical treatment for even serious problems has taken a backseat, leaving prisoners to get creative and perform their own treatment. For one …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Washington Prisoner’s State Public Records Act Lawsuit Results in His Freedom and $111,194 Award by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 17, 2020, a Washington judge awarded over $110,000 in penalties and attorney fees to a former state prisoner whom another state judge had already freed, all because Snohomish …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Ninth Circuit: No Summary Judgment for Prison Officials Who Allegedly Allowed Attack on Nevada Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 23, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to defendants in a civil rights action alleging they failed to protect …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Suicides
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The family of a Texas detainee who died of a suicidal overdose under jailers’ noses can continue its lawsuit against Young County, Texas. That decision was handed down on April 22, 2020, by the Fifth …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Welcome to the 30th anniversary issue of Prison Legal News. As the cover story notes, this was slated to run in the May 2020 issue but that got pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially we had planned to skip …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Fourth Circuit: Opening of Detainee’s Legal Mail Outside His Presence Violates Right to Free Speech by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld on June 8, 2020, that a pretrial detainee’s First Amendment claim that officials violated his right to free speech by opening …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Forfeiture, Tax Law
Federal Judge Rules Prisoners Eligible for $1,200 Stimulus Checks; Application Deadline Extended to Nov. 21 for Online Filing by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a clear victory for prisoners and their families, a federal judge recently ordered the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
California Prison Guards Keep Jobs After Aiding Attacks on Sex Offenders by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A series of assaults by a group of prisoners on convicted sex offenders was carried out with the consent and assistance of 10 officers at an unnamed California correctional facility. After an investigation, …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Exposure to Heat
Texas: Prison Air Conditioning Needs Revisiting by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In 1855, young General Philip H. Sheridan was a second lieutenant at Fort Clark, located in present-day Kinney County, Texas. When someone asked him how he liked the state, he replied “If I owned Texas and Hell, I …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Efforts to Keep COVID-19 Out of Montana Prisons Fuels Outbreaks in County Jails by Alex Sakariassen by Alex Sakariassen, Kaiser Health News, September 29, 2020 When Joshua Martz tested positive for COVID-19 this summer in a Montana jail, guards moved him and nine other inmates with the disease into a …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Denial of Recruitment of Counsel for Wisconsin Prisoner Affirmed by Seventh Circuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order denying a prisoner’s motion for recruitment of counsel. This was the second appeal brought by Wisconsin prisoner Randy McCaa. His …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
DOJ Finds Frequent Use of Excessive Force in Alabama Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report that found the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) violates prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights by frequently using excessive force. The report found overcrowding and understaffing …
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