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Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story reports on Delancey Street, the Bay Area Foundation that has gained fame for its programs that rehabilitate prisoners. Its success has allowed it to grow into a large operation with facilities in six cities. Readers can make …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
$400,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Kentucky Prisoner’s Starvation Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2020, WDRB News revealed a previously undisclosed $400,000 settlement paid by the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) to the family of a state prisoner who starved to death while in segregation at the …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Why Did 77 Ohio Prisoners Die of COVID-19, but Just 10 in Pennsylvania? by Cid Standifer, Brie Zeltner A look at how overcrowding and poor design contributed to two of the worst national outbreaks by Cid Standifer and Brie Zeltner, Eye on Ohio, Aug. 21, 2020 This article was provided …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
New York Jail Accused of Discrimination by Female Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss n March 2020, the Oneida County Correctional Facility in New York was accused of discrimination against the women who are housed there. Two months prior to that, all the women were moved from pods that …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
BOP Inspector General Rips State for Failure to Control COVID-19 at Lompoc in California by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz has issued a report itemizing the multitude of mistakes and mismanagement that aggravated the troubled agency’s response to the COVID-19 …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Theft, Lies and Bribes Force California Warden’s Early Retirement, $11,500 Monthly Pension by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson A longtime California prison war­den abruptly retired during an investigation into alleged theft, lying and bribery. Joe Lizarraga began working for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) in 1986. He …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
$420,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Opioid Withdrawal Death in Georgia Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Wilkinson County, Georgia, agreed on January 2, 2020 to pay $420,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the son and estate of a woman who died five years earlier of apparent prescription opioid …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Seventh Circuit Protects Guards Who Allegedly Failed to Protect Wisconsin Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 6, 2020, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment to guards who allegedly failed to protect a Wisconsin prisoner. The court agreed that the prisoner …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Bloomberg Allies Make $20 Million Push to Help Enfranchise 30,000 Florida Ex-Felons by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Deep-pocketed friends and foundations associated with business mogul Michael Bloomberg are planning to spend around $20 million to pay the outstanding fines and court debts of former state felons in Florida, obligations …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Mental Health and Prison Systems in Major Need of Reform by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An article in the Harvard Political Review by Jenna Bao published March 9, 2020, reported that the movement to deinstitutionalize mental health facilities and save costs, which began in the 1950s, has resulted in …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
NYC Floating Jail May Finally be Closed by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx was emblematic of the Big Apple’s rotten core in the 1990s, an area saturated with drugs, homelessness and prostitution. Facing an influx of inmates from rising crime rates, the city …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Fourth Circuit Holds South Carolina DOC Lawyers Entitled to Qualified Immunity by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that lawyers for the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) who made a legal error in interpreting new state law were entitled to qualified immunity. …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
New Study Shows “Tough on Crime” Generation Spent More Time in Prison Despite Falling Crime Rate by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A study by a group of criminologists and sociologists published in August 2020 found that an entire generation during the “tough on crime” era of the 1980s and …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Marriage
Beltway Sniper Marries in Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins For three weeks in October of 2002, the residents of the Washington, D.C. area lived in fear of unknown assassins taking aim at random victims. Thirteen people were shot during that period; 10 died. Perhaps the only thing more …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Report: New Jersey Women’s Prison Promoted Culture of Abuse by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) concluded a two-year investigation April 12, 2020 of allegations of continued sexual abuse against prisoners at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCFW). …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Missouri Downsizing Prisons to Save Cash by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, announced a plan to close a number of housing units at prisons throughout the state. Budget director Dan Haug said, ‘‘What they are doing is they are consolidating space …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Elections, Criminal Justice
Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice by Christopher Zoukis, Charles Sloan-Hillier by Christopher Zoukis and Charles Sloan-Hillier “If we catch a drug dealer – death penalty.” – President Donald J. Trump, 2018 “Lock the S.O.B.s up.” – Former Senator Joe Biden, 1994 As protests and calls for police reforms continue …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Delusional Prisoner’s Medical Malpractice Claim by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On March 20, 2020, Alaska’s Supreme Court shut down a state prisoner’s argument that his diagnosis as a schizophrenic was incorrect because he claims he can actually see ghosts due to a genetic …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Mental Health, Guards/Staff
$300,000 a Year Not Enough to Convince Psychiatrists to Work in California Prisons by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell  Suicides in California prisons reached a record high last year, with 38 recorded. According to prison and union officials, a lack of psychiatrists and other problems in the state’s prison system contributed to …
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