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Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct
BOP Official Reportedly Had Sexual Relationship With Former Police Union Head by Bill Barton by Bill Barton A Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General report from September 24, 2019, found that an assistant director of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) took part in a sexual and financial relationship with …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Fines
Can Kentucky Keep Charging Prisoners for Their Jail Stay if They Are Found Not Guilty? by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Kentucky State law allows county jails to charge prisoners a daily fee during their stay while fighting their case. But what happens when the person is found not guilty …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Doctor at Florida Detention Center Spread COVID-19 to Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An unnamed Armor Correctional Health Services doctor was blamed for spreading COVID-19 at the Pre-Trial Detention Center in Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said the doctor “had previously shown symptoms of the virus …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
D.C. Appeals Court Mixed on Request for Records and Video by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 10, 2020, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that sought video from the Bureau of …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Prison Art is Rehabilitation by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Fine Cell Work is a London-based prison art initiative aimed at the possible rehabilitative and therapeutic value of creating works of art by the incarcerated. It works with prisoners throughout the United Kingdom, training them in the art of fine …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Rhode Island Takes Uncommon Steps to Address a Common Problem: Drug Addiction in Prison by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The State of Rhode Island has taken the uncommon step of providing opioid-based medication to help its prisoners who battle drug addiction in prison. The bold move has not only …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
From Super Villain to Super Man, Tennessee Prisoner Still Executed by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Born in 1972, Tennessean Nicholas Sutton suffered a life straight out of a 5-star horror movie. His father was a mentally ill drug abuser and his mother abandoned him to the not­so-tender mercies of …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Record Number of Laws Passed Reducing Barriers for People With Criminal Records by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   Forty-three states, along with the District of Columbia and the federal government, passed “consequential legislation” in 2019 aimed at reducing barriers faced by people with criminal records. The 152 laws significantly or …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Tioga County, New York Police Informant Paid $50,000 to Settle False Arrest Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On November 8, 2019, three New York detectives agreed to pay $50,000 to settle false arrest claims brought by an informant they charged with conspiring to kill an Assistant District Attorney …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
New York Prisoner Prevails in Lawsuit, Freed from 23 Years in Solitary Confinement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 21, 2020, attorneys for New York state prisoner Imhotep H’Shaka, 46, announced that he had been released into the general population at Attica Correctional Facility after spending nearly a …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Lifers Now Exceed Entire Prison Population of 1970 by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Over the last 50 years, the number of prisoners serving life sentences has grown to exceed the entire prison population of 1970. While efforts are being made to “reform” the reforms enacted under the “tough on …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Second Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment on Connecticut Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held on Dec. 6, 2019, that a lower court incorrectly granted guards summary judgment on a prisoner’s failure to protect claim. Connecticut prisoner …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Many of Aging Kansas State Prison Population Could Be Released by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon By some standards, Kansas has a relatively small prison system. Numbering only around 10,000 beds, it is dwarfed by California’s and Texas’ penal institutions, which have 134,000 and 142,000 beds, respectively. Regardless of size, …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Study Shows Solitary Confinement Poses Mortality Risk After Release by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In recent years, a growing outcry has been raised against the practice of confining prisoners in solitary, even for short periods, because of the connection between solitary and the impairment of overall mental health, especially …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
$2.8 Million Settlement in New York Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter New York’s Suffolk County Legislature agreed on September 26, 2019 to pay $2.8 million to settle a lawsuit concerning the events surrounding the suicide six years earlier of pretrial detainee Jack Franqui. The morning …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Dallas County, Texas Jails Finally Enter the 21st Century on Phone Rates by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Until February 18, 2020, it cost pre- and post-trial detainees in the Dallas County, Texas jails .24¢ per minute to speak to their families on the phone. Urged by criminal justice reform …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Beyond Harsh: 86 Mississippi Prisoners Serving Life Without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a resurgence of “tough-on-crime” sentencing reforms that swept the nation in the 1990s, many states enacted “three-strikes” laws mandating life sentences for those convicted of three felony offenses. Mississippi was among …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Federal Judge: BOP Exercising “Reasonable Efforts” Against Coronavirus at NC Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 11, 2020, a federal court in North Carolina found that 11 prisoners at the Federal Correction Complex (FCC) in Butner had failed to prove officials with the Bureau of Prisons …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
United Nations Official Says Connecticut’s Use of Solitary May Amount to Torture by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A United Nations human rights expert has denounced the use of prolonged solitary confinement, which could inflict psychological torture on prisoners. His critique, given at a press conference on February 28, …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Seventh Circuit: Indiana District Court Erred in Denying Counsel to Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 4, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held an Indiana federal district court abused its discretion in denying a prisoner’s motion for appointment of counsel in …
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