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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 …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
What’s Justice Got to Do with It? by Doran Larson Visits to Icelandic Prisons Shine Light on America’s Complacency Toward the Suffering of Incarcerated People by Doran Larson After 40 years of an inter-partisan tougher-on-crime-than-you arms race, sentencing reform (and a desire to reduce prison costs) is one issue that …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Editorials, COVID-19
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright COVID-19 has not gone away; indeed it seems to be worsening in prisons and jails around the country. But this month’s cover story on prisons in Iceland serves as a reminder that not all countries have, or want, a police state …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Can the Pandemic Undermine Mass Incarceration? by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The direction of public policy in massive bureaucratic states tends to create an almost inexorable momentum all on its own, and that momentum often overwhelms not only the conditions that created the policy but also the public welfare …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Exposure to Heat
Animal Shelters Provide Cooler Temperatures Than Florida Prisons in Summer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter With the heat of summer’s arrival, Florida prisoners endure living in outdated infrastructure. The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC), in a July 14, 2020 email to prisoners, said it “is making efforts to …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Prisoner Transfer
North Carolina Criticized for Prisoner Transfers During Pandemic by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On June 16, 2020, North Carolina’s Wake County Superior Court ordered the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) temporarily to cease the majority of prisoner transfers. Except for medical emergencies or cases of life endangerment, ordered …
Filing • September 1, 2020
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC v. Board of County Commissioners for Adams County, Colorado, et. al, CO, Censorship, Complaint, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-02665 Document 1 Filed 09/01/20 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. ________ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. BOARD …
Richard v. Pfister, et al., IL, opinion and order, prisoner denied medical and other services, 2020 Case: 1:17-cv-04677 Document #: 141 Filed: 09/01/20 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:1931 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM H. RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 v. …
Brief • September 1, 2020
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC v. Board of County Commissioners for Adams County, Colorado, et. al, CO, Censorship, Complaint, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-02665 Document 1 Filed 09/01/20 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. ________ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. BOARD …
Brief • September 1, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
FCC In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services Federal Communications Commission DA 20-1006 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 12-375 ORDER Adopted: September 1, 2020 Released: September 1, …
Brief • September 1, 2020
Lapidus Law Firm v. WMATA, DC, Opinion, Public Records, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00161-JDB Document 14 Filed 09/01/20 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAPIDUS LAW FIRM PLLC, Plaintiff, v. Civil No. 20-161 (JDB) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Lapidus Law …
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