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Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Allegheny County Settles Suit, Lifts Media Gag Policy for Pittsburgh Jail Employees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 17, 2024, Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County settled a lawsuit brought by a Pittsburgh journalist challenging policies and practices that prevented employees of the county’s Bureau of Corrections (BOC) from speaking about …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
MTC Shuts Down Texas Jail by On September 30, 2024, Utah-based Management & Training Corp. (MTC) ended its contract to operate the Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Garza County, Texas. The lockup is owned by the county, which confirmed that most of some 170 employees were out of work. …
Last Charges Dropped in Suffocation Death of Virginia Jail Detainee by On November 4, 2024, Commonwealth’s Attorney Amanda Mann in Virginia’s Dinwiddie County dropped charges against the last two of eight defendants charged in the death of Henrico County Jail detainee Irvo Otieno. That means no one will face trial …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Washington Appellate Court: “Some Evidence” Standard for Prison Discipline “Is Not Illusory” by In an unpublished opinion issued on May 2, 2024, the Court of Appeals of Washington ruled that a prisoner found guilty of possessing a weapon was denied due process because the disciplinary finding was not supported even …
Incompetent Louisiana Sex Offender’s Challenge to Registration Requirements Proceeds by On September 16, 2024, the federal court for the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed a procedural due process claim against the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC) for repeatedly arresting a sex offender who failed to meet registration …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Corruption Charges Dropped Against Maryland Sheriff, Former Virginia Sheriff Headed to Trial by On November 12, 2024, federal prosecutors dropped their criminal case against Sheriff Chuck Jenkins of Maryland’s Frederick County, for allegedly obtaining weapons fraudulently from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Meanwhile, on the other …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Book Review: Public Records Act Manual for the State of Washington by Sam Rutherford by Derek Gronquist reviewed by Sam Rutherford The Public Records Act Manual for the State of Washington (2nd Ed. 2020), by Derek Gronquist, is a must have compendium for anyone, from the novice record requestor to …
BOP Guard Indicted, Sued for Assaulting Handcuffed Prisoner at Kentucky Lockup by The U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced on November 12, 2024, that a federal grand jury had returned an indictment against a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard for violating a prisoner’s rights …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Former Indiana Guards Sentenced for Stealing Prisoners’ Identities to Launder Cash From Online Romance Scam by Former Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) guards Lawrence Onyesonwu, 38, and Martins Tochukwu Chidiobi, 34, were sentenced on September 19 and 20, 2024, respectively, to three years in federal prison for stealing state prisoners’ …
HRDC Wins Massive New Mexico Records Trove from Centurion by This month’s PLN cover story covers documents pried loose from Centurion Correctional Healthcare of N.M., LLC, which held the contract to provide medical care for the state Corrections Department (NMCD) in 2020, when a request was filed under the state …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Minnesota Judge Spanked For Ignoring Law Restoring Felon Voting Rights by Just over a year after Minnesota restored voting rights to former felons, the state Board on Judicial Standards (BJS) reprimanded Mille Lacs County District Judge Matthew Quinn on June 27, 2024, for attempting to disenfranchise formerly incarcerated people. Minnesota’s …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Alabama Shrouds Executioners in Secrecy by "Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” remarked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 1913. Given the effort put into execution secrecy by Alabama’s Department of Corrections (DOC), its death chamber needs a good deal of exposure. On September 26, 2024, …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
San Quentin Brings in Hollywood, Moves Out California Death Row Prisoners by When the inaugural San Quentin Film Festival wrapped up on October 13, 2024, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) completed a star-studded step in transforming its oldest state prison into the new San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Ninth Circuit Reverses Federal Prisoner’s Conviction for Assaulting Guards at California Prison by On April 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the conviction of a federal prisoner for assaulting two guards. The Court concluded that Gabriel Mirabal should have been permitted to present evidence …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
California Supreme Court: Jail Detainees Not Entitled to Minimum Wage, or Any Wages by On April 22, 2024, California’s highest court ruled that detainees held in local jails have no right to receive minimum wage—or any wages—for their labor. The case arose when pretrial detainees at the Santa Rita Jail …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
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The Crisis in Prison Healthcare: Understanding Your Rights and Fighting for Change by Alex Dietz by Alex Dietz, Civil Rights Attorney at PCVA The state of healthcare in American prisons and jails has reached a critical point. As someone who regularly represents incarcerated individuals fighting for their basic right to …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Watchdog Finds “Serious Safety and Security Issues” at Oregon BOP Lockup by In a report issued on May 22, 2024, the federal Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) slammed persistent staff shortages at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Sheridan, Oregon, saying they raise “serious safety and …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
In Failure-to-Treat Claims, Wellpath Denied Dismissal in Virginia, Settles in Pennsylvania by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 11, 2024, private prison and jail healthcare contractor Wellpath LLC filed for bankruptcy protection from debtors collectively owed $544 million, casting doubt on its ability to continue in business, much …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Trends Show Mortality Risks Increase with Higher Jail Turnover Rates by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Thousands of people die in local jails annually. The causes of death vary, leading researchers to seek identifiable trends. A report published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on December 19, 2023, …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Kentucky’s Failure to Timely Release Prisoners Costs Taxpayers $30 Million (So Far) by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney When Kentucky prisoner Keith Bramblett complained about not receiving “good time credit” against his sentence for the class he took while incarcerated, an official with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) replied: …
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