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Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Correctional Medical Care Illegally Practiced Medicine in New York by David Reutter The New York Attorney General found that Correctional Medical Care, Inc. (CMC) violated state law by engaging in the “corporate practice of medicine.” The finding resulted in a September 2014 settlement agreement that required the for-profit prison and …
Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Business Model Blamed for Prisoner Deaths, Injuries by The business model of Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (ACH) includes “severe cost control measures” and reliance on the company’s insurance provider to cover liability verdicts that result from inadequate medical care, according to lawsuits filed by the estates of …
New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Agrees to Federal Consent Decree, Reforms by Derek Gilna The Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is notorious for excessive use of force against prisoners. It has been sued dozens of times by prisoners, prisoners’ rights organizations and even the U.S. Department …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Death Penalty Case Reveals Morgue Worker Had Sex with 100 Female Corpses by In another development in the macabre murder, rape and death penalty case of convicted killer David Steffen, a former Hamilton County, Ohio morgue worker admitted to engaging in sex with around 100 female corpses. Kenneth Douglas acknowledged …
Oregon DOC Sees Spike in Gang-related Murders by Mark Wilson “This is a systemic problem,” said attorney Dennis Steinman, who represented the widow of an Oregon prisoner murdered in his cell. “This is not only about Snake River. This is about the prisons statewide.” Steinman appears to be correct, given …
Oklahoma DOC Creates “Dream Team” for Botched Executions with Hires from Arizona by Joe Watson If Oklahoma was hoping to establish a tradition or trend of botched executions, it brought in the right people to carry them out. Just days after overseeing a disturbing execution at Arizona’s Florence prison complex …
A Victory in the Fight to Stop Prisoner Rape by In 2012, Cornelius, a prisoner at a Florida state prison, wrote a letter to a nearby rape crisis center. Cornelius had been sexually assaulted multiple times while incarcerated. The first time was a gang rape that had happened 17 years …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
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Judge Denies Motion to Nullify Orleans Parish Prison Health Care Contract by David Reutter The Louisiana federal district court overseeing the consent decree related to conditions at the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) has denied a motion by the City of New Orleans to nullify a contract to provide prisoner health …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Despite Initial Approval, Belgian Prisoner Denied Euthanasia by Derek Gilna Belgian prisoner Frank Van Den Bleeken, who in 1989 raped and killed Christiane Remacle, a student from Antwerp, was sentenced to life and has spent over 30 years in prison. Most European countries, unlike the United States, have abolished the …
Registered Sex Offenders Fall Victim to “Vigilante Justice” by According to prosecutors, an Anchorage man assaulted and robbed three men on Alaska’s sex offender registry, keeping a notebook that listed the names of his victims and the items he stole from them. Jason Christian Vukovich, 41, allegedly plotted the attacks …
Women and Children First ... to be Held in Detention by Joe Watson In the summer of 2014, a surge of tens of thousands of immigrant refugees from Central America brought unprecedented attention to the incarceration of families and unaccompanied children in so-called residential centers – many run by for-profit …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Family Connections Bill Signed into Law in Illinois by Carrie Wilkinson Illinois Governor Bruce V. Rauner signed HB 6200, the Family Connections Bill, into law on August 22, 2016. Under the provisions of that legislation, domestic prison phone rates within the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and Department of Juvenile …
Outcomes of California’s Proposition 47 by Joe Watson The passage of California’s Proposition 47 in November 2014 – which reduced many felony drug possession and property crimes to misdemeanors – might be a harbinger of criminal justice reform nationwide. But for now, reform advocates have gladly accepted the release of …
Private Prison Firms: Family Detention, Federal Contracts and For-profit Reentry Services by Bob Libal by Bob Libal, Holly Kirby and Cristina Parker In July 2016, executives from private prison companies Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group (GEO) held investor calls to report on second quarter earnings and …
Suicides Plague North Carolina Prison System by Four suicides occurred in North Carolina state prisons during a 17-day period from April 19 to May 5, 2016, bringing the total number of self-inflicted prisoner deaths to five this year and surpassing last year’s total of three. An investigation by The Charlotte …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Sixth Circuit Holds PLRA’s Physical Injury Rule Inapplicable to First Amendment Claims by On June 1, 2015, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held “that deprivations of First Amendment rights are themselves injuries, apart from any mental, emotional, or physical injury that might also arise from the deprivation, and that …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Wrongfully-convicted Former Prisoner Receives $13.2 Million in FBI Hair Analysis Case by Derek Gilna A 55-year-old man who was convicted based upon the now-discredited “science” of forensics hair analysis has been awarded $13.2 million by District of Columbia Superior Court Judge John M. Mott. This was just the latest in …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Michigan Courthouse Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 2 Injured by Larry Darnell Gordon, 45, was being transported to a Berrien County court proceeding on July 11, 2016 when he overpowered a deputy, stole his gun and tried to take hostages during an escape attempt. Gordon fatally shot two bailiffs in the …
India’s Supreme Court Orders Prison and Jail Reforms by Derek Gilna The United States is not the only nation that has serious problems with the operation of its jails and prisons. Recently, an amicus curiae made a number of recommendations in a case being considered by the Supreme Court of …
Louisiana Sheriff Faces Recall Petition, Federal Indictments by Organizers hope that a petition circulating throughout Louisiana’s Iberia Parish will result in the recall of Sheriff Louis Ackal. According to Donald Broussard, the activist who started the petition, a “dark cloud is being cast over Iberia Parish” due to corruption attributed …
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