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Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Settlement in Class-Action Suit Over SMU Conditions at Georgia Prison by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Georgia federal district court has approved a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit challenging conditions and practices in the Special Management Unit (SMU) at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison. The …
First Step Act Update: Over 1,600 Sentences Reduced, 3,000 Prisoners Released by Dale Chappell, Douglas Ankney by Dale Chappell and Douglas Ankney As of late July 2019, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had released over 3,000 prisoners under the First Step Act, a landmark criminal justice reform measure signed …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Sleeping Guard Who Allowed Suicidal Prisoner to Hang Himself Prompts $507,500 Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A sleeping guard at the Lancaster County jail in South Carolina, who was supposed to be watching a suicidal prisoner who killed himself, prompted the county to settle a wrongful death suit …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Virginia Jail Not Responding to Problems Cited in Department of Justice Report by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney "Help us.” “We are dying in here.” “They are trying to kill us.” Those were just some of the pleas that civil rights and mental health advocates heard from prisoners who shouted …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Mississippi County Pays $27,500 to Settle Lawsuit by Prisoner “Jumped” by Other Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A man held at the Lauderdale County jail in Mississippi for failure to register as a sex offender settled a federal lawsuit over permanent injuries he received when he was “jumped” …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Pensions
New York City May Expand Investment Bar to Prison Service Providers by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Under a policy adopted in 2017 by the Comptroller of New York City, none of the city’s five pension funds has any investments in private prison operators due to concerns about investing public …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Former Missouri Sheriff Gets Prison Time for Illegal Cell Phone Tracking by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A former Missouri sheriff who campaigned on getting tough on drug dealers was sentenced to six months in prison plus four months on house arrest after pleading guilty to identity theft …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Injury -- Misc.
Wisconsin Prisoner Sues After Injury; Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On March 6, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal lawsuit filed by Wisconsin prisoner Ezra R.E. French. According to the ruling, French was working on a …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Oregon Faces State and Federal Contempt Proceedings Over Delayed Competency Services for Mentally Ill Defendants – Again by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "The Oregon State Hospital has known about this for 16 years,” criminal defense attorney Amanda Thibeault said as she fought back tears. “I feel like I’m failing …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Dr. Arthur Zitrin, Anti-Death Penalty Advocate and Bioethicist, Dies at 101 by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Dr. Arthur Zitrin died at age 101 on May 11, 2019. He was a psychiatrist and leading bioethicist who believed that doctors should take no part in lethal injections. His son Richard, an …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Court Certifies Class of Former Washington State Prisoners Challenging Debit Release Cards in HRDC Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke At the vast majority of the nation’s jails, when someone is arrested their money is confiscated during the booking process. Those funds are placed in a trust account, where …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Oklahoma Jail Administrator, Guard Receive 55-Hour Sentence for Prisoner’s Death by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Anthony Dewayne Huff, 58, was arrested in Garfield County, Oklahoma on June 4, 2016 for public intoxication and booked into the Garfield County Detention Facility. Two days later he was put in a restraint …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Award in Massachusetts Prisoner’s ADA Case Includes Over $410,000 in Attorney Fees, Costs by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Following a March 10, 2017 jury award totaling $250,000, a Massachusetts federal district court awarded $410,116.87 in attorney fees and costs in a prisoner’s lawsuit raising Americans with Disabilities …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Overcrowding
DOJ Probe Finds Alabama Men’s Prisons Overcrowded, Plagued by Ongoing Violence by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In April 2019 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the results of a three-year investigation into men’s prisons operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), finding that conditions in …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Appointment of Counsel
No Error When Judge Ignored Iowa Prisoner’s Request for Substitute Appointed Counsel by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On May 3, 2019, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court did not err when it failed to consider a prisoner’s request for substitute appointed counsel after the …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Florida DOC Attorney Resigns After Posting Racially-Charged Comments by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) assistant general counsel Eric Giunta resigned after making “absolutely unacceptable” comments on Facebook about a video portraying systematic racism. The video was posted by Providence College assistant theology professor …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Sex Offender Treatment
Seventh Circuit Holds Indiana’s Sex Offender Treatment Program Unconstitutional by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a class-action habeas petition challenging the Indiana DOC’s Sex Offender Management and Monitoring (INSOMM) program as being unconstitutional, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held on April 25, 2019 that INSOMM’s requirement that …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Alternative Sentencing
Rider Programs in Idaho Offer Prisoners a Second Chance by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins  Overcrowded prison populations across the nation have forced states to seek alternatives to incarceration. One solution being used in Idaho is intensive rehabilitative programs called “riders” that can take the place of prison sentences.  About …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Hepatitis, Injunctions
Permanent Injunction for Hepatitis C Treatment Entered for Florida Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court chastised the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) for its “long and sordid history of neglecting” prisoners infected with hepatitis C (HCV). Finding a “risk of such deliberate indifference …
Audit Determines Georgia’s State Prisons More Cost Effective than Private Prisons by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A legislative audit, released in December 2018, concluded that it costs Georgia about 10 percent more to house comparable prisoners in private prisons than in state-run facilities. The audit, completed as …
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