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Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Mississippi Jail to Stay Open Despite Massive “Financial Trouble” by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On December 12, 2019, the Board of Supervisors of Mississippi’s Issaquena County granted an eleventh-hour reprieve to the Issaquena County Regional Jail just five days before it was set to close and over 300 prisoners …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Audit: Massachusetts Department of Corrections Failed to Provide Timely Health Care or Reentry Services by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney An audit of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC) released January 9, 2020, found that the agency was failing to provide prisoners with timely health care and proper reentry services, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Guard Unions
Nebraska Prison Employee Labor Agreement Contains Unusual Provision by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 27, 2019, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 88, the union that represents Nebraska Department of Corrections (DOC) workers, announced a “Letter of Agreement” that provides for increased worker …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Sandoval County, New Mexico Settles Public Records Lawsuit with Human Rights Defense Center by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Sandoval County, New Mexico on February 24, 2020, settled a public records lawsuit with the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent corporation of Prison Legal News, which alleged that the …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
New York Federal Guard Sentenced to 25 Years for Sexually Abusing Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter New York federal judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto on July 31, 2019, sentenced former Bureau of Prisons Lieutenant Eugenio Perez to 25 years in prison. A jury in May 2018 found Perez …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Coronavirus Crisis: Wisconsin Releases Around 1,600 Prisoners, an ‘Inconsequential’ Number by By May 8, 2020, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections had released almost 1,600 prisoners as the coronavirus spread, Madison.com reports.  “The vast majority — 1,447 individuals released from March 2 to May 4 — are inmates who had been …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: housing
California Prison Reform Results in Housing Challenges for Former Prisoners by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Over 600,000 people are released from prisons across the U.S. each year, and a growing number of reentry providers are prepping to absorb increasing numbers as states reform their systems. In California, though, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Sign the Papers! Alabama Prisoners Get Masks for COVID-19 but With Strings Attached by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As the threat of COVID-19 contagion has become tangible to prison populations across the United States, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has implemented risk management and mitigation protocols throughout its …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC Settles California Jail Censorship Suit for $143,500, Consent Decree by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On May 13, 2020, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, settled a federal civil rights action concerning California’s Tehama County Jail censorship of prisoner publications like PLN …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
More Than 200 Convicted of Corruption at Baltimore Department of Corrections; More Charges Announced by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss More than 200 guards, prisoners and civilians have been convicted of corruption at the Baltimore Department of Corrections’ prison system over the last four years. In a major new case …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Innocence Project Working to Prove Arkansas Executed Innocent Man by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On January 23, 2020, the family of an Arkansas man who was executed three years earlier, filed a lawsuit to obtain evidence from the scene of the murder for which he was convicted, hoping to …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
$500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Beaten During Seizure by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Colorado prison officials agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a guard severely beat a prisoner who was experiencing a seizure. Prisoner Jayson M. Oslund entered the Colorado Department of Corrections for the …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Tenth Circuit Reinstates Colorado Prisoner’s Claim that Requires BOP to Release Him from Imprisonment for Marijuana Possession by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 16, 2019, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of Colorado federal prisoner Aaron Sandusky’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, thereby …
$500,000 Settlement From Psychiatrist for Failing to Treat New Mexico Prisoner Who Committed Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2019, the family of a New Mexico prisoner who committed suicide while incarcerated at a privately operated prison agreed to a $500,000 settlement against the psychiatrist, Andrew Kowalkowski, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Florida Prison Officials Ordered to Not Retaliate Against Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida federal district Judge Mark E. Walker entered a protective order to end retaliation against state prisoner Johnny Hill. The court’s January 28, 2020, order was entered to protect one of the plaintiffs in …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Nevada Supreme Court Holds Firefighting Prisoner Cannot Challenge Worker’s Compensation Based on Prison Pay by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Following his release, a former Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner who was injured while working as a firefighter for the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) challenged the calculation of …
Case • 2020
Davis v. Samuels - 962 F.3d 105 (3d Cir. 2020) - 2020
Case • 2020
Kopady v. Pottawatomie Cty. Pub. Safety Ctr. Trust - USDC (W.D. Okla.), Case No. 5:20-­cv-­01280 - 2020
Case • 2020
Dunsmore v. San Diego Cty. Sheriff’s Dep’t - USDC (S.D. Cal.), Case No. 3:20-cv-00406 - 2020
Case • 2020
Smith v. Andrews - USDC (E.D. Ark.), Case No. 2:20-cv-00009 - 2020
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