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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: …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Former Warden at Troubled Illinois Lockup Promoted to Run BOP Training Academy by Overlooking a troubling record of overseeing abusive conditions, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) promoted Andrew Ciolli in July 2024 to serve as director of the agency’s Management and Specialty Training Center (MSTC) in Aurora, Colorado. Ciolli …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Sprawling Indictment Targets Two Smuggling Networks Run by Georgia Prisoners by Two federal indictments unsealed on August 21, 2024, charged 23 current and former Georgia prisoners and their accomplices in a conspiracy using drones to distribute methamphetamine, marijuana and cellphones at two lockups in the southeastern part of the state. …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Georgia Deputy Warden and Guard Fired for Prisoner Sex Assaults, Second Guard Sentenced to 25 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 4, 2024, former Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Larenzo Cheeks, 25, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for having sex with three prisoners …
In-the-News Article • December 12, 2024
New records shed light on inconsistencies in New York State prison book bans Dec. 12, 2024 Articles with PLN Quotes Muckrock Prisons in New York state have used an opaque, vaguely defined process to ban hundreds of books and other texts, according to documents MuckRock obtained through open records requests. Between February …
Brief • December 10, 2024
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, Inc, OR, Settlement, Debit Cards, 2024 Case 3:15-cv-01370-MO Document 323 Filed 12/10/24 Page 1 of 44 Megan E. Glor, OSB No. 930178 megan@meganglor.com MEGAN E. GLOR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, P.C. 707 NE Knott Street, Suite 101 Portland, OR 97212 Telephone: (503) 223-7400 Facsimile: (503) 751-2071 …
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