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Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Number of California Prisoners Falling; Lifer Population Declines Slightly as Well by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As of April 1, 2020, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) counted just over 122,000 prisoners in custody, more than 25 percent lower than its 2006 peak, continuing a downward trend …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Kansas County Jails People for Unpaid Medical Bills by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A county in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt, CBS News reported in February 2020. The county is Coffeyville, Kansas, which has a poverty rate twice the national average. It’s also the place …
$200,000 Awarded to Missouri Prison Guard Over Sexual Harassment, Retaliation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 3, 2019, a Missouri jury entered judgment in favor of a former Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) employee who alleged she had suffered workplace sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and retaliation. The jury …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
New ACLU Study Says COVID-19 Deaths in Prison Will Soar Without More Releases, Fewer Arrests by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An April 22, 2020 report by the American Civil Liberties Union, with the collaboration of researchers from Washington State University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Tennessee, …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Deplorable Conditions at South Carolina Prisons Prompt Call for UN Intervention by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Despite settling a landmark prisoner civil rights case in 2016, and after a bloody 2018 riot led to a nationwide prisoner work strike that same year, conditions in facilities run by the South …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Louisiana Governor’s Inaction Prevents Release of Grandmother Hospitalized with COVID-19 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards had yet to act on a July 2019 recommendation by the state Board of Pardons and Parole to grant Gloria Williams’ request for commutation. Williams is Louisiana’s longest incarcerated …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Report: Oaks of Justice Pitch to Help Prisoners Return Home Appears Shady by Bill Barton by Bill Barton It’s scarcely news that people incarcerated in federal prison are often desperate for any possible chance to return home. Unfortunately, prisoners aren’t really in a position to verify the legitimacy of assorted …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
First Prisoners and Staff, Including a Warden, Dead from COVID-19 in Louisiana; Hundreds Infected by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Like most prison systems, the Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC) has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic in crammed facilities that make for easy transmission of the highly contagious coronavirus. …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19
Florida Continues to Use Slave Labor During Coronavirus Outbreak by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Florida is one of a handful of states that doesn’t pay prisoners to work, constituting what some consider slave labor. Meanwhile, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) continues to use prison labor during the coronavirus …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Interview: Don Specter of the Prison Law Office on California Prisons, COVID-19 and Governor Newsom by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Don Specter is the executive director of the Berkeley, California-based Prison Law Office, a nonprofit public interest law firm that provides free legal services to adult and juvenile offenders. …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Overcrowding, Mental Health
Report: Tennessee Prison Population Climbs, Bucks Nationwide Trend by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Incarceration is not the answer to crime, concludes a December 19, 2019 report by the Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force (CJITF). “Despite incarcerating more people and spending over $1 billion annually on corrections in …
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 …
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