Skip navigation

Search

40577 results
Page 37 of 2029. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 ... 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 | Next »

Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Alabama Prisoner Disciplined for Lying When Guard Cleared of Sexual Assault Allegation by On February 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a grant of qualified immunity (QI) to three Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) officials and dismissed a prisoner’s suit alleging they retaliated against …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Three Former Rikers Island Guards Among Five Ex-Employees Charged in Massive Smuggling Scheme by Corruption charges against three former guards and two other former employees at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex were continued on May 9, 2024, a week after a massive stash of contraband was uncovered at …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
DOJ Opens Investigation Into Sex Abuse at Two California Women’s Prisons by On September 4, 2024, the federal Department of Justice announced an investigation into sexual abuse of women imprisoned by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) at Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla and the California …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Colorado Prisoner Forces Correctional Health Partners to Treat His Colon Disease by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney After winning a temporary restraining order (TRO) directing the medical contractor for the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) to treat his colon disease, state prisoner Arthur Burnham’s location was unknown on September 10, …
Florida Court of Appeals Reinstates Voter Fraud Charges Against Ex-Felons by On July 17, 2024, the Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeals of Florida reinstated voter fraud charges against two former prisoners which had previously been dismissed. Ronald Lee Miller was charged with illegally voting as an ex-felon in …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: State prisoner Brigido Montoya made the briefest of escapes from the State Prison Complex in Eyman on August 10, 2024, before he was recaptured 48 minutes later by Florence Police, the Florence Reminder & Blade-Tribune reported. The state Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (DCRR) …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
New TV Show Dramatizes Prisoner’s Re-entry by In July 2024, the second season premiered of UnPrisoned, a series on TV streaming service Hulu that tells the story of a father rebuilding a relationship with his daughter after serving 17 years in prison. Dealing with reentry after incarceration and its effects …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Sixth Circuit Sets Up Circuit Split with Ruling on Michigan Prisoner’s PLRA Exhaustion Dispute by Before a prisoner can sue under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, he must exhaust any administrative remedies available to him; that is the threshold requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e. Not infrequently, …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by For over 32 years the Human Rights Defense Center has advocated against the financial exploitation of prisoners and their families. Since 1992 HRDC has advocated, litigated, investigated and exposed the abuses, corruption and exploitation of the prison phone industry. This has included extensive interactions with the …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Seventh Circuit Avoids Deciding Whether Wisconsin Statute of Limitations Tolls from Prisoner’s Incident or Grievances by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 5, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated dismissal of a Wisconsin prisoner’s civil rights action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Alabama Warden and Wife Busted for Making “Magic” Mushrooms by Warden Chadwick “Chad” Ray Crabtree, 45, of Alabama’s Limestone Correctional Facility (LCF), was behind bars at Limestone County Jail on April 19, 2024, after agents from the state Department of Corrections (DOC) joined local and state cops to execute five …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Watchdog Calls for Hawaii Prisons, Jails to Stop Using Restraint Chairs by On April 18, 2024, Hawaii’s Correctional System Oversight Commission (CSOC) called on lockups in the state to stop using restraint chairs over concerns they are dangerous. CSOC said it wasn’t aware that any of the devices were still …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Unequal Before the Law by Stephanie Woodard by Stephanie Woodard Native Americans serve astoundingly longer prison sentences—because they are Native. Federal charges ordinarily cover matters of national reach: immigration, voting rights, racketeering. Not in Indian Country. Tribal members frequently find themselves in federal court for all sorts of allegations— not …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: Private Prisons
America’s Prison Profiteers from Colonial Times Until Now by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In an April 2024 article, Willamette University Van Winkle Melton Professor of Law Laura I. Appleman traces the profit motive in American criminal punishment from colonial times, aiming to better understand and reform the way private …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Alaska Supreme Court: DOC Can’t Unilaterally Redefine ‘Parole Release Date’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 8, 2023, the Supreme Court of Alaska held that the state Department of Corrections (DOC) violated the rulemaking process laid out in the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) when it unilaterally changed the …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
North Carolina Expands Supervision for Mentally Ill Probationers by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso By the end of 2024, North Carolina’s Division of Community Supervision (DCS) will expand its Specialty Mental Health Probation (SMHP) to 56 of the state’s 100 counties. Employing 78 specially trained probation officers and 58 …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Mentally Ill Detainee Allegedly “Stomped” In the Head By South Carolina Jailer by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A federal civil rights suit filed on March 12, 2024, accused a guard at South Carolina’s Marlboro County Detention Center of brutalizing a homeless mentally ill detainee—even stomping on his head. …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Nailing Down “Top Cop” Kamala Harris on Criminal Justice Reform by After becoming the surprise new Democratic nominee for the presidency in July 2024, U.S. Vice-Pres. Kamala Harris has leaned into her credentials as a former California prosecutor. But her record has enough to alienate both progressives and law-and-order voters. …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Florida Reentry “Success” Story: Convicted Embezzler Promoted to Oversee Miami-Dade County Contracts by Though convicted of stealing nearly $500,000 from the Florida town where he used to work, Christopher Kovanes was hired and promoted by Miami-Dade County. That is to the County’s credit, for giving the former prisoner a chance. …
Parole Denied for Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier by A Native American activist incarcerated for nearly half a century was once again denied parole on June 10, 2024. Despite support from human rights groups and seven Democratic U.S. Senators, the U.S. Parole Commission decided to keep Leonard Peltier, 79, behind bars …
Page 37 of 2029. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 ... 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 | Next »