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Federal Consent Decree Bans Isolation at Mississippi Youth Prison by Matthew Clarke In February 2012, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to stop housing juveniles at a privately-run prison in Leake County, Mississippi and enact multiple reforms to protect both the juveniles and the adult prisoners who will remain …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Court Certifies Class-Action in Lawsuit Over Washington State Prison Phones by Matthew Clarke On February 23, 2012, a Washington State court certified as a class action a challenge to the failure of the prisoner telephone service in some Washington State prisons to provide rate information. Sandy Judd, Tara Herivel and …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Private Contractors
Texas Contracts with Huntsville Hospital for Prisoner Health Care by On February 10, 2012, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice approved a $46.8 million contract with Huntsville Memorial Hospital to provide health care for the 13,900 state prisoners in the Huntsville, Texas area. This may be the first step toward …
Article • August 23, 2016
Missouri to Execute Death-Row Prisoners with Drug that Killed Michael Jackson by If propofol was lethal enough to kill the King of Pop. Missouri's Department of Corrections figures that it's sufficient to execute its death-row prisoners. State DOC officials announced in May that they were replacing their three-drug method for …
Article • August 23, 2016
High Costs, Not Human Rights, Forces Georgia to Release Its Sickest Prisoners by For now, fiscal crises in Georgia will have to suffice for human decency with the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles releasing dozens of sick and elderly prisoners annually to save millions in medical spending. But even …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Whistleblower Alleges Pandemic of Prisoner Rape by Guards at New Mexico Facility by A lawsuit filed in May 2012. alleging widespread sexual abuse at the Central New Mexico Corrections Facility in Los Lunas. compelled a retired prison guard to blow the whistle on several other guards. including one already accused …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons
Colorado DOC Toughens Private Prison Contracts by G.A. Bowers In response to a scathing audit, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) told state lawmakers in October 2005 that the Department is making the recommended changes. Six private prisons scattered across Colorado's eastern plains hold over 4,000 of the state's prisoners. …
Article • August 23, 2016
CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex With Syracuse Jail Prisoner by Beth A. Ours, 37, a Correctional Medical Care (CMC) nurse who worked at the Justice Center jail in Syracuse, New York, was arrested on December 4, 2012, and charged with third-degree felony sexual act for allegedly performing oral sex …
Article • August 23, 2016
Maryland Ban on Prisoner's Book Rescinded by Brandon Sample The Maryland Department of Corrections (MDOC) has rescinded its ban on "The Marshall Plan: The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black Panther," a book written by Marshall "Eddie" Conway, a Maryland prisoner. Acting MDOC warden Wayne Webb banned Conway's book …
Residency Restrictions Cause Homelessness to Increase Among Registered Sex Offenders in Arizona by Matthew Clarke It is well known that restrictions on where registered sex offenders (RSOs) are permitted to reside in Miami resulted in the creation of an RSO camp under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. PLN recently reported that …
Article • August 22, 2016
Former BOP Guard Convicted In Murder-For-Hire Scheme by Brandon Sample
Article • August 22, 2016
Second BOP Guard Convicted In Assault-For-Hire by Brandon Sample A second Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard involved with arranging the assault of a prisoner has been convicted of federal civil rights violations. On July 8, 2010, Michael Kennedy was found guilty of violating the civil rights of Richard Delano, …
Article • August 22, 2016
BOP Dentist Gets Slap On The Wrist for Sex Abuse by Brandon Sample A federal judge has sentenced a former Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) dentist to five months imprisonment, five months home confinement, and a $3,000 fine for having sex with a female prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution …
$1 Million Settlement in Oklahoma City Jail Fatal Prisoner Beating Suit by Matt Clarke by Oklahoma County approved a $1 million settlement in a civil rights suit involving a prisoner who was first denied his anti-seizure medication then fatally beaten by guards when he had a seizure in an Oklahoma …
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: Restitution
Hawaii: Money from Restitution Orders Generally Not Collected by Thirteen years after a state auditor released a report critical of the Hawaii judiciary's collection efforts, only a small fraction of the millions of dollars in restitution assessed against offenders has been collected, leaving victims of crime upset at what they …
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Justice Department and SEC Privatize Investigation of Corporate Misdeeds by You are not alone if you have wondered why no one has been prosecuted for the corporate misdeeds that brought down the economy in 2008 and nearly thrust the United States into another Great Depression. The reason no corporate executive …
More Private Prison Money Flows to Arizona Politicians by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has been criticized for the influence Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has upon her and her staff. She accepted $60,000 in campaign contributions from people associated with CCA. Her senior policy advisor and campaign manager has a …
Article • August 22, 2016
Florida: DNA Mix-Up Calls Rapist's Conviction Into Question by When the FBI informed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) that it had a recent "hit" on the DNA of convicted rapist Andrew Lingard, the FDLE realized that something was amiss, because Lingard has been in prison for the last …
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: Release and Reentry
New York Not Liable for Unauthorized Addition of Post-Release Supervision by  The New York Court of Appeals has held that the state cannot be held liable for the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) adding post-release supervision to prisoners' sentences when it had not been ordered by a judge. Farrah Donald, …
Article • August 22, 2016
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Texas Legislature Authorizes Doubling of Prisoners' Monthly Phone Minutes by Matthew Clarke In 2007, when Texas became the last state in the union to allow prisoner phone calls, the limit on phone usage was 120 minutes a month. In 2009, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) responded to requests …
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