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Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Filed under: Voting
Kentucky Restores Voting Rights for Former Prisoners, then Reverses Course by On November 24, 2015, two weeks before the end of his term, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed an executive order that restored the right to vote to certain convicted felons. Less than a month later, on December 22, incoming …
Kickback publication • March 21, 2016
UT DOC CenturyLink Contract Amendment 1 - Call Rates - 3-21-2016 - 11-1-2019 AMENDMENT# I I CONTRACT # PD2 l 7S I Original Starting Date: I l/l/2014 I Expiration Date: \ I/ I /2019 TO BE ATTACHED AND MADE PART OF the specified contract by and between the Stale of …
Brief • March 19, 2016
Calvin et al v. Jefferson County, FL, Order re SJ, prison gerrymandering, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00131-MW-CAS Document 49 Filed 03/19/16 Page 1 of 86 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION KATE CALVIN, JOHN NELSON, CHARLES J. PARRISH, LONNIE GRIFFIN, AND CONCERNED UNITED PEOPLE, Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO. …
Wilson v. GEO Group, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2016 CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE IN FULL FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONS ID ERATION OF NINE THOUSAND and 00/ 100 Dollars ($9,000.00) paid to the undersigned Terry Wilson (hereinafter referred to as "Releasor"), the receipt of which is hereby …
Publication • March 14, 2016
Enforcement of Fines and Fees Letter, USDOJ Civil Rights Division, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Office for Access to Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 March 14, 2016 Dear Colleague: The Department of Justice (“the Department”) is committed to assisting state and local courts in their efforts to ensure …
Publication • March 10, 2016
Smart Reform is Possible - States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Cost, ACLU, 2011 SMART REFORM IS POSSIBLE States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs While Protecting Communities www.aclu.org SMART REFORM IS POSSIBLE States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs While Protecting Communities AUGUST 2011 SMART REFORM IS POSSIBLE States Reducing Incarceration Rates …
Publication • March 8, 2016
Compact for Racial Justice - An Agenda for Fairness and Unity, Applied Research Center An Agenda for Fairness and Unity A proactive plan for fairness and unity in our communities, politics, the economy and the law TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PREAMBLE Linda Burnham Rinku Sen: President & Executive Director, Applied …
Publication • March 8, 2016
How to End Impunity for Private Security and Other Contractors, HRF, 2008 How to End Impunity for Private Security and Other Contractors Blueprint for the Next Administration November 2008 About Us Human Rights First believes that building respect for human rights and the rule of law will help ensure the …
Article • March 7, 2016
Filed under: Voting
Nigerian High Court Rules All Prisoners Have a Right to Vote by Derek Gilna Advocates of American "Exceptionalism" generally have little explanation for why the United States, with 5% of the world's population, has 20% of its prisoners, or why it lags behind many other countries in properly preparing its …
California Prisoners Unite in Hunger Strike to Protest SHU by David Reutter Official with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) devised a plan in 2006 that aimed to chop the head off of prison gangs. What CDCR did not consider was that the gang leaders it indefinitely isolated …
Online Series Exposes Effects of Solitary Confinement on Women by Joe Watson An online series on women in solitary confinement illustrates that the practice of extreme isolation is as sadistic and corrosive to female prisoners—if not more so—as it is to men. The two-part series at solitarywatch.com, written by prisoner …
Article • March 7, 2016
Fewer Executions, Fewer Death Sentences, Fewer Death Penalty States in 2013 by Joe Watson The number of death row executions in the U.S. declined slightly in 2013, while the death row population and the number of states to sanction the death penalty—thanks to Maryland's repeal of capital punishment—also fell, according …
Unjust - How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People, CAP MAP AP FT JLUSA, 2016 UNJUST: HOW THE BROKEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FAILS LGBT PEOPLE February 2016 Authors Partners This report was authored by: This report was developed in partnership with: Center for American Progress The Center for …
Systemic Abuse of Prisoners in U.S. by By John Kiriakou Two federal prison guards in Florida recently agreed to plead guilty for beating a prisoner and then covering it up. One officer faces up to three years in a federal prison, while the other is looking at a year. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) issued …
Brief • March 4, 2016
Holmes v. City of New York et al, NY, Order, Occupy Wall Street protest arrest, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-05253-LTS-RLE Document 76 Filed 03/04/16 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------x MARISA HOLMES, Plaintiff, -v- No. 14 CV 5253-LTS THE CITY OF NEW YORK, et …
Edrei et al v. City of New York, Complaint, NYPD use of LRAD protests police brutality, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------x ANIKA EDREI, SHAY HORSE, JAMES CRAVEN, KEEGAN STEPHAN and MICHAEL NUSBAUM, Plaintiffs, COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR A JURY TRIAL INDEX NO. ECF CASE …
Article • March 1, 2016
“My Words Are Dangerous”: An Interview with Christopher Zoukis by Aviva Stahl By Aviva Stahl While there has been a lot of interest in recent years in journalism about prisons and the criminal justice system, less well known is the journalism being done by prisoners themselves. From the San Quentin News in …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Former Prisoner Appointed to New York City Board of Correction by Gary Hunter Stanley Richards could be called the face of reform at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex. On May 27, 2015, Richards was appointed to the city’s Board of Correction by a unanimous vote. What makes his …
Jury Awards $40,000 to Transgender Prisoner Raped at Florida Jail by A Florida state court jury awarded $40,000 in a negligence action stemming from the rape of a male-to-female transgender pretrial detainee at the Orange County Jail (OCJ). Donald Brown, also known as Tori Tyrelle, was being held at OCJ …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Prison Policy Initiative Releases Report on Email Services for Prisoners by Derek Gilna The non-profit, Massachusetts-based Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) has released a comprehensive study on communication options for prisoners, focusing on email services while also citing issues related to phone calls, visitation and postal mail. According to the January …
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