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Former U.S. Attorney General’s Legacy: Too Little, Too Late by Derek Gilna The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s unanimous vote in April 2014 to reduce sentencing guidelines two levels for certain defendants convicted of nonviolent drug crimes was a major step in cutting the federal prison terms of both the newly-convicted and …
Idaho Prison Population Drops, Out-of-State Prisoners Re-turned by Christopher Zoukis In a positive sign of declining prison populations, on February 10, 2016, Idaho Department of Correction Director Kevin H. Kempf announced that all 173 state prisoners remaining at the Kit Carson Correctional Center, a Colorado facility operated by Corrections Corporation …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
A “Quantum Leap” Isn’t Far Enough for the Prison Phone Industry by Carrie Wilkinson The December 2015 issue of Prison Legal News detailed a historic October 2015 rulemaking decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to comprehensively reform the prison phone industry. Regular PLN readers are all too familiar with …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the 26th anniversary issue of Prison Legal News! I would like to thank all the people around the country who have helped PLN and the Human Rights Defense Center grow and prosper over the past 26 years. This includes all of our …
Publication • April 27, 2016
Center for Media and Democracy Alec Model Legislation Methamphetamine Reduction Act Exposed D I D Y O U K N O W ? Corporations VOTED to adopt this. Through ALEC, global companies ALEC EXPOSED Search ABOUT GO MEMBERS LOGIN | LOGOUT | HOME | JOIN ALEC | CONTACT EVENTS & …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Architects’ Ethics Panel to Consider Boycott of Execution Chambers and Prison Design by David Reutter by David Reutter An advocacy group composed of architects, building designers and planners is hailing a decision by the National Ethics Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to reconsider a proposal to prohibit …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Colson Task Force Report Highlights BOP Issues, Makes Recommendations by Derek Gilna According to the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections, named after the former top advisor to President Richard Nixon who served a stint in federal prison before dedicating his life to prisoner rehabilitation and spiritual growth, “the …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Book Review: "Illegal to Legal: Business Success for (ex)Criminals, by R.L. Pelshaw" by Christopher Zoukis Illegal to Legal: Business Success for (ex)Criminals, by R.L. Pelshaw (The Pelshaw Group, 2014). 241 pages, $17.50 paperback Book review by Christopher Zoukis Criminal justice reform is an issue that has gained significant political and …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Filed under: Voting, Release and Reentry
The Will of the People: Ex-prisoners Voted into Public Office by Joe Watson What happens when voters elect a public official once deemed a public threat by the criminal justice system? From Connecticut to Virginia, Michigan to New Hampshire and Oregon to Oklahoma – just a few of the places …
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 …
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