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Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Multiple Indictments, Prison Sentences, for Guards and Officials at Violence-Plagued Cleveland Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The year 2019 was a busy one for a grand jury in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Indictments were handed down for seven guards, a former associate warden and a former director of the …
Another Prisoner Dies at Tennessee Prison Run By CoreCivic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The September 14, 2019, death of prisoner Albert Dorsey, 60, at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF), a private prison operated by Tennessee-based CoreCivic, was initially called a suicide by the medical examiner. The prison’s …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
New Yorker Held Three Years at Rikers Island Before Acquittal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A man from New York City was held three years in a Rikers Island jail before a Brooklyn jury acquitted him October 1, 2019 of a knife-point armed robbery. Mike Colon, 51, was just …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Kentucky Governor’s Executive Order Restores Voting Rights for Felons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued an executive order that restored the voting rights of over 140,000 convicted felons. The order was signed just days after Beshear was sworn in in December 2019, and it …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Women Advocate for the Release of COVID-19 At-Risk Prisoners in Indiana by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A prisoner advocacy group in April began urging residents to call Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and the state Department of Corrections (DOC) Commissioner Robert Carter to demand the release of nonviolent prisoners, the …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: Hearing, COVID-19
Arizona Court Denies Emergency COVID-19 Motion by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Arizona federal district court overseeing the Stipulation in a class action that challenged the medical care within the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) denied an emergency motion to require ADOC to develop a comprehensive COVID-19 plan. …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
D.C. Juvenile Offender Finally Released After 26 Years Behind Bars by Bill Barton by Bill Barton David Bailey was a reckless and violent 17-year-old when he shot and killed two people outside a Washington, D.C. night club. He was convicted of second-degree murder and received a sentence of 35 years …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Overcrowding
Ohio Prisoner’s Facebook Live a Plea for Help During COVID-19 Pandemic by "They’re literally leaving us in here to die,” said a prisoner live-streaming on Facebook in a plea for help April 3, 2020. The now-viral online video captures the desperation of prisoners during the coronavirus pandemic. The 31-year-old, wearing …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Santa Rita Jail Accused of Slave Labor in California Class Action by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Current and former prisoners at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, California, filed a class action lawsuit on November 18, 2019 against the county, Sheriff Gregory Ahern, and Aramark Correctional Services for violating …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Open Prison: Lessons from the Past by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. Open prison is unthinkable today in the United States, though in Scandinavia such institutions are heralded as models of civility and rehabilitation. The U.S. experimented with open prisons back in 1941, which proved there were better …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Chatham County Jail Reverses On Book Ban But Limits Number of Publications by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following a letter from the ACLU of Georgia, the Chatham County sheriff rescinded a jail policy that banned detainees from receiving books and magazines from outside sources. The ACLU still took …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
$25 Million Jury Award to Baltimore City Prisoner For Guards Setting Up Retaliatory Gang Attack by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A jury awarded a prisoner brutally beaten at the Baltimore City Detention Center $25 million, after guards allegedly worked in concert with a gang and arranged a beating as …
Brief • May 1, 2020
Texas AG Opinion That GEO Corporation Is Subject To State Public Records Law KEN rA.t'CTO N ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEX:\S May 01, 2020 Mr. Michael Shaunessy Counsel for Geo Group, Inc. McGinnis & Lochridge 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100 Austin, Texas 78701 OR2020-12334 Dear Mr. Shaunessy: You ask whether certain …
Anderson v. City of Fulton, Kentucky, KY, Motion, Excessive Force Police Shooting, 2020 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY PADUCAH DIVISION [Filed Electronically] BOB ANDERSON, Administrator of the Estate of Charles Christopher McClure, Deceased, and Next Friend of S.M., B.M., and C.M., Minor Daughters of McClure, PLAINTIFF v. …
Publication • May 1, 2020
Letter from TX Attorney General re GEO contracts disclosure, 5-1-20 KEN rA.t'CTO N ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEX:\S May 01, 2020 Mr. Michael Shaunessy Counsel for Geo Group, Inc. McGinnis & Lochridge 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100 Austin, Texas 78701 OR2020-12334 Dear Mr. Shaunessy: You ask whether certain information is subject …
Publication • May 1, 2020
U.S. Prison Decline: Insufficient to Undo Mass Incarceration, The Sentencing Project, 2020 U.S. PRISON DECLINE: INSUFFICIENT TO UNDO MASS INCARCERATION U.S. Prison Decline: Insufficient to Undo Mass Incarceration By yearend 2018, the U.S. prison population reached 1.4 million people, declining by 9% since reaching its peak level in 2009. This …
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Gayle v. Meade, FL, Report and Recommendation, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-21553-MGC Document 76 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/30/2020 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 20-21553-Civ-COOKE/GOODMAN PATRICK GAYLE, et al., Petitioners, vs. MICHAEL W. MEADE, et. al., Respondents. _____________________________________/ ORDER ADOPTING IN …
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 16. PageID #: 1637 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION AMBER HUMPHREY, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, CASE …
Brief • April 30, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Trust Accounts
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Amended Stipulation of Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-1 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 25. PageID #: 1653 EXHIBIT 1 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-1 Filed: 04/30/20 2 of 25. PageID #: 1654 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT …
Brief • April 30, 2020
Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement Notice, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-2 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 11. PageID #: 1678 EXHIBIT A Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111-2 Filed: 04/30/20 2 of 11. PageID #: 1679 COURT ORDERED NOTICE Amber Humphrey, On behalf of herself and all …
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