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Article • December 27, 2022
Oklahoma Prison Industries Partially Shut Down After Convicted Child Molester Uses Work Computer to Download Kiddie Porn by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 30, 2022, the new Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) addressed a scandal that began unfolding eight months earlier, when …
Article • December 21, 2022
Filed under: Computers, Wrongful Death
One Idaho Detainee Kills Another in Jail Fight Over Tablet Use by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 28, 2022, a man who fatally beat a fellow detainee at Idaho’s Madison County Jail was sentenced for the murder. Robert Pompa, 27, will spend at least 27 years …
Article • December 5, 2022
Filed under: Education
3,338 Texas Prisoners Taking College Courses with Pell Grants by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott    In July 2023, the Biden White House will return the hope of education to more prisoners by restoring the financial assistance provided by Pell Grants. The federal need-based funding for college courses …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Education
New Federal ‘Fresh Start’ Student Loan Policy May Help Prisoners in Default by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced a new “fresh start” policy for people whose student loans are in default, and it may help prisoners who would otherwise …
Ninth Circuit Terminates Idaho Prison Conditions Lawsuit After 40 Years of Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed termination of all prospective relief in a long-running class action alleging unconstitutional conditions at the Idaho State …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Florida and California Experiments Use Direct Cash Assistance to Newly Released Prisoners to Combat Recidivism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Guaranteed income is a wayto recognize everyone’s inherent dignity,” declared an op-ed in Florida’s Gainesville Sun on November 5, 2021. Penned by Mayor Lauren Poe (D) and Kevin Scott, …
Article • July 19, 2022
GED Cheating Scheme Uncovered at Montana CoreCivic Prison by Kaden Gicker By Kaden Gicker The academic testing program at Montana’s Crossroads Correctional Center (CCC) was “indefinitely suspended” after a test administrator was found helping prisoners cheat. The tests under suspicion were high school equivalency exams, and the allegations resulted in …
Publication • 2022
CFPB-Justice Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace-Jan. 2022 CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU | JANUARY 2022 Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace C cial e r Finan C o n s uctimon Bureau Prote Table of contents Table of contents......................................................................................................... 1 Executive summary..................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction........................................................................................................... 3 2. Pretrial …
Publication • 2022
NCLC-Collection at All Costs-Examining the Intersection of Mass Incarceration, July 2022 COLLECTION AT ALL COSTS Examining the Intersection of Mass Incarceration and the Student Debt Crisis July 2022 PROTEC TBOR ROWER S .ORG Acknowledgments This report benefited from gracious review and input by Bradley Custer of the Center for American …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry
University of Maryland-Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes, 2022-03 Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes: The Unger Story Michael A. Millemann Jennifer Elisa Chapman Samuel P. Feder University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022–03 ....... ~ ..· IV'ERSITY. of MARYLAN'D …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: Education
What to Know about Using Pell Grants to Take College Classes in Prison by Richard Hahn by Richard Hahn THE VALUE OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCAtion to people who complete courses in prison is well established. The Second Chance Pell (SCP) Pilot, which offered federal grants to help prisoners pay for college …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry, jobs
$1.1 Million Colorado Initiative Set to Assist Prisoners With More Employment Opportunities Upon Release by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Individuals leaving prison often face obstacles securing basic necessities like employment, housing, and health care. This can make reintegration into society exceedingly difficult. The restrictions and limited opportunities that ex-prisoners …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Justice Department Releases Ten-Year Recidivism Study by Matthew Clarke Follows a half-million state prisoners released in 2008 by Matt Clarke From 2016 through 2019, the last years for which reliable data are available, about 10.5 million arrests were made in the U.S. annually. Averaged over a decade, that’s less than …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Colorado Using SWIFT but Cheap Wildlands Firefighters by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For many years PLN has reported on prison systems across the nation like those in Arkansas and Texas that pay prisoners nothing for the work they are required to perform. Others, like Louisiana, pay only pennies per …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Education
How Trump Made a Tiny Christian College the Nation’s Biggest Prison Educator by Eli Hager by Eli Hager, The Marshall Project Six years ago, Ashland University, a small Christian college in the north-central region of Ohio known as the “Buckeye Bible Belt,” was in trouble. The school was $70 million …
Brief • October 19, 2021
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consent Order Re JPay, 2021 2021-CFPB-0006 Document 1 Filed 10/19/2021 Page 1 of 42 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 2021-CFPB-0006 In the Matter of: CONSENT ORDER JPay, LLC The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) has reviewed the practices of …
Brief • September 30, 2021
Filed under: Tattoos, Censorship, Magazines
Lindgren v. State of Iowa, IA, Order, Censorship of Magazines, 2021 Case 4:18-cv-00404-RP-SHL Document 41 Filed 09/30/21 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CENTRAL DIVISION MICHAEL LINDGREN, v. Plaintiff, STATE OF IOWA and THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendants. 4:18-cv-00404-RP-SHL …
Publication • July 8, 2021
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Ltr to Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Re Pell Grant Restoration 2021 WASHINGTON, DC 20510 July 8, 2021 The Honorable Patty Murray Chair Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations 136 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 …
Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Order Granting Preliminary Injuction, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 37 Filed 06/16/21 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES H., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-00997 (CJN) DISTRICT OF …
Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 38 Filed 06/16/21 Page 1 of 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES H., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-00997 (CJN) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et. …
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