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Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
After Two Detainee Deaths, CoreCivic Hit With $2,500 Daily Fine for Chronically Short-Staffed Florida Jail by On February 15, 2022, an on-going staffing crisis at Florida’s Citrus County Detention Facility (CCDF) prompted county officials to start fining its privately contracted operator, Tennessee-based CoreCivic, $2,500 a day for running the prison …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Federal Judge Finds Alabama DOC Mental Health Care Horrendous, Orders: Start Hiring by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 27, 2021, four years after calling Alabama’s treatment of mentally ill prisoners “horrendously inadequate”—due largely to chronic understaffing—a federal judge issued a new mandate to the state Department …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Staffing
Wisconsin Feels Effects of Staffing Shortage in State Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Staffing shortages in Wisconsin’s maximum security prison, Waupun Correctional Facility, prompted the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDOC) in June of 2021 to ask for guards at the state’s other prisons to voluntarily report to Waupun …
Agnew v. NY City Dept of Correction, NY, Complaint, Inadequate Health Care, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF THE BRONX Matter of JOSEPH AGNEW, ANTHONY GANG, TYRONE GREENE and KAMER REID, On behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Petitioners, For a judgment under …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Staffing
Florida Prisons Face Ongoing Staff Shortages Due to Low Pay And Long Hours by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For the last two decades, theFlorida Department of Corrections (FDC) has faced a staff shortage. Mark Inch, Secretary of the FDC, urged lawmakers earlier this year to provide $26.1 million …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Staffing
Staff Shortages in Georgia Prisons Reach Crisis Levels by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) is experiencing chronic staff shortages at its facilities across the state that have led to an alarming increase in riots, gang violence, homicides, and suicides. According to the Southern Center …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Staffing
Texas Prisons Close Amid Pandemic by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) shuttered its Wayne Scott Unit in Brazoria County on December 15, 2020. Its Neal Unit in Amarillo and Gurney Unit outside Palestine were also closed by the end of 2020. TDCJ said …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Overcrowding, Staffing
COVID-19 Depletes State Prison Staffs Nationwide, Forcing Consolidation of Facilities and Increasing Risk to All by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna COVID-19’s impact on American society has been dramatic, but no more so than in prisons and jails. While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended maintaining “social …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
No-Show Prison Workers Cost Mississippi Taxpayers Millions by Joseph Neff, Alysia Santo Prisoners, guards face danger from chronic understaffing by MTC by Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo, The Marshall Project This article was published in partnership with The Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi Today and The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. When Darrell …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Staffing
Overtime Payouts in California Prison System Approach $500 Million by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel Rosen The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation paid out almost a half-billion dollars in overtime in 2019, nearly twice what it paid in regular salaries, CalMatters reported in August 2020. Responding to a public …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Staffing, Excessive Force
Violence at New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Increasing Even as Population Falls by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For decades, New York City’s Rikes Island Jail Complex (RIJC) has been the largest urban lock-up in the United States. It has also been infamous as among the most violent jails …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
North Carolina Temporarily Closes Three Prisons for Lack of Guards; Final One Reopens During COVID-19 Pandemic by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The North Carolina Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice (DACJJ) has been in a severe crisis mode regarding prison guard understaffing. The …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Staffing
National Guard Called in to Help Run Indiana State Prisons by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Indiana National Guard has switched roles in helping the Indiana Department of Correction (“IDOC”) during the coronavirus pandemic, from that of health-care workers to prison guards, as prison staff become infected by COVID-19. …
Brief • September 6, 2020
Agard v. Walworth County, S.D., class action complaint, unconstitutional conditions of jail, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01018-CBK Document 1 Filed 09/06/20 Page 1 of 30 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHERN DIVISION Megan Maria Agard, Chico Baker, Robert DeSersa, Kara Jane Logg, Deborah Looking Back, Prairie …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Captain at Jail Where Epstein Died Offered New Position of Authority; Warden Remains on Desk Duty by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In March 2020, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced it would transfer guard Jermaine Darden to Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fort Dix, where he will serve as the …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Mississippi Prisons in Crisis by David Reutter Prisons beset with gang-related violence, overcrowding, understaffing and weak funding. by David M. Reutter Between late last year and early April 2020, more than 30 Mississippi prisoners died due togang violence, suicide or illness – over 10 times the average of 3.4 prisoner …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Rappers Jay-Z and Yo Gatti Help Prisoners in Mississippi Sue State Over “Inhumane and Unconstitutional Conditions” by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Lawyers representing music stars Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims, along with Carter’s entertainment company, Team Roc, filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
All 50 States Report Prison Understaffing by Brian Sonenstein by Brian Sonenstein, Shadowproof Every state in the nation has reported prison staffing shortages since 2017, according to research by Shadowproof. This is concerning because “staff shortages” are historically used to push for greater investments in prison systems, oftentimes riding reform …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Staffing
Florida Lowers Minimum Age for Prison Guards But Fails to End Staff Shortages by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A new law that reduces the minimum age to be a Florida prison guard has not helped resolve “critically low” staffing levels. Effective July 1, 2019, the minimum age to …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Staffing, Suicides
Suicide Rate of BOP Guards Keeps Increasing, Sets New Record by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The suicide rate among guards in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) keeps increasing, reaching a record high in 2019 for the most suicides in a single year: 14. Top brass at both state …
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