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Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Justice Department Report: Homicide Rate at Lowest Level Since 1963 by Derek Gilna The number of homicides in the United States fell to a 42-year low in 2011, resulting in declines in the murder rate for males and females of all races, according to a December 2013 report released by …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Arkansas Prisoner Prevails in Excessive Force Case by David Reutter A prisoner who was subjected to excessive force and denied due process at the Pike County Detention Center in Murfreesboro, Arkansas received $501 plus court costs following a summary judgment order and settlement agreement. Prisoner Alan C. Onstad was caught …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Former California Jail Psychiatrist Placed on Probation by Derek Gilna The former chief psychiatrist at the jail in Fresno County, California was placed on probation for five years and ordered to take additional training courses in the wake of numerous complaints that he provided substandard mental health care to prisoners, …
Supreme Court: Retroactivity Ends Mandatory Juvenile LWOP Sentences by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 decision, held on January 25, 2016 that juvenile offenders can no longer be sentenced by state courts to mandatory life without parole (LWOP), even in capital cases. The Court ruled that its …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Overcrowding, Jail Specific
Judge Orders Ohio County to Cap Jail Population, Release Prisoners by Joe Watson A federal judge has decided the best way to solve the overcrowding problem at the Lucas County Jail in Toledo, Ohio is by simply enforcing the law. On November 5, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge James Carr …
Last Member of “Angola 3” Released from Louisiana Prison after 44 Years by David Reutter The last remaining member of the “Angola 3” – believed to have served the longest term in solitary confinement in the United States – was released from prison after almost 44 years, while consistently maintaining …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Guidelines Issued to Safeguard Rights of Pregnant Canadian Prisoners and their Children by Derek Gilna Authorities in the western Canadian province of British Columbia have published a set of guidelines to govern the implementation of Mother-Child Units in provincial prisons as the result of a successful legal challenge that declared …
Settlement Reached in California Psychiatric Disabilities Class-action Suit by Matthew Clarke On August 7, 2014, federal district court judge Lawrence K. Karlton granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class-action suit brought by California state prisoners who suffer from mental illnesses. The settlement ensures that such prisoners will not …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
D.C. Appellate Court Reverses $2.3 Million Wrongful Imprisonment Award by Derek Gilna The District of Columbia’s Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against the D.C. government based upon the municipal liability standard set forth in Monell v. Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978). According to the appellate …
What It's Like to Be Trapped in an Experimental Unit Within a U.S. Prison by An Interview with CCR Client Abdul-Ali By Nahal Zamani, Center for Constitutional Rights Abdul-Ali (aka Avon Twitty) was a plaintiff in Aref v. Holder, CCR’s federal lawsuit challenging policies and practices at the federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP’s) Communications …
Sentenced to Abuse: Trans People in Prison Suffer Rape, Coercion, Denial of Medical Treatment by Zoe Greenberg Zoe Greenberg, Investigative Fellow, RH Reality Check In 2009, Janetta Johnson was sentenced to 71 months for possession and intent to distribute methamphetamine. When the economy plummeted in 2008, Johnson says she panicked …
Article • February 29, 2016
Prison Phone Companies Seek New Revenue Source in Electronic Messaging by Mike Ludwig, Truthout Would you still use email if every message had a word limit and was automatically declared to be the property of your email provider? What if every email cost $1 to send and the receiver could …
Article • February 29, 2016
President's Order on Solitary Confinement Reverberates Beyond Youth Incarceration by Alan Mills, Truthout "Obama Bans Solitary for Juveniles," blared yesterday's headlines. But as usual, the mainstream press missed the real story. President Obama did issue an executive order banning solitary confinement for juveniles in the federal prison system, and journalists can't really …
Article • February 29, 2016
Filed under: Police
"No Cost" License Plate Readers Are Turning Texas Police into Mobile Debt Collectors and Data Miners by Dave Maass Vigilant Solutions, one of the country’s largest brokers of vehicle surveillance technology, is offering a hell of a deal to law enforcement agencies in Texas: a whole suite of automated license …
PLN Obtains Confidential CCA Litigation Records in Tennessee by David Reutter There are many arguments against the privatization of prisons, jails and other detention facilities. Over the years, Prison Legal News has published numerous articles detailing the problems with having a for-profit company fulfill the essential governmental function of incarceration …
Settlements in St. Louis Jail Detainee’s Heroin Withdrawal Death by David Reutter The City of St. Louis, Missouri and Correctional Medical Services (CMS, now Corizon Health) both agreed to pay settlements in a lawsuit filed by the estate of a jail detainee who died due to heroin withdrawal. Upon being …
Texas County Jail, Beset by Prisoner Deaths, has Highest Suicide Rate by Matthew Clarke A wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a 30-year-old Bexar County, Texas jail prisoner who died of a methadone overdose while in solitary confinement at the lock-up settled in February 2015 for $200,000, and …
New Michigan Law Requires Sex Offenders to Pay $50 Annual Fee; Court Challenge Fails by Derek Gilna A recently-enacted statute, Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725a(6), requires registered sex offenders to pay a $50 annual fee to help defray the cost of the state’s online sex offender registry. Offenders are required …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Prison Supply Chains Reveal Some Surprises by Adeshina Emmanuel by Adeshina Emmanuel, The Chicago Reporter Most people see a jail and think about crime, tragedy and heartbreak. Others see dollar signs. That’s because incarceration can be a big money maker. Consider the drab polyester and cotton scrubs worn by detainees …
Tennessee: Federal Court Orders Interim Medical Care in Prisoner’s Pro Se Suit by Following an evidentiary hearing on November 15, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge William J. Haynes, Jr. ordered Tennessee prison officials to provide medication to a prisoner with a severe case of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) until he …
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