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Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Attorneys General, Police
Texas Attorney General Secretly Sabotages Compensation Payments to Man Exonerated of Killing Police Officer by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Alfred Dewayne Brown spent over a dozen years in prison, including nine on death row, before suppressed exculpatory evidence emerged that supported his alibi and proved he did not murder …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Ohio Prisoner Killed by Cellmate Who Mistakenly Thought He Was a Child Molester by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Kevin Nill, 40, was serving 18 months at the Lebanon Correctional Institution for attempted domestic violence involving an adult family member. On April 23, 2018, prison staff thought it would be …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
BOP to Implement Paperless Mail System in Attempt to Stop Drugs by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Soon, federal prisoners will not be able to receive any paper correspondence but will have to read letters on “kiosks” in housing units. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials say the move is needed …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
California Department of Corrections Tries End-Run Around Federal Court by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly J. Mueller stated in an October 2019 evidentiary hearing that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) knowingly presented misleading information to the court to appear more compliant with …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Prisoner Wins Preliminary Injunction Against PADOC Policy Banning Islamic Fezzes by The Human Rights Coalition by The Human Rights Coalition In August 2019, a federal magistrate judge recommended granting a preliminary injunction against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) to require prison officials to allow prisoners to purchase and wear …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Missouri Requires County Jails to House State Prisoners, Then Doesn’t Pay for Them by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The state government in Missouri owes counties more than $33 million for housing and transporting state prisoners during fiscal year 2019. Although state law places no cap on the …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Alaska: Juvenile Justice Official Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss David Weston, Jr., 55, was one of several Anchorage officials with authority over juvenile offenders who have been charged with possession of child pornography. A sting operation in 2017 had an undercover FBI agent …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
$750,000 Settlement in Suit Over Prisoner Beaten and Raped for Three Days by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 17, 2019, the federal government settled a lawsuit brought by a man formerly incarcerated by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), who had been placed in a segregation cell with another …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Suicides
Prisoner Suicide Rates Highest in California by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon While an estimated 40 percent of all prisoners have a diagnosed mental health condition, the number of prisoners suffering from a serious mental illness reached 14 percent of the general prison population by 2018. Mentally ill prisoners are …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Settlements
New York City Prisoner Shackled While Giving Birth; $610,000 Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A New York City resident, identified as Jane Doe in a lawsuit, gave birth on February 8, 2018 at 6:14 a.m. Although ordinarily not an unusual event, the circumstances leading up to and subsequent …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Medical
Georgia: Doctors and Nurses Warn Prison Medical Care is in Jeopardy by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter As previously reported in PLN, a 2017 investigation found the 1,326-bed Augusta State Medical Prison (ASMP), operated by Georgia Correctional Health Care (GCHC) under a $190 million annual contract for the …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Arizona Prisoners Required to Pay Medical Expenses for Overdoses by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On March 15, 2019, the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) implemented a change to its disciplinary procedures for prisoners. Policy No. 803 now mandates that prisoners requiring hospital treatment for substance abuse must repay the …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Overcrowding
Prisoners Suffer and Die as Kentucky Overcrowds County Jails by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In October 2019, the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC) announced plans to lease a privately-owned prison in Floyd County that has sat idle since 2012. State Justice Secretary John Tilley, who oversees the …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Graphic Violence, Deaths in Alabama Prison Shown in Leaked Photos by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Over 2,000 photos taken by staff at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility paint a graphic picture of violence in the prison that was previously described only in words. But after the Southern …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
CoreCivic Booted from LGBT Chamber of Commerce in Hometown by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Nashville’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) has removed for-profit prison company CoreCivic from its membership rolls. The October 8, 2019 decision to return the company’s membership fee came after a vocal outcry from …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Members of Congress Investigate Private Equity Firms that Own Companies Providing Prison Services by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 30, 2019, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent letters to five private equity firms – BlueMountain Capital Management, H.I.G. …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
California Begins Weaning Itself from Private Prisons – More or Less by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon California governor Gavin Newsom entered office in early 2019 vowing to end the use of private prisons – including those in which federal immigration authorities detain asylum seekers – because for-profit prisons “lead …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Getting Out of Jail After Dark Can Be Dangerous – and Sometimes Deadly by Madison Pauly Nighttime is the worst possible time to release prisoners. So why do so many jails do it? by Madison Pauly, Mother Jones The last bus of the day pulls away from the parking lot …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
A Place for Released Prisoners to Go Home by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A new program that began in 2018 in Alameda County, California aims to assist former prisoners with housing needs. The Homecoming Project matches newly released prisoners with hosts who are subsidized in what founder Alex Busansky …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Staffing, Guards/Staff
Weaker Job Screening Could Make North Carolina Prisons More Dangerous by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In an effort to reduce its 18 percent guard vacancy rate, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS) has eliminated the requirement that all applicants go through psychological testing. “We are …
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