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San Diego County Jails Still No. 1 in Prisoner Deaths
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Wrongful Death
San Diego County Jails Still No. 1 in Prisoner Deaths by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 3, 2009, the first day that Sheriff Bill Gore assumed operational control of San Diego County’s jail system, a prisoner killed himself. In October 2019, Don Jon Ralph became the 14th person …
Felony Murder Charges Should Not be Used on Juveniles
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Juveniles
Felony Murder Charges Should Not be Used on Juveniles by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In September 2019, Michael Nerheim, State’s Attorney for Lake County, Illinois, dropped felony murder charges against four juveniles and one 18-year-old following pressure from activists. The charges against the “Lake County Five” stemmed from a …
Genesco CEO Denied Term on CoreCivic’s Board of Directors, but Board Refuses His Resignation
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic
Genesco CEO Denied Term on CoreCivic’s Board of Directors, but Board Refuses His Resignation by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Robert J. “Bob” Dennis, CEO of Gen­esco, a Nashville shoe and boot retailer, was first appointed to the board of directors of CoreCivic, the private prison company formerly known as …
Prisoners, Guards, Students Protest Aramark
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Aramark
Prisoners, Guards, Students Protest Aramark by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In November 2019, an employee of private food service provider Aramark Correctional Services at Indiana’s Correctional Industrial Facility in Pendleton was captured on surveillance video delivering a package and $300 in cash to a prisoner. Kevin Lake, 26, admitted …
Wright v. Westmoreleand County, PA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020
Brief • January 9, 2020
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings
Wright v. Westmoreleand County, PA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00040-MPK Document 1 Filed 01/09/20 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL ACTION DAROB WRIGHT, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 2:20-cv-40 WESTMORLAND COUNTY, JOHN WALTON, and CORRECTIONS OFFICER DOE, JURY …
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor, 2020
Publication • January 9, 2020
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Release and Reentry, Mental Health
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor, 2020 Official Audit Report – Issued January 9, 2020 Massachusetts Department of Correction For the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018 State House Room 230  Boston, MA 02133  auditor@sao.state.ma.us  www.mass.gov/auditor January 9, 2020 Ms. Carol Mici, Commissioner …
Pennsylvania Prisoner Given Belt, Then Punished for Having It
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Pennsylvania Prisoner Given Belt, Then Punished for Having It by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania found it lacked jurisdiction in a case brought by a prisoner who was issued a belt and then later punished for possessing it. Dissenting judges called the disciplinary …
Fifth Circuit Reverses Denial of Qualified Immunity to Prison Officials
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Qualified Immunity
Fifth Circuit Reverses Denial of Qualified Immunity to Prison Officials by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  On September 9, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Louisiana district court’s denial of qualified immunity to three of four defendants in a prisoner’s civil rights suit. State prisoner Clarence Jason …
New Mexico: Third-Party Settlement Agreements Resulting from Medical Care Provided by Corizon are Public Documents Subject to Disclosure
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical
New Mexico: Third-Party Settlement Agreements Resulting from Medical Care Provided by Corizon are Public Documents Subject to Disclosure by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The New Mexico Court of Appeals held that third-party settlement agreements, resulting from medical care provided by Corizon Health under a contract with the state, are …
California AB Prison Gang Members, Others Indicted by Feds
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs
California AB Prison Gang Members, Others Indicted by Feds by A 143-page federal indictment filed on May 21, 2019 described criminal violations allegedly committed by Ronald Yandell, Daniel Troxell, William Sylvester, Travis Burhop, Brant Daniel, Donald Mazza, Pat Brady, Jason Corbett, Matthew Hall, Samuel Keeton, Michael Torres, Jeanna Quesenberry, Kevin …
HRDC Obtains Settlement, $16,000 in Fees and Costs, Against BOP in FOIA Case
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, PLN Litigation
HRDC Obtains Settlement, $16,000 in Fees and Costs, Against BOP in FOIA Case by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On June 7, 2019, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, entered into a settlement agreement in a public records case involving the federal Bureau …
How a 13th Amendment Loophole Created America’s Carceral State
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Thirteenth Amendment, rights
How a 13th Amendment Loophole Created America’s Carceral State by Flores A. Forbes by Flores A. Forbes, The Crime Report While I was serving a six- to-eight year sentence in the California Department of Corrections for felony murder, I became a participant in what was then the Pell Grant college …
Texas Convict-Leasing Burial Ground Uncovered
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Texas Convict-Leasing Burial Ground Uncovered by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  The first prison ever closed in Texas was the Central Unit in Sugar Land, which had originally been a leased convict labor camp known as the Imperial Sugar Company State Prison Farm. When the facility was established in 1867, …
Tennessee Prisoner Captured After Killing Prison Employee, Escaping
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Escapes
Tennessee Prisoner Captured After Killing Prison Employee, Escaping by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter After five days of searching, authorities apprehended escaped Tennessee prisoner Curtis Ray Watson. He was then sent to the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. Watson was serving a 15-year sentence for especially aggravated …
Florida Women’s Prison Under Scrutiny After Rape by Guard
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault
Florida Women’s Prison Under Scrutiny After Rape by Guard by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Anquanette Woodall’s third child was born in 2016 – during her third year of a 15-year sentence for burglary and robbery – after she was raped by Florida prison guard Travis Hinson in …
California’s Firefighting Prisoners in Short Supply
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Prison Labor
California’s Firefighting Prisoners in Short Supply by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke California has a history of using prisoners to fight wildfires that dates back to World War II. But that practice is being questioned after 2018 was one of the worst fire seasons ever recorded, and several prisoners were …
Arizona Court Equates Prison Gang Dropouts with Confidential Informants to Require Redaction of STG Files
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs
Arizona Court Equates Prison Gang Dropouts with Confidential Informants to Require Redaction of STG Files by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Arizona Court of Appeals held on September 25, 2019 that the possibility of information about gang members who had dropped out or were not in “good standing” falling …
Oregon Passes Historic Juvenile Justice Reform Bill but Refuses to Apply it Retroactively
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Criminal justice system reform, Juveniles, Juvenile Prisons
Oregon Passes Historic Juvenile Justice Reform Bill but Refuses to Apply it Retroactively by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 22, 2019, Oregon joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in eliminating life without parole sentences for prisoners who committed their offenses as juveniles. The state enacted …
South Carolina Prison Industries Employee Fired for Writing Tell-All Book
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation against Staff
South Carolina Prison Industries Employee Fired for Writing Tell-All Book by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Daryle Starks is a retired chief pet­ty officer of the U.S. Navy, with 24 years in the service. He was working at South Carolina’s Tyger River Correctional Institution, supervising prisoners as they made hardwood …
Are Re-Enfranchised Florida Felons More Likely to Vote Republican?
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Voting
Are Re-Enfranchised Florida Felons More Likely to Vote Republican? by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter During the recent campaign to reinstate the voting rights of 1.4 million disenfranchised Florida felons, Republicans rallied against a constitutional amendment out of fear that former prisoners would vote as Democrats. Jared Kushner, …
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