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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 …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
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 …
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, …
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 …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
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 …
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 …
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 …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
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 …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
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 …
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, …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Money/Property
Virginia Circuit Court Awards $197.55 to Prisoner in Property Tort Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 28, 2019, the Grayson County Circuit Court awarded $197.55 to state prisoner Gary Brown following a bench trial in which he proceeded pro se on a tort claim against the Commonwealth …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Lawsuit Alleging Denial of Warmth and Sufficient Sleep States Eighth Amendment Claim by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 14, 2019, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s civil rights complaint that alleged he was confined in a cold cell with …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Three Strikes
New York District Court Erred in Applying “Three Strike” Rule to Dismissals by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 12, 2019 that William Escalera, Jr. was not barred from proceeding in forma pauperis and filing a complaint after a New York district …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit Against Virginia Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court held that Prison Legal News’ First Amendment and due process rights were violated when reading materials it sent to prisoners at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center (NRADC) in Virginia …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Death Penalty Prosecution in Colorado Costs State Over $1.6 Million, Ends in Life Sentence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  After spending seven years and more than $1.6 million seeking the death penalty for a prisoner who killed a Colorado prison guard, prosecutors plea-bargained the case for a life sentence. …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Private Prison in Pennsylvania Takes Heat; Prison Board Replaced, Superintendent Retires by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 25, 2019, Pennsylvania’s Delaware County Council abolished its Board of Prison Inspectors (BPI) and replaced it with a Jail Oversight Board (JOB), after problems occurred at the privately operated …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Constitution, U.S.
In Oklahoma, Lawsuit Options Limited When Prisoners Claim Constitutional Rights Violations by Quinton Chandler by Quinton Chandler, StateImpact Oklahoma When a private citizen’s civil rights are violated by the government, typically, they have the opportunity to sue, but under a recent Oklahoma Supreme Court decision, that might not be the …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright I want to thank everyone who has donated to HRDC’s annual fundraiser. Of course, anytime is a good time to donate and we are always in need of funding and support, not just at the end of the year. I would …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
$525,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Excessive Force Incident by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins "Please don’t kill me. Please don’t kill me.” Terrell Isaiah Wilson, 24, could be heard pleading for his life on video footage shot on April 13, 2016 at the Ramsey County jail in St, Paul, Minnesota. …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
California Prison Rehabilitation Programs Costly and Ineffective by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A report by the California State Auditor, released on January 31, 2019, found that rehabilitative programs currently offered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) did not assist in reducing the state’s 50 percent recidivism …
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