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Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
California Court Upholds Prisoners’ Convictions for Fatal Jail Beating by Derek Gilna California Court Upholds Prisoners’ Convictions for Fatal Jail Beating by Derek Gilna By all accounts, the Theo Lacy jail in Orange County, California is a dangerous place, one where prisoners have organized into race-based groups known as “CARs” …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Seventh Circuit Rules Wisconsin Prisoner’s Religious Rights Must be Honored by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Rules Wisconsin Prisoner’s Religious Rights Must be Honored by Derek Gilna David A. Schlemm, a Navajo tribe member confined in a Wisconsin state prison, sought to exercise his right to practice certain religious rituals required …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna As many of our readers know, Prison Legal News is a strong proponent of breaking down barriers that restrict prisoners’ First Amendment rights. Jail …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin A new study finds that prisoners in private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more months behind bars …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Seventh Circuit Rejects Prisoner’s 1983 Claim but Criticizes Controlling Precedent by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Rejects Prisoner’s 1983 Claim but Criticizes Controlling Precedent by Derek Gilna It’s not often that a federal appellate court criticizes the precedent that it feels obligated to follow, but that is what happened in a …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Utah Judge Orders Jail to Stop Seizing Prisoners’ Money for Pay-to-Stay Fees by Matthew Clarke Utah Judge Orders Jail to Stop Seizing Prisoners’ Money for Pay-to-Stay Fees by Matt Clarke On April 9, 2014, Utah District Judge Michael G. Allphin signed a standing order for all criminal cases in which …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
One of the Largest Solar Power Companies in the U.S. has Ties to Prison Slave Labor by Panagioti Tsolkas One of the Largest Solar Power Companies in the U.S. has Ties to Prison Slave Labor by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisoners at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon are making solar …
Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter The GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest for-profit prison companies, has signed contracts with Vermont and Washington State to house prisoners …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
California Officials Reverse Position after Receiving Prison Phone Company Contributions by Derek Gilna California Officials Reverse Position after Receiving Prison Phone Company Contributions by Derek Gilna Prisoners and members of their families filed a federal class-action lawsuit in November 2015 against officials in Orange County and three other California counties, …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2016 as we enter our 26th year of continuous publishing. This month’s cover story about the rise of mass incarceration is something of a road map to how we got …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Former Dale County jail prisoner Trawick Redding, Jr. filed a federal lawsuit on July 28, 2015 claiming guards Zeneth Glenn and Ryan Mittlebach tortured and assaulted him, and inflicted cruel and unusual punishment, by using a large Burmese python to intimidate him during his jail …
Article • December 17, 2015
Georgia: Op-Ed: County Commission delay poses health threats by Mary Sidney K. Harbert Georgia: Op-Ed: County Commission delay poses health threats   Fulton County Commissioners are dragging their feet in making a decision about who should provide healthcare at the Fulton County Jail, posing a public health threat to jail …
Aramark’s Correctional Food Services: Meals, Maggots and Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis Aramark’s Correctional Food Services: Meals, Maggots and Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis and Rod L. Bower Prison food service vendor Aramark was included among 132 businesses in 21 countries that were named the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2015 by …
Privatized Prisoner Transportation Service Poses Problems by David Reutter Privatized Prisoner Transportation Service Poses Problems by David M. Reutter Several lawsuits against the self-proclaimed “nation’s largest prisoner extradition company and one of the largest international transporters of detainees” have cast a harsh light on a contractor hired to fulfill the …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Obama Administration Promises Transparency but Vigorously Prosecutes Whistleblowers by Matthew Clarke Obama Administration Promises Transparency but Vigorously Prosecutes Whistleblowers by Matt Clarke In 2009, President Barack Obama promised a more transparent, whistleblower-friendly government. Obama claims he delivered on that promise with his November 27, 2012 signing of the Whistleblower Protection …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Idaho: FBI Declines to Press Criminal Charges against CCA for Falsified Staffing Records by Joe Watson Idaho: FBI Declines to Press Criminal Charges against CCA for Falsified Staffing Records by Joe Watson and Mark Wilson The FBI will not pursue criminal charges following a 15-month investigation into allegations that the …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Nebraska County Corrections Officials Fired by Nebraska County Corrections Officials Fired Hall County, Nebraska corrections director Fred Ruiz and assistant director Jimmy Vann were fired on August 20, 2015 after the county board met with special investigators hired to review management and operational concerns at the Hall County jail. The …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners Released as New York Prosecutors Review Tainted Cases; $23.4 Million in Settlements Thus Far by Mark Wilson Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners Released as New York Prosecutors Review Tainted Cases; $23.4 Million in Settlements Thus Far by Mark Wilson Scores of prisoners from New York City have claimed for …
PLN Files Censorship Suit against Jail in Tulare County, California by PLN Files Censorship Suit against Jail in Tulare County, California On October 29, 2015, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit alleging unconstitutional censorship of publications sent to prisoners at the Bob Wiley Detention Facility in Tulare County, California. …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
One-Continuous-Sentence Rule Governs Colorado Parole Eligibility Dates by Mark Wilson One-Continuous-Sentence Rule Governs Colorado Parole Eligibility Dates by Mark Wilson The Colorado Supreme Court held last year that state prison officials had misapplied the law and miscalculated a prisoner’s parole eligibility date (PED) for his consecutive sentence. Colorado law requires …
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