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Follow the Money: Invisible Investors Seek Big Bucks in Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore by James Kilgore and Brian Dolinar, Truthout When authorities booked Richard Murphy into the jail in Monterey, California on January 18, 2013, the war veteran likely never envisioned ending up being back in court months later, not …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Michigan: Former Prisoners Must Repay Lawsuit Cash Advance Company by David Reutter Michigan: Former Prisoners Must Repay Lawsuit Cash Advance Company by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court’s ruling that required eight former prisoners to repay a company that purchased a contingent portion …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Texas Enacts Legislation to Reduce Wrongful Convictions by Matthew Clarke Texas Enacts Legislation to Reduce Wrongful Convictions by Matt Clarke Legal experts in Texas are trying to iron out a wrinkle they say is an unintended consequence arising from a new law governing discovery in criminal cases, but despite the …
Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Massachusetts Power Struggle over Cronyism Blocks Assistant Court Clerk Hiring by Mark Wilson Massachusetts Power Struggle over Cronyism Blocks Assistant Court Clerk Hiring by Mark Wilson An apparent power struggle over the proposed hiring of an assistant clerk in the Hingham District Court in Massachusetts, southeast of Boston, has blocked …
Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News by Alan Prendergast Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News by Alan Prendergast The U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum outside Florence, Colorado, better known as ADX, has a deserved reputation as the highest-security supermax prison on the planet. It houses some of the most …
Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Oregon Corrections Enterprises Whistleblower Receives $450,000 for Wrongful Termination by Derek Gilna Oregon Corrections Enterprises Whistleblower Receives $450,000 for Wrongful Termination by Derek Gilna Rob Killgore, former director of Oregon Corrections Enterprises (OCE), who was fired by Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Colette S. Peters after he came forward …
Equal Justice Initiative Files Suit Over High Levels of Violence at Alabama Prison by Joe Watson Equal Justice Initiative Files Suit Over High Levels of Violence at Alabama Prison by Joe Watson The Montgomery, Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) filed suit against the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) on October …
Federal Court Finds Texas Violates Rights of Muslim Prisoners by Matthew Clarke Federal Court Finds Texas Violates Rights of Muslim Prisoners by Matt Clarke On April 30, 2014, a federal district court held that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) was violating the constitutional rights of Muslim prisoners by …
Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
$451,000 Federal Jury Award for Illinois Prisoner Beaten by Jail Guard by Matthew Clarke $451,000 Federal Jury Award for Illinois Prisoner Beaten by Jail Guard by Matt Clarke In March 2014, an Illinois federal jury awarded $451,000 to a pretrial detainee at the Cook County Jail who was severely beaten …
Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Amended Sex Offender Registration Law Ex Post Facto by Gary Hunter Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Amended Sex Offender Registration Law Ex Post Facto by Gary Hunter On July 12, 2013, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a bill requiring the state’s Sex Offender Registry Board …
Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Breaking News! FCC Votes to Further Reform Prison Phone Industry by Carrie Wilkinson Breaking News! FCC Votes to Further Reform Prison Phone Industry by Carrie Wilkinson The cover story of the December 2013 issue of Prison Legal News was titled “FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry.” …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Minnesota County Jail Pays $1 Million in Medical Neglect Case by Lonnie Burton Minnesota County Jail Pays $1 Million in Medical Neglect Case by Lonnie Burton In a settlement that is believed to be the largest of its kind for a medical neglect claim in the state of Minnesota, Hennepin …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Filed under: Environmental Law
Prison Ecology by Dashka Slater Prison Ecology by Dashka Slater On a February evening in 2005, a couple hundred people showed up at a public hearing at Oak Grove High School in north-central Alabama to complain about sewage in the tributaries of the Black Warrior River, a popular site for …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Lawsuit Challenges Dental Care in Michigan Prisons by David Reutter Lawsuit Challenges Dental Care in Michigan Prisons by David Reutter A lawsuit alleging the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) fails to provide prisoners with adequate and constitutional dental care was filed in federal court in April 2014. “How do you …
Second Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Abuses at Pennsylvania County Prison by David Reutter Second Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Abuses at Pennsylvania County Prison by David Reutter A second federal lawsuit has been filed by a former prisoner at Pennsylvania’s York County Prison, alleging that his civil rights were violated by …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Racial Discrimination Costs Michigan DOC Over $1 Million by David Reutter Racial Discrimination Costs Michigan DOC Over $1 Million by David Reutter Last year, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) paid more than $1 million in damages in two lawsuits that accused the department of failing to take action despite …
Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Unsuccessfully Challenged by David Reutter Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Unsuccessfully Challenged by David M. Reutter The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently challenged the constitutionality of a Miami-Dade County, Florida ordinance that, according to the organization, forces sex offenders on probation into homelessness by …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
California Legislation Permitting NVDP Incarceration Held Unconstitutional by Mark Wilson California Legislation Permitting NVDP Incarceration Held Unconstitutional by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, held on January 20, 2015 that a section of California’s realignment legislation improperly amended Proposition 36, a voter initiative, in violation of the …
$350,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide by David Reutter $350,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide by David Reutter A $350,000 settlement was reportedly reached in the 2007 suicide of a prisoner at Pennsylvania’s Blair County Prison (BCP). The settlement included the prisoner’s personal physician as well as county defendants. Following …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Filed under: Escapes, Statistics/Trends
Texas Prison Escapes Down Since “Texas Seven” by Matthew Clarke Texas Prison Escapes Down Since “Texas Seven” by Matt Clarke Officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) say the number of escapes from state prisons dropped sharply after seven prisoners staged a brazen break-out in 2001. Since 2012 …
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