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Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Michigan: $9,750 in Damages and Costs in Prison Ramadan Violation Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter  A Michigan federal district court awarded costs in a case that alleged prison officials violated the religious rights of four Michigan prisoners during their observance of Ramadan – a holy month …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
GEO Group Under Pressure from Shareholders on Human Rights Policy by David M. Reutter, Kevin Bliss by David M. Reutter and Kevin Bliss An activist investor organization has forced Boca Raton, Florida-based GEO Group, which operates or manages almost 75,000 for-profit detention facility beds across the U.S., to adopt a …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Arizona Prison Scandal: Cell Doors that Don’t Lock, Maintenance Funds Misused by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2019, the Arizona legislature’s Joint Committee on Capital Review approved $16.5 million in special funding for the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) to repair faulty cell door locks at ASPC-Lewis, after …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Maine: Female Detainee Raped by Jailer Wins Lawsuit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On October 2, 2016, Amanda Bridges was housed in an administrative segregation cell at Maine’s York County jail, serving a six-month sentence for violating her probation. Jailer Jonathan Carpenter entered her cell and began to kiss …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Texas Passes Laws to Preserve Dignity of Women Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke With the passage of House Bill 650, which Governor Greg Abbott has already signed into law, Texas took a first step toward protecting the dignity of women held in state prisons. There are more women …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Jails in Oregon and Washington State Have High Prisoner Death Rates by Matthew Clarke, Mark Wilson by Matt Clarke and Mark Wilson The Spokane County jail in Washington State recently marked its ninth prisoner death since June 2017. But it was hardly unique. A study released in May 2019 by …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Book Excerpt: Lessons of “The Birdman” by Marc Mauer, Ashley Nellis by Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis In the early part of the last century, Robert Stroud was considered one of the most notorious and dangerous individuals in the U.S. prison system. Born in Seattle, Stroud ran away from his …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Federal Court Dismisses GEO Group’s Defenses in Lawsuit Over Pay for Immigrant Detainees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Undocumented immigrants in the United States often face wage theft when their employers underpay or refuse to pay them for their labor. A federal class-action lawsuit filed by the Attorney General …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For at least the past 50 years, the U.S. government has purported to wage a war on poor drug users. Poor people who used drugs such as heroin, cocaine and marijuana were duly arrested, prosecuted, convicted, caged and even killed in …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
When Going to Jail Means Giving Up the Meds that Saved Your Life by Beth Schwartzapfel How the Americans with Disabilities Act could change the way the nation’s jails and prisons treat addiction. by Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project Before Geoffrey Pesce got on methadone, his addiction to heroin and oxycodone …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Medication
Opioid Epidemic Impacts Prisons and Jails by Steve Horn by Steve Horn It has killed far more Americans than the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, claiming over 200,000 lives since 2010 according to the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse. It has swept the nation, from large cities to …
Article • September 5, 2019
Federal District Court Denies Nebraska Department of Correctional Services’ Motion to Strike Expert Declarations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 22, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska denied the “Motion to Strike Expert Declarations” (Motion) that was filed by the Nebraska Department of …
In-the-News Article • September 5, 2019
PLN comments on staff assault at CoreCivic prison in TN Sept. 5, 2019 Articles with PLN Quotes Hartsville Vidette Assault raises questions over Trousdale prison conditions By Chris Gregory cgregory@hartsvillevidette.com An advocate for prison reform has raised concerns over conditions at Hartsville's Trousdale Turner Correctional Center after a staff member …
In-the-News Article • September 5, 2019
Article on bill to ban private prisons in MI quotes HRDC Sept. 5, 2019 Articles with PLN Quotes The Center Square Bill would ban Michigan from housing inmates in private prisons By Scott McClallen | The Center Square   Sep 5, 2019 The state of Michigan would be prohibited from housing …
Brief • September 5, 2019
Dowl v. Williams, AK, Settlement, Muslim Inmate Discrimination, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA ANAS DOWL, inmate # 345639 ERNEST JACOBSSON, inmate # 403566 Case No. 3:18-cv-00119-HRH Plaintiffs, vs. DEAN WILLIAMS, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Corrections, in his official capacity, only; et al., Defendants. …
Brief • September 5, 2019
Trujillo v State of New Mexico, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2019 Centurion 003227 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEM ENT AGREEME NT is executed this day orSAf¼~ 2019, by Stacey Romero, as personal representative of the Estate of Phillip Anthony …
Hall v. Punke, IL, Settlement, Solitary Confinement and Retaliation, 2019 .' .. Case# Official Case# 15-1031 SD 15-CV-1031 Case Filed Hall, Robert #R00852 v. Godinez, et al. Received xx/xx/xx Status closed 3/27 /15 □ Class Action . □ On Appeal r ■; t - . r. "' , jR I …
Kickback publication • September 4, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
SD DOC Rates - Sept 2019 9/4/2019 Frequently Asked Questions: Inmate Telephone Access:: SD Dept. of Corrections Can inmates receive incoming calls? No. Inmates are not allowed to receive phone calls unless it is an emergency situation and/or permission has been granted by the Warden. What is a debit phone …
In-the-News Article • September 3, 2019
PLN managing editor interviewed, quoted on staff assault at TN private prison Sept. 3, 2019 Articles with PLN Quotes News Channel 5 Advocates are concerned after hearing a nurse was brutally attacked by a prisoner Posted: 7:37 PM, Sep 03, 2019   By: Alexandra Koehn   HARTSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Advocates are …
In-the-News Article • September 3, 2019
PLN quoted on private prison divestment efforts at Harvard Sept. 3, 2019 Articles with PLN Quotes NBC News 'An uphill battle': Harvard students urge school to pull investments that support prisons Harvard has divested its multibillion-dollar endowment from the tobacco industry and South Africa during apartheid. Now students ask: Why …
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