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Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Jails: Time to Wake Up to Mass Incarceration in Your Neighborhood by James Kilgore By James Kilgore, Truthout Jails admit nearly 12 million people every year. Yet they are largely off the radar of critics of mass incarceration. However, as a new report by Vera Institute and actions by activists around …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Utah Sex Offender Prison Population Grows under Harsher Laws while Treatment Programs Lag by Mark Wilson Utah Sex Offender Prison Population Grows under Harsher Laws while Treatment Programs Lag by Mark Wilson and Christopher Zoukis Fueled by the notion “once a predator, always a predator,” harsher laws have flooded Utah …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
California: Ex-Prisoners on Community Supervision Secure Major Voting Rights Victory by Lonnie Burton California: Ex-Prisoners on Community Supervision Secure Major Voting Rights Victory by Lonnie Burton Tens of thousands of convicted felons in California will have their voting rights restored after Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced he will not …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Filed under: Muscular, Failure to Treat
New York: $450,000 in Awards to Two Prisoners for Failure to Treat Muscle Tears by David Reutter New York: $450,000 in Awards to Two Prisoners for Failure to Treat Muscle Tears by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims has awarded $250,000 to a former prisoner in a lawsuit …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Prisoner’s Right to Counsel Violated by Eavesdropping on Attorney Phone Calls by Christopher Zoukis Prisoner’s Right to Counsel Violated by Eavesdropping on Attorney Phone Calls by Christopher Zoukis Charges against a Washington man awaiting trial on felony drug and stolen property charges were dropped by a Yakima County Superior Court …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Deaf Prisoner Settles Discrimination Suit for $150,000 by Mark Wilson Deaf Prisoner Settles Discrimination Suit for $150,000 by Mark Wilson To settle what some are describing as a landmark disability discrimination case, Oregon prison officials agreed to pay a deaf prisoner $150,000. Merle Baldridge, 42, is deaf and uses American …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail by PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail In September 2015, Prison Legal News filed a lawsuit in federal court against unconstitutional censorship practices at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center (NWADC) in Winchester, Virginia. The suit names the Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Soldiers Sentenced to Die, but No Executions on Military Death Row Since 1961 by Joe Watson Soldiers Sentenced to Die, but No Executions on Military Death Row Since 1961 by Joe Watson The guilty verdict and death sentence handed down on August 28, 2013 against U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Idaho Prisoner Wins $602,000 Settlement against Corizon by Derek Gilna Idaho Prisoner Wins $602,000 Settlement against Corizon by Derek Gilna An Idaho state prisoner, William A. Bown, obtained a $602,782.50 settlement from Corizon Health in July 2014 for damages resulting from deliberately indifferent medical care arising from a heart attack …
Article • October 23, 2015
From HRDC executive director Paul Wright, October 23, 2015, FCC Caps the Cost of Prison Phone Calls by Paul Wright October 23, 2015 From HRDC executive director Paul Wright: Yesterday the Federal Communications Commission took a historic step by capping the cost of prison and jail phone calls. For decades, …
Article • October 23, 2015
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) Stipulates to Confidentiality Order by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) Stipulates to Confidentiality Order In 2005, plaintiff, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., filed suit in the district court of New Mexico asserting that New Mexico’s faith-based prison programming violates the establishment clause and seeks to …
Article • October 23, 2015
Filed under: Appeals, Trials
Connecticut Supreme Court Invokes Supervisory Authority Reversing Conviction by Connecticut Supreme Court Invokes Supervisory Authority Reversing Conviction Calling the harm resultant of requiring a prisoner to wear a prison jumpsuit at jury trial an “unambiguous and indefensive” constitutional violation, the Supreme Court of Connecticut applied its supervisory authority in affirming, …
Article • October 23, 2015
Filed under: Overcrowding, Overdetention
Courts in Bengal Now Come to Prison by Courts in Bengal Now Come to Prison Starting September 5 of this year, courts in India's state of Bengal will set up shop inside prisons one day a week to conduct bail hearings for pretrial detainees. The move comes after India's Apex …
Article • October 23, 2015
Former Federal Prisoner’s Appeal Challenging Potential Self-Incrimination Dismissed as Moot by Former Federal Prisoner’s Appeal Challenging Potential Self-Incrimination Dismissed as Moot The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has dismissed a former prisoner’s appeal challenging, on Fifth Amendment grounds, the lower court’s revocation of his supervised release, the …
Article • October 23, 2015
Florida Officers Not Covered By Indemnity Fund When Committing Unforeseen Crimes by Florida Officers Not Covered By Indemnity Fund When Committing Unforeseen Crimes A Florida circuit court held a woman who was sexually assaulted by a lieutenant while she was a prisoner at the Indian River County Jail could not …
Article • October 23, 2015
Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries by Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court held that the City of Pembroke Pines has no duty to provide water and sewage services to a site owned …
Article • October 21, 2015
Filed under: Private Prisons
Private Prisons: Just Bit Players in Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore Private Prisons: Just Bit Players in Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore              Copyright, Truthout.org. This article was originally published on October 19, 2015; reprinted with permission. Social justice activists love to hate private prisons. The loathing is easy to justify. Making …
Article • October 19, 2015
Bankers Being Jailed For Twice As Long As Other White Collar Criminals by New Federal Agency by Christopher Zoukis Bankers Being Jailed For Twice As Long As Other White Collar Criminals by New Federal Agency by Christopher Zoukis A new federal agency formed in 2008 has quietly been locking up …
Article • October 19, 2015
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules on Fallout Procedures Implemented After Crime Lab Scandal by Matthew Clarke Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules on Fallout Procedures Implemented After Crime Lab Scandal by Matt Clarke On July 22, 2013, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts issued an opinion in three cases dealing with the validity of …
Article • October 19, 2015
Two Florida Guards Charged in Assault of Prisoner by David Reutter Two Florida Guards Charged in Assault of Prisoner by David Reutter Two former guards from Florida’s Pinellas County Jail were arrested and charged with official misconduct after one of them assaulted a prisoner. As prisoner Casio Burton, 28, was …
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