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Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Pennsylvania DOC’s New Mail Policy Robs Prisoners of the Personal Touch; Lawsuits Over Legal Mail Settle by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Last year the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) implemented a policy that prohibits prisoners from receiving original correspondence from their family members and friends. The policy …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Right to Speedy Trial Not Triggered by Placement in Administrative Segregation by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner’s placement in administrative segregation while under investigation for a new crime does not trigger his right to a speedy trial …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Court Grants Compassionate Release After BOP Says Prisoner Wasn’t Dying Fast Enough by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case that demonstrates exactly why the First Step Act included much-needed changes for compassionate release for federal prisoners, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana granted immediate release …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
GEO Group Cancels Contract to Run New Mexico Private Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 27, 2019, private prison operator The GEO Group, based in Boca Raton, Florida, announced that it would stop operating the Northeast New Mexico Detention Facility in Clayton. The company cited inadequate compensation …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Female Attorneys Denied Access to Clients at Missouri Jail Due to Bras by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon As of May 2019, a new policy at the Jackson County Detention Center in Missouri requires female attorneys to remove any brassieres with metal underwires before passing through a metal detector in …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Hepatitis, Settlements
Colorado DOC Settles Lawsuit, Agrees to Treat Thousands of Prisoners with HCV by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by providing lifesaving treatment to thousands of prisoners with hepatitis C (HCV), which will cost the state at least …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Settlement in Class-Action Suit Over SMU Conditions at Georgia Prison by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Georgia federal district court has approved a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit challenging conditions and practices in the Special Management Unit (SMU) at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison. The …
First Step Act Update: Over 1,600 Sentences Reduced, 3,000 Prisoners Released by Dale Chappell, Douglas Ankney by Dale Chappell and Douglas Ankney As of late July 2019, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had released over 3,000 prisoners under the First Step Act, a landmark criminal justice reform measure signed …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Sleeping Guard Who Allowed Suicidal Prisoner to Hang Himself Prompts $507,500 Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A sleeping guard at the Lancaster County jail in South Carolina, who was supposed to be watching a suicidal prisoner who killed himself, prompted the county to settle a wrongful death suit …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Virginia Jail Not Responding to Problems Cited in Department of Justice Report by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney "Help us.” “We are dying in here.” “They are trying to kill us.” Those were just some of the pleas that civil rights and mental health advocates heard from prisoners who shouted …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Mississippi County Pays $27,500 to Settle Lawsuit by Prisoner “Jumped” by Other Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A man held at the Lauderdale County jail in Mississippi for failure to register as a sex offender settled a federal lawsuit over permanent injuries he received when he was “jumped” …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Pensions
New York City May Expand Investment Bar to Prison Service Providers by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Under a policy adopted in 2017 by the Comptroller of New York City, none of the city’s five pension funds has any investments in private prison operators due to concerns about investing public …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Former Missouri Sheriff Gets Prison Time for Illegal Cell Phone Tracking by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A former Missouri sheriff who campaigned on getting tough on drug dealers was sentenced to six months in prison plus four months on house arrest after pleading guilty to identity theft …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Injury -- Misc.
Wisconsin Prisoner Sues After Injury; Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On March 6, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal lawsuit filed by Wisconsin prisoner Ezra R.E. French. According to the ruling, French was working on a …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Oregon Faces State and Federal Contempt Proceedings Over Delayed Competency Services for Mentally Ill Defendants – Again by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "The Oregon State Hospital has known about this for 16 years,” criminal defense attorney Amanda Thibeault said as she fought back tears. “I feel like I’m failing …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Dr. Arthur Zitrin, Anti-Death Penalty Advocate and Bioethicist, Dies at 101 by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Dr. Arthur Zitrin died at age 101 on May 11, 2019. He was a psychiatrist and leading bioethicist who believed that doctors should take no part in lethal injections. His son Richard, an …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Court Certifies Class of Former Washington State Prisoners Challenging Debit Release Cards in HRDC Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke At the vast majority of the nation’s jails, when someone is arrested their money is confiscated during the booking process. Those funds are placed in a trust account, where …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Oklahoma Jail Administrator, Guard Receive 55-Hour Sentence for Prisoner’s Death by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Anthony Dewayne Huff, 58, was arrested in Garfield County, Oklahoma on June 4, 2016 for public intoxication and booked into the Garfield County Detention Facility. Two days later he was put in a restraint …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Award in Massachusetts Prisoner’s ADA Case Includes Over $410,000 in Attorney Fees, Costs by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Following a March 10, 2017 jury award totaling $250,000, a Massachusetts federal district court awarded $410,116.87 in attorney fees and costs in a prisoner’s lawsuit raising Americans with Disabilities …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Overcrowding
DOJ Probe Finds Alabama Men’s Prisons Overcrowded, Plagued by Ongoing Violence by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In April 2019 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the results of a three-year investigation into men’s prisons operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), finding that conditions in …
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