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When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems by Derek Gilna When Halfway Houses Pose Full-Time Problems by Derek Gilna A recent interest among government officials in reducing prison populations as a way to cut costs, stemming from the 2008 Great Recession that resulted in significant budget deficits, has placed renewed emphasis …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
“Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law “Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law "Selene” had been out of prison for one month when she applied to Dutchess Community College and Ulster …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matthew Clarke Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists by Matt Clarke In spite of a three-year downward trend, Texas continues to lead the nation with the largest state prison population. At the same time, the state has pursued a …
Brief • January 1, 2015
Embry v. Ladonna, KY, Complaint - Negligence, Medical Treatment, Death by Starvation, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY PADUCAH DIVISION [Filed Electronically] MARK PFEIFER, Administrator of the Estate of James Embry, deceased, ) ) ) PLAINTIFF ) ) v. ) ) LADONNA THOMPSON, INDIVIDUALLY ) Serve: Office …
Hagen v. Williams, OR, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death White Supremacists, 2014 Case 6:14-cv-00165-MC Document 47 Filed 12/19/14 Page 1 of 20 DENNIS STEINMAN, OSB No. 954250 dsteinman@kelrun.com TED E. RUNSTEIN, OSB No. 661052 trunstein@kelrun.com SCOTT J. ALDWORTH, OSB No. 113123 saldworth@kelrun.com ZACHARY B. WALKER, OSB No. 115461 zwalker@kelrun.com Kell, Alterman …
Carithers et al v. CCA, MI, Order dismissing case, 8th Am riot hit list failure to protect staff and inmates, 2014 Case 5:13-cv-00066-DCB-MTP Document 28 IN THE FOR THE UNITED STATES SOUTHERN HUGH CARITHERS, AND JOEY DEATH DISTRICT DISTRICT WESTERN Filed 12/08/14 Page 1 of 21 COURT OF MISSISSIPPI DIVISION …
Article • December 6, 2014
Celebrating Human Rights Day on Dec 10th by calling for an end to mass incarceration by For Immediate Release   Contacts Paul Wright (561) 360-2523, Executive Director, HRDC Judy Cohen, (561) 360-2523, Office Manager, HRDC   Celebrating Human Rights Day on Dec 10th by calling for an end to mass incarceration   Community …
Prison Bankers Cash in on Captive Customers by Daniel Wagner Prison Bankers Cash in on Captive Customers by Daniel Wagner Pat Taylor doesn’t believe in going into debt. She keeps her bills in a freezer bag under her bed, next to old photo albums, and believes in paying them on …
Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014
Report Spurs Investigation of Bank of America, JPMorgan Prison Deals by Daniel Wagner Report Spurs Investigation of Bank of America, JPMorgan Prison Deals Government auditors are investigating exclusive contracts held by Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to provide financial services inside federal prisons. by Daniel Wagner …
Center for American Progress - One Strike and You’re Out, 2014 One Strike and You’re Out How We Can Eliminate Barriers to Economic Security and Mobility for People with Criminal Records By Rebecca Vallas and Sharon Dietrich December 2014 W W W.AMERICANPROGRESS.ORG One Strike and You’re Out How We Can …
Brief • November 14, 2014
Horshaw v. Mayo, IL, Amended Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2014 Case 3:14-cv-OO248-NJR-DGW 80cument 34 Filed 11/17/14 Page 1 of 17 Page ID :f!898 ;,../ LO IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS KIRK HORSHAW, Plaintiff, vs. EDWARD MA YO, MARK CASPER, MICHAEL ATCHISON, MORGAN TEAS, …
Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014
Norris Henderson: A Profile of Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform by Gary Hunter Norris Henderson: A Profile of Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform by Gary Hunter In 1977, Norris Henderson arrived at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, more commonly known, then and now, as just Angola. With the weight …
Publication • October 31, 2014
Filed under: Voting, HRDC Publications
Letter to USCCR re felon voting rights in Tennessee Jan 2013 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights www.prisonlegalnews.org afriedmann@prisonlegalnews.org Please Reply to Tennessee Office: Direct Dial: 615-495-6568 5331 Mt. View Rd. #130 Antioch, TN 37013 January 28, 2013 SENT VIA EMAIL ONLY Gregory Grisham Jackson Lewis LLP …
Publication • October 30, 2014
Filed under: Advocacy, HRDC Publications
HRDC comments to EEOC re hiring ex-felons June 2011 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights www.prisonlegalnews.org afriedmann@prisonlegalnews.org Please Reply to Tennessee Office: Direct Dial: 615-495-6568 5331 Mt. View Rd. #130 Antioch, TN 37013 July 30, 2011 SENT VIA EMAIL ONLY Commission Meeting EEOC Executive Officer 131 M …
Publication • October 30, 2014
Letter to President Obama, Ban the Box Executive Order and Pell Grant Restoration, 2014 October 30, 2014 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C., 20500 Dear Mr. President, As a national coalition of formerly incarcerated people and their families, we write to urge you to …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Filed under: Protests
Pennsylvania Activists Arrested for Protesting Construction of New Prison Complex by Pennsylvania Activists Arrested for Protesting Construction of New Prison Complex Seven members of Decarcerate PA, a grassroots coalition working to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania, were arrested while protesting the construction of a new two-prison complex in that state. …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
“Ban the Box” Movement Spreads Nationwide by Joe Watson “Ban the Box” Movement Spreads Nationwide by Joe Watson Prisoner advocacy groups are hailing recent successes in “Ban the Box” campaigns to remove questions related to criminal records from employment applications, and say they hope to expand the movement even further …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Leading with Conviction: JustLeadershipUSA by Glenn E. Martin Leading with Conviction: JustLeadershipUSA by Glenn Martin and Sasha Graham For decades, advocates and scholars alike have publicly decried the crippling financial and human costs of mass incarceration. Today their calls for reform are amplified by an emerging bipartisan consensus that current …
Pay to Prey Report on the Privatization of Public Services Center for Media and Democracy 2014 Pay to Prey Governors Facilitate the Predatory Outsourcing of America’s Public Services CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY October 2014 © 2014 Center for Media and Democracy. All rights reserved. No part of this document …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Voting
Volunteers Help Prisoners Vote at D.C. Jail by Volunteers Help Prisoners Vote at D.C. Jail For most prisoners in jail awaiting trial, voting is an afterthought. But volunteers at the District of Columbia jail manned the polls for the first two days of early voting in October 2012 and instructed …
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