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Article • May 15, 2007
Segregation Conditions at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary Not Unconstitutional by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's order holding the conditions of confinement in the segregation building at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary were not unconstitutional. This action was brought by two prisoners at the Penitentiary and certified as …
Article • May 15, 2007
Time Frame to Re-Apply for California Rehabilitation Certificate Begins on Denial Date by Time Frame to Re-Apply for California Rehabilitation Certificate Begins on Denial Date In a case of first impression, the California Appellate Court held the waiting period to re-apply for a certificate of rehabilitation by ex felons commences …
Yale University Divests CCA Stock Following Student and PLN Protests by According to a May 12, 2006 Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Farallon Capital Management LLC, a hedge fund that handles part of Yale University's $12 billion endowment, has sold all of its shares in Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
Filed under: Prisoner Privileges, Art
Prisoners Sell Art Through Prison Art Gallery by Nancy Hochman Creating art can expand our human experience and help us grow. For prisoners, having contact with the outside world is crucial because many are in a place where educational programs, letters or visits are rare or non-existent. The Prisons Foundation …
California Inspector General Assesses DOC’s Compliance With Past Audit Recommendations by John Dannenberg California Inspector General Assesses DOC's Compliance With Past Audit Recommendations by John E. Dannenberg California's Inspector General (IG), Matthew Cate, who has oversight responsibility over the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), issued an exhaustive 363 …
Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007
New Jersey Phone Rates Out of Control by Gary Hunter Two calls a week from her incarcerated son costs Marjorie Arniotis over $150 per month. Lorraine Green pays around $200 a month to talk to her imprisoned son and was paying more until one of her sons was acquitted in …
Osterback v. McDonough, FL, Def's Findings of Fact, 8th Am segregation, 2007 Case 3:04-cv-00210-HLA-MCR Document 841 Filed 02/27/2007 Page 1 of 71 U.S. DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Jacksonville Division MARK OSTERBACK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case no. 3:04-CV-210-J-25MCR JAMES MCDONOUGH , et al., Defendants. ________________________________/ DEFENDANTS’ PROPOSED FINDINGS …
Florida Boot Camps a Bust, Replaced by Less Fatal Programs by Gary Hunter A study of the Pinellas County, Florida boot camp for juveniles, requested by Sheriff Jim Coats, found the program to be a phenomenal failure. The study's results, reported in March 2006, revealed that 90 percent of boot …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Ex-Con Denied Admission To AZ Bar by The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the State Committee on Character and Fitness (Committee) denial of a convicted murderer's application for admission to the State Bar. James Hamm served over 17 years in the Arizona prison system for a first degree murder he …
Brief • October 27, 2006
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc. v. Gonzales, Article on FFRF Website, Cancellation of "Single-Faith" Programming, 2006 Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. WELCOME Home ABOUT FFRF Our Purposes Getting Acquainted Contact Us Legal Accomplishments PUBLICATIONS Freethought Today Books Brochures & Nontracts NEWS FFRF News Releases Freethought Radio Media Coverage Freethought of …
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Audit Criticizes Management of ODOC Financial Computer System by An Audit found that the main financial accounting system of the Oregon Department of Corrections(ODOC), was in a general state of disrepair and the...project to upgrade [the system] was in jeopardy of failure. Additionally, approximately $177,000 in contract payments...were made contrary …
A Captive Audience For Salvation by Jane Lampman A for-profit prison company stirs hope - and church-state issues - pursuing partnerships with Evangelical Christian ministries. NASHVILLE, TENN. - America has the highest incarceration level in the world, and its prisons serve too consistently as revolving doors. Are faith-based programs in …
No Room in Prison? Ship Em Off Prisoners have become unwitting pawns in a lowest-bidder- gets-the-convict shuffle game by Silja JA Talvi No Room in Prison? Ship Em Off Prisoners have become unwitting pawns in a lowest-bidder- gets-the-convict shuffle game by Silja J.A. Talvi It has been an arduous, surreal …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Canadian Prison Sanctioned Skin-Art Saving Society Health Problems by Gary Hunter Six Canadian prisons are paying prisoner tattoo-artists to ply their trade. The experimental government training program was initiated as an attempt to reduce the spread of infectious diseases. Legal tattooing ensures equipment will be sterile and sanitary. Connie Johannson, …
Offender Rulebook, MO DOC, 2006 OFFENDER RULEBOOK MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Larry Crawford, Department Director MISSION STATEMENT -h e mission of the Missouri Department of :.or~c:·: ll o ns with victims, communities, the state ::.::K beat governments is to improve public safety through secure confinement and …
Federal Judge Strikes Down Iowa Prisons Faith-Based Rehabilitation Program by Michael Rigby Federal Judge Strikes Down Iowa Prisons Faith-Based Rehabilitation Program by Michael Rigby A federal judge in Iowa has ruled that the states partial funding of a Christian rehabilitation program is unconstitutional. In a 140-page opinion issued on June …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
The Warehouse Prison, by Dr. John Irwin, 318 pp., softback, Roxbury Publishing Company, 2005 by John Dannenberg Reviewed by John E. Dannenberg Taking Californias Solano State Prison as a model, author John Irwin exposes the warehouse concept of Californias prisons and its debilitating effect on prisoners and their struggle for …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
California Auditor: Prison Industries Loses Money and Fails to Demonstrate Rehabilitative Success by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations (CDCR) Prison Industry Authority (PIA) loses money in 20 of 28 enterprises it operates in CDCR prisons, provides rehabilitative work for a declining number of prisoners in spite …
Brief • March 7, 2006
Jewell v. Gonzales, PA, Order, Bop R Rated Movie Ban, 2006 Case 1:97-cv-00408-SJM-SPB Document 80 Filed 03/17/2006 Page 1 of 55 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA RICHARD JEWELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ALBERTO R. GONZALES, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006
Ex-Prisoners Barred From Nursing in Texas by by Matthew T. Clarke Recently, the Dallas Morning News (DMN) generated articles decrying the presence of convicted drug and sex offenders in the nursing profession. Texas, like many states, has statutes denying ex-prisoners licensing in many state-licensed professions. In some professions, being convicted …
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