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“Damning” Audit Sharply Criticizes Corizon in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania by Greg Dober “Damning” Audit Sharply Criticizes Corizon in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania by Gregory Dober In December 2014, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Controller Chelsa Wagner released an audit report on Corizon Health’s compliance with its contract to provide medical care at the …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Third Circuit Affirms Nominal Damages, Reverses PLRA Fee Cap Order by Mark Wilson Third Circuit Affirms Nominal Damages, Reverses PLRA Fee Cap Order by Mark Wilson On March 28, 2014, a New Jersey federal district court refused to reduce a prisoner’s attorney fee award to $1.50 (i.e., 150% of his …
Lawsuits Over Riot at CCA Prison in Colorado Settle for $600,000 by Derek Gilna Lawsuits Over Riot at CCA Prison in Colorado Settle for $600,000 by Derek Gilna Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), confronted with the prospect of a jury trial scheduled to last 25 weeks on the claims of …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Federal Court Caseloads Threaten Constitutional Protections by Matthew Clarke Federal Court Caseloads Threaten Constitutional Protections by Matt Clarke Civil and criminal case filings in federal courts have grown dramatically over the past two decades, but at the same time the number of judges available to hear them has barely increased …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers by Derek Gilna Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers by Derek Gilna In a decision that displayed its displeasure with California parole officers’ disregard for both the spirit and statutory requirements of the Americans …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
The United States and Torture by William Blum The United States and Torture by William Blum Two of the things that governments tend to cover-up or lie about the most are assassinations and torture, both of which are widely looked upon as exceedingly immoral and unlawful, even uncivilized. Since the …
Article • March 4, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Arizona DOC Director Blames Job Stress for Hundreds of Employee Arrests by Arizona DOC Director Blames Job Stress for Hundreds of Employee Arrests One Phoenix TV station learned first-hand the consequences of letting the target of a news story find out too much about it in advance. Arizona Department of …
Article • March 4, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Texas Sex Offender Oversight Agency Faces Investigations, Calls for Reform by Matthew Clarke Texas Sex Offender Oversight Agency Faces Investigations, Calls for Reform by Matt Clarke An increasing number of attorneys, legislators and prisoner advocacy groups are calling for reforms to Texas laws governing the civil commitment of sex offenders, …
Article • March 4, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Murders in Maryland Prisons Continue Despite Reforms by Murders in Maryland Prisons Continue Despite Reforms Reforms instituted by Maryland officials in an effort to curb violence in the state’s prison system have done little to stem the number of prisoner homicides, according to statistics released by the Maryland Department of …
Article • March 4, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
Michigan Governor Lacks Authority to Revoke Commutations by David Reutter Michigan Governor Lacks Authority to Revoke Commutations by David Reutter The Michigan Supreme Court held on June 3, 2014 that the governor does not have the power to revoke a completed commutation of sentence. It further held that where it …
Article • March 4, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story reports on the relatively recent phenomenon of video visitation. While video visits are technologically new, the underlying principle upon which they are being implemented is not. PLN has reported extensively on the prison telephone …
Private Prison Information Act Reintroduced in Congress with PLN’s Help by Private Prison Information Act Reintroduced in Congress with PLN’s Help On December 10, 2014, U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) reintroduced the Private Prison Information Act (PPIA) in Congress. The bill, HR 5838, requires non-federal correctional and detention facilities …
Transgender Prisoner Denied Adequate Treatment Hangs Herself by Christopher Zoukis Transgender Prisoner Denied Adequate Treatment Hangs Herself Petersburg, Virginia: At approximately 2:30 PM on February 24, 2015, Federal Correctional Institution Petersburg Medium inmate Ashley Jean Arnold (given name: Steven Roy Arnold), 32, ended her life by hanging herself in her …
How Former Prisoners Are Set Up to Fail, Especially if They're Women by Jean Friedman-Rudovsky How Former Prisoners Are Set Up to Fail, Especially if They're Women Orange Is the New Black has shined a light on women's experiences behind bars, but what happens when they're no longer locked up? …
Article • March 2, 2015
The Worrying State of the Anti-Prison Movement by Ruth Wilson Gilmore The Worrying State of the Anti-Prison Movement Ruth Wilson Gilmore After declining for three consecutive years, the US prison and jail population increased in 2013. The widely declared victory over mass incarceration was premature at best. Below I raise …
Article • February 28, 2015
CI: Faith, Inc. and Criminal Justice Reform by Kay Whitlock CI: Faith, Inc. and Criminal Justice Reform Criminal InJustice† is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice …
Article • February 28, 2015
Confidence Men and "Prison Reform" by Kay Whitlock Confidence Men and "Prison Reform" By Kay Whitlock, Critical Mass Progress | Op-Ed Smoke and Mirrors is a new series that dives into the details of "bipartisan prison reform" to reveal the right-wing, neoliberal carceral sleight of hand that's really at work. …
Article • February 28, 2015
The Shackles Return: Why Debtors’ Prisons Are Making An American Comeback by Devon Douglas-Bowers The Shackles Return: Why Debtors’ Prisons Are Making An American Comeback by Devon Douglas-Bowers The debtors’ prison is an old, decrepit institution that many thought was abolished in the 19th century, something little more than a …
Article • February 24, 2015
1st Circuit Court Affirms Police Officer’s Convictions in Prisoner’s Beating Death by 1st Circuit Court Affirms Police Officer’s Convictions in Prisoner’s Beating Death The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed on November 22, 2013, the District Court convictions of four former San Juan Municipal Police Officers …
Article • February 20, 2015
Investigation into Death of Georgia Detainee Pending by David Reutter Two Georgia jail guards were placed on paid leave for “inappropriate actions” in the death of a pretrial detainee at the Chatham County Detention Center. Just hours after his New Year’s Day arrest, Matthew Ojibade was found unresponsive in an …
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