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Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
San Quentin’s “Ear Hustle” Podcast Makes History, Receives Praise by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, both incarcerated at California’s San Quentin State Prison, made broadcasting history by creating “Ear Hustle” – the first podcast from behind prison walls. The nine-episode first season of “Ear Hustle” …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Alaska DOC’s 1990 Prison Conditions Settlement Still Enforceable by In March 2017, the Alaska Supreme Court held that a 1990 settlement agreement in a class-action prison conditions suit had not been terminated and remained enforceable. Alaska Department of Corrections (ADOC) prisoners brought a class-action suit challenging prison conditions in 1981. …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Declaratory Judgment in Mississippi Case Challenging Indefinite Jail Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Mississippi federal district court has issued an agreed declaratory judgment in a case brought by two defendants who were held for long periods of time in the Scott County Detention Center without an individualized …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Four Guilty in Federal Student Loan Scam Using Prisoners’ Identities by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On January 12, 2018, Mercedes Diaz, 28, was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in an identity theft scheme that preyed upon 181 prisoners in Colorado, Arizona, Ohio, Florida and Illinois …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Two Cellmates Die at Private Louisiana Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A bizarre incident that resulted in the deaths of two pretrial detainees at the Richwood Correctional Center (RCC) in Louisiana reflects how understaffing and inadequate training at privately-operated jails can have life-changing consequences. Following a traffic …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Damages
$50,000 Damage Award Garnished for Restitution Payment by The Oregon Court of Appeals, on June 28, 2017, upheld the garnishment of a prisoner’s $50,000 federal damage award as partial payment of her restitution judgment. In 2009, Sandra Quesnoy was convicted of theft charges in Oregon and sentenced to 18 months …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Settlements in Arizona DOC, BOP Lawsuits Over Release Debit Card Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The parties in a class-action suit filed in federal district court, which alleged Bank of America (BOA) charged excessive fees for debit cards given to Arizona state prisoners upon their release, reached a …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Fourth Circuit Vacates Sua Sponte Dismissal Due to Non-exhaustion by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court’s sua sponte dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit for failure to exhaust available administrative remedies. The Virginia Department of Corrections’ (VDOC) grievance procedure requires prisoners to first submit an informal …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Deaths Soar 600 Percent at Nevada Jail Under New Sheriff by by David M. Reutter An investigative report by the Reno Gazette-Journal found that 13 detainees died at WCJ in the two years since Allen took office. Just two were ruled deaths by natural causes; the others resulted from two …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Aramark, Food
Ohio Experiences Continued Problems with Aramark by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) overpaid food service giant Aramark $57,193 for food provided to nonexistent prisoners, investigators found. The overpayment was uncovered by the state Office of the Inspector General (OIG). According to a …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For the past 27 years we have reported on the private prison industry and its expansion. Despite a lot of rhetoric and dire or optimistic predictions (depending on who was making them at the time and their financial relationship with for-profit …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Fifth Circuit Okays Mississippi County’s Strip Search of 12-Year-Old Girl by On February 21, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to Lee County, Mississippi in a lawsuit over a pre-teen girl who was strip searched after being brought to a county …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
PCI Announces Awards for Private Prison Activism, Advocacy, News Reporting by On February 6, 2018, the Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a non-profit citizen watchdog organization, announced its 2017 awards for individual activism, organizational advocacy and excellence in news reporting related to the private prison industry. PCI opposes the privatization of …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
News in Brief by Alabama: Five state prison guards were arrested in May 2017, accused of using their positions for personal gain. The arrests followed a three-month investigation at the Staton Correctional Facility, and resulted in Ronald Dickerson, 23, Jarod McDowell, 29, Joshua Alexander, 26, Leonard Scott, 31, and Patrick …
Brief • March 6, 2018
Ohio v. Noling, OH, Opinion, DNA, 2018 [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Noling, Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-795.] NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio …
Adams v. Ferguson, et al., VA, opinion, qualified immunity, 2018 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-1484 ROXANNE ADAMS, Administrator of the Estate of Jamycheal M. Mitchell, Deceased, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. DEBRA K. FERGUSON, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Defendant - Appellant, and NAPHCARE, INC.; NSEKENENE …
Brief • March 6, 2018
Payne v. DSHS, WA, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2018 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE 7 8 JEFFREY PAYNE, 9 10 NO. Plaintiff, 18-2-06185-2 COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT vs. 11 …
Brief • March 5, 2018
Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat
Hardman v. Wyoming, WY, Appeal, Conditional Plea, 2018 Case 7:19-cv-00001-DC Document 1 Filed 01/01/19 Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MIDLAND-ODESSA DIVISION KEVIN NICHOLS, Plaintiff, V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and GEO GROUP, INC., Defendants. § § § § § …
Brief • March 2, 2018
State of Idaho v. Tryon, ID, Opinion, Criminal Procedure, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 44489 STATE OF IDAHO, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, v. GRACIE JEAN TRYON, Defendant-Appellant. Boise, January 2018 Term 2018 Opinion No. 16 …
Pauly v. White, Amicus, 2018 No. 17-1078 In the Supreme Court of the United States __________ Daniel T. Pauly, et al., Petitioners, v. Ray White, et al., Respondents. __________ On Petition For Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court of Appeals For The Tenth Circuit __________ BRIEF OF THE …
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