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From Cages to the Community: Prison Profiteers and the Treatment Industrial Complex by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Criminal justice reform is slowly taking hold in the U.S. Since 2014, at least 30 states have passed legislation aimed at reducing their prison populations. And following the election of “law and …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Federal Judge Grants Compassionate Release but Questions BOP’s Motivation by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis U.S. District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf, who has written judicial opinions in cases involving former mobster and FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger, knows a rat when he sees one. And when he was presented …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
$5 Million Settlement After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies in Restraint by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A 36-year-old California prisoner with a documented history of schizophrenia died in a jail cell on January 22, 2017, less than an hour after his release from a restraint chair where he had been …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Federal Lawsuit Filed in Dehydration Death at Wisconsin Jail; Three Jailers Charged by by Derek Gilna A federal civil rights suit was filed in federal court in Wisconsin on August 14, 2017, after a prisoner died at the Milwaukee County Jail (MCJ) – reportedly after being deprived of water for …
Major Scabies Outbreak at CoreCivic Facility in Tennessee by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three lawsuits, filed in June and July 2017, allege corrections officials ignored an outbreak of scabies at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility (MDCDF) in Nashville, Tennessee. Affecting 89 prisoners, the outbreak also spread to at …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Prison Doctor Dies of Legionnaires’ Disease by A lawsuit filed on May 4, 2017 by the family of a doctor at SCI-Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania claims he died of Legionnaires’ disease contracted through the facility’s water system. Dr. Joseph Mollura, 60, decided he liked his part-time job at SCI-Pittsburgh so much …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Texas State Prisoners Fight for Access to Kosher Meals by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After leading a 12-year legal battle that secured an agreement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to recognize the right of Orthodox Jewish prisoners to receive kosher meals, Max Moussazadeh was released from …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Kansas DOC Underestimates Cost of New Prison by $51 Million by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Lansing Correctional Facility, located in the Kansas City area, is crying out for a wrecking ball and a bulldozer. Parts of the facility were built in the 1860s, and the Kansas DOC has …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
$27,000 Settles California Prisoner Pro Se Civil Rights Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna California state prisoner Ronald Martinez filed suit in 2011, asserting that his Eighth Amendment rights had been violated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). He eventually obtained a $27,000 settlement from the …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Immigration
DHS Report Shows “Significant Prison Population of Incarcerated Aliens” by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The proportion of federal prisoners likely born outside the United States is nearly twice as large as among the general population. That was a key finding of a report published by the U.S. Department of …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Kansas DOC Raids Inmate Benefit Fund for $6.7 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Since 2004, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) has drained over $6.7 million from the prison system’s Inmate Benefit Fund (IBF), and spent it on goods and services prohibited by state law. The IBF is …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Indictment Alleges Prison Healthcare Company Bribed Texas State Senator by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In May 2017, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing Texas state Senator Carlos Uresti of accepting substantial bribes from a company that provides healthcare to prisoners at the Reeves County Detention Center (RCDC) in West …
Oregon Jail 'Tortures' Mentally Ill Prisoners by The people who work there are for the most part good people trying to do the best they can,” said Dr. Wil Berry, a psychiatrist who completed a six-month rotation at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC). “However, the product of the system …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Statute of Limitations for Oregon Child Sex Abuse Claims Expires at Age 40, Not 24 by The Oregon Court of Appeals held in August 2017 that a lower court had improperly determined that civil claims filed by a child sexual abuse victim were time-barred. While the statute of limitations in …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Two Georgia Prison Transport Guards Slain by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 13, 2017, a pair of Georgia prisoners being transported from the Baldwin State Prison near Milledgeville to the state’s Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson breached a partition on the prison bus. Within seconds they …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Alabama Sheriff Fights to Keep Extra Funds Meant to Feed Prisoners by After being held in contempt, the sheriff in Morgan County, Alabama has obtained approval from a federal judge to let her keep any proceeds left over in her jail’s food fund. While a controversial 1939 state law has …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Despite Suicides, Jails Replace In-person Visitation with Video Screens by Mike Ludwig by Mike Ludwig, Truthout  The Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna, Louisiana replaced in-person visitation through a glass partition with video calls in October 2017. Three suicides had occurred at the jail since August, raising concerns about the mental health …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Medical, Parole
Georgia Toddler Initially Denied Kidney Due to Father’s Parole Violation by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Officials at Emory Healthcare canceled a planned October 2017 surgery to harvest a kidney from an Atlanta toddler’s father, who had volunteered to be a living donor. According to news reports, the hospital postponed …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Florida Prisoners with Disabilities to Receive Accommodations Under Settlement by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In July 2017, Disability Rights Florida, the state’s federally-funded Protection and Advocacy organization that advocates for disabled individuals, settled a historic lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections over the FDOC’s systematic failure to …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Alaska: Jurors’ Explanation of Negligence Verdict Doesn’t Warrant New Trial by In May 2017, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s denial of a prisoner’s motion for a new trial based on juror comments about the rationale for their verdict. Alaska prisoner Richard A. Mattox was watching television with …
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