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Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: On March 28, 2020, death row prisoner Lonnie Franklin Jr., 67, aka “Grim Sleeper,” was found unresponsive in his San Quentin cell. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton told reporters, “There were no signs of trauma. They don’t know why he died.” …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Voting, State Legislation
More States Restore Felony Voting Rights by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In 2019, Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Nevada enacted legislation to restore voting rights to felons who have been released from prison but are still under such supervision, the latest of 24 states to make similar …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Fund to Pay Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners in Michigan Is Broke Once Again by David Reutter by David M. Reutter With the 2016 passage if its Wrongful Imprisonment Act, Michigan became one of 33 states with legislation creating a fund to compensate wrongfully convicted people, paying them $50,000 per year of …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Afghanistan:  The Ministry of Interior Affairs is working on a draft proposal aimed at reducing jail time, while promoting “reading culture.” By the end of 2019, Afghanistan had at least 35,000 prisoners in jails across the country. If the proposal is adopted, a prisoner could receive …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Funding and Leadership Failures Result in Less Criminal Justice Data by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Several late or missing reports from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) highlights a trend toward less reporting and accountability by the federal government. The Crime and Justice Research Alliance, a nonprofit group …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
The Ongoing Push to End Outrageous Prison Phone Charges by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Groups in several states are drawing increased attention to the high cost of jail and prison phone rates, and pushing to reduce or eliminate such charges. HRDC, the publisher of PLN, has been a …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Parole, State Legislation
California’s New “Progressive” Governor Seeks to Halt Parole for Some Murderers and “Serious” Offenders by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Then convicted Newport Beach sex offender Trenton Veches won parole in mid-March 2019, it was granted despite opposition by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has otherwise displayed a progressive criminal …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: Alaska Department of Corrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom told legislators in October 2019 that Alaska would move forward with plans to ship prisoners to prisons in the Lower 48, after reinstating tougher criminal sentences caused a sharp spike in Alaska’s prison population. The Legislature had approved …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Prisoners at ASPC-Douglas, just north of the Mexican border, had to drink bottled water and use portable toilets in early June 2019 after a dry well and a leak caused a water system failure. Cochise County supplies water to the prison, which shares the system …
Article • January 10, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Former Cochise County jail chaplain Doug Packer, 63, resigned on March 10, 2019. A volunteer since 2008, Packer had served as a full-time jail chaplain starting in 2012 but was placed on paid leave on January 5, 2019 after he was arrested at home. A …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Pima County jail guard Jason Hubert was back at work as of March 5, 2019, after being placed on administrative leave the previous month. On Valentine’s Day, prisoner David Ray Maxwell, 53, was being disruptive. Hubert attempted to calm him, but a scuffle ensued. According …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In September 2018, Grantt Culliver, then-Associate Commissioner for Operations for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), was placed “on leave” after misconduct allegations surfaced. “Your absence from work is deemed to be in the best interest of the department due to the nature of the …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: On January 31, 2019, dramatic footage was released of a two-hour hostage incident in the library at ASPC-Lewis in Buckeye. The video shows a librarian working alone when prisoner Timothy Monk enters, closes the door, bends over, then grabs the librarian by the neck with …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: The Montgomery County jail uses NaphCare, a private company, as its medical provider. Sasha Garvin, 27, had Crohn’s disease; she was held at the jail for failure to appear for traffic violations. Garvin told the nurses she needed to go to the hospital on May …
Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: Former governor Sarah Palin’s troubled son, Track Palin, 29, was released from an Alaska halfway house run by The GEO Group after a judge granted a motion on January 24, 2019 that gave him credit for time already served on electronic monitoring. Track had only …
Article • July 3, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Terrance Andrews, 24, was pronounced dead from multiple stab wounds at 4:20 p.m. on December 29, 2018 after a fight with a fellow prisoner at the St. Clair Correctional Facility. Cedric Leshawn Davis, 35 is suspected to be the killer. Andrews was serving 25 years …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News In Brief by Alabama: “The public should know that the state, its officers, representatives, or employees would never request any type of payment in the form of a prepaid money card or other similar method,” the director of the Alabama DOC’s Investigation and Intelligence Division, Arnaldo Mercado, said in …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Jesse Bailey, 28, a former FCI Aliceville prison guard, pleaded guilty in December 2017 to one count of abusive sexual contact and one count of making false statements. Despite leaving an email and telephone trail with his victim, Bailey lied about having had such communication …
Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Staffing Shortage at Ohio Legislative Oversight Committee has Interns Inspecting Prisons by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An administrative staffing shortage at the Ohio legislature’s bi-chamber, eight-member Correctional Institution Inspection Committee has left unpaid interns responsible for inspecting 27 adult prisons and three juvenile facilities.  Five years ago, the Committee …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: “I know I was wrong. But, on the other end, I don’t want to say it’s the culture, or it’s accepted culture, but it happens,” declared former Warden Cedric Specks, when asked about his extra-marital affairs with two contract nurses at the St. Clair Correctional …
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