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Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Colorado Prisoner Targeted by Gangs Wins Injunction for Placement in Protective Custody by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding a Colorado state prisoner was in grave danger from gang members he’d testified against in a murder investigation, the federal court for the District of Colorado enjoined the state Department …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Pennsylvania County Retakes Control of Jail From GEO Group by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On April 6, 2022, Pennsylvania’s Delaware County assumed control of its jail for the first time in 24 years, after terminating its contract with the Florida-based GEO Group. Prior to that, the 1,800-bed George W. …
Brief • November 17, 2022
Stevenson v. Bauer, MN, Order on Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney's Fees, Excessive Force, 2022 CASE 0:20-cv-02007-SRN-TNL Doc. 103 Filed 11/17/22 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Soren Stevenson, Case No. 20-cv-2007 (SRN/TNL) Plaintiff, ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES Temporarily Filed Under Seal v. …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Gang Violence in Texas Federal Prison Results in Two Deaths, Nationwide BOP Lockdown by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On April 7, 2022, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) announced indictments against seven federal prisoners for the brutal murder of two fellow prisoners in their Texas lockup, an incident that …
Article • September 29, 2022
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Staffing
Five Hospitalized After Prisoner Take-Over Put Down at Short-Staffed New Orleans Jail by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On Sunday, August 14, 2022, barely one hundred days into her tenure as New Orleans Parish Sheriff, Susan Hutson was confronted with a prisoner takeover of a cellblock in the …
Article • September 16, 2022
Wait,What? Florida DOC Bans Tee Shirts Promoting Prisoner Visits by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On August 5, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) warned employees that certain t-shirts worn by visitors to state prisons “are considered inflammatory and a potential threat to security.” So what messages …
Brief • September 6, 2022
Filed under: Protests, Excessive Force
Casablanca-Torres v. The City of New York, NY, Declaration of Gideon Oliver, Excessive Force, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-10832-LAK Document 56 Filed 09/06/22 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DECLARATION OF GIDEON ORION OLIVER IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS FRANCISCO JAVIER CASABLANCATORRES, …
Brief • September 6, 2022
Filed under: Protests, Excessive Force
Casablanca-Torres v. The City of New York, NY, Memo of Law, Excessive Force, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-10832-LAK Document 57 Filed 09/06/22 Page 1 of 58 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FRANCISCO JAVIER CASABLANCA-TORRES Plaintiff, 21-cv-10832 (LAK) v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK., ET AL., Defendants PLAINTIFF’S MEMORANDUM …
Three Killed in Gang Activity at Mississippi Private Prisons Plus High-Profile Escape, But Only One MTC Guard Arrested by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Though a state investigation concluded a Mississippi prisoner had inside help making a short-lived escape in September 2021, no charges have ever been announced for officials …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Voting, Voting Rights
Floridians Face Prison for Voting from Jail by Panagioti Tsolkas, Jenifer Lockwood Tough-on-Crime Republicans Retaliate Against Rights Restoration Efforts by Jenifer Lockwood and Panagioti Tsolkas In February 2022, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) concluded an eight-month investigation involving the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office’s effort to register …
Article • June 30, 2022
Floridians Face Prison for Voting from Jail by Tough-on-Crime Republicans Retaliate Against Rights Restoration Efforts by Jenifer Lockwood and Panagioti Tsolkas The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has concluded an eight-month investigation involving the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office’s effort to register voters in the county jail. So …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Prison Gangs
Audit Report-Dept of Public Safety's Texas Gang Intelligence Database-Aug. 2022 Lisa R. Collier, CPA, CFE, CIDA State Auditor An Audit Report on The Department of Public Safety’s Texas Gang Intelligence Database August 2022 Report No. 22-039 State Auditor’s Office reports are available on the Internet at https://sao.texas.gov/. An Audit Report …
Article • May 23, 2022
“Jailhouse Politician” Withdraws from Indiana Race, But Another Wins in DC by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott On May 18, 2022, an Indiana jail detainee who had advanced in the GOP primary for the Clinton Township Board—while being held in the Boone County Jail without bond—signed to formally …
Four BOP Employees, Eight Prisoners Indicted in Widening NYC Federal Jail Smuggling Scandal by Casey Bastian By Casey J. Bastian On March 18, 2022, a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard was indicted in federal court in New York City on charges he smuggled a loaded gun into the now-shuttered …
Brief • May 3, 2022
Filed under: Protests
Dundon v. Kirchmeier, USA, Amicus Curiae, Protest, 2022 No. 22-1246 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT Vanessa Dundon et. al. Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kyle Kirchmeier, et. al. Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota Case No. 1:16-cv-406 DMT ARS The …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: Prison Reform
Ecuador’s Prison System in Catastrophic Crisis by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon After a riot in Ecuador’s El Turi prison left 20 prisoners dead on April 4, 2022, Interior Minister Patricio Castillo responded with a vow to “drain the cesspit” that his nation’s prisons have become. But how exactly? Castillo …
Article • May 1, 2022
Oklahoma Prison Guard and Gilbert Postelle’s Brother Among 125 Convicted in Drug Ring by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott On April 5, 2022, federal prosecutors announced convictions in a massive drug-trafficking conspiracy for 125 associates of an Oklahoma-based prison gang, one of whom was a state prison guard …
Article • April 12, 2022
ICE Continues to Abuse and Traumatize Under Biden. Immigrants Are Fighting Back. by Panagioti Tsolkas, Rebecca Talbot This story is published in partnership with Truthout   Just after dawn on September 16, 2021, E.E. and six other African immigrant men were resting in their bunks at the Glades County Detention Center …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Advocacy
Advocating for Objective Standards in a Post-Kingsley World by Megha Ram by Megha Ram, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center A fight over the correct standard for jail conditions cases is playing out in courts across the country. This is an important fight with far-reaching consequences for the constitutional rights …
Brief • February 22, 2022
Filed under: Protests, Excessive Force
Epps v. City and County of Denver, CO, Supplemental Expert Report of Edward R. Maguire, Excessive Force- Protesting, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF COLORADO Civil Action Nos. 1:20-cv-01878-RBJ & 1:20-cv-01922-RBJ-MEH (consolidated) ELISABETH EPPS, et al. Plaintiffs, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, et …
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