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Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
States Implementing New Technology to Fight Contraband Smuggling Via Drone by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Prison Legal News has reported several times on the trend of prison contraband smuggling via remote-controlled aerial drones, both in the U.S. and other countries. [See, e.g.: PLN, May 2018, p.14; Nov. 2017, p.52; …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
The Secret World of Missouri DOC Internal Death Investigations by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) has been accused of not being transparent or competent when it comes to conducting investigations into deaths that occur in state prisons. The DOC is responsible for the care …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Death Sentences and Executions Ebbing in the “Capital of Capital Punishment” by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Harris County, Texas is known for many things. The county seat is Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States and the largest in Texas. It has its own shipping channel and a …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Landmark Stanford Prison Experiment Criticized as a Sham by Steve Horn by Steve Horn It’s a study widely taught in high school and college psychology textbooks as a prime example of how, as Lord Acton put it, “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It’s also a study whose …
Arabella Advisors: Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex - An Overview for Philanthropists, 2018 Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex An Overview for Philanthropists OCTOBER 2018 UNDERSTANDING AND CONFRONTING THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX A BO UT T H E REPORT As part of its commitment to learning, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation …
Solitary Confinement Reforms Sweeping the Nation but Still Not Enough by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Solitary confinement is “worse than any torment of the body” – so said famous British author Charles Dickens. French historian Alexis de Tocqueville, who toured American prisons in 1831, added that solitary “devours the …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Donald Who? Reform Goes Forward Despite His Idiocy by Joseph Margulies by Joseph Margulies, Justia.com Recently, the president called for the execution of drug dealers. This is idiotic, of course, both as a matter of law and policy. But no one who has been following these things should have been …
Growing Number of Local Jurisdictions Reject Correctional Privatization by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On May 8, 2018, the City Council in Tucson, Arizona passed a historic resolution by unanimous vote that prohibits “contracting with private, for-profit prison companies like GEO Group or CoreCivic (formerly CCA) for jail operations.” City …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Canadian Non-profit Seeks Plant-based Focus, No Animal Slaughter at Prison Farms by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A Canadian non-profit organization, Evolve Our Prison Farms (EOPF), has come out in opposition to the Canadian government’s plan, announced in early 2018, to reinstitute prison farms that will include the slaughter of …
Publication • August 1, 2018
The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison, PEW Research Center, 2018 METHODOLOGYI The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison Data show the number returning 3 years later is down by nearly a quarter Trends in recidivism were analyzed using the National Corrections …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Texas Prisons Stop Using Solitary Confinement as Punishment, but Thousands Kept in Administrative Segregation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 1, 2017 the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) changed its policy on prisoner discipline to eliminate solitary confinement as a punishment for violating institutional rules, though thousands …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
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Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Reports Inaccurate Jail Violence Data by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Already rocked by a scandal that put its former sheriff and his top deputy behind bars, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has come under fire for its inconsistent reporting of violent incidents in …
Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
“Less Lethal” Tasers Continue to Kill Dozens of Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Tasers have become a popular addi­tion on the utility belts of U.S. law enforcement officers. The devices, which fire small darts connected by wires to a stun gun, deliver a jolt of electricity that causes …
Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
The Prison Phone Industry Has Quietly Become Even More of a Duopoly by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In little-noticed regulatory filings in New York, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio and Arizona in May 2018, telecom company Securus Technologies solidified its grip over the prison and jail phone service industry by …
Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Pennsylvania: SCI Graterford’s Replacement Slated to Open by State Correctional Institution Phoenix, the $400 million replacement for SCI Graterford in Skipjack Township, Pennsylvania, began accepting prisoners in March 2018. At that time the decade-long project – the second-most costly public building in the state – was already two years behind …
Article • June 29, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Litigation Heats Up Over Extreme Temperatures in Prisons, Jails by Matthew Clarke, Christopher Zoukis by Matt Clarke and Christopher Zoukis During a heat wave in the summer of 2017, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Medium Security Institution in St. Louis, Missouri and chanted “shut it down,” after a video …
Texas Prisoners Receive Inadequate Legal Representation from State Agency by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In December 2017, a Texas State Bar committee issued a scathing report concerning the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), which oversees the State Counsel for Offenders (SCO) – an agency that provides legal representation …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Prisons Don’t Damage Only Prisoners; Guards at Risk of PTSD and Suicide, Too by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In Prison Legal News, much of our reporting addresses the abuses that the U.S. carceral system inflicts on prisoners. But prisoners (and their families) aren’t the only ones whose lives are …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Percentage of Americans with Felony Convictions Increases, Especially for Blacks by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A January 2018 report from Pew Charitable Trusts indicated that the number of U.S. residents with a felony record rose sharply in every state between 1980 and 2010. The report analyzed data from a …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Who is in Private Prisons? New Study Provides Surprising Answers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The election of pro-business and law-and-order candidate Donald Trump to the presidency has been a boon to companies that operate for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers. So perhaps now is a good time to …
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