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Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Prisoner Lacked Standing to Challenge Georgia’s Failure to Send Absentee Ballot to Jail by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on February 2, 2012 that a former Georgia jail prisoner lacked standing to complain that state and local officials had failed to mail his absentee ballot to the jail, …
Florida Town Rallies to Stop CCA Immigration Detention Facility by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Residents in a South Florida community near a proposed 1,500-bed privately-operated immigration detention center waged a successful yearlong opposition campaign that culminated in the cancellation of the project in June 2012. Corrections Corporation of …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Texas Legislator Uses Prisoner-Made Goods as Gifts for Campaign Contributors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When Republican Texas State Representative Debbie Riddle scheduled her “Riddle Executive Leadership Summit” at the Lanier Theological Library in August 2011, the agenda mentioned several “esteemed discussion leaders,” a buffet reception and special gifts …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Florida Reports Indicate Restoration of Civil Rights Reduces Recidivism by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Advocates of automatic restoration of civil rights for ex-offenders have long maintained that such a policy helps former prisoners reintegrate into society and therefore reduces recidivism. Two reports by the Florida Parole Commission (FPC), …
Article • July 15, 2012
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes, Food
Washington Force-Feeding Interests Outweigh Prisoner's Privacy Rights by The En Banc Washington State Supreme Court held that the State's interests in force feeding a prisoner outweighed his constitutional right to refuse artificial means of nutrition and hydration. In July 2004, Charles R. McNabb was transferred from the Spokane County Jail …
U.S. Department of Justice Soft on Corporate Crime by If you’ve wondered why no one has been prosecuted for the corporate misdeeds that devastated the economy in 2008 and nearly thrust the United States into another Great Depression, you’re not alone. The reason no Wall Street executives have faced charges …
California Prisoners Seek End to Long-Term Segregation, Oppressive SHU Conditions by There are many forms of political and social protest. They can be purely for the sake of being disruptive or they can aim for resolution of a particular issue. Of course, even when they seek the latter they invariably …
Private Prison Industry Exerts Political Influence in Arizona by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and other state policymakers have been criticized for their close connections with private prison companies, including Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison firm. Brewer’s senior political advisor and 2010 campaign manager, Chuck Coughlin, …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf Reply Def Mtn Against Separate Trials, prison riot disclosure of records, 2011 DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF CROWLEY, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Sixteenth Judicial District Court Crowley County Courthouse 110 E. 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, Colorado 81063 Telephone 719-267-4468 ▲COURT USE ONLY ▲ Plaintiffs: …
Johnson v. CCA, TN, Complaint, inmate-inmate assault gang in ad seg, 2012 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0270 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0271 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0272 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0273
Adams v. CCA, CO, Def Opp to Plf Mot for Separate Trials, Disclosure of Medical Requests, 2011 District Court, County of Crowley, State of Colorado 110 E 6th Street, Room 303 Ordway, CO 81063 719-267-4468 ______________________________________________ Plaintiffs: VANCE A. ADAMS et al. Defendant: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA Counterclaimant: CORRECTIONS CORPORATION …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Guard Who Identified Over 100 Prison Rioters Pleads Guilty to Contraband Charge by A Kentucky prison guard who identified more than 100 prisoners who allegedly participated in a 2009 riot was later arrested for bringing contraband into the same facility where the riot occurred. PLN previously reported on the riot …
Publication • 2012
CCA - Political Activity and Lobbying Report, 2012 10 Burton Hills Boulevard Nashville, TN 37215 Political Activity and Lobbying POLITICAL ACTIVITY REPORT Report 2012 Transparency is a critical part of the relationships we have with our government partners and the taxpayers we ultimately serve, as well as our shareholders, and …
Tennessee CCA Warden Denied Summary Judgment for Excessive Force by A Tennessee federal court denied a private prison warden summary judgment on an excessive force claim for assaulting a handcuffed prisoner. James Ingram was a prisoner at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility (HCCF) in Tennessee, which is operated by Corrections …
Publication • May 1, 2012
2012 Prisoners' Assitance Directory, ACLU, 2012 2012 Prisoners' Assistance Directory Copyright ©1977 by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. Second Edition: 10/77 Third Edition: 9/79 Fourth Edition: 10/81 Fifth Edition: 12/82 Sixth Edition: 1/85 Seventh Edition: 4/86 Eighth Edition: 12/88 Ninth Edition: 9/90 Tenth Edition: …
Brief • April 17, 2012
Filed under: Prison Gangs
Young v. The People ex rel. Russo, CA, Petition for Certiorari, Oakland Gang Injunction, 2011 No. 11IN THE Supreme Court of the United States YANCIE YOUNG, et al., Petitioners, v. THE PEOPLE ex rel. JOHN A. RUSSO, as City Attorney, etc., Respondent. ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
How Victim Rights Shaped Spending, Laws and the Future of Punishment in Colorado by Alan Prendergast Newly elected as a Colorado state representative, Pete Lee hit the Capitol in January 2011 fired up with big ideas. The biggest of them all was the restorative justice bill he introduced shortly after …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
FBI Looks into Relationship between GEO Group and Former Florida House Speaker by David Reutter In March 2011, PLN reported on the political machinations that led to the construction of Florida’s Blackwater River Correctional Institution (BRCI), which is operated by GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison firm. BRCI was …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Organizing, Elections
Texas Prisoner on Idaho Presidential Primary Ballot in 2008 by Mark Wilson During the 2008 Democratic primary election, Idaho voters had three choices for president: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Keith Russell Judd. At the time, Judd was serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas on a …
Florida Provides Lesson in How Not to Privatize State Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When Florida lawmakers used a backdoor approach to try to privatize almost 30 state detention facilities in 2011, they likely did not anticipate the outcome. By the time the political dust had settled, …
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