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Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption
Mississippi: More Indictments from Former DOC Commissioner Epps Corruption Scandal by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In September 2018, Michael LeBlanc, Sr., Michael LeBlanc, Jr., Tawasky L. Ventroy and Jacque B. Jackson were indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges stemming from a 2014 corruption investigation centered on former Mississippi Department …
Tennessee: Class-Action Suit Against Private Prison Over Diabetic Care Can Proceed by In October 2018, a federal district court declined to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that claimed insulin-dependent diabetic prisoners at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Tennessee are denied basic care for their medical condition. Trousdale is operated by …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Federal Judge Orders Prison Doctor to Face Deliberate Indifference Claims by Chad Marks by Chad Marks A federal judge in Indiana ruled on June 12, 2018 that prison doctor Paul Talbot must answer a complaint filed by state prisoner Billy J. Lemond. Lemond was incarcerated at the Pendleton Correctional Facility …
Florida Prisoner’s Gender Dysphoria Requires Hormone Therapy, Social Transitioning Treatment by Following a bench trial, on August 22, 2018 a Florida federal district court held that state prison officials were deliberately indifferent to transgender prisoner Reiyn Keohane’s serious medical condition of gender dysphoria. The court said the denial of hormone …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Prison Reform, Sentencing
Report Outlines Eight Ways to Shorten Excessive Prison Sentences by Chad Marks by Chad Marks The United States is home to five percent of the world’s population and around 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Our incarceration rate is 19 percent higher than Turkmenistan’s, 36 percent higher than Cuba’s and …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
$1 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of a Texas prisoner who died after jailers ignored his rapidly deteriorating mental and physical condition settled for $1 million.  When Fernando Longoria, 29, reported …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Oklahoma is Number One ... in Incarceration Rates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a June 2018 report by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), Oklahoma’s incarceration rate has surpassed not only that of every other state in the U.S., but also of almost every other nation. To calculate …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
$10 Million Award for Wrongly Jailed Philadelphia Man by A Philadelphia jury awarded Khanefah Boozer $10 million in a state court lawsuit that alleged police officer Ryan Waltman had falsely accused Boozer of firing shots at him. Boozer was the designated driver during a January 22, 2011 night out with friends. …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Seventh Circuit Denies Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claims Against Medical Staff by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In an August 23, 2018 ruling, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied the deliberate indifference and state law negligence claims raised by Oshkosh Correctional Institution prisoner Donald C. Wilson, who filed a federal civil …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Protesters Rally Against Private Prison Contractor GEO Group by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Activists protesting President Trump’s immigration policies are also rallying against a company that profits from immigrant detention: The GEO Group. The activists have been protesting at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities as well …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Guard Unions
Hawaii Prison Guards’ Union Fights Policy of Denying Promotions by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  In Hawaii, the United Public Workers union represents around 13,000 state and county employees, including approximately 1,200 prison guards. The union has been engaged in a seven-year battle against the Department of Public Safety’s policy …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Texas Prison System Cuts Phone Rates Over 75 Percent; Rates Drop in Other States, Too by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a monthly meeting held in the ballroom of an Austin hotel on August 24, 2018, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice – the agency that establishes rules by …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Illinois Calculates the High Costs of Recidivism by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  The state of Illinois seems to be getting serious about downsizing its prison population and reducing the number of offenders who return to prison after being paroled. Governor Bruce Rauner created a task force in 2015, the …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
All Seven Arkansas Supreme Court Justices Face Ethics Charges by In September 2018, the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission formally charged state Supreme Court Justices Dan Kemp, Robin Wynne, Courtney Goodson, Josephine “Jo” Hart, Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood with violating the state’s judicial canons. A similar ethics charge …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Private Prisons
Under Pressure, Some Politicians Return Private Prison Campaign Cash by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The 2018 election cycle saw a surge in the number of candidates and lawmakers promising to forego campaign donations from private prison operators such as Nashville-based CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America) and The GEO …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Texas Prison Air Conditioning Costs Much Lower than Expected by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Between 1998 and 2014, at least 23 Texas prisoners died due to excessive heat in housing units and transport buses. Most Texas state prisons are not air conditioned. A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Three Wrongfully Convicted Ohio Prisoners Receive $19.5 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Eugene Johnson, Derrick Wheatt and Laurese Glover, also known as the East Cleveland Three, wrongfully convicted of the 1995 murder of Clifton Hudson, Jr., received a settlement totaling $4.5 million from Cuyahoga County, Ohio in March …
Filing • February 6, 2019
HRDC v. GEO Group, VT, Settlement, Public Records, 2019 Joseph C. M.cNeil (19,;!.9,-1978) Joseph E. McNeil John.T. Leddy T 802.863.4531 F 802.863.1743 NancyG. Sheahan 271 South Union Street Burlington, VT 05401 William F. Ellis Susan Gilfillan JosephA~ Frm1ham www.mcneilvt.com ColinK McNeil K~vin J. Coyte+ Miehaet J. Leddy +A/so:licensedin Nc·~w York …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Filed by Deaf, Hard of Hearing Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has settled a class-action suit brought by deaf and hard of hearing prisoners who said they were denied sign-language interpreters for what was called “high-stakes interactions” with …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Seventh Circuit Reverses $6.7 Million Indemnification Award for Milwaukee Jail Rape by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On September 14, 2018, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Milwaukee, Wisconsin federal jury verdict that awarded $6.7 million in damages against Milwaukee County to a woman raped by a guard …
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