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Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Florida Prisoners Get Tablets, Lose $11.3 Million in Digital Music by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In 2011, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) entered into a contract with Access Corrections that allowed prisoners to purchase MP3 players which could be hooked up to a kiosk for music …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
DC Corrections Council Report Slams USP Lewisburg’s “Special Management Unit” by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An April 6, 2018 report published by the District of Columbia’s Corrections Information Council (CIC) criticized the federal Bureau of Prisons’ Special Management Unit (SMU) at USP Lewisburg in Pennsylvania, citing numerous policy violations …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
City of Philadelphia Sinks $5.6 Million into Prison Software Upgrade it Can’t Use by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP) has terminated a contract it established in 2014 with an information technology company, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), to design a new Integrated …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Imprisoning America’s Mentally Ill by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Since the 1962 publication of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a mirror image of the best-selling novel’s plot has played out in U.S. prisons. Author Ken Kasey wrote a work of fiction about a prisoner who was sent to …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Obituary: Rick Anderson, 1941-2018 by Paul Wright by Paul Wright On Christmas Eve 2018, PLN contributing writer Rick Anderson died of congestive heart failure at his daughter’s home. Rick was a long-time journalist. He grew up in Hoquiam, Washington and went to work as a copy boy at the Post-Intelligencer …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Food
Nevada Prisons Persist in Not Serving Healthy Food by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Previously, Nevada state prisoner Robert Leslie Stockmeier won a case against the prison system over claims involving dietary issues in Stockmeier v. Green, 340 P.3d 583 (Nev. 2014). The Nevada Supreme Court found the state’s Chief …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of Interviews with Lucasville Prison Riot Participants by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The April 1993 riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville resulted in the deaths of one guard and nine prisoners. Journalists have long tried to interview some of the prisoners involved …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Drafting Error in First Step Act Delays Application of Good Behavior Credits by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The newswire service Reuters has reported that, due to a drafting error in the First Step Act, the increased good behavior credits included in the bill will not be applied until at …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Preliminary Settlement in Class-Action HCV Suit Against Pennsylvania DOC by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A class-action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) over the lack of adequate treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C (HCV) survived a motion for summary judgment, and the parties have reached a preliminary …
Article • February 5, 2019
Filed under: Food, Guards/Staff, News
Prison Guards Orchestrate Media Campaign to Complain About Prisoners Getting Edible Food for Christmas by Scott Shackford Federal shutdown politics leads to really bad journalism about exactly two meals. by Scott Shackford, Reason.com Did you hear about the prisoner who ate a steak that one time? It’s all over the news right …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
HRDC Files Suit Against Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority for censoring publications, books and other materials sent to prisoners. …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Seventh Circuit: District Court Abused Discretion in Not Seeking Counsel for Pro Se Prisoner by by Dale Chappell In a case where a prisoner filed a civil rights claim against prison doctors but failed to follow proper legal procedures, the district court abused its discretion when it refused to seek …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright We have long reported on the phenomenon of jailhouse lawyers and other prisoners who, upon release, have gone to law school and become attorneys. While that phenomenon has been occurring for decades, it appears to be picking up – perhaps because …
Williams v. Toomey, PA, Complaint, Inmate Access to Legal Services, 2019 Case 1:18-cv-01687-YK Document 60 Filed 02/05/19 Page 1 of 26 Case 1:18-cv-01687-YK Document 60 Filed 02/05/19 Page 2 of 26 Case 1:18-cv-01687-YK Document 60 Filed 02/05/19 Page 3 of 26 Case 1:18-cv-01687-YK Document 60 Filed 02/05/19 Page 4 of …
Article • February 4, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Former Prisoners Become Attorneys: From Breaking the Law to Practicing Law by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis “A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client,” the old adage goes. But Isaac Wright, Jr. knew he was innocent, so he represented himself at his 1991 trial …
In-the-News Article • February 4, 2019
HRDC director quoted on prisons and extreme weather Feb. 4, 2019 Articles with PLN Quotes Earther 'A Humanitarian Crisis': Brooklyn Jail That Left Inmates Without Heat During Extreme Cold Gets Hit With Lawsuit Yessenia Funes Today 4:07pm The lights are finally on at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, …
Filing • February 4, 2019
Human Rights Defense Center v. Correct Care Solutions LLC, VT, Complaint, Public Records, 2019
Thompson v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2019 Case: 1:19-cv-00722 Document#: 1 Filed: 02/04/19 Page 1 of 12 PagelD #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DMSION MS. KESHA THOMPSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ~ ) ) ) 19-C-00722 No. _ _ _ _ …
Neuroth v. Mendocino County, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019 Neuroth v. Mendocino County et al. U.S. Dist. Court, N.D. California; 15-cv-03226-RS Settlement Agreement and General Release Page 1 of7 SETTL EMENT ACREEME NT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") following parties: is made between the RELEASOR …
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