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Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Missouri Town Pays $1.2 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Jail Suicide by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On March 13, 2017, the city of Pagedale, Missouri agreed to pay $1.2 million to the family of a woman who hung herself at the city jail two-and-a-half years earlier. The resolution of …
Prisoners and Disabilities: The Legal Landscape by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Incarceration in a state or federal prison is bad. Incarceration in a state or federal prison while disabled is much worse. Consider the numbers. According to a recent Vice.com article, 31 percent of prisoners in state facilities reported …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Prisoner’s Escape from Understaffed Private Prison Results in Staff Discipline by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Four guards at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, Rhode Island were placed on administrative leave after a prisoner escaped on New Years Eve 2016. James Morales, 35, scaled the backboard …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Study: Prison Spending Grew at Three Times the Rate of Education Spending over Last Three Decades by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton A July 2016 report by the U.S. Department of Education found that spending on prisons and jails nationwide outpaced what public officials spent on education at a rate …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Visitors to USP Leavenworth Turned Away Due to Disabilities by A December 2016 news report by FOX 4 Problem Solvers in Kansas City, Kansas found that visitors at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth were sometimes unable to see their loved ones because the facility failed to accommodate their disabilities. Despite …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Seventh Circuit: District Court Erred in Dismissing Prisoner’s § 1983 Suit for Failure to Exhaust by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a district court’s order dismissing a Wisconsin state prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit on the grounds that he …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
$1.275 Million Settlement for Los Angeles County Jail Whistleblower by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In May 2017, a former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who worked at the L.A. County jail and helped send colleagues to prison for obstructing an FBI investigation was set to receive $1.275 million after …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
New York Jail Agrees to End Solitary Confinement of Juveniles by Matthew Clarke, Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna and Matt Clarke Jail officials in Syracuse, New York have agreed to end solitary confinement for 16- and 17-year-old juvenile offenders held at the Onondaga County Justice Center under the terms of …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Vermont Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Jailhouse Lawyers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In a unanimous and lengthy opinion, the Vermont Supreme Court dismissed a charge of unauthorized practice of law brought against a jailhouse lawyer. Martin Serendipity Morales, a prisoner who identifies as female, was being held at …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
D.C. Man Subjected to 77 Days Overdetention; Marshals Service Denies Responsibility by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Carlton O. Harris, a 28-year-old journeyman roofer, was mistakenly held at the District of Columbia’s jail for 77 days without a chance to see a judge or be appointed a defense attorney after …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Chicago Man Exonerated of Murder Awarded $13 Million after 22 Years in Prison by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Following a trial that began on March 6, 2017, a federal jury awarded a former prisoner more than $13 million after he sued the City of Chicago, seven police officers and …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Death Row
Third Circuit: No Death Row Confinement after Death Sentences Vacated by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled against two Pennsylvania prisoners who were held in solitary confinement on death row for years after their death sentences were vacated. In the course …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Hawaii: OCCC Mental Health Care Fails, Prison Staff Fired by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Dr. Mark Mitchell believes that he and a number of other prison medical staffers were fired because they were in the process of returning the Oahu Community Correctional Center’s (OCCC) mental health care system to …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
State Governors Grant Over 500 Pardons, Commutations by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In what is typically a politically risky move, six state governors recently granted pardons and commutations to hundreds of current and former prisoners. In California, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Arkansas and Vermont, more than 500 pardons were …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Pennsylvania: Philly D.A. Sentenced to Five Years for Corruption, Disbarred by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, who in 2009 drew acclaim as the first African-American D.A. in the city and the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 24, 2017 to five years …
Massachusetts: Reform Legislation Introduced after Study on Solitary Confinement Published by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton A “white paper” published in November 2016 by Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLSM) found that while the use of solitary confinement in the state was widespread, it did not produce provable cost-effectiveness or …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Seventh Circuit: Corizon May be Liable for Failure to Coordinate Medical Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 21, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an en banc ruling, held that Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (now known as Corizon Health) may be held liable for deciding …
Ninth Circuit Denies Immunity to Police Officers, Jailers for Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 30, 2016, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the denial of qualified immunity to two Phoenix police officers and two Maricopa County jail guards in a civil rights case alleging …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
HRDC Sues Kitsap County, Washington over Debit Release Cards by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed on October 20, 2017 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Washington, complaining of excessive and predatory fees imposed on prisoners who receive debit cards containing funds from their …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Benefit from Nature Videos, Study Shows by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Researchers have found that prisoners considered the highest security risks were less stressed and less violent after watching videos with nature scenes than those who did not. Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni at the University of …
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