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Texas Towns with Private Prisons Experience Job Losses by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke Over a decade ago, with the promise of cost savings as well as stable jobs for the community, local governments in Texas agreed to issue bonds to finance the construction of prisons and jails operated by …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
$375,000 Settlement for Ohio Woman Pepper Sprayed in Jail’s Restraint Chair by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2017, a lawsuit brought by a woman who was pepper sprayed at the Montgomery County jail in Dayton, Ohio – despite being held in a restraint chair – settled for $375,000. …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
The Catalyst: Thelton Henderson Transformed California’s Criminal Justice System. Now Comes the Backlash by Abbie Vansickle by Abbie Vansickle, The Marshall Project As the judge climbed the watchtower stairs in Pelican Bay prison, he heard muffled gunshots below. When he reached the top, he looked into the prison yard and …
Alabama Prisoners Suffer Nation’s Highest Homicide, Suicide Rates by David Reutter by David Reutter Alabama’s prison murder rate, already the nation’s worst, is on the rise – along with an increase in assaults that do not end in fatalities, as well as prisoner suicides. Prison officials agree that the root …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Jail Prisoner Injured in Attack by Co-defendant Settles for $5,000 by A prisoner who was attacked by his co-defendant at the Crawford County Correctional Facility (CCCF) in Saegertown, Pennsylvania agreed to a $5,000 settlement in his failure-to-protect suit. Harry W. Boyer, Jr. was arrested on a probation violation for new …
Federal Court Allows Menard Prisoner’s Lawsuit for Loss of Legal Papers, Retaliation to Proceed by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Staci M. Yandle, in the Southern District of Illinois, ruled on May 22, 2018 that a civil rights suit filed by Mickey Mason, incarcerated at the …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
$650,000 Settlement in Oregon Jail Wrongful Death Claim by The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to settle a wrongful death claim filed by the estate of a woman who died while imprisoned at the Oregon county’s jail. In November 2014, Samantha Jeanne Robinson, 42, was sick with bacterial pneumonia …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Texas Couple Wrongly Convicted in “Satanic Panic” Receive $3.4 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An Austin, Texas couple wrongly convicted of sexually abusing a child at the day-care center they ran in the 1990s has been declared innocent and received over $3.4 million in compensation from the state. …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
HRDC Receives $25,000 Judgment in North Carolina Jail Censorship Case by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, obtained a civil judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in a lawsuit filed against …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
California Prison Psychiatrist Faces Harassment, Retaliation from State Officials by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Psychiatrist Anthony Coppola, employed in California’s prison system, was a warden’s dream employee. He often worked overtime and on his days off when his primary job at a prison in Tracy, California was short staffed. …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Lawsuit Against Private Prison Firm Over Prisoner’s Death at Texarkana Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke The family of a prisoner who died at the Bi-State Jail in Texarkana has filed a federal civil rights suit alleging his death resulted from inadequate medical care. The jail is unique in …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Arizona Man Falsely Arrested, Prosecuted by Iowa Officials Accepts $285,000 Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Early on January 1, 2017, Tristan Hermanson was with a woman in his apartment in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Two men entered, assaulted him and stole money and his cell phone. The woman, Elizabeth …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Arkansas and Oklahoma Rehab Programs Sued for Using Court-ordered Defendants for Forced Labor by David Reutter by David Reutter A federal lawsuit filed in October 2017 accuses an Arkansas-based drug rehab center of “human trafficking and forced labor” for abusing a court-ordered pre-trial diversion program. The rehab center reportedly compelled …
Private Prison Firms Use Revolving Door Lobbying, Generous Campaign Donations by Steve Horn by Steve Horn It’s an even-numbered year, which makes sense because, as is the norm, what’s going on in our nation’s capital is anything but odd. That is, big money once again is flowing into Congressional campaign …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Suicides
Colorado Prison Gang Leader Commits Suicide at Wyoming Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On August 26, 2017, Benjamin Davis, 42, the founder and leader of a white supremacist prison gang called the 211 Crew, was found hanging in his cell at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. Davis …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Pennsylvania: Settlement Changes Jail’s Policy for Treatment of Pregnant Prisoners by A settlement agreement has been reached that improves the conditions of confinement for pregnant women held at the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The agreement ends the routine placement of pregnant prisoners into solitary confinement. The civil …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
New Jersey Jail Scrutinized after Suicides; Guards Charged, Families Sue by Edward Lyon by Edward B. Lyon, Jr. The Cumberland County jail in Bridgeton, New Jersey, parts of which are nearly 80 years old, is scheduled for replacement in 2020. Meanwhile, the facility has been plagued with a high prisoner …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For anyone who has done time, the obscene prices at the prison or jail commissary are always a source of complaint and wonder. Complaint because they are so high, and wonder because they are so untethered from any reasonable level of …
Publication • August 5, 2018
Filed under: HRDC Publications
HRDC GoFundMe family separation campaign flyer Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Click here for our GoFundMe Campaign: CoreCivic & GEO: Don’t Cage Kids! Stop Private Prison Firms from Housing Immigrant Parents, Children & Families! Private prison companies should not profit from housing immigrant families, and families …
Publication • August 5, 2018
Filed under: HRDC Publications
HRDC GoFundMe print flyer 2018 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Help Support our GoFundMe Campaign CoreCivic & GEO Group: Don’t Cage Kids! Stop Private Prison Firms from Housing Immigrant Parents, Children & Families! Private prison companies should not profit from housing immigrant families, and families should …
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