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Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Washington Prisoners Have No Right to Inspect Records Under Public Records Act by Brandon Sample Prisoners who request records from the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) under the Public Records Act (PRA) do not have a right to inspect records without cost, the Court of Appeals, Division II held in …
God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus – or regret ever crossing his path by James Ridgeway God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Angola: A Prison Passion Play by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The New Testament recounts Jesus’ plight as a prisoner: “Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” (Matthew 25:36). Spurred on by Bible-banging Warden Burl …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright For the past 22 years, PLN has been at the forefront of reporting on the gouging of prisoners’ families by prisons, jails and the telecommunications industry as prisoncrats and corporations profit by charging families exorbitant phone rates for the ability to communicate with their …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons by James Ridgeway by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella In the midst of an epic budget battle that could transform the American landscape for decades to come, the White House and Republicans in Congress appear to agree on one point: Federal prisons need more …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Work Crews Salvage Georgia Prison Contract by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Augusta City Commission voted in July 2011 to extend a contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections to house state prisoners at the city-owned Richmond County Correctional Institution (RCCI), despite the city facing a $9 million …
Report Deconstructs Urban Legend of 100,000 Missing Sex Offenders by David Reutter by David M. Reutter “Like dormitory gossip or the childhood game Whisper-Down-the-Lane,” the assertion that “over 100,000 sex offenders [are] ‘missing’ from registries across the country has galvanized the urban legend that over years of telling, took on …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month celebrates PLN’s 22nd year of publication. One constant in our news coverage for the duration of our existence has been the exploitation of prison slave labor. Some things change, others do not. Until fairly recently most farm work in the U.S. was …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Eighth Circuit Affirms No First Amendment Right to Lower Prison Phone Rates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 21, 2011, a U.S. District Court held that state prisoners in Arkansas have no First Amendment right to less expensive phone rates, a decision that was subsequently affirmed by the …
PLN Public Records Suit Reveals Litigation Payouts for District of Columbia DOC by Alex Friedmann As the result of a Freedom of Information Act request and subsequent lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News, litigation payouts in cases involving the District of Columbia’s prison system have been publicly disclosed. In January …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Prisons: An Unsustainable Jobs Program by by Alexandra Cox Employment has been at the center of national debates about the economy, as evidenced by the bickering in Congress and the protests on Wall Street. A number of jobs have been lost through the deinstitutionalization of prison systems in recent months, …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Sentencing, Death Penalty
Research Finds Capital Punishment System in California is Costly, Ineffectual by A June 2011 law review article by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Judge Arthur L. Alarcón and Loyola Law School Professor Paula M. Mitchell, Alarcón’s longtime law clerk, analyzes the costs to taxpayers of administering California’s capital punishment …
Ninth Circuit Holds Phoenix New Times Executives May Sue Special Prosecutor over Improper Arrests; Prosecutor Disbarred by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 9, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that executives with the Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly publication, could sue a special prosecutor who …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
New York Not Liable for DOCS’ Unauthorized Addition of Post-Release Supervision by The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has held that the state cannot be held liable for the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) adding post-release supervision to prisoners’ sentences when such supervision had not been …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
California Pilot Program Reduces Recidivism by A pilot program enacted by the California legislature in 2009 appears to be achieving its intended goal of reducing recidivism, according to a June 2011 report prepared by Dorothy Korber with the California Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes. With three-year recidivism rates hovering …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Georgia Court Rules Prisoners Held in County Facilities Barred from Suing State for Negligence by The Court of Appeals of Georgia held on October 21, 2011 that a county housing state prisoners under a contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) is an independent contractor; therefore, the state is …
Private Prison Health-care Industry Grows as States Cut Costs, Bringing in Millions of Dollars by Yana Kunichoff Aleshia Napier was 18 years old in 2006 when she hung herself with a bed sheet at the Broward Correctional Institution in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after being placed in solitary confinement despite her …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Ninth Circuit Holds Hawaii Prison Officials Entitled to Qualified Immunity when Calculating Release Dates in Accordance with State Law by In an interlocutory appeal, the Ninth Circuit reversed a Hawaii district court’s denial of qualified immunity to prison officials who, in apparent conformity with Hawaii state law, treated a prisoner’s …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Seventh Circuit Upholds Indiana DOC’s Ban on Pen-Pal Ads by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 16, 2010, an Indiana U.S. District Court held that a prison regulation prohibiting prisoners from advertising for pen-pals and receiving materials from services that advertise for or provide pen-pals did not violate …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Medical, Cancer, Misdiagnosis
$3,750 Posthumous Settlement in California Prisoner’s Medical Suit by State officials have settled a federal lawsuit against California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation medical staff that alleged lengthy delays in the diagnosis and treatment of a prisoner’s stomach cancer. Gerardo Richardo Gallegos was a California state prisoner who did not …
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