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Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
115,000 Florida Ex-Felons Have Civil Rights Restored Under New Rules by Changes to Florida’s rules for restoration of civil rights were made in April 2007; since that time, 115,232 former felons have had their rights to vote, serve on juries, run for office, and obtain various business licenses restored. That …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Demonstrators Supporting Guantanamo Prisoners in Front of U.S. Supreme Court Found Guilty of Unlawful Assembly by Demonstrators Supporting Guantanamo Prisoners in Front of U.S. Supreme Court Found Guilty of Unlawful Assembly On May 29, 2008, thirty-four members of the civil rights group Witness Against Torture (WAT) were found guilty in …
Florida Sheriff Sued for Awarding No-Bid Health Care Contract, Receiving Gifts by Florida Sheriff Sued for Awarding No-Bid ?Health Care Contract, Receiving Gifts Prison Health Services (PHS) has sued the sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida for awarding the jail’s health care contract to rival Armor Correctional Health Services without taking …
Violence at Oklahoma Prisons Leaves Two Dead, Twenty-Five Injured by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 19, 2008, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a fight broke out between Native American and black prisoners at the Oklahoma State Reformatory (OSR) in Granite. When the skirmish ended five minutes later, two prisoners …
Article • December 15, 2008
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Elections
Many Iowans Mistakenly Identified as Felons, Purged From Voter Lists by A large number of voters in Iowa were mistakenly purged from the voter rolls due to a faulty state-promulgated list that showed they were felons. Rick Brown, 47, of Madrid, a postal worker, was a typical case. Brown never …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95 by David Preston An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95 Reviewed by David Preston The Rosenberg case: for most Baby Boomers it is …
Private Prisons a Public Disgrace in Texas by Gary Hunter So much human feces covered the floors of a GEO Group-run juvenile prison in Coke County, Texas that departing inspectors stopped outside to wipe their shoes in the grass. The Coke County Juvenile Justice Center was in such bad shape …
Prison Legal News Attends CCA Shareholder Meeting by Alex Friedmann Prison Legal News Attends CCA Shareholder Meeting by Alex Friedmann From 1992 to 1998, I served time at the South Central Correctional Center in Wayne County, Tennessee, which is operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private …
“I CAN Learn” Software Procurement for Kentucky DOC Questioned by Matthew Clarke “I CAN Learn” Software Procurement for Kentucky DOC Questioned by Matt Clarke The “I CAN Learn” educational software produced by New Orleans-based JRL Enterprises, which was adopted by the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC), is under scrutiny for …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Protests, Police, False Arrest
Seattle Police Settle World Trade Organization Protest Wrongful Arrest Suit for $1,000,000 by In October of 2000, Kenneth Rankin, Denise Cooper, Jennifer Hudziec and Stephanie Lane, all Washington state residents, filed a class action in federal court challenging the constitutionality of their arrest by Seattle, Washington police during a protest …
Article • August 15, 2008
Brain Damage, Blindness from California Prison Shooting Nets $2 Million Settlement by A California prisoner who was shot during a prison disturbance was paid $2 million to settle his suit. On August 28, 1993, 37-year-old Kenneth Newton was confined at California’s Chuckwalla Valley State Prison, when a disturbance erupted on …
BOP Prisoner States FTCA Claim for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Stemming from Burning Prison by The plaintiff sustained carbon monoxide poisoning while locked down during a fire started during a riot. The Clinical Director ordered that he remain in the prison medical facility rather than be sent to a hospital. Six …
Oklahoma Pays $844,000 for Comprehensive Performance Audit of DOC by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 4, 2008, MGT of America, Inc. released a performance audit of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC). The 285-page report cost $844,000 and provided several clues as to how the prison system could …
More Prisoners Murdered in Texas Federal Prisons by Gary Hunter Until February 13, 2008, Ronald Joseph, 29, was serving time at a federal penitentiary in Beaumont, Texas for firearm and drug-related convictions. On that date he was found dead in his cell; a preliminary autopsy report indicated he had been …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Alabama Felon Disenfranchisement Limited by The Alabama Supreme Court has voided a Jefferson County Circuit Court’s order that prohibited the state from disenfranchising former prisoners until every felony involving the element of moral turpitude had been catalogued by the state legislature. The ruling resulted from an appeal filed by the …
Pearson v. Callahan, SCOTUS, Amicus Brief for Respondent, 2008 No. 07-751 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States CORDELL PEARSON, et al., Petitioners, v. AFTON CALLAHAN, _______________________________ Respondent. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE U NITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE NATIONAL …
Article • July 15, 2008
Bruise from Push by New York Prison Guard Nets $100 by A New York prisoner who struck his face on a doorjamb when a guard pushed him through a doorway was awarded $100. New York prisoner Andrew Harvey was on the recreation yard at Watertown Correctional Facility when a riot …
Article • July 15, 2008
New Mexico AG's Complete Privilege Request Denied Regarding Riot Report Disclosure by The New Mexico State Attorney General (AG) motioned to prevent discovery disclosure of evidence and communications after a riot investigation. The court granted the AG executive privilege only but ordered judicial inspection to determine the appropriate disclosure. Numerous …
Article • June 15, 2008
Injuries While Attempting to Flee New York Prison Riot Net $132,000 by A New York prisoner who was seriously injured during a riot was awarded $132,000 by the New York Court of Claims. On August 27, 1989, Ronald Duglan, a prisoner at New York’s Cayuga Correctional Facility, was caught in …
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