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Article • March 22, 2021
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, COVID-19
NJ Warden Reassigned After Mishandling COVID-19 by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders  In recent months, New Jersey’s Fort Dix federal prison experienced a massive surge of COVID-19 cases. Roughly 1,500 prisoners tested positive for the deadly virus — over half the facility’s total population and more than any other Bureau …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
New Allegations of Abuse and Sexual Assault at Edna Mahan Women’s Prison in New Jersey by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (Mahan) in Clinton, New Jersey is again headlining the news with 32 guards now under investigation for assault and sexual abuse. The …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Afghanistan: As fighting continued between Taliban forces and the Afghan military on September 3, 3020, both parties announced they had nearly completed a prisoner exchange negotiated the previous February. According to a report by Japan’s public broadcasting company, HNK, the Taliban said all 1,000 Afghan prisoners …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 21, 2020, Sylvester Hartley became the seventh prisoner to die of complications from COVID-19 at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to a report in the St. Clair News-Aegis. The 60-year-old, who was serving a life-without-parole sentence for three counts of first-degree kidnapping, …
Brief • December 10, 2020
Witt v. County of Cumberland, NJ, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-14678-KMW-MJS Document 15 Filed 12/10/20 Page 2 of 24 PageID: 81 Richard M. Pescatore, Esq. RICHARD M. PESCATORE, P.C. 1055 E. Landis Avenue Vineland, NJ 08360 Telephone: (856) 507-1000 Facsimile: (856) 507-1500 Email: rpescatore@pescatorelegal.com NJ Attorney ID: 021841985 …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
New Jersey Releases 2,258 Prisoners to Combat COVID-19 Spread by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After releasing almost 1,000 inmates from state prisons and 700 more from county jails in April 2020, New Jersey’s Department of Corrections (DOC) announced it would release another 2,258  prisoners on November 5, 2020, …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Federal Judge Approves $25 Million Class Action Settlement Against Global Tel*Link by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On October 22, 2020, New Jersey federal district court Judge William J. Martini ended a seven-year class action brought by New Jersey Department of Correction (DOC) prisoners complaining of excessive phone fees levied …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Former Prisoners Testify on Abuse at Notorious New Jersey Women’s Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Former prisoners gave testimony at a July 1, 2020, hearing at the Workgroup on Harassment, Sexual Assault and Misogyny in New Jersey Politics, founded by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg. Speakers included six …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Chanting “not one more,” about 30 carloads of protesters from “Alabamians Who Care” caravanned to the governor’s mansion in Montgomery on August 1, 2020, protesting a plan by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to build three new “mega-prisons.” According to a report by Montgomery TV station …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: The Birmingham News reported that an Alabama prison guard had been arrested for drug trafficking after a search of his vehicle when he arrived for work at the St. Clair County prison turned up 138 grams of methamphetamine and 16 grams of heroin. Ivan Caldwell, …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Denied Medical Care During Pandemic, New Jersey Prisoner Treats Infected Wound With Bleach by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell While the coronavirus runs rampant through the country’s prisons, medical treatment for even serious problems has taken a backseat, leaving prisoners to get creative and perform their own treatment. For one …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
New Jersey Guard Acquitted in Sex Scandal by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A New Jersey prison guard was acquitted on charges of official misconduct and conspiracy to commit sexual assault. It is the second acquittal for guard Brian Y. Ambroise, who worked at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, New …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Report: New Jersey Women’s Prison Promoted Culture of Abuse by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) concluded a two-year investigation April 12, 2020 of allegations of continued sexual abuse against prisoners at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCFW). …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California:In June 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) commuted 21 state prisoners’ sentences, a dozen of them were for murder convictions, patch.com reported. Seven were committed when the prisoner was 22 or younger. Half of the prisoners are now 59 or older. One commutation went to …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
New Jersey: Commission Recommends State Take 100 Steps to Improve Re-Entry for Ex-Prisoners by Chad Marks by Chad Marks A commission that was legislatively mandated recommended in an October 2019 report that New Jersey improve re-entry services for those leaving prison. The Reentry Services Commission outlined 100 steps to aid …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Commitment to New Jersey’s “Special Treatment Unit” a Potential Death Sentence by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Sex offenders who had completed their criminal sentences in the state of New Jersey were being civilly committed to a facility that had a higher death rate due to COVID-19 than any …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Man Sentenced to One Year For Shoplifting Dies In Prison During Pandemic by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A New Jersey man who was sentenced to one year in prison died on May 10, 2020, while in custody at the Central Reception and Assignment Facility in Trenton, where prisoners …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Daniel Davitt, 60, on January 14,  2020 on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Lower Buckeye Jail guard Gene Lee on October 30. Buckeye Jail video shows Davitt talking to Lee on October 29, then suddenly grabbing …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
New Jersey Jail Detainee Dies While Reportedly Begging for Water by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Forty-one-year-old Atlantic County jail detainee Mario Terruso, Jr. died after coughing up blood and begging for water, according to a report in nj.com in September 2019. Alan Wright, who knew Terruso for about 15 …
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