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Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Hopes of Prosperity from Jail Boom has Kentucky County in Financial Trouble by A rural Kentucky county that planned to cash in on the prison and jail building boom in the 1990s is now in dire financial straits. Grant County, which is about 80 miles north of Louisville, is burning …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Tennessee Drug Court Judge Imprisons Participants for Smoking Cigarettes by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, Hamilton County, Tennessee Judge Tom Greenholtz sent several drug court participants to jail for a night after their drug tests came back positive – for nicotine. “We routinely test for nicotine as …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Despite AG’s Policy Change, OIG Reviews “Smart on Crime” Initiative by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In June 2017, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a report on the U.S. Department of Justice’s “Smart on Crime” initiative. Smart on Crime, instituted in 2013 under Obama-era Attorney General Eric …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Government Misconduct
Illinois Taxpayers Still Paying for a Paid-off Jail by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Residents in Tazewell County, Illinois pay a half-cent public safety sales tax on most purchases inside county lines. The tax was approved by voters in 2000 to pay for the construction of a new $17 million …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
$242,500 Settles Jail Rape Suit in Okla. by On May 24, 2017, Tulsa County officials paid $242,500 to resolve a federal complaint filed by a woman who was reportedly raped by a male prisoner while she was held at the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Aleshia …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
$111,000 Settlement for Wrongfully Incarcerated Ohio Prisoner by On June 12, 2017, the Ohio Controlling Board voted to settle a wrongful incarceration suit brought by a man whom prosecutors had called a “major supplier” of cocaine, after a judge ignored the reversal of his conviction by an appellate court and …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
$25,000 Settlement to Colorado Jail Prisoner Denied a Quran by In May 2017, the Sheriff’s Department in Adams County, Colorado paid $25,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a jail prisoner who was denied access to a Quran during Ramadan in 2015. It also agreed to make changes to jail …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Pregnant Prisoners Offered Adoption Choice: An Act of Love or Exploitation? by An estimated 3-4% of women who enter the prison system each year are pregnant. The American Journal of Public Health has reported that such prisoners face tough choices and, with the help of pro-life organizations and adoption attorneys, …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Ineffective Treatment of Ohio Prisoner’s Psoriasis Defeats Summary Judgment by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on July 16, 2017 that an Ohio prisoner presented sufficient evidence to survive summary judgment in a claim that prison medical officials chose a less efficacious treatment method. Ohio prisoner Kevin Darrah was …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Oregon Parole Board Cannot Postpone Elapsed Release Date by The Oregon Court of Appeals held on February 15, 2017 that the Oregon Parole Board lacked authority to postpone a prisoner’s release date after that date has passed. John Jones murdered a woman on May 30, 1988, when he was 17 …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
San Quentin’s “Ear Hustle” Podcast Makes History, Receives Praise by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, both incarcerated at California’s San Quentin State Prison, made broadcasting history by creating “Ear Hustle” – the first podcast from behind prison walls. The nine-episode first season of “Ear Hustle” …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Overworked South Koreans Relax at Prison-themed Retreat by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Two hours west of Pyeongchang in South Korea, home of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, guests pay 500,000 Korean won (about $470 U.S.) to stay for a week at Prison Inside Me, a jail-themed meditation center in …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Alaska DOC’s 1990 Prison Conditions Settlement Still Enforceable by In March 2017, the Alaska Supreme Court held that a 1990 settlement agreement in a class-action prison conditions suit had not been terminated and remained enforceable. Alaska Department of Corrections (ADOC) prisoners brought a class-action suit challenging prison conditions in 1981. …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Declaratory Judgment in Mississippi Case Challenging Indefinite Jail Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Mississippi federal district court has issued an agreed declaratory judgment in a case brought by two defendants who were held for long periods of time in the Scott County Detention Center without an individualized …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Four Guilty in Federal Student Loan Scam Using Prisoners’ Identities by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On January 12, 2018, Mercedes Diaz, 28, was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in an identity theft scheme that preyed upon 181 prisoners in Colorado, Arizona, Ohio, Florida and Illinois …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Two Cellmates Die at Private Louisiana Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A bizarre incident that resulted in the deaths of two pretrial detainees at the Richwood Correctional Center (RCC) in Louisiana reflects how understaffing and inadequate training at privately-operated jails can have life-changing consequences. Following a traffic …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Filed under: Damages
$50,000 Damage Award Garnished for Restitution Payment by The Oregon Court of Appeals, on June 28, 2017, upheld the garnishment of a prisoner’s $50,000 federal damage award as partial payment of her restitution judgment. In 2009, Sandra Quesnoy was convicted of theft charges in Oregon and sentenced to 18 months …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Settlements in Arizona DOC, BOP Lawsuits Over Release Debit Card Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The parties in a class-action suit filed in federal district court, which alleged Bank of America (BOA) charged excessive fees for debit cards given to Arizona state prisoners upon their release, reached a …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Fourth Circuit Vacates Sua Sponte Dismissal Due to Non-exhaustion by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court’s sua sponte dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit for failure to exhaust available administrative remedies. The Virginia Department of Corrections’ (VDOC) grievance procedure requires prisoners to first submit an informal …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Deaths Soar 600 Percent at Nevada Jail Under New Sheriff by by David M. Reutter An investigative report by the Reno Gazette-Journal found that 13 detainees died at WCJ in the two years since Allen took office. Just two were ruled deaths by natural causes; the others resulted from two …
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