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Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2018. By the time you read this we should be moved into our new office in Florida. I would like to thank everyone who donated to help us with the unexpected expense of …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Prison Labor
Multiple Lawsuits Allege “Slave Labor” Under Guise of Drug Treatment by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Following an investigative report by Reveal, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting, at least four federal lawsuits were filed against Christian Alcoholics and Addicts in Recovery (CAAIR) and Simmons Foods, Inc. in …
Brief • January 8, 2018
USA v. Walton, CA, Opinion, Sentencing Under Armed Career Criminal Act, 2018 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DONNIE LEE WALTON, Defendant-Appellant. No. 15-50358 D.C. No. 2:14-cr-00537SVW-1 OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District …
Brief • January 8, 2018
Jackson v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018 lN THI•: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ANDRE JACKSON, Plaintiff: v. CITY OF CHICAGO, OFC. BRANDON SMITH and OFC. DENNIS HUBERTS, Defendants. ) ) ) Case No. 2014 C 6746 ) ) Judge …
Brief • January 8, 2018
Teneng v. Trump, CA, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement-Health-Nutrition-Religion, 2018 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1 Filed 08/01/18 Page 1 of 39 Page ID #:1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ballard Spahr LLP One Sin, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 900 Las Vegas, Nevada 89135-2958 10 11 12 13 …
Slinker v. Grundy County, IA, Complaint, Jail Suicide, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION EARL SLINKER, individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE of JARED SLINKER, deceased, and as next friend of C.K.S., W.J.S. I, and W.J.S. II, Case No.: _________________ …
In-the-News Article • January 5, 2018
PLN quoted in opinion piece: Should prisoners work for free? Jan. 5, 2018 Articles with PLN Quotes ozy.com SHOULD WE MAKE PRISONERS WORK FOR FREE? By OZY Editors THE DAILY DOSEJAN 05 2018 OZY’s electrifying prime-time TV show, Third Rail With OZY, is continuing to serve up provocative questions each week, and we …
Brief • January 4, 2018
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
PA Behanna Sexual Assault by Guard -Scheduled Settlement Case 2:17-cv-00105-CB-LPL Document 28 Filed 01/04/18 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MELISSA BEHANNA, Plaintiff, v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, et al, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil …
Article • January 3, 2018
Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat
$99,000 Settles Federal Prisoner's Deliberate Medical Indifference Suit by Cameron Craven fractured his ankle while being arrested by DEA agents. He was taken to a hospital. A doctor recommended surgery in three to four days. Instead, he was placed in the MCC in San Diego, California where his repeated requests …
Article • January 3, 2018
Federal Circuit: Reasonable Suspicion Required to Search Prison Employee's Car by On May 12, 2003, the court of appeals for the Federal Circuit held that reasonable suspicion was required to search a federal prison employee's car. Derrick A. Wiley was employed as a teacher at a federal Bureau of Prisons …
Article • January 3, 2018
First Circuit: Massachusetts Not Liable for State Employees' Punitive Damages by On September 18, 2015, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that the former governor and attorney general of Massachusetts could not be sued for failing to indemnify punitive damages awarded against state employees in a civil rights action. …
Article • January 3, 2018
Iowa Federal Court: Moorish Temple Prisoners Have Right to Celebrate Ramadan by On August 12, 2014, an Iowa federal court held that Moorish Science Temple prisoners have the same right to celebrate Ramadan as Islamic prisoners approved by the Muslim prison chaplain. The court also approved attorney fees of $3,800 …
Article • January 3, 2018
Mississippi Court of Appeals Upholds Prisoner's Conviction for Assaulting Guard by On November 3, 2015, the Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of state prisoner Tony Phillips for assaulting guard Mose Harmon at the Washington County Regional Correctional Facility. Phillips was prosecuted for simple assault and claimed self-defense. A …
Article • January 3, 2018
Miami Guard Sentenced for Assaulting and Scalding Detainee by A former Miami-Dade jail guard pleaded guilty to assaulting a pretrial detainee.  The incident occurred after an argument between the detainee and guard. Joshua Wiggins, 21, was awaiting trial on cocaine trafficking charges in August 2012 when he got into an …
Article • January 3, 2018
Filed under: Racial Discrimination
Texas Prison Reform Model Maintains Mass Incarceration and Racial Disparity by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2007, Texas asked the Justice Center of the Council of State Governments to recommend ways it could reduce incarceration and criminal justice expenditures, then enacted most of the recommendations. This package of reforms …
Article • January 3, 2018
3 Murders in 10 Months at Oklahoma Prison Run by CCA by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Three prisoners were murdered in a span of 10 months at an Oklahoma facility run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest for-profit prison operator in the country. The trio of homicides …
Article • January 3, 2018
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
California High-Risk Sex Offender Parole Not Limited to Current Offense by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeals held that a lower court erred in holding that failing to register as a sex offender does not authorize parole supervision as a high-risk sex offender. In 1989, Charles …
Article • January 3, 2018
Filed under: Juveniles, Juvenile Prisons
Social Impact Bond Flounders in Rikers Island Youth Project by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Social impact bonds (SIBs) are investment vehicles by which  charitable organizations or individuals can invest in a project to benefit a government agency. If the government agency reaches a pre-determined goal with it bond investment, the …
Michigan DOC Creates Contract Compliance Unit by On the heels of a controversy involving its food service vendor, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is creating a unit to monitor contract compliance. As PLN reported, MDOC tossed Aramark Correctional Services as its food service vendor following a  highly publicized failure …
Article • January 3, 2018
Texas Jail Officials Disciplined, Indicted for Leaving Prisoner in Squalor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 10, 2013, a Texas jail compliance team discovered mentally ill Harris County jail prisoner Terry Goodwin, 54, in a cell "amid heaps of trash, swarms of bugs, and piles of his own …
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