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14 Years of Litigation Fails to Remedy Deficient Jail Medical Care; Herrera Saga Continues in Washington State by by Mark Wilson In 1996, Tacoma, Washington officials settled a class-action federal lawsuit over unconstitutional conditions and insufficient health care at the Pierce County Jail (PCJ). Fourteen years later, however, prisoners continue …
Registered Sex Offender Remained on City Payroll While Incarcerated by Michael Brodheim Dennis J. McLaughlin, a water maintenance worker for Baltimore’s Department of Public Works (DPW), continued to earn his salary from 2007 to 2008 while serving a prison sentence for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. McLaughlin, 37, pleaded guilty …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Oregon Politician Visits Prison, Proposes Porn Ban by Mark Wilson Oregon state representative Greg Smith is up for reelection, and thus looking for a way to win over voters. So why not drop in on an Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) facility and engage in some tough-on-crime prisoner-bashing? That’s likely …
$1 Million Award in New York State Prisoner’s Death Caused by Medical Malpractice by A New York Court of Claims has awarded $1,021,915.73 to the estate of a former prisoner who died as the result of a prison nurse and doctor departing from accepted standards of care. Leonard Pickell arrived …
Arizona Attempts Prison System Sell-Off by Brandon Sample The next lot in our auction is the Arizona prison system. Do I hear $100,000,000? What, no bidders? None? You, sir, Corrections Corporation of America, you must be interested. No? Okay. How about you, GEO Group? No, not interested either? Prison privatization …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander (N.Y., The New Press, 2010). 290 pages. by Mumia Abu-Jamal Book Review by Mumia Abu-Jamal The New Jim Crow offers an unflinching look at the US addiction to imprisonment and comes up with a startling diagnosis: …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Another Way for CCA to Influence Congress by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, already spends a significant amount of money courting federal agencies and members of Congress. CCA employs three lobbying firms in Washington D.C., spent about $1 million …
California: Last Two of Five Guards Charged in Prisoner’s Death Get Prison Time by In January 2010, two former jail guards were sentenced to prison for participating in a brutal assault that resulted in a prisoner’s death. James Moore, 30, was involved in a lengthy struggle with over a dozen …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Federal Good Time Challenge by Brandon Sample On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) method for calculating federal good time credits. The dispute over the BOP’s implementation of the federal good time statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b), began about …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Organizing, Lobbying
Justice Thomas’ Wife Creates “Nonpartisan” Political Organization by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Members of the judiciary have an ethical obligation to remain impartial. When it comes to the U.S. Supreme Court, such impartiality is crucial given the impact that the Court’s rulings have nationwide. For that reason the …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Money/Property, Restitution
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Restitution Deadlines Not Jurisdictional by Under the federal Mandatory Restitution Act (MRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3664(d)(5), “the court shall set a date for the final determination of the victim’s losses, not to exceed 90 days after sentencing.” The U.S. Supreme Court, however, held on June 14, …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Pay-to-Stay Jails Unsuccessful in Ohio by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Part of the legacy of the punitive criminal justice philosophy of the 1990s is pay-to-stay incarceration, which involves jails charging prisoners booking fees and per-diem fees. [See: PLN, July 2010, p.10]. The rhetoric behind pay-to-stay programs is that …
U.S. Department of Agriculture Subsidizes Jail Building in Texas by by Matt Clarke The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is considering whether to grant or loan $5 million to Webb County, Texas to build a new county jail. The USDA has already given Jim Hogg County, Texas $5 million to …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Democratic Chairman’s Rhetoric Supports Restoration of Voting Rights, but Actions Speak Louder than Words by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Restoration of voting rights for former prisoners is a key issue for many members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), because ex-felons are disproportionately minorities and according to conventional …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
$850,000 Award in Delaware Prisoner’s Suicide; State Declines to Renew CMS Contract by A federal district court has awarded $850,000 to the family of a Delaware prisoner who hanged himself, after entering default judgment against First Correctional Medical, Inc. (FCM). In other Delaware news, the state’s prison system did not …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Government May Offset Attorney Fees to Collect Litigant’s Debt by On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court held that “fees and other expenses” awarded to a prevailing party are “payable to the litigant and ... therefore subject to a Government offset to satisfy a pre-existing …
Pennsylvania Legislator / GEO Board Member Faces Criminal Charges by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 12, 2009, Pennsylvania state representative John M. Perzel was charged with 82 counts of theft, conflict of interest, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and hindering apprehension or prosecution as a result of Attorney General …
Innocence Project Report on Compensation and Reentry Services for Exonerated Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at New York’s Yeshiva University. Since that time the Innocence …
Former Oregon Prison Guard, Accused of Contraband Smuggling and Sexual Misconduct, Files Suit Alleging Racism by Mark Wilson An ex-Oregon prison guard who resigned in 2007 was hired the following year as a “security technician” at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). He was fired one month later after being accused …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Suit Filed for Oregon Jail Pneumonia Death by Holly Jean Casey, a homeless 36-year-old heroin addict, lived a rough life and died an agonizing death on the floor of an Oregon jail cell on January 4, 2008. The day before she died, Casey was on her way to the hospital …
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