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Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Volunteers, Mayor Take Action to Clothe Freezing Prisoners in New York City by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York City Department of Correction and city officials are rethinking their policy of releasing prisoners without jackets during frigid winter months. The New York Daily News reported in December 2016 …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
$10.25 Million Jury Award in Suit over Oklahoma Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 20, 2017, an Oklahoma federal jury awarded $10.25 million to the estate of a prisoner who died at the Tulsa County Jail. According to court documents, Elliot Earl Williams, 37, a …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Study Tracks Decline in Use of Solitary Confinement as Reform Bill Stalls in U.S. Senate by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton A November 2016 report found that 67,000 prisoners were held in restrictive housing throughout the United States – also known as solitary confinement or segregation – in both state …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
New Study Indicates Annual Cost of Incarceration Exceeds $1 Trillion by Audry Spade by Audry Spade A new research study has estimated the total cost of incarceration in the United States has surged to a staggering $1 trillion per year – 11 times the $80 billion spent annually on corrections …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Gang Policies
Prison Tattoos Tell a Story by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Tattoos are virtually a rite of prison passage, and the designs, where they are placed and what they signify often have more meaning than just self-expressive body ink. Once considered taboo, tattoos have gained wider acceptance in today’s …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Federal Judge Orders Cook County to Correct Courthouse ADA Violations by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Robert W. Gettleman issued an injunction on May 2, 2017, holding the Cook County Sheriff’s Office accountable for insufficient efforts to accommodate the needs of disabled prisoners who must access …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Most Black “Neighborhoods” in Wisconsin are Actually Jails, Prisons by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A 17-year-old has made a startling discovery about Wisconsin: more than half of the state’s black “neighborhoods” are actually jails. The young researcher, Lew Blank, used the Weldon Cooper Center’s Racial Dot Map and Google …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Second Circuit Upholds $36 Million Jury Award, $5 Million in Fees in Wrongful Conviction Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 19, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the award of $36 million in damages and nearly $5 million in attorney fees to two New York …
Pressure from Advocacy Group Leads University of California to Partially Divest from Wells Fargo by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Following demands from the Afrikan Black Coalition (ABC), the University of California has agreed to terminate $475 million worth of contracts with Wells Fargo Bank. According to a press release …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Missouri DOC Director Replaced after String of Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuits by After eight years on the job, Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) director George Lombardi submitted a letter of resignation to then-Governor Jay Nixon on December 14, 2016. Lombardi, who spent over 31 years in corrections, agreed to resign …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Tenth Circuit Reinstates Suit over Failure to Provide Medical Treatment to Oklahoma Arrestee/Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 23, 2017, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a district court’s grant of summary judgment to an Oklahoma state trooper and jailers who failed to obtain …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoners’ Suit over Repeated Overnight Deprivation of Clothing by Reversing the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by pretrial detainees at a Missouri jail, the Eighth Circuit held in a January 17, 2017 decision that depriving them of clothing up to three nights a week was …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Louisiana Death Sentence Reversed, Charges Dismissed, Lawsuit Filed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following the reversal of his homicide conviction by the Louisiana Supreme Court in November 2016, death row prisoner Rodricus Crawford, 29, was released on $50,000 bond after serving three years in prison. A new prosecutor …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Tennessee: High Cost of Drugs Cited as Reason to Deny Prisoners Hep C Treatment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Tennessee prison officials “turn a blind eye” to the medical needs of prisoners infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), a class-action lawsuit filed in July 2016 alleges. While …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Innocence Project Emerging in Israel by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Wrongful convictions are a well-known phenomena in the United States; the administration of one of the world’s largest criminal justice systems virtually guarantees mistakes and failures. Famous cases such as that of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, who was framed for …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
State Sanctioned Murder: By the Numbers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Death Penalty Information Center has released a report highlighting significant changes in the number of executions in the United States in 2016. According to the report, there were 20 executions in the U.S. during calendar year 2016 …
Private Prison Company’s Announcement to Reduce Recidivism Criticized as PR Ploy by In October 31, 2017, CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, announced via a press release that it was launching an initiative to advocate for policies designed to reduce recidivism. …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Montana County Settles Suit over Prisoner’s Rape for $125,000 by In November 2016, Jefferson County, Montana agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by a prisoner who was allegedly raped in the county jail. Audemio Orozco-Ramirez was being held on immigration charges when he claimed he …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Missouri Town Pays $1.2 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Jail Suicide by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On March 13, 2017, the city of Pagedale, Missouri agreed to pay $1.2 million to the family of a woman who hung herself at the city jail two-and-a-half years earlier. The resolution of …
Prisoners and Disabilities: The Legal Landscape by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Incarceration in a state or federal prison is bad. Incarceration in a state or federal prison while disabled is much worse. Consider the numbers. According to a recent Vice.com article, 31 percent of prisoners in state facilities reported …
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