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Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Shelter
Prison Design Boycott a Challenge to the Professional Business of Incarceration by Raphael Sperry Prison Design Boycott a Challenge to the Professional Business of Incarceration by Raphael Sperry, ADPSR National President, and the Prison Design Boycott organizing group: Ariel Bierbaum, Juan Calaf, Karen Kearney, and Kathleen Monroe Saying No" to …
Rising Deaths and Violence Among Problems In Illinois Prisons, Jails by by Michael Rigby Imprisonment in Illinois is becoming more perilous, according to the John Howard Association, a Chicago-based nonprofit group that monitors prisons and jails. Between August 2003 and May 2004, according to the association, several state prisoners died …
Oklahoma Prisons Suffer Crisis of Violence and Mismanagement by by Matthew T. Clarke 2005 has turned out to be a violent year in Oklahoma prisons. Between January and July, 2005, the prisons in Oklahoma suffered multiple riots, multiple murders of prisoners, and extensive probes of drug running. The stage for …
133 Prisoners Killed in Dominican Republic Prison Fire by A fight between rival gangs for control of a Dominican Republic prison resulted in a fire that killed 133 prisoners. Prisoners caused the blaze by setting ablaze their pillows and sheets. Attempts to rescue them were thwarted by a jammed door. …
New York Employees Families Settle Attica Riot Claims for $12 Million by The State of New York has reached a $12 million settlement with the Forgotten Victims of Attica, a group of surviving state employees and relatives of 11 guards killed during the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility. …
Article • October 15, 2005
Lives (and Votes) Lost by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg From City Belt (www.citybelt.org) Lives (and Votes) Lost Prisoners, parolees and probationers cannot vote in New Jersey -- but for one former prisoner who was wrongfully convicted and can, it's the last thing on his mind. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Nothing ties Larry Peterson …
Article • October 15, 2005
Wackenhut's Name To Change, But Politics Remain The Same by Michael Rigby The old maxim, "the more things change, the more they stay the same," could have been tailored to Wackenhut these days. Although Wackenhut Corrections has spun off from its parent company, Wackenhut Corporation, there's no indication that the …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Nebraska Law Automatically Restores Felon Voting Rights by On March 10, 2005, Nebraska lawmakers overrode a veto by the governor and passed legislation automatically restoring the voting rights of felons. With the passage of Legislative Bill 53, Nebraska felons will automatically have their voting rights restored two years after completing …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Iowa's Governor Grants Ex-Prisoners Automatic Voting Rights Restoration by Iowa's Governor Grants Ex-Prisoners Automatic Voting Rights Restoration by Matthew T. Clarke On July 6, 2005, Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa signed an Executive Order which enacted a blanket restoration of citizenship rights to ex-prisoners who have completed their sentences. This …
300 More Washington Prisoners Headed to CCA Prisons by As we predicted, Washington's sentencing reform" has sharply increased the state's prison population to approximately 17,6001,400 prisoner's overcapacityadding 2,100 prisoners within the last two years alone. Worse yet, nothing, including slashing sentences by up to 50 percent for a few hundred …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
New York Senator Returned To Jail After Illegal Release by Michael Rigby By Michael Rigby Most people will accept that certain perks are available to a state’s top lawmakers. What is unacceptable, however, is that these perks often continue even after the public trust has been violated. The case of …
Another CCA Prison in Oklahoma, Another Riot by by Matthew T. Clarke On March 22, 2005, a riot at a private prison run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) near Cushing, Oklahoma resulted in the death of one prisoner and injuries to fifteen others, one of them critically. No guards …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
$15,000 Settlement In Hawaii Voting Rights Suit by By John E. Dannenberg Dwayne Yoshina, Chief Election Officer of the Hawaii Office of Elections and Genevieve Wong, Honolulu City Clerk agreed to pay $15,000 in damages for disenfranchising 44 prisoners at the Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) by their failure to …
Alabama Workers' Comp Act No Bar to Psychological Torts by The Alabama Court of Appeals held that Alabama's Workers' Compensation Act is not an exclusive remedy for tort claims of employees alleging purely psychological injuries. Three female employees of Correctional Medical Services, Inc. (CMS) brought suit against CMS employees of …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting, Restitution
ACLU-WA Challenges Washington Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement Law by On October 21, 2004, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington brought suit in state court, challenging a law which prohibits Washington ex-felons from voting solely because they owe legal financial obligations" (LFOs) such as court filing fees and costs, restitution and …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Mystified Felons Blamed In Washington Election Challenge by by Michael Rigby A byzantine disenfranchisement scheme has cast a pall over the electoral process in Washington. On November 2, 2004, Democrat Christine Gregoire won the state's gubernatorial race by the narrowest margin in state history--129 votes. Republican challenger Dino Rossi's camp …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Starved for Attention How do you break a high-security hunger strike? Put a lid on it. by by Alan Prendergast Prisoners who joined in a hunger strike at the Colorado State Penitentiary from January 15-26, 2005, were hoping their protest would attract a media feeding frenzy -- and put pressure …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Florida Prison Uprising by A riot at Florida's Apalachee Correctional Institution (ACI) resulted in one guard being stabbed and eleven others beaten. As a result, over 100 prisoners were transferred to other prisons. The incidents started shortly after prisoner Nakia Huggins was questioned by guards concerning a knife that another …
Chicago Jail Still Rife With Prisoner Abuse, Crimes By Guards by Chicago Jail Still Rife With Prisoner Abuse, Crimes By Guards by Matthew T. Clarke The Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, remains the scene of controversy involving beatings of prisoners, stealing of drugs held for evidence, and guards having …
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Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
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