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Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
After Spate of Deaths, Vermont Contracts Prisoner Healthcare to Wellpath – Again by Vermont’s Department of Corrections (DOC) announced in April 2023 that Wellpath LLC would replace VitalCore Health Strategies to provide healthcare in state prisons. Wellpath corporate predecessor Correct Care Solutions (CCS) held the contract from 2010 to 2015. …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Ohio Prisoner’s Suit Claims Exposure to Toxic Chemicals Released in Train Derailment by On May 31, 2023, the federal court for the Northern District of Ohio consolidated a state prisoner’s pro se suit into a class-action with almost 30 others that have been filed over exposure to toxic vinyl chloride …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Minnesota Makes All Calls Free in Prisons and Jails by On May 19, 2023, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed into law SF 2909, the Judiciary and Public Safety budget bill. Introduced by two Democratic state lawmakers, Sen. Clare Oumou Verbeten and Rep. Esther Agbaje, the measure made calls free …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Connecticut Lawmakers Punt on Limiting Prison Strip Searches by David Reutter by David M. Reutter During their 2023 session, Connecticut lawmakers took a pass on legislation to rein in routine prison strip searches, which advocates testified were “humiliating” and “intrusive.” There was, however, widespread interest in appearing interested in the …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
DNA Matches Dead Australian to Nebraska Prisoner Who Escaped 56 Years Ago by After his death in 2010 at age 69, John Vincent Damon’s family members would occasionally walk through Tamborine Mountain Cemetery in Queensland, Australia, just to stand at his grave. He left behind a wife and two adult …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Cell Searches, Lockdowns
Two-Week Texas Prison Lockdown Ends With Puny Contraband Haul by After locking down almost 129,000 prisoners for nearly two weeks to search for contraband, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced on September 18, 2023, that “normal operations” had resumed at 64 of its 98 facilities. But prison officials …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Ex-felons on Parole and Probation Now Allowed to Vote in Minnesota by On March 3, 2023, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed into law SF26/HF28, also known as the “Restore the Vote” act. The bill, which was passed by Democratic majorities in the state House and Senate, allows ex-felons to …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
How Corporations Turned Prison Tablets Into a Predatory Scheme by Tommaso Bardelli, Ruqaiyah Zarook, Derick McCarthy by Tommaso Bardelli, Ruqaiyah Zarook and Derick McCarthy “Prison iPads” became a lifeline during the pandemic. They also became a new way to squeeze money out of the incarcerated and their families. This article …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Report Finds Prison a Factor in Falling U.S. Life Expectancy by According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average U.S. life expectancy fell in both 2021 and 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic was generally blamed; however, a compendium of research published by the Kaiser Foundation’s KFF Health …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: Exercise, Police
The Almost Unknown Turkey Bowl and Black Sheep by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney While fans of college football get excited in November about upcoming bowl games, few ever mention the Turkey Bowl, likely because almost none of those fans will be in attendance. Played annually – except for the …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Third Prisoner Dies in 2023 at California’s New Folsom Prison by At California State Prison in Sacramento on May 1, 2023, prisoner Mario Rushing, 46, was choking another prisoner when ordered by guards to cease and desist. Ignoring their commands, Rushing continued the attack – even after guards deployed chemical …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Virginia Prisoner Wins Habeas Release on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney There was good news and bad news for former Virginia prisoner Jeramiah Chamberlain on December 22, 2021. That’s when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed dismissal of his suit …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Settlement Reached Over COVID-19 Measures, Home Confinement Releases at FCC Lompoc by On October 11, 2022, the federal court for the Central District of California approved a settlement resolving a suit over COVID-19 precautions and releases filed by prisoners at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Lompoc, California, in May …
CoreCivic Fails to Defeat California’s Anti-SLAPP Law at Ninth Circuit, Must Pay $45,630 in Attorney Fees by In November 2022 the federal court for the Northern District of California shot down a suit by private prison giant CoreCivic which sought to weaponize anti-defamation law against one of the company’s more …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
New York Jailhouse Lawyer Wins Resentencing, Release by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart At 28 years old, drug addicted and semi-homeless, Kelly Harnett was nobody’s idea of a model citizen. So when implicated along with boyfriend Thomas Donovan in a July 2010 murder in a public park in Queens, New …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The modern era of prison reform began in 1971 with the Attica Rebellion. Many Americans were horrified when New York state police and prison guards stormed the prison 52 years ago, in the process killing dozens of prisoners and hostages and …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Wexford Faces Liability for Indiana Prisoner’s Delayed Specialist Referral by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 3, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana only partly granted a motion for summary judgment filed by prison medical profiteer Wexford Health Sources, Inc. and its employees …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
After Ninth Circuit Refuses to Compel Arbitration, National Class Certified in HRDC’s Challenge to Jail and Prison Debit Card Fees by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson In a federal suit challenging excessive fees on jail and prison “debit release” cards, the federal court for the District of Oregon on July …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State by A divided Washington Supreme Court beat back prejudice with a November 2022 decision admitting a convicted sex offender to the state bar. Zachary LeRoy Stevens was charged as a teenager with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor …
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