Large Scale Releases and Public Safety by Peter Wagner Can governments safely release hundreds or thousands of people from prison? We offer 14 historical examples to show that, in fact, they already have. by Peter Wagner, Prison Policy Initiative https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/04/09/large-scale-releases/ To protect the American public from COVID-19, schools have closed, …
Department of Justice, Investigation of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, 2020 INVESTIGATION OF THE EDNA MAHAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR WOMEN (UNION TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY) United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division United States Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey April, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. SUMMARY............................................................................................................ 1 …
James v. GTL, NJ, Settlement Agreement, Phone Justice, 2020 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 250-2 Filed 05/28/20 Page 1 of 41 PageID: 6239 Exhibit A Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 250-2 Filed 05/28/20 Page 2 of 41 PageID: 6240 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY BOBBIE JAMES, et al. on behalf of …
James v. GTL, NJ, Brief in Support of Motion, Phone Justice, 2020 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 250-1 Filed 05/28/20 Page 1 of 20 PageID: 6219 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY BOBBIE JAMES, et al. on behalf of themselves Civil Action No. 13-4989 (WJM)(MF) and all others similarly situated, …
Executive Order 124, NJ, COVID-19 Release, 2020 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 124 WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, through Executive Order No. 103 (2020), the facts and circumstances of which are adopted by reference herein, I declared both a Public Health Emergency and a State of Emergency throughout the State due to …
More States Restore Felony Voting Rights by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In 2019, Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Nevada enacted legislation to restore voting rights to felons who have been released from prison but are still under such supervision, the latest of 24 states to make similar …
New Jersey County Not Entitled to Defense or Indemnification by the State in Suit Alleging Exposure of Jail Detainees by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In an unpublished decision, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, held that Salem County is entitled to neither defense nor indemnification by the …
Family Sues New Jersey Jail Over Prisoner Suicide by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Did you hear the one about the prisoner who allegedly hanged himself while restrained in a straitjacket? That isn’t an opening line for a sick joke; rather, it’s the contention of officials in Essex County, New …
New Jersey: Appellate Court Shoots Down $7.5 Million Verdict in Prison Whistleblower Case by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Lisa R. Easley was a longtime New Jersey prison employee. She began her career in February 1996 as a prison guard, and by 2009, after forking over some bribes, became an …
Doe v. NJ Dept of Corrections, NJ, Complaint, Transgender Discrimination, 2019 MER-L-001586-19 08/14/2019 3:11:11 PM Pg 1 of 46 Trans ID: LCV20191434199 Jeanne LoCicero (024052000) Tess Borden (260892018) Alexander Shalom (021162004) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION P.O. Box 32159 Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 854-1715 jlocicero@aclu-nj.org Robyn B. …
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New Jersey Jail to Pay $1.2 Million for Strip Searching Detainees by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Richard Wright and April Wedding were awarded $10,000 each as representatives in a class-action suit filed against Ocean County, New Jersey for its practice of strip searching everyone booked into the …
HRDC comment on prison visitation rule change in New Jersey Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS July 3, 2019 Kathleen Cullen Administrative Rules Unit Office of the Commissioner P.O. Box 863 Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Re: Proposal Number: PRN 2019-051 Dear Ms. Cullen, The Human Rights Defense …
New Jersey Federal Court Approves $1.5 Million Jail Strip-Search Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On January 31, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Noel L. Hillman approved a $1.5 million class-action settlement in a case against Burlington County, New Jersey, where hundreds of people were improperly strip-searched at the …
Federal Judge Holds Bivens Not Applicable to Prison Workplace Discrimination Claims by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Refusing to extend Bivens to cover a prison workplace discrimination claim, last year the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey held that a remedy for such a claim would have …
Issue #9 From The Inside Out, Prison Watch, 2019 89 Market Street, 6th Floor | Newark, NJ 07102 | 973-643-1924 “FROM THE INSIDE OUT” This report was created by Program Director Bonnie Kerness (973-410-3978/ bkerness@afsc.org), Interns Yajedah (Jada) West and Demecis Matias, and with further assistance from Ojore Lutalo. Both …
San Francisco Joins National Push to Abolish Youth Prisons by Ella Fassler by Ella Fassler, Truthout, June 3, 2019 It’s happening in Minneapolis. New Jersey. Arkansas. Upstate New York. Durango, Colorado. One by one, juvenile prisons are closing, or are slated to close, in response to child abuse reports, sustained …
New Jersey Women’s Prison Again Under Investigation for Staff Sexual Abuse by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In April 2019, an eighth guard at New Jersey’s Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCF) was arrested and charged with official misconduct and criminal sexual conduct. Ciera Roddy, 32, faces …
New Jersey County Pays $1,975,000 to Settle Suit Over Unlawful Strip Searches by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Ocean County, New Jersey has agreed to pay $1.975 million to settle a class-action lawsuit, where the class was defined as “All persons who were admitted into the Ocean County Correctional Facility …
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