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Brief • August 30, 2021
Williams v. City of West Palm Beach, FL, Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Panhandling, 2021 Case 9:21-cv-81537-DMM Document 4 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/30/2021 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA WEST PALM BEACH DIVISION Case No. 9:21-cv-81537-DMM ROSA WILLIAMS, GARY FRASHAW, and THOMAS HYLAND, Plaintiffs, …
Publication • August 9, 2021
Struggle-For-Power-The-Ongoing-Persecution-of-Black-Movement-by-the-U.S.-Government STRU R E W O P R O F E L GG LACK B F ON O I T ENT U M C N E VER ERS O P G G . U.S GOIN E N H T O THE T BY N E M E MOV In the …
Brief • August 2, 2021
Filed under: Protests, Excessive Force
Epps v. City and County of Denver, CO, Expert Report of Dr. Edward R. Maguire, Excessive Force- Protesting, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF COLORADO Civil Action Nos. 1:20-cv-01878-RBJ & 1:20-cv-01922-RBJ-MEH (consolidated) ELISABETH EPPS, et al. Plaintiffs, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, et …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Scores of Ecuadoran Prisoners Die in Coordinated Melees by Ecuador’s prison system has been operating in crisis mode for three years. Beginning in 2019, 24 prisoners were killed in overcrowded prisons holding over 38,000 prisoners which was designed and built to hold 27,000. That number soared to 103 deaths in …
Federal Judge Rejects BOP’s Attempts to Keep Videos of Force-Feeding Prisoners at ADX Secret by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell   A federal judge has rejected attempts by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to keep videos of staff force-feeding a prisoner on a hunger strike at the Administrative Maximum Facility …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Ohio Enacts Criminal Justice Reform in 2020 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Criminal justice reform advocates scored multiple wins in the closing weeks of the 2020 session of Ohio’s General Assembly. The new laws end the shackling of pregnant prisoners giving birth, allow people to do community service …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Rebellion at GEO-Run Prison in New Mexico by A three-hour uprising at a privately-run medium security prison in New Mexico on November 2, 2020, led to a few prisoner injuries, a fire and property destruction. It was an “incident [that] absolutely could have been prevented,” said said the state’s Corrections …
Article • July 13, 2021
Filed under: Protests, Jail Specific
Health Professionals Join the Fight Against Jail Construction in Los Angeles by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   Los Angeles has historically been a trail blazer in the expansion of policing and incarceration. Its 2020 abandonment of jail expansion plans revealed a new group of advocates against expansion of …
Article • July 8, 2021
Debunking the ‘Superpredator’ Myth by Kevin Bliss Report Suggests Lock ‘Em Up Mentality Counterproductive to Public Safety by Kevin Bliss The Sentencing Project of Washington, D.C. issued a report in May of 2021 titled “A Second Look at Injustice.” This report stated that the justice system should have goals of …
Brief • July 7, 2021
NAACP of San Jose-Silicone Valley v. City of San Jose, Plaintiff's Opposition to Dft's Motion to Dismiss, Protest, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-01705-PJH Document 32 Filed 07/07/21 Page 1 of 35 RACHEL LEDERMAN, SBN 130192 Rachel Lederman & Alexsis C. Beach, Attorneys P.O. Box 40339 San Francisco, CA 94140-0339 ph 415-282-9300 rachel@sfbla.com …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Private Prisons, Lobbying
“Progressive” Seattle Mayoral Candidate Exposed as Shill for the Private Prison Industry by Ken Silverstein By Ken Silverstein “I’m running for Mayor so every family can see their future in Seattle,” says Casey Sixkiller. “It requires bold action, leadership experience when it matters most, and a mayor who wakes up …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
“We Want Court dates!” by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders According to the protestors, conditions at the local lockup have become intolerable. On April 4, 2021, at approximately 8:30 p.m. detainees at the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) covered security cameras, smashed windows, threw furniture out onto the street …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Architects Question Whether Building “More Humane” Prisons is Possible by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Does more fresh air, sunlight, and space for rehabilitative programs mean a prison or jail is more humane? That’s the question many architects are struggling with as expensive new facilities are built around …
Navar v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Y ARITSSA NA VAR, Plaintiff, V. CITY OF CHICAGO and CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER DANIEL P. GOLDEN (Star #10964), Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • June 25, 2021
Filed under: Protests, Rural Prisons
Rural Citizens in North Carolina Resisting New Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon   Haywood County, North Carolina is a conservative, rural political entity located in a mountainous region in the state’s west. Trump won his 2020 reelection bid there by 30 points with staunch republican Madison Cawthorn being …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Sen. Warren Investigation Exposes Broken Prison Accreditation System by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Progressive criminal justice reform has been slow to make it into the political mainstream, but one area where it is getting increased traction is around the use of private prisons. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Resources, Advocacy
Resources for Understanding Today’s Prison System by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Izzie Ramirez, reporter for Vice, wrote a summary of the many resources available to anyone wishing to learn about the U.S. prison system. The article, published Jan. 22, 2021, discusses the varied inequalities of the prison industrial complex …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Advocacy, Art
Activism and Art Team Up to Abolish Mass Incarceration by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Imagine a future in America that is radically different than it is today—an America where police do not brutalize and kill people, a society without institutionalized racism and classism, a country where jails and prisons …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
GEO Group Puts Money, Lobbyist into Defeating Bill to Prohibit Private Prisons in Virginia by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As Virginia was poised to consider a bill to end private prisons, the GEO Group entered the fray with donations to legislators and lobbyists. The bill met a quick …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Trump Pardons Highlight System’s Flaws by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Former President Donald Trump announced 143 pardons and commutations in the final hours of his term. While end-of-term pardons are the norm for outgoing presidents, the huge batch of last-minute announcements from the White House seemed to highlight the …
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