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Publication • January 9, 2020
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor, 2020 Official Audit Report – Issued January 9, 2020 Massachusetts Department of Correction For the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018 State House Room 230  Boston, MA 02133  auditor@sao.state.ma.us  www.mass.gov/auditor January 9, 2020 Ms. Carol Mici, Commissioner …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
California Prison Rehabilitation Programs Costly and Ineffective by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A report by the California State Auditor, released on January 31, 2019, found that rehabilitative programs currently offered by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) did not assist in reducing the state’s 50 percent recidivism …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Pennsylvania Prisoner Acquitted of Murder After 13-Year Battle – by Defending Himself in Retrial by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Representing himself during a fourth trial on a murder charge, Hassan Bennett was acquitted and released following a 13-year legal fight – an extraordinary feat. Bennett, 36, was serving a …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
FAMM, Washington Lawyers’ Committee, NACDL Launch Compassionate Release Clearinghouse by The First Step Act paves the way for a massive pro bono effort to represent sick, dying and elderly prisoners in court. WASHINGTON – Thousands of sick, dying and elderly federal prisoners who are eligible for early release will now …
Victory v. Berks County, PA, Plf Memo Re Prospective Relief, Conditions of Confinement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA THERESA VICTORY, ALICE VELAZQUEZ-DIAZ, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BERKS COUNTY, et al. Defendants. : : : : : : : : …
Article • December 8, 2019
BJS fuels myths about sex offense recidivism, contradicting its own new data by Wendy Sawyer A new government report reinforces harmful misconceptions about people convicted of sex offenses. Here’s our take on how to parse the data. by Wendy Sawyer, Prison Policy Initiative By now, most people who pay any …
Article • December 6, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Education
Wasted Minds: Prisoners Languish in Florida Prisons with Little Access to Education by Ryan McKinnon, Josh Salman by Ryan McKinnon and Josh Salman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune / GateHouse Media Dade Correctional Institution employs one teacher for a population of 1,500 men – and just 16 prisoners have earned GED diplomas there …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs, Education
Study Finds that War on Drugs Kept Black Men from Higher Education by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In April 2019 study by Universityof California, Berkeley professor Tolani Britton established a link between the so-called “War On Drugs,” embodied in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, and college enrollment by …
Man Mistakenly Released 13 Years Ago Won’t Have to Return to Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Connecticut man arrested for his unintentional failure to serve a 13-year-old federal prison sentence was released from custody in March 2019. Philadelphia native Demetrius Anderson had not only remained free for those …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Judge Orders Federal Prisoner with Cancer Released Due to Poor Medical Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2019, a U.S. District Court ordered that a prisoner held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama be released due to the poor medical care she received from the …
Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force review, 2019 Criminal Justice Investment Task Force Acknowledgements While the work of a number of subcommittees of the Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force is ongoing and not reflected within this report, the Task Force would like to thank the following agencies, associations, and …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Illinois DOC Interferes with Prisoners’ College Program by Removing Books by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For over a decade, the Education Justice Program (EJP), an extension of the University of Illinois, has taught classes at the Danville Correctional Center (DCC), a facility in the east-central part of the state …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Education
Connecticut Prison Writing Program Leads to Lawsuits by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Wally Lamb was an English teacher when he published his first novel, She’s Come Undone, in 1992. It became a huge hit after Oprah Winfrey selected it for her book club. In 1999, Lamb began …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
California Federal Court Orders City to Pay $150,000 for Failure to Comply with Jail Settlement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks n May 2013, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of prisoners housed at the Monterey County Jail in California. A settlement agreement was reached on May 1, 2015, …
Texas Civil Rights Project: Torture by Another Name - Solitary Confinement in Texas, 2019 Torture By Another Name Solitary Confinement in Texas OCTOBER 2019 Author: MEAGAN HARDING Senior Staff Attorney, Texas Civil Rights Project Contributor: PETER STEFFENSEN Staff Attorney, Texas Civil Rights Project Acknowledgements We would like to thank all …
Parsons v. Ryan, AZ, Order, MCPMs, 2019 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 3359 Filed 09/16/19 Page 1 of 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Victor Antonio Parsons, et al., Plaintiffs, 10 11 v. 12 Charles L Ryan, …
Huff et al. v. CoreCivic, Inc. and Securus, KS, Settlement Approval Hearing, Attorney Client Calls Taped, 2019 Case 2:17-cv-02320-JAR-JPO Document 144 Filed 09/13/19 Page 1 of 1 CLERK’S COURTROOM MOTIONS/MISCELLANEOUS MINUTE SHEET ASLEY HUFF AND GREGORY RAPP, Plaintiffs Vs. Case No. 17-2320-JAR-JPO CORECIVIC, INC., et al, Defendants JUDGE: DEPUTY CLERK: …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Court Grants Compassionate Release After BOP Says Prisoner Wasn’t Dying Fast Enough by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case that demonstrates exactly why the First Step Act included much-needed changes for compassionate release for federal prisoners, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana granted immediate release …
First Step Act Update: Over 1,600 Sentences Reduced, 3,000 Prisoners Released by Dale Chappell, Douglas Ankney by Dale Chappell and Douglas Ankney As of late July 2019, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had released over 3,000 prisoners under the First Step Act, a landmark criminal justice reform measure signed …
Article • August 7, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Kentucky Jail Rents Texting Devices to Prisoners by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer The Noble County jail in Albion, Kentucky has found a new way to make money – by renting texting devices to prisoners. For $4.00 a month plus $0.10 per text, prisoners can send and receive monitored messages. …
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