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Two Corrections Chiefs Serve Time in Segregation by Christopher Zoukis Two Corrections Chiefs Serve Time in Segregation by Christopher Zoukis Rick Raemisch, Colorado’s new corrections director, wanted to better understand the experience of solitary confinement – so he spent a night in segregation at a state prison. Raemisch had been …
Former Detainee Alleges Unconstitutional Conditions at Illinois Jail, Accepts $7,501 Judgment by On April 24, 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former pretrial detainee at the Edgar County Jail (ECJ) in Illinois stated a claim concerning unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the facility. The appellate court …
American Apartheid: Why Scandinavian Prisons Are Superior by Doran Larson “Open” prisons, in which detainees are allowed to live like regular citizens, should be a model for the U.S. by Doran Larson It’s a postcard-perfect day on Suomenlinna Island, in Helsinki’s South Harbor. Warm for the first week of June, …
East Mississippi Prison Nightmare by Christopher Zoukis On May 30, 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center and law office of civil rights attorney Elizabeth Alexander filed an 83-page complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, seeking class-action relief for mentally ill …
Article • November 15, 2013
Voices from Solitary: A Prison Where the Building Becomes the Shackles by Ray Luc Lavasseur By Ray Luc Levasseur Former political prisoner Ray Luc Levasseur was raised in Maine, born to a working-class family of Quebecois origin. He became politically radicalized at a young age, first after serving a term …
Brief • September 16, 2013
Boyd v. Godinez, IL, Class Cert. Order, Overcrowding and Inhumane Conditions, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00704-JPG-PMF Document 44 Filed 09/16/13 Page 1 of 10 Page ID #622 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS MICHAEL BOYD, PAUL LEE and KENDRICK PEARSON, on behalf of themselves and all …
Seventh Circuit Upholds CCA’s Victory in Indiana Jail Conditions Suit by On September 14, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s class certification and summary judgment orders in a jail conditions case involving the Marion County Correctional Center (MCCC) in Indianapolis, Indiana, also known as the …
Brief • August 1, 2013
Boyd v. Godinez, IL, Class Cert. Memo, Overcrowding and Inhumane Conditions, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00704-JPG-PMF Document 34 Filed 08/01/13 Page 1 of 20 Page ID #155 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS BENTON DIVISION MICHAEL BOYD, PAUL LEE and KENDRICK PEARSON, on behalf of themselves …
Brief • August 1, 2013
Boyd v. Godinez, IL, Motion for Class Cert., Overcrowding and Inhumane Conditions, 2013 Case 3:12-cv-00704-JPG-PMF Document 33 Filed 08/01/13 Page 1 of 4 Page ID #151 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS BENTON DIVISION MICHAEL BOYD, PAUL LEE and KENDRICK PEARSON, on behalf of …
U.S. Immigration Policy: Dysfunctional, Profitable and Resistant to Reform by Derek Gilna The nation's economy remains fragile, U.S. troops continue to fight a losing war in Afghanistan, North Korea has recently threatened a nuclear attack, and in March 2013 Congress and President Obama failed to reach a compromise to prevent …
Mom’s E-mail Forces Hawaiian Lawmakers to Tour “Hellhole” Prison by Joe Watson It took one mother of a complaint to get lawmakers in September 2011 to visit a dilapidated prison in Hawaii. Prison officials, however, put on a good show for their guests. The grumblings about Hawaii’s prison conditions are …
Cook County Jail Agrees to Improvements by Brandon Sample It took a federal lawsuit by the United States Department of Justice to get Cook County to finally agree to remedy decades of inadequate conditions at its infamous Cook County Jail (CCJ). The sweeping deal between Cook County and the Justice …
Forms of Judicial Deference in Prison Law by Sharon Dolovich by Sharon Dolovich1 Anyone familiar with the constitutional law of prisoners’ rights knows how ready courts are to find against prisoners in the name of “judicial deference.” It is not unreasonable for courts to grant a measure of deference to …
Report Criticizes New Hampshire’s Treatment of Female Prisoners; Lawsuit Filed by Joe Watson A two-year investigation has concluded that the New Hampshire Department of Corrections is guilty of “inexcusable neglect” of female prisoners, according to a report released on October 17, 2011. The New Hampshire State Advisory Committee to the …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
$657,670 Settlement in Ohio Juvenile Facility Class-action Suit by Less than a year after the filing of a federal civil rights class-action, a settlement was reached in the lawsuit, which challenged conditions of confinement at the Washington County Juvenile Center (WCJC) in Marietta, Ohio. In October 2011, the parties to …
Article • September 15, 2012
The Gray Box: An investigative look at solitary confinement by Susan Greene by Susan Greene, The Dart Society Published on January 24, 2012 A few weeks ago, on the fifteenth anniversary of his first day in prison, Osiel Rodriguez set about cleaning the 87 square feet he inhabits at ADX, …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Vermont DOC Disbands Citizens’ Advisory Group that Critics Called “Window Dressing” for Transparency by Ken Picard Andy Pallito was on the hot seat on July 19, 2012 at a meeting of the Joint Legislative Corrections Oversight Committee. Vermont’s commissioner of corrections had failed to notify lawmakers that he had disbanded …
Federal Suit Targets Dangerous, Unconstitutional Conditions in Fresno County, California Jail System by Fresh off their recent victory in Plata v. Brown, where the U.S. Supreme Court held that overcrowding is the primary cause of constitutionally inadequate medical and mental health care in California’s prison system [See: PLN, July 2011, …
Dallas County Passes Jail Inspections ... Finally by It took eight tries over seven years, but the nation’s seventh-largest jail system, located in Dallas County, Texas, has finally started passing inspections by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS), most recently in March 2012. Adam Munoz, executive director of the …
Class Certified in Lawsuit Challenging Conditions at CCA-operated Indiana Jail, but Case Dismissed on Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Indiana federal district court certified a class and allowed claims to proceed that challenged unsafe conditions, lack of medical privacy and an alleged incentive scheme that …
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