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Mississippi DOC Guard Trainee Busted for Smuggling Contraband by Sherrice Richardson, a guard trainee at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, was arrested on January 25, 2016 and charged for her role in a major contraband smuggling ring at the facility. Richardson, 22, admitted to prison officials that she had been …
Contaminated Sites and Prisons in New Jersey by Panagioti Tsolkas When journalist Raven Rakia embarked on an investigation of “the Superfund State” of New Jersey, she found another layer to the environmental justice disaster that sits just south of New York City. While New Jersey leads the nation in federally-designated …
Connecticut Prisoner Wins Motion for Sanctions over Destruction of Evidence; Case Settles for $40,000 by Derek Gilna Connecticut state prisoner Tye Thomas won an important pretrial motion that found employees of the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) were “grossly negligent” in failing to preserve key video surveillance footage of assaults …
Indiana ACLU Announces Settlement to Help Mentally Ill Prisoners by Derek Gilna In 2008, long before the issue became a focus of national attention, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana filed a federal civil rights suit against the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC), challenging inadequate treatment of mentally …
Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Bivens Suit Due to Continuing Violation Doctrine by Derek Gilna Esteban Gonzalez, while incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan and the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, was confined to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) for stabbing another prisoner “with a knife-like …
In California Death Row’s “Adjustment Center,” Condemned Men Wait in Solitary Confinement by by Alyssa Stryker, Solitary Watch “When we were sentenced to death,” wrote Carlos M. Argueta from death row in California, “we weren’t sentenced to be mistreated, humiliated, discriminated against, psychologically tortured and kept in solitary dungeons until the day …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Georgia: Federal Court Finds Bond System Unfair to Indigent Defendants, Enters Injunction by Derek Gilna Maurice Walker, 54, was arrested in the City of Calhoun, Georgia for public intoxication in September 2015, and told that if he posted a $160 bond he could go free until his first court date. …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Bivens Suit Over Medical Care by Derek Gilna Ryan K. Mathison, incarcerated at FCI Pekin, a federal prison near Peoria, Illinois, suffered from high blood pressure. One morning he awoke at 3 a.m. with a sharp pain in his chest; he summoned a …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Demonstrators Protest Gates Foundation’s $2.2 Million Investment in GEO Group by Joe Watson About two dozen immigrants’ rights advocates picketed outside the headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle on April 10, 2014, protesting the Foundation’s investments in the GEO Group, the second-largest private prison company in …
Multiple Suicides at Florida Jail a Cause for Concern by David Reutter Suicide is the leading cause of death among jail detainees according to an August 2015 report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. While 80% of jails in the U.S. reported no deaths in 2013, six percent reported …
Wisconsin Prisoner’s Civil Rights Action Alleging Verbal Harassment Reinstated by Derek Gilna Ronald J. Beal, a Wisconsin state prisoner, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his civil rights by Department of Corrections (DOC) staff who had subjected him to verbal harassment. After his complaint was …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
California Jail Ordered to Restore Attorney-Client Contact Visits by Derek Gilna The Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada County, California changed its rules in 2013 to prohibit defense attorneys from having contact visits with their clients, allegedly due to security and cost concerns. Several prisoners filed suit, and a superior …
The End of Prison Visitation by by Jack Smith IV, Mic A new system called “video visitation” is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls. It’s inhumane, dystopian and actually increases in-prison violence – but god, it makes money. Losing Connection The only way Lauren Johnson could see …
Cities Re-evaluating Housing Bans for Former Prisoners by Matthew Clarke In the 1990s, high crime rates in public housing – especially the infamous “projects” – led many cities to adopt a one-strike policy that banned anyone with a felony conviction from public housing. Now, with declining crime rates and the …
Overcrowding at South Dakota Prison Impacts Family Visitation Program by A surge in female prisoners incarcerated on low-level drug charges led to the temporary shutdown of a program at the South Dakota Women’s Prison that helps prisoners maintain family ties and relationships. The Parent and Children Together (P.A.C.T.) program provides …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Defendants Claim Sexual Abuse by Arkansas Judge by Three alleged victims of an Arkansas judge filed a lawsuit in May 2016, claiming that Cross County District Court Judge Joseph Boeckmann had sexually abused them. Attorney Gary Green said on May 11, 2016 that a fourth man had joined the suit …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
A Deadly Dust is Plaguing Hawaii Prisoners in Arizona by Valley fever is widespread in the Southwest, yet Hawaii prison officials haven’t paid much attention to it, despite the recent deaths of at least two prisoners who had the disease. by Rui Kaneya, Civil Beat In the spring of 2014, …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Supreme Court Allows Prisoner’s § 1983 Action after Dismissal of Federal Tort Claim by Derek Gilna In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held on June 6, 2016 that a federal prisoner, Walter J. Himmelreich, could file a § 1983 federal civil rights complaint after the dismissal of his …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Florida Drug Court Judge’s Relapse Results in Removal from Bench by David Reutter In an ironic twist, a Florida drug court judge was removed from the bench after enrolling in a substance abuse treatment program herself. In December 2013, Broward County Judge Gisele Pollack, 57, took a two-week leave to …
Ohio Prison Guards Cited for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Several Ohio state prison guards have been disciplined following at least 19 allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationships with female prisoners between 2012 and 2013. Most of the allegations arose shortly after the Dayton Correctional Institution (DCI) …
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