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Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Work Release Programs Reduce Recidivism in Louisiana – At a Cost by The Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC) Transitional Work Program has been having a positive effect on reducing recidivism in Louisiana, though it has not been without its faults and criticisms. A recent audit of the program called for …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Filed under: Medication, Death Row
Arizona DOC Invites Attorneys to Provide Execution Drugs for Their Clients by On February 15, 2017, The Guardian reported that the state of Arizona had unveiled a controversial new death penalty plan. A provision of the state’s execution protocol now invites attorneys representing death row prisoners to provide prison officials …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
California Prisoners Provide Cheap Labor to Fight Dangerous Wildfires by Joe Watson by Joe Watson As a five-year drought has turned California into a tinderbox, wildfires are being fought with the help of a decades-old program that supplies cheap prison labor. Proponents of statewide prison firefighting crews – including many …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Filed under: Tuberculosis
New Treatment Regimen for Latent TB Shows Promise by Prisoners constitute less than one percent of the nation’s population, yet according to statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), they account for up to 6% of tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in the United States. [See: PLN, Aug. 2007, …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Your Kid Goes to Jail, You Get the Bill by Eli Hager by Eli Hager, The Marshall Project In dozens of one-on-one meetings every week, a lawyer retained by the city of Philadelphia summons parents whose children have just been jailed, pulls out his calculator and hands them more bad news: …
28 Days in Chains by Christie Thompson and Joseph Shapiro by Christie Thompson and Joseph Shapiro, The Marshall Project On February 3, 2011, corrections officers at Lewisburg federal penitentiary in rural Pennsylvania arrived outside Sebastian Richardson’s cell door. With them was a man looking agitated and rocking back and forth. He …
Article • April 3, 2017
Detroit's Hidden Crack Casualties by Aaron Miguel Cantú by Aaron Miguel Cantú, The Intercept Clara Hill is certain the boys didn’t kill anybody. She has known since she was 14 years old – almost three decades ago. But when she tried to tell police the truth, she says, they hurt …
Woodman v. Michigan DOC, MI, Complaint, FOIA request, 2017 I II•' I'9 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS SPENCER WOODMAN, Plaintiff, CaseNo. v KL Hon. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant. ----------------------------------------------------------~/ HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND CoHN LLP Robert M. Riley (P72290) Marie L. Greenman (P80811) Cooperating Attorneys, American …
Deal v. Commissioner of Correction, MA, Appeal, Security Inmate Classification, 2017 NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. If you find a typographical error or other formal error, please notify the Reporter …
Kennedy v. Garrett, IL, Merit Review, Excessive Force and Retaliation, 2017 .,, 3:16-cv-03332-JES # 10 Page 1 of 8 ,rt I E-FILED Monday, 03 April, 2017 10:56:00 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, !LCD UNITED STATFS DISTRICT COURT CENfRALDISTRICTOFaLINOIS RAFAELKENNEDY, Plaintiff, SGT. GARREIT, etal., Defendants ) ) } ) ) ) …
Publication • April 3, 2017
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
Expert Report on Taser ECD by Gary Vilke, 2017 Case 2:15-cv-08441-JAK-AJW Document 47-2 Filed 04/03/17 Page 1 of 20 Page ID #:367 EXHIBIT 1 Case 2:15-cv-08441-JAK-AJW Document 47-2 Filed 04/03/17 Page 2 of 20 Page ID #:368 Gary M Vilke, MD., FACEP, FAAEM 11279 Breckenridge Way San Diego, California 92131 …
Article • April 1, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
News in Brief by Alabama: In November 2016 the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office received a faxed court order for the release of state prisoner Bobby Campbell, so of course they released him. As it turned out, however, the order was fake. “Right now we are unsure about the real source of …
Article • April 1, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
New York: Contraband Convictions Vacated After Guard Admits Planting Weapon by On January 17, 2017, Cayuga County Court Judge Mark H. Fandrich set aside the convictions of two New York state prisoners serving additional time on contraband charges. Naythen Aubain and Donnesia Brown had both been sentenced to two to …
HRDC Supports Lawsuit Against Jailing of Immigrant Children by The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, has joined a friend-of-the-court brief in a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s practice of holding young, immigrant children in prison-like facilities for indefinite periods of time. In an …
HRDC Condemns CoreCivic’s Rejection of Resolution for More Oversight by On February 15, 2017, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), PLN’s parent organization, condemned CoreCivic, the nation’s largest for-profit prison operator – formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America – for rejecting a shareholder resolution seeking independent audits of the …
Article • April 1, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story, an interview with former CIA officer John Kiriakou, is part of our ongoing series of interviews with interesting people who have experience with the U.S. criminal justice system. The interview with John is around 8,000 words. A …
In-the-News Article • April 1, 2017
PLN quoted in article about 1969 Johnson v. Avery ruling April 1, 2017 Articles with PLN Quotes Tennessee Bar Association Journal Remembering Johnson v. Avery, the Jailhouse Lawyer Case By David Hudson on Sat, 04/01/2017 - 12:00am EDITOR'S NOTE: The printed version of this article inadvertently left off the footnote numbers within …
Publication • April 1, 2017
Filed under: Mental Health
Self-Care On the Inside Guide, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, 2017 SELF-CARE ON THE INSIDE Tips & Activities to Take Care of Yourself 1 Self-Care on the Inside Guide First Edition April 2017 Written by: Everett Redente Featured artists: SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee Members Shaylanna L., Miguel M., Nouchie V., S. …
Article • March 31, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Another Florida Prisoner Death, Another Cover Up? by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Faced with the death of yet another prisoner – one of 346 in 2014 alone – Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) officials have refused to release video surveillance of the prisoner’s cell, citing security concerns. The …
Article • March 31, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Yale Law School Report Examines Variations in Death Row Housing Units by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School published a report in July 2016 that examined in detail the living arrangements for death row prisoners held by state Departments of Corrections. …
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