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Article • March 28, 2017
Housing the Unwanted by Jie Jenny Zou and Roger Miller by Jie Jenny Zou and Roger Miller, The New York World For the next three years of J. Mercado’s life, finding a suitable place to live in New York City will depend entirely on how close the building is to area …
Female Inmates and Sexual Assault by Christina Piecora by Christina Piecora, Jurist edited by Josh Guckert JURIST Guest Columnist Christina Piecora, St. John's University School of Law, Class of 2015, is the author of the first article in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic …
Article • March 28, 2017
Brutal Crimes Don't Justify Bad Laws by Jean Trounstine By Jean Trounstine, Truthout A true tragedy, driven by a media frenzy, often provokes a misguided need to do something as quickly as possible and leads to bad public policy - like California's Three Strikes sentencing law. Massachusetts Juvenile Judge Jay D. …
A Boy Among Men by Maurice Chammah What happens when you throw a teenager into an adult prison? Guess. by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project Three years ago, the young man who would later be known as John Doe 1 shuffled into the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan. …
Article • March 28, 2017
Paying the Piper by David J. Krajicek by David J. Krajicek, The Crime Report Montgomery, Alabama’s City Court is a Debt-Collecting Machine Montgomery, Alabama--Anyone who wishes to enter Municipal Court in Alabama’s capital city must first be sanctioned by a court officer who scans your belongings, then polices your attire. “Tuck …
Article • March 28, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
America's Guilt Mill by David J. Krajicek by David J. Krajicek, The Crime Report Thousands of Americans, many of them poor, are wrongfully convicted each year for crimes that don’t make headlines. While innocence advocates focus on lifers, those falsely accused of lesser crimes are the overlooked casualties of our overburdened …
Article • March 28, 2017
The Response to ‘George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine’ by “This is an important event for the Palestinian prisoner.” – Dr. Sari Nussibeh “We have to reinforce solidarity with freedom-minded people all around the world.” – Issa Qaraka “The Abu Jihad center does solidarity work movements for liberation.” – …
Article • March 28, 2017
The Politics of Prisons: Location Affects Legislators’ Voting on Criminal Reform by Tim Marema by Tim Marema, Daily Yonder Legislators representing rural areas with prisons are less likely to support lighter sentencing and other criminal reforms. A new study argues that's because these rural legislators think they have an economic interest …
Article • March 28, 2017
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Costs
Police Misconduct Lawsuits Cost Taxpayers, Not Cops, Millions by by RT From big cities to small towns, American taxpayers are footing the bill for police gone rogue. When an officer or department is sued for police brutality or an in-custody death, the municipality is the one to pay up. And it’s …
In-the-News Article • March 28, 2017
PLN reporting cited in article on Aramark at NYU March 28, 2017 Articles that mention PLN Washington Square News NYU Must Hold Aramark Responsible WSN Editorial Board March 28, 2017 As reported by this publication earlier this week, many NYU students are currently demanding that the administration suspend services from Aramark, the …
Troutwine v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, 2017 Case: 3:16-cv-50251 Document #: 34 Filed: 03/28/17 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:181 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Donald Wayne Troutwine (S-09709) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. Lt. Kuhse, …
James v. CoreCivic, NM, Settlement, Employment Retaliation, 2017 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF CIBOLA THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MARY B. JAMES, Plaintiff, vs. No. D-1333-CV-2015-00207 CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a foreign corporation, Defendant. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE WHEREAS, Mary James (hereinafter referred to as "Plaintiff'), having filed a …
Publication • March 28, 2017
Filed under: HRDC Publications
HRDC comment to FCC in response to Securus Motion for Extension Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS March 28, 2017 The Honorable Ajit Pai, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Ex Parte filing for WC Docket 12-375 Dear Chairman Pai: The …
Article • March 27, 2017
Filed under: Corizon, Medication, Hepatitis
The Class Action Cure by Mike Mosedale by Mike Mosedale, Minnesota Lawyer Among the peculiar ironies about the intersection of medicine, public policy and the law in contemporary American life, not many are weirder than the fact that only one segment of the nation’s population –and a largely reviled one, at …
Article • March 27, 2017
America’s Fortress of Blood: The Death of George Jackson and the Birth of the Prison-Industrial Complex by Dan Berger In 1971, activist George Jackson was mysteriously killed in San Quentin prison — a tragedy repeated time and again by Dan Berger, Salon A young black man gunned down by law enforcement. …
Article • March 27, 2017
Filed under: Death Penalty
The Slow Death of the Death Penalty by Maurice Chammah The public supports it, but the costs are lethal. by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project Just before sunrise on a spring morning last year, Larry Maples shot and killed his wife, Heather. He had tracked her to the home of a …
What Are Correction Officers So Afraid Of? by Dana Goldstein Besides the danger, being ignored. by Dana Goldstein, The Marshall Project If you're a correction officer (CO), you know what each day is likely to have in store: a treadmill of stress and often nastiness, in an environment outsiders rarely think …
Tucker v. Lally, IL, Complaint, False Arrest, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-02331 Document #: 1 Filed: 03/27/17 Page 1 of 9 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ANTHONY TUCKER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CITY OF CHICAGO DETECTIVES J. ) LALLY, …
Brief • March 27, 2017
Doe v. Hommrich, Preliminary Injunction Order, Juvenile Solitary Confinement, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION JOHN DOE, a minor, by and through his Mother and next friend, SHARIEKA FRAZIER v. BONNIE HOMMRICH, et al. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Johnson v. Davida, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2017 Case: 1:15-cv-11016 Document #: 84 Filed: 03/27/17 Page 1 of 12 PageID #:201 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DONNELL JOHNSON(R-68433) Plaintiff, v. DR. ARTHUR DAVIDA, RANDY PFISTER, DR. LOUIS SHICKER and WEXFORD HEALTH …
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