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New York Prisoner’s $150,001 Judgment Reversed Due to Hearsay Evidence by In April 2016, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a $150,001 judgment awarded to a New York prisoner, holding the district court had erred in admitting a hearsay report as evidence. Isidro Abascal filed a civil rights action …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: Medication, Death Penalty
Judge Orders Missouri DOC to Disclose Names of Pharmacies that Supply Execution Drugs; Appellate Court Reverses by Lonnie Burton On March 21, 2016, a circuit court judge in Cole County, Missouri ruled in favor of several news media agencies and ordered the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) to release the …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Medicare Penalties Await Released Prisoners Who Apply After Age 65 by Derek Gilna Add potential penalties for late Medicare registration to the list of hurdles that prisoners must clear if they are released after their 65th birthday. Medicare regulations impose a penalty of 10% per year for each year of …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
$1.5M Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Beating by Lonnie Burton Cherokee County, Oklahoma officials agreed to pay $1.5 million to the estate of a man who was brutally beaten by jail guards in 2011. The Cherokee County Governmental Building Authority approved the settlement in an executive session meeting on January 27, …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: Private Prisons, News
PCI Announces 2016 Awards for Private Prison Activism, Advocacy and News Reporting by On February 8, 2017, the Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a non-profit citizen watchdog organization, announced its 2016 awardees for individual activism, organizational advocacy and excellence in news reporting related to the private prison industry. PCI opposes the …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Tragic Justice: Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners Die Shortly After Exoneration by Matthew Clarke For many people who are wrongfully convicted, being arrested for a crime they did not commit is just the first in a series of tragic events. If the arrest is traumatic, then their conviction and often lengthy incarceration …
The Violent American Epidemic You Won’t Hear About: Why Prison Abuse Goes Unreported and Unpunished by Daniel Denvir A culture of silence pervades America’s penal system, where victims have little recourse against powerful abusers by Daniel Denvir, Salon In April 2015, New York Administrative Law Judge Faye Lewis recommended that Rikers …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: CRIPA
When an Old Law Makes it Hard to Fix a Troubled Jail by Alysia Santo A federal statute from the Carter era favors negotiation, but that can take a long time. by Alysia Santo, The Marshall Project The Harris County jail in Houston is among the nation’s largest, and it’s also …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Obama Sets Record for Commutations Granted, and for Those Denied by Derek Gilna Former President Barack Obama has been widely commended for granting a record 1,927 applications for clemency during his two terms in office from January 20, 2009 through January 19, 2017, consisting of 1,715 commutations and 212 pardons. …
Federal Court Certifies Class in Texas Prison Excessive Heat Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke On January 22, 2016, a federal district court in Texas certified a class and two subclasses, and appointed class counsel, in a lawsuit challenging excessive heat at a state prison. Keith Cole, Ray Wilson, Jackie Brannum, Dean …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue’s cover story on release debit cards continues our coverage of this relatively recent phenomenon which exploits prisoners and arrestees by charging them fees to access their own money and all too often takes all or most of their funds when they are …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Escape is Latest Problem at Troubled Privately-run Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke In October 2015, Phillip Henry Freeman disappeared from the Liberty County Jail near Houston, Texas. He was recaptured living in a wooded area in Arkansas in late January 2016. His escape was the latest in a slew of …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: For each of the last five years, members of the Golden State Warriors basketball team have visited San Quentin State Prison. Superstars Kevin Durant and Draymond Green sat among the prisoners and observed from the sidelines as members of the Warriors front office staff played …
Filing • March 10, 2017
Flores v. Sessions, CA, Brief of Amici Curiae, Juvenile Immigration Detention, 2017 Case: 17-55208, 03/10/2017, ID: 10352719, DktEntry: 17, Page 1 of 32 No. 17-55208 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JENNY LISETTE FLORES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellees, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF …
Publication • March 10, 2017
Amicus brief filed in Flores v United States 2017 Case: 17-55208, 03/10/2017, ID: 10352719, DktEntry: 17, Page 1 of 32 No. 17-55208 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JENNY LISETTE FLORES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Appellees, v. JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, …
Publication • March 10, 2017
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Wright Petitioners - Ex Parte Notice, Meeting with FCC, 2017 Lee G. Petro 202-230-5857 Direct 202-842-8465 Fax Lee.Petro@dbr.com Law Offices March 10, 2017 1500 K Street N. W. Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20005-1209 (202) 842-8800 (202) 842-8465 fax By ECFS Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, …
Barnes v. Clarke, WI, Complaint and Jury Demand, Neglecting Inmate Mental and Physical Health, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN TERRILL BARNES, CURTIS PIGGEE, and AMARI THOMAS-ACOSTA, d/o/b 2/9/2013, by his mother and guardian, MICHELLE THOMAS-ACOSTA, Plaintiffs, v. Case No.___________ DAVID J. CLARKE JR.; RICHARD …
Coffey v. Ochiltree County, TX, Settlement Agreement, Jail Suicide, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-00071-J-BB Document 83 Filed 03/09/17 Page 1 of 18 PageID 395 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AMARILLO DIVISION JOELLA VERLEE COFFEY and TERRY MAY, in Their Individual Capacities and on Behalf of …
Brief • March 9, 2017
Church v. State of Missouri, MO, Class Action Petition, Ineffective Counsel, 2017 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COLE COUNTY STATE OF MISSOURI SHONDEL CHURCH; RANDALL LEE DALTON; DORIAN SAMUELS; VIOLA BOWMAN; and BRIAN RICHMAN, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Case No. ____________________ Division: _____________________ Plaintiffs, v. …
In-the-News Article • March 9, 2017
PLN editor comments on missing recording in murder case March 9, 2017 Articles with PLN Quotes Washington City Paper The Latest in the Search for a Missing Recording That Might Exonerate a Murder Convict David Wilson is serving more than 40 years for aiding and abetting in a double murder. …
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