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Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
New York Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 25 Years by On March 10, 2016, Andre Hatchett, 49, became the 19th person exonerated since Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson strengthened a conviction review unit when he took office in 2014. Hatchett had been convicted of second degree murder for the 1991 death …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Oregon Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Release Debit Card Suit by Derek Gilna On August 25, 2016, a federal district court in Oregon denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by former prisoner Danica Love Brown, who had filed a class-action complaint naming Stored Value Cards, Inc. d/b/a …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
DOJ Gives $179.7 Million to State Law Enforcement in FY 2016 Grant Funding by Derek Gilna When the Consolidated Appropriations Act was enacted by Congress in 2005, the U.S. economy was growing, tax collections were rising and law enforcement’s gravy train of funding was gaining momentum. Although more recently the …
Studies Suggest Parental Incarceration is More Damaging to Children than Death of a Parent by Christopher Zoukis A study published in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior found much higher rates of significant health and behavioral problems among children of incarcerated parents as opposed …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
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Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition) by Christopher Zoukis The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition), by Brandon Sample and Alissa Hull (PLN Publishing, 2016). 275 pages, $49.95 (softcover) Book review by Christopher Zoukis The much-anticipated second edition of The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective …
CCA Prison Not Reporting Valley Fever Cases among Hawaii Prisoners by Coccidioidomycosis is the medical term for valley fever, an airborne fungal disease that led to more than 5,600 reported infections in Arizona in 2014; the disease is also prevalent in some areas of California. PLN has previously reported on …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Merger of Prisoner Transport Companies Delayed after Objections Filed by Derek Gilna Prisoner Transportation Services, also known as PTS of America, LLC, bills itself as the “largest prisoner extradition company and one of the largest national transporters of detainees” in the United States. The firm, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, was …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Oregon Post-conviction Judgment Violates State Law by Mark Wilson Last year the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s judgment denying a prisoner’s collateral appeal, because the judgment violated state law. Following the direct appeal of a conviction and sentence to the Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court, …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Sixth Circuit Vacates Denial of Qualified Immunity; Each Defendant’s Conduct Must be Individually Evaluated by Mark Wilson The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court’s denial of qualified immunity because an individualized inquiry into the defendants’ role during an illegal body cavity search was not conducted. Felix …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
U.S. Office of Special Counsel Assists BOP Whistleblowers by Derek Gilna The federal Bureau of Prisons’ culture of retaliation against whistleblowers appears to be alive and well, at least in the case of Linda Thomas, a BOP employee who was punished for revealing the unearned compensation of her superior. When …
Chicago Police Detective Accused of Brutality Used Similar Techniques at Guantanamo by Derek Gilna In an ironic twist of fate, a former Chicago police detective accused of acts of brutality against suspects in police custody has been cited for using similar tactics at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, …
Conservatives Try to Co-opt Criminal Justice Reform by Matthew Clarke After decades of driving prison expansion by espousing tough-on-crime sentencing laws, advocating for policies to lock up criminals and throw away the key, and exploiting the public’s fear of crime, conservative lawmakers have finally discovered criminal justice reform. Like European …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
There is Talk of Prison Reform, but for the 150,000 People in Prison for Life, There is No Reform on the Horizon by Life and life without parole sentencing, like mass incarceration itself, needs a reexamination. by Kali Holloway, AlterNet Almost 160,000 prisoners are currently serving life sentences in the United …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Presidential Candidates’ Current and Past Positions on Criminal Justice Issues by Joe Watson A great deal of ink is being spilled on the upcoming presidential election in November, but only a small amount of media coverage has been devoted to the candidates’ positions on criminal justice-related issues. Thus, in the …
First Unconditional Release from Minnesota’s Sex Offender Program by U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank ruled in June 2015 that the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) was unconstitutional for indefinitely confining offenders who had completed their prison terms. In August 2016, a state Supreme Court panel ordered sex offender Eric …
Federal Court Finally Ends Oversight at Fulton County Jail by David Reutter Three years ago, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) moved to dismiss its federal contempt of court proceeding that cited staff shortages, broken locks and an overcrowding problem that resulted in prisoners sleeping on the floor at …
Corporations, Colleges and Cities Dump Private Prison Stock by Joe Watson Opponents of mass incarceration have notched several small but significant victories by successfully pressuring backers of the private prison industry to divest almost $60 million from Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group, the two largest private …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Following Remand from Supreme Court by The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) does not overcome the Alabama Department of Corrections’ (ADOC) “short hair policy” for prisoners, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held. The ruling was issued on remand …
Federal Judge Clears Way for Civil Rights Suit in Oklahoma Jail Death by Medical Cell #1 became a “burial crypt” inside the David L. Moss Detention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma when Elliot Williams, a mentally-ill 37-year-old veteran, lay paralyzed with a broken neck on the concrete floor, naked, cold and …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Seventh Circuit: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Help No Reason to Deny Appointment of Counsel by Gary Hunter The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that denied appointment of counsel to a prisoner because he received legal help from another prisoner. Ladell Henderson had a fifth grade …
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