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Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Second Chance Pell Pilot Program Will Bring College to 12,000 Prisoners by On June 24, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced that 67 colleges and universities had been selected to offer courses to imprisoned students at over 100 federal and state prisons through the DOE’s recently-implemented Second Chance …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Class-action Suit Filed Against GEO Group for Violation of Job Applicants’ Rights by GEO Group and Accurate Background, Inc. have been sued in federal court in New York for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when conducting criminal background checks on GEO job applicants. The suit, filed on October …
Judge Orders End to Recording of Attorney-Client Meetings at CCA’s Leavenworth Detention Center by Derek Gilna The Kansas Federal Public Defenders’ Office has challenged a scheme whereby officials at a detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) secretly video-recorded confidential attorney-client meetings. As a result, …
South Carolina Sheriff Fires Whistleblower Instead of Jailer Who Assaulted Prisoner by Matthew Clarke After a guard at a South Carolina jail repeatedly struck a prisoner who was being strapped into a restraint chair, York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant took decisive action. He fired the jailer who told a television …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Third Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Restraint Chair Case by Mark Wilson The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lower court did not follow controlling Supreme Court precedent when granting summary judgment to prison officials on a mentally ill prisoner’s restraint chair-related claim. Since childhood, Pennsylvania prisoner Leonard …
Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board by Christopher Zoukis In an unusual turn of events, a former prisoner was appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board. While ex-prisoners are typically not considered as parole board members, state officials decided that Kenneth F. Ireland was a qualified candidate. In 1989, when he …
Los Angeles County Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $1.6 Million by Almost two years after a prisoner committed suicide at the Los Angeles County Jail, the county settled a lawsuit brought by his parents for $1.6 million. [See: PLN, March 2016, p.1]. Austin Losorelli hung himself at the jail despite …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Federal Civil Procedure Rule 15 is Substantive, Not Chronological in Application by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on November 23, 2015 that Fed.R.Civ.P. 15 operates substantively, not chronologically, allowing a plaintiff to amend in whatever order he or she deems fit, provided there is compliance with the requirements …
Drastic Sentence Reduction for Mentally Ill Former Tamms Prisoner by Matthew Clarke When Anthony Gay, then-19 years old, was sentenced by an Illinois court for a 1993 probation violation and strong arm robbery that netted a hat and a dollar bill, he was sent to prison for 7 years. But …
Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by The Kentucky Court of Appeals held that a trial court improperly granted summary judgment to the defendants in a civil action alleging a prisoner received negligent medical care at the Hardin County Detention Center (HCDC). HCDC contracts with Southern …
Wisconsin: Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner Receives $6.5 Million by Chaunte D. Ott received a $6.5 million settlement from the City of Milwaukee for spending over 12 years in prison on a wrongful murder conviction, after being cleared by DNA evidence that connected the crime to a serial killer. Ott, now …
Ninth Circuit: Congress Can Criminalize Federal Sex Crimes Committed in State Facilities by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in August 2015 that Congress is authorized to criminalize sexual assaults in facilities where federal prisoners are held by agreement with state and local governments. On March 5, …
Illinois: Exonerated Prisoner Calls $80,000 Award a Travesty, Retrial Ordered by Gary Hunter Nathson E. Fields spent 18 years in prison due to a conveniently “lost” file that would have cleared him. Fields was a member of the El Rukn street gang when he was convicted of a double homicide …
Ellis v. Pfister, IL, Complaint and Jury Demand - Prison Death at Pontiac Correctional Center, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-09449 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/03/16 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION PHYLLIS ELLIS, as Administrator of the Estate …
In-the-News Article • October 3, 2016
Top three officials at TN women's prison placed on leave; PLN quoted Oct. 3, 2016 Articles with PLN Quotes Tennessean Leaders of Tennessee Prison for Women on leave amid 'concerns' Dave Boucher, dboucher@tennessean.com6:20 p.m. CDT October 3, 2016   The three top wardens at the Tennessee Prison for Women are …
In-the-News Article • October 3, 2016
PLN comments on prison labor in re Sept. 9 work strikes Oct. 3, 2016 Articles with PLN Quotes BBC Inmate strikers enter the fray for US prison reform By Jessica LussenhopBBC News Magazine 3 October 2016 On 9 September, the 45th anniversary of a bloody 1971 prison uprising in Attica, …
In-the-News Article • October 3, 2016
HRDC among organizations calling for better police shooting data Oct. 3, 2016 Articles that mention PLN The Hill DOJ pressed for stronger plan in collecting police shooting data By Lydia Wheeler - 10/03/16 03:36 PM EDT Ninety-six organizations are calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to strengthen its proposed plan to collect …
In-the-News Article • October 3, 2016
PLN quoted regarding Internet access for prisoners Oct. 3, 2016 Articles with PLN Quotes The Guardian (UK) Online behind bars: if internet access is a human right, should prisoners have it? It makes prison officials nervous, but campaigners and tech companies argue that getting inmates digitally connected will help with …
Thompson, et al. v. Jackson, et al., GA, Amended Class Action Complaint, Inmates Denied Release, 2016 Fulton Case 1:16-cv-04217-MLB Document 9 Filed 11/10/16 Page 1 of 58 County Superior Court ***EFILED***TMM Date: 10/14/2016 11:51:39 AM Cathelene Robinson, Clerk IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FULTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA OSWALD THOMPSON, …
In-the-News Article • October 2, 2016
Article about building new jail in Chattanooga, TN quotes PLN Oct. 2, 2016 Articles with PLN Quotes Times Free Press Hamilton County officials consider whether to build a new jail October 2nd, 2016 by Shelly Bradbury   Just after midnight on July 1, 1999, two inmates in the Hamilton County Jail cut …
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