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Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Montana Supreme Court Requires Sentence Credit for Time Served in Tribal Jail by On March 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of Montana held that time served in tribal jails prior to sentencing must be credited to that sentence. The case involved Malinda Crazymule. After pleading guilty to felony theft and …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Texas Prisoner’s Lawsuit Seeks Relief from Heat in Un-Air-Conditioned Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A suit filed by a Texas prisoner alleging that stifling heat in his cell threatens his life was allowed to proceed against Defendant officials with the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
DOJ Declares Conditions at Three More Mississippi Prisons Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report finding that conditions at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF), South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI) and Wilkinson County Correctional Facility (WCCF) violate …
Morris v. Aranas, et al., NV, Verdict Form, Deliberate Indifference (Medical/Failure to Protect), 2024 Case 3:18-cv-00310-CLB Document 188 Filed 08/29/24 Page 1 of 5 _ _ FILED _ _ ENTERED ___ RECEIVED _ _ SERVED ON COUNSEUPARTiES OF RECORD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 DISTRICT OF NEVAD 2 *** 3 …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Fourth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Guards Who Left North Carolina Prisoner to Eat with Feces-Soiled Hands by On January 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s grant of qualified immunity (QI) to guards who left North Carolina prisoner Jordan Andrew Jones …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
3,500 Body-Worn Cameras Recalled from Rikers Island Guards After One Catches Fire by At New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on May 3, 2024, a guard’s body-­worn camera (BWC) malfunctioned and ignited, leaving the unnamed captain suffering burns and smoke inhalation. The city’s Department of Correction (DOC) then suspended …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Contractor Fined $300,000 for Illegal Asbestos Dumping at Wisconsin Federal Prison by On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin filed criminal charges against Texas-­based Brazos Urethane, Inc. for conspiracy to defraud the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at a lockup it operates in …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Cheap Food Enriching Profiteers, Making Prisoners Sick by As a former prisoner told the Vera Institute of Justice, food offers “a sense of relief; when you can go to the kitchen and get a good meal [it’s uplifting].” But as the nonprofit reported on February 27, 2024, there is almost …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Prisoner Admissions Soar at Massachusetts Psychiatric Lockup Plagued by Overcrowding and Violence by As of March 11, 2024, almost half those held at Massachusetts’ Tewksbury Hospital were forensic patients, admitted to the state-­run mental health lockup from the criminal justice system. At the same time, the state Department of Mental …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Illinois Prisoner Succumbs to Heat Wave by The death of Illinois prisoner Michael Broadway, 51, during a heatwave on June 19, 2024, has focused attention on squalid conditions at Stateville Correctional Center. Windows remained unopened and no working fan was provided at the un-­air-­conditioned lockup, according to family attorney Terah …
“Too brutal, too disgusting”: Prison Guards Flee as Working Conditions Worsen by The nonprofit Marshall Project reported on January 10, 2024, that dire prison staffing shortages nationwide have left the number of people working in state prisons at the lowest level in over two decades. The resulting thinning of supervision …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Unintended Consequence of Texas Prisoner Tablets: Retaliation from Fellow Prisoners by As prisons and jails make services available to prisoners via electronic tablets, they report generally positive results, especially the easy access to information that the systems provide. But in an essay published by Prison Journalism Project on March 19, …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Massachusetts Prison Closure Reflects Success of Criminal Justice Reforms by On January 24, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) announced it was closing the Massachusetts Correctional Institution (MCI) in Concord, and a report released the same month by a pair of local nonprofits celebrated the decision for reflecting the …
Brief • July 2, 2024
Voice of the Experienced v. Leblanc, LA, Ruling and Order, Conditions of Confinement, 2024 Case 3:23-cv-01304-BAJ-EWD Document 70 07/02/24 Page 1 of 78 Case 3:23-cv-01304-BAJ-EWD Document 70 07/02/24 Page 2 of 78 Case 3:23-cv-01304-BAJ-EWD Document 70 07/02/24 Page 3 of 78 Case 3:23-cv-01304-BAJ-EWD Document 70 07/02/24 Page 4 of 78 …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
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Alaska’s Prison System: Dangerous, Deadly Yet Repeating Past Mistakes by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   Alaska is a small state with enormous natural resources. The native people, who largely subsist off the land, enrich its culture. The beauty of its landscape draws millions of tourists annually. Yet behind …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Securus Wipes Out Months of Washington Prisoners’ Writing—Again by Writers are intimately familiar with the effort it takes to organize ideas and direct them through a keyboard into text. Most have the comfort of knowing their draft work waits for them to take the next step. But incarcerated writers do …
CoreCivic Sued by Former Detainee Stabbed at Shuttered Kansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   In a suit filed in Kansas state court on July 31, 2023, former detainee Joshua Braddy accused private prison profiteer CoreCivic of negligence that resulted in his stabbing at Leavenworth Detention Center …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Retaliation Claim By Federal Prisoner Against Guard in Illinois Lockup Who Saw Grievance Against Him by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   On November 28, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit declined to let a federal prisoner sue officials with the …
Tennessee DOC Faulted for High Staff Vacancy and Turnover, Inadequate Programs, PREA Violations by The Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s Division of State Audit released a performance audit of the state Department of Correction (DOC) on December 12, 2023. Covering a four-year period ending the previous July 31, 2023, the …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
West Virginia Slammed for High Costs, Low Quality of Privatized Prison Food by Before food service in West Virginia’s prison system was taken over by Aramark Correctional Services, the nation’s largest for-profit food service provider in prisons and jails, all meals were prepared by prisoners, often using fresh vegetables grown …
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