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Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
It’s Official: BOP Prisoners on Expanded COVID-19 Home Confinement Staying Put by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi In its final rule that took effect on May 4, 2023, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) declared that prisoners placed on home confinement by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) under eligibility …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Prisoner Counselors STORMING California Prisons to Aid in Addiction Recovery by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On October 28, 2022, the first graduates of the Offender Mentor Certification Program (OMCP) at California State Prison (CSP) in Lancaster received their certificates. The new class of 29 will offer peer-to-peer drug …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Fifth South Carolina Prisoner Sentenced in “Sextortion” Scams Targeting Military Members by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 21, 2023, South Carolina prisoner Dexter Lawrence, 27, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for his role in a “sextortion” scam that targeted …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Imprisoned Former Head of New York City Jails Guards’ Union Granted Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 23, 2023, a federal judge who had earlier refused to reduce the sentence of the former head of the New York City jail guards’ union convicted in a costly bribery …
Article • June 13, 2023
Filed under: Banned Book Lists
Florida DOC Bans Book About Wrongful Conviction by Gregory Teixeira by Gregory P. Teixeira There’s a new victim in the troubling book-banning trend by the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC). Already boasting the nation’s longest list of books banned behind bars –over 20,000 titles [See: PLN, Feb. 2, 2023, online] …
Article • June 13, 2023
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
Texas Lawmakers Vote to Build New Youth Prisons, Ship Some Teens to Adult Lockups by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a surprising shift, the Texas Legislature approved construction of new state-run prisons for youth and transferring some teenagers from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) to the more punitive …
Article • June 13, 2023
Florida Prison Guard Arrested in Apparent Love-Triangle Shooting by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman An off-duty Florida prison guard was arrested on June 7, 2023, after he allegedly shot a woman several times outside her home. Wilner Cyprien, 31, a state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard at Martin Correctional Institution …
Article • June 13, 2023
Former FBI Agent and Admitted Russian Spy Found Dead in Federal Prison by Gregory Teixeira by Gregory P. Teixeira  A former FBI agent who was convicted of being one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history, was found dead in his cell on June 5, 2023, at the federal …
Article • June 7, 2023
Filed under: Rural Prisons
Detainee Tunnels Through Walls of Decrepit Atlanta Jail to Stab Fellow Detainee by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The question must be asked: How did one detainee dig a tunnel to another’s cell – via a shower area, no less – to attack him? Did no guard notice …
Armor Correctional Healthcare Denies Liability in Detainee’s Death From Missed Medication at Duval County Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a statement to a local Jacksonville news station on June 6, 2023, the healthcare provider for at the Duval County Jail denied wrongdoing in the death of a …
Migrant Child Dies in Customs and Border Patrol Custody Nine Days after Entering U.S. by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Amid a record-breaking surge of migrants at the southern U.S. border, eight-year-old Anadith Tanay Reyes Álvarez, a medically fragile Honduran child, died in a hospital near Harlingen Station …
Article • June 7, 2023
Suit Filed to Stop California County From Digitizing Jail Mail by Gregory Teixeira by Gregory P. Teixeira A decision by California’s San Mateo County to ban physical mail from county jails – enforcing a digital-only communication system – drew a legal challenge in state Superior Court on March 9, 2023. …
Article • June 7, 2023
Former Prison Guard Hit With $2.5 Million Judgment in Suit to Force Painter to Acknowledge Painting He Did Not Create by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Over 10 years ago, when former prison guard Robert Fletcher heard from a friend that a painting he owned was an early untitled work …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Chronic Punishment: The Unmet Health Needs of People in State Prisons by Leah Wang by Leah Wang Over 1 million people sit in U.S. state prisons on any given day. These individuals are overwhelmingly poor, disproportionately Black, Native, Hispanic, and/or LGBTQ, and often targeted by law enforcement from a young …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Prisoners Caught in Ukraine War Crossfire by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman During Ukraine’s successful offensive to liberate the southern city of Kherson in October 2022, retreating Russian forces took 2,500 Ukrainian prisoners with them. What followed was a Kafka-esque journey through five countries, at the end of which the …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright One thing that has remained a constant in the past 33 years of publishing PLN has been the woefully inadequate medical care that prisoners receive around the country. A significant portion of our coverage involves reporting on healthcare that ranges from …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Filed under: Kidney, Food
Over $3.5 Million Paid to Incontinent Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Instead of Dining Priority Pass by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 16, 2022, a jury in federal court for the District of Colorado awarded $3.5 million to state prisoner Jason Brooks, whose complaint alleged simply that the …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Sing Sing Prisoners File Suit Against New York State Alleging Vicious Beating by Guards by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On January 31, 2023, a group of 26 prisoners housed in New York’s notorious Sing Sing maximum-security prison brought suit against the state for an assault on them by guards …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Eighth Circuit Lets Public Defender Withdraw from BOP Prisoner’s “Frivolous” Appeal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw from an attorney appointed to represent a federal prisoner in Missouri appealing his civil commitment. …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Staffing
No More Naps for Massachusetts Guards by Eike Blohm, MD By Eike Blohm, MD After two years of negotiations between the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC), an agreement was reached on December 20, 2022, to fix atrocious mental health care in state prisons, …
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