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Publication • January 1, 2016
Filed under: Private Prisons
Memo re Commissary Price Increase, TDOC, 2016 ' of Correction MEMORANDUM Inmate Population FROM: Mark Watson, Fiscal Director DATE: August 1, 2016 SUBJECT: Commissary Price Increase The mark-up on commissary prices was increased to 21% effective today - August 1, 2016 per TDOC Policy #209.01, Commissary Pricing. Mark Watson, Fiscal …
Publication • January 1, 2016
To Seek a Newer World, Michigan Law, 2016 Michigan Law Review First Impressions Volume 114 2016 To Seek a Newer World: Prisoners’ Rights at the Frontier David M. Shapiro Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr_fi Part of the Constitutional Law Commons, Law Enforcement and …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Tragic Death at Washington Jail Results in Changes, $1.3 Million Settlement by Lonnie Burton Tragic Death at Washington Jail Results in Changes, $1.3 Million Settlement by Lonnie Burton Lyndsey Lason’s life was by no means perfect, but she didn’t deserve to die 13 days after being booked into the Snohomish …
Connecticut Prisoner Obtains Settlement in Civil Rights Case by Derek Gilna Connecticut Prisoner Obtains Settlement in Civil Rights Case by Derek Gilna Jerome Riddick, who has acknowledged he has a variety of mental disabilities, suffered for many years in the State of Connecticut’s prison system; at one point he was …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Corizon, OB/GYN
Why are Alameda County Jails Forcing Women to Take Pregnancy Tests? by Susie Cagle Why are Alameda County Jails Forcing Women to Take Pregnancy Tests? by Susie Cagle, RH Reality Check For pregnant women in Alameda County, California jails in the 1980s, the daily realities of life included shackled limbs, denial …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Texas Hospital Settles Suit over Improper Border Patrol Search for $1.1 Million by Matthew Clarke Texas Hospital Settles Suit over Improper Border Patrol Search for $1.1 Million by Matt Clarke The University Medical Center of El Paso and its emergency room physicians settled their part of a federal civil rights …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Georgia: $453,000 Jury Verdict against Private Jail Medical Contractor by David Reutter Georgia: $453,000 Jury Verdict against Private Jail Medical Contractor by David Reutter A Georgia federal jury awarded $452,917.50 to a former detainee for injuries that resulted from inadequate medical care at the Hart County Jail. Monica Robinson was …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
California Court Upholds Prisoners’ Convictions for Fatal Jail Beating by Derek Gilna California Court Upholds Prisoners’ Convictions for Fatal Jail Beating by Derek Gilna By all accounts, the Theo Lacy jail in Orange County, California is a dangerous place, one where prisoners have organized into race-based groups known as “CARs” …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Seventh Circuit Rules Wisconsin Prisoner’s Religious Rights Must be Honored by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Rules Wisconsin Prisoner’s Religious Rights Must be Honored by Derek Gilna David A. Schlemm, a Navajo tribe member confined in a Wisconsin state prison, sought to exercise his right to practice certain religious rituals required …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna As many of our readers know, Prison Legal News is a strong proponent of breaking down barriers that restrict prisoners’ First Amendment rights. Jail …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin A new study finds that prisoners in private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more months behind bars …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Seventh Circuit Rejects Prisoner’s 1983 Claim but Criticizes Controlling Precedent by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Rejects Prisoner’s 1983 Claim but Criticizes Controlling Precedent by Derek Gilna It’s not often that a federal appellate court criticizes the precedent that it feels obligated to follow, but that is what happened in a …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Utah Judge Orders Jail to Stop Seizing Prisoners’ Money for Pay-to-Stay Fees by Matthew Clarke Utah Judge Orders Jail to Stop Seizing Prisoners’ Money for Pay-to-Stay Fees by Matt Clarke On April 9, 2014, Utah District Judge Michael G. Allphin signed a standing order for all criminal cases in which …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
One of the Largest Solar Power Companies in the U.S. has Ties to Prison Slave Labor by Panagioti Tsolkas One of the Largest Solar Power Companies in the U.S. has Ties to Prison Slave Labor by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisoners at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon are making solar …
Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter Michigan: Private Prison More Costly than State-Run Prison, Attracts Out-of-State Contracts by David Reutter The GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest for-profit prison companies, has signed contracts with Vermont and Washington State to house prisoners …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
California Officials Reverse Position after Receiving Prison Phone Company Contributions by Derek Gilna California Officials Reverse Position after Receiving Prison Phone Company Contributions by Derek Gilna Prisoners and members of their families filed a federal class-action lawsuit in November 2015 against officials in Orange County and three other California counties, …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2016 as we enter our 26th year of continuous publishing. This month’s cover story about the rise of mass incarceration is something of a road map to how we got …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Former Dale County jail prisoner Trawick Redding, Jr. filed a federal lawsuit on July 28, 2015 claiming guards Zeneth Glenn and Ryan Mittlebach tortured and assaulted him, and inflicted cruel and unusual punishment, by using a large Burmese python to intimidate him during his jail …
Marden v. Midland County, MI, Complaint, 2015 1:15-cv-14504-TLL-PTM Doc # 1 Filed 12/31/15 Pg 1 of 19 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION SHARYL MARDEN, Personal Representative of the Estate of JACK BRIAN MARDEN, deceased, Plaintiff, No. v Hon. COUNTY OF MIDLAND, a …
Publication • December 31, 2015
HRDC FCC Comment re: Virginia DOC prison phone rate reduction-Dec 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS December 31, 2015 The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. S.W. Washington DC 20554 Re: Comment for WC Docket 12-375 Dear Chairman Wheeler: The Human Rights …
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