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ACLU Report Details Exploitation of Prisoners for Forced Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Global Human Rights Clinic (GHRC) of the University of Chicago Law School released a comprehensive report on June 15, 2022, detailing the way American prisoners are coerced …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Art, Prisoner Media, TV/Movies
MTV Documentary Shines Light on Art Behind Bars by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Etymology, the study of word origins, provides insight into commonly used words. For instance, ‘cell’ and ‘hell’ share an ancient root meaning ‘hide’: A resident of either is unseen, hidden away from society and the realm …
Louisiana High Court Abandons Ab Initio Precedent in Favor of “Victim’s Rights” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Confronted with the appeal of a defendant who died on November 10, 2022, the Supreme Court of Louisiana reversed its own precedent and refused to abandon his prosecution. With that, the …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Drug Overdose
Overdose Rate in New York Jails and State Prisons Double U.S. Average by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett According to an October 2022 report by the New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI), the state’s prisons and jails have a drug overdose rate “double the rate for the …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Former Missouri Prisoners Awarded $20 Million for Sexual Abuse by “Resident Pervert” Guard by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On March 16, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit turned away an appeal by a former Missouri prison guard and affirmed a jury verdict against him …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Iowa Teen Who Killed Her Alleged Rapist Recaptured After Halfway House Escape by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On November 9, 2022, an Iowa teenager convicted of murdering a man she claimed repeatedly raped her was recaptured, five days after she escaped from the Fresh Start  Women’s Center (FSWC) …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Fifth Circuit Revives Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated a Texas prisoner’s suit against officials with the state Department of Criminal …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Telecoms Exploiting Legal Loopholes to Price Gouge Prisoners and Their Families by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett According to a report published by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) on December 15, 2022, for-profit telecom companies are using loopholes in the law to price-gouge prisoners and their families on the cost …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Credits
California Appellate Court: State Prisoners Held in Jail and Those Held in Prisons Not Alike for Sentence Credits by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 28, 2022, the Supreme Court of California declined to hear an appeal to a lower court’s decision that shrugged off differences in program credits …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
L.A. County Jails: Leading in All the Wrong Ways by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Calling conditions in Los Angeles County jails “abhorrent,” attorneys representing a group of incarcerated plaintiffs appeared before a federal judge on April 19, 2023, asking him to hold the county in contempt of a recently …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DUI
Warden Ousted from Troubled Alabama Prison After DUI Arrest by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A state prison warden was arrested on August 30, 2022, on suspicion of driving under the influence in Cullman, Alabama. Jeffrey Baldwin was then placed on mandatory leave from his post at Elmore Correctional Facility …
Predatory Probation Still Alive in Georgia, Other States by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a January 2022 report by the Fines and Fees Justice Center (FFJC), a national hub for the movement to reform criminal justice fines and fees, researchers documented the costs of private probation and found …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
“Slap On the Wrist” for California Bail Agents Who Hired Bounty Hunter Who Killed Their Client by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins As of December 1, 2022, the CaliforniaDepartment of Insurance (DOI) had decided to let two bail agents keep their licenses, even though they hired a bounty hunter who …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Ninth Circuit: Grievance Policy May Excuse Oregon Prisoner’s Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On October 12, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated dismissal of an Oregon prisoner’s civil rights claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies available in the …
Article • April 27, 2023
Seventh Circuit Says Medical Malpractice Is Not a Constitutional Violation by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On June 27, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Illinois prison officials who delayed a prisoner’s appendicitis treatment until he needed emergency surgery. Incredibly, though acknowledging …
Article • April 27, 2023
Filed under: Restitution, Ability to Pay
Missouri Senior Citizen Jailed Three Days After Letting Dog Off Leash by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 13, 2023, an attorney in Missouri’s Iron County helped a 64-year-old resident file a pro se motion in court, asking for an indigency hearing she never got before being ordered to …
Article • April 27, 2023
New Riker’s Crisis Response Chief Accused in Beating of Teen Detainee Kalief Browder by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Old ghosts have come back to haunt the promotion of Vincent Grinnage to head the Emergency Services Unit (ESU) for the New York City Department of Correction (DOC). It cost the …
Article • April 27, 2023
Filed under: Death Penalty
Pennsylvania Politicians Push to Abolish Death Penalty by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 17, 2023, Democratic lawmakers in both chambers of Pennsylvania’s General Assembly filed bills to repeal the state’s death penalty. HB999 was introduced in the House and SB600 in the senate two months and one day …
Article • April 24, 2023
Top Official in Boston Mayor’s Office Charged With Money Laundering in Prison Drug Smuggling Scheme by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Smuggling contraband into prison – like the synthetic cannabinoid known as K2 or “spice” – is a ubiquitous problem. There is an opportunity to quickly make significant money when …
Article • April 24, 2023
Texas Jail Guard Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Shackled Detainee by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 7, 2023, a Texas grand jury indicted a guard at the Hays County Jail for shooting a shackled detainee in the back and killing him. Isaiah Garcia, 27, was charged with felony …
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