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Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
U.S. Department of Education Offers Second Chance Pell Pilot Program by Christopher Zoukis On July 31, 2015, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced a new pilot program that will provide federal funding to colleges to provide classes at select prisons. The Second Chance Pell Pilot Program will help prisoners …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Filed under: Sentencing
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Prior ACCA Ruling Retroactive by Derek Gilna In a term with relatively few major criminal cases on its docket, the U.S. Supreme Court held that its previous decision in Johnson v. United States will have retroactive application on petitions for collateral review. In Johnson, the Court …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
UK Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Solitary Confinement by Christopher Zoukis On July 29, 2015, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled against prison officials in an action brought by prisoners Kamal Bourgass and Tanvir Hussain concerning their prolonged solitary confinement. According to British laws related to solitary, …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Penal Servitude: A Reminder about the U.S. Constitution’s 13th Amendment Exclusion Clause by by Charles Sullivan and Barbara Koeppel The U.S. Congress banned slavery in America 150 years ago on December 18, 1865 when the 13th Amendment became the law of the land (after a 250-year run). But it didn’t, …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Colombia: At Least 100 Dismembered Bodies Found in Prison Sewers by Special prosecutor Caterina Heyck Puyana announced at a press conference on February 18, 2016 that the Colombian Attorney General’s office was investigating the disappearance of at least 100 people between 1999 and 2001 whose bodies were allegedly dismembered and …
Louisiana Parish Saddled With Large Jail, Large Costs by Matthew Clarke Before he pleaded guilty to taking bribes and illegally spending around $150,000 of his campaign money, resulting in a 46-month federal prison sentence in 2013, former Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Sheriff Jiff Hingle may have started his parish on a …
Disputed PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Issues Properly Resolved in Bench Trial by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held on June 18, 2015 that disputed issues of fact regarding exhaustion under the PLRA may be resolved in a bench trial. The appellate court also found the plaintiff had failed to exhaust …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Music Publishers Sue Companies Providing Mixtapes for Prisoners by Matthew Clarke In early 2015, UMG Recordings, Capitol Records, Universal Music Corp. and several other record labels and music producers filed a federal lawsuit against companies that provide mixtapes to prisoners in at least 40 states. The suit claimed that mixtapes …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Criminologist Jonathan Simon refers to prisons as human toxic waste dumps where the ruling class dumps its human waste: out of sight and out of mind. Sadly, toxic waste is not just a literary analogy when discussing American prisons and jails. As PLN has …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin lost a fierce battle to keep a judge from remanding them to trial on murder charges on March 3, 2016. The Santa Clara County jail guards were accused of beating Michael Tyree, a 31-year-old mentally ill prisoner, to …
Brief • June 3, 2016
Gadsden v. New York, NY, Notice of Electronic Filing, Motion to Compel Unredacted File, 2016 From: To: Subject: Date: ecf_bounces@nyed.uscourts.gov nobody@nyed.uscourts.gov Activity in Case 1:14-cv-06687-RJD-RER Gadsden v. City of New York et al Order on Motion to Compel Friday, June 03, 2016 2:01:44 PM This is an automatic e-mail message …
In-the-News Article • June 3, 2016
PLN managing editor quoted on giving Internet access to prisoners June 3, 2016 Articles with PLN Quotes Huffington Post Oregon Militant Leaders Unhappy With Jail Rules, Want Facebook “If they are going to detain us as innocent men, then they are obligated to afford us the rights to defend ourselves …
Publication • June 3, 2016
Detained and Dismissed - Report on Health Care for Women Immigrant Detainees, HRW, 2009 United States Detained and Dismissed Women’s Struggles to Obtain Health Care in United States Immigration Detention H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H Detained and Dismissed Women’s …
Detained and at Risk - Sexual Abuse and Harassment in U.S. Immigration Detention, HRW, 2010 United States Detained and at Risk Sexual Abuse and Harassment in United States Immigration Detention H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H Detained and at Risk …
Publication • June 3, 2016
Invisible in Isolation - The Use of Segregation and Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention, HA NIJC PHR, 2012 The Use of Segregation and Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention ~ HEARTLAND ALLIANCE National Immigrant Justice Center PHR Physicians for Human Rights September 2012 About the Authors Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice …
Publication • June 3, 2016
Semiannual Report on Compliance with ICE National Detention Standards Jan-Jun, DHS ICE, 2007 - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Detention and Removal Operations Semiannual Report on Compliance with ICE National Detention Standards January – June 2007 Department of Homeland Security U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement TABLE OF CONTENTS …
Publication • June 3, 2016
Alternatives to Detention - ICE Improved Data Collection and Analyses Needed, GAO, 2014 United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees November 2014 ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION Improved Data Collection and Analyses Needed to Better Assess Program Effectiveness GAO-15-26 November 2014 ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION Improved Data Collection and Analyses Needed …
Publication • June 3, 2016
DHS ICE Audit Report, OIG, 2011 Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General The Performance of 287(g) Agreements FY 2011 Update OIG-11-119 September 2011 Office ofInspector General U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 Homeland Security September 30, 2011 Preface The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office ofInspector …
Publication • June 3, 2016
ICE Management Controls Over Detainee Telephone Services, OIG, 2010 Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General Immigration and Customs Enforcement Management Controls Over Detainee Telephone Services OIG-10-36 January 2010 Office of Inspector General U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 January 13, 2010 Preface The Department of Homeland …
Publication • June 3, 2016
Filed under: Immigration
Agreement Between ICE and Williamson County TX Hutto Corr Center 2010 INFORMATION RESPONSIVE TO REQUEST #J- DROIGSA-1O-0002 INTERGOVERNMENTAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, DC AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS This Intergovernmental Service Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into between United States …
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