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Does Political Spending by Private Prison Firms in Oklahoma Influence Prison Reform? by Joe Watson Does Political Spending by Private Prison Firms in Oklahoma Influence Prison Reform? by Joe Watson Three private prison corporations, including the nation’s two largest, have contributed more than a combined $400,000 to political candidates in …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Nebraska Law Unconstitutionally Forfeits Good Time for Refusal to Submit DNA Sample by David Reutter Nebraska Law Unconstitutionally Forfeits Good Time for Refusal to Submit DNA Sample by David M. Reutter The Nebraska Supreme Court has held that a retroactive state law which requires prisoners to submit DNA samples violates …
Three Strikes Litigant Required to Show Ongoing “Imminent Danger” to Proceed on Appeal by Lonnie Burton Three Strikes Litigant Required to Show Ongoing “Imminent Danger” to Proceed on Appeal by Lonnie Burton On January 7, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a pro se prisoner litigant who …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Failure to State Rationale in Denying Appointment of Counsel was Abuse of Discretion by Failure to State Rationale in Denying Appointment of Counsel was Abuse of Discretion The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in July 2014 that the denial of a prisoner’s motions for appointment of counsel in a …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Sentencing, Immigration
Ninth Circuit Finds that ICE Detention After Indictment Counts Against Sentence by Derek Gilna Ninth Circuit Finds that ICE Detention After Indictment Counts Against Sentence by Derek Gilna Petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 are used to challenge federal sentencing calculations, and Daniel Alejandro Zavala did just that, arguing that …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Grooming
Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Short Beard for Muslim Prisoner by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Short Beard for Muslim Prisoner by Derek Gilna In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found a restriction imposed on a Muslim prisoner who wanted to grow a short …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Alaska High Court Reaffirms Negligence Standard to Protect Prisoners from Harm by David Reutter Alaska High Court Reaffirms Negligence Standard to Protect Prisoners from Harm by David Reutter The Alaska Supreme Court, in a negligence suit filed by a former prisoner, reaffirmed its standard that a jailer has a duty …
Who Owns Private Prison Stock? by Alex Friedmann Who Owns Private Prison Stock? by Alex Friedmann The nation’s two largest for-profit prison companies, Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and Florida-based GEO Group (GEO), are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Other private prison firms, including Management & …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Tenth Circuit: Ignoring Prisoner’s Severe Pain Precludes Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson Tenth Circuit: Ignoring Prisoner’s Severe Pain Precludes Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson On August 12, 2014, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prison nurse who refused to examine a prisoner suffering from severe abdominal pain …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Supreme Court Rules Qualified Immunity Shields Prison Officials from Suicide Claim by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Rules Qualified Immunity Shields Prison Officials from Suicide Claim by Derek Gilna In what can only be considered a step backward for holding corrections officials accountable for the preventable suicide of prisoners in their …
Report Finds Two-Thirds of Private Prison Contracts Include “Lockup Quotas” by Joe Watson Report Finds Two-Thirds of Private Prison Contracts Include “Lockup Quotas” by Joe Watson An analysis of private prison contracts from across the United States reveals that state and local governments commonly enter into agreements that require them …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
$1.15 Million for Florida Pretrial Detainee’s Death by David Reutter $1.15 Million for Florida Pretrial Detainee’s Death by David M. Reutter A Florida federal jury awarded $975,000 to the estate of a woman who was denied medical and mental health treatment while held at the Pinellas County Jail (PCJ), and …
Virginia Must Improve Prison Medical Care Under Proposed Class-action Settlement by David Reutter Virginia Must Improve Prison Medical Care Under Proposed Class-action Settlement by David Reutter The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has agreed to let a court-appointed monitor examine medical policies at all state prisons, and to allow a …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Bedding
Jury Awards $12,000 to Connecticut Prisoner for Unsanitary Mattress by David Reutter Jury Awards $12,000 to Connecticut Prisoner for Unsanitary Mattress by David M. Reutter A Connecticut federal jury awarded $12,000 in damages to a prisoner who was forced to sleep on an unhygienic mattress that was missing much of …
UN Commission Approves Mandela Rules on Treatment of Prisoners by David Fathi UN Commission Approves Mandela Rules on Treatment of Prisoners by David Fathi [1] May 22, 2015 was a milestone in the global movement for prisoners’ rights. On that day, the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
North Carolina Prisoner, Victim of Sexual Assault, Awarded One Dollar in Damages by North Carolina Prisoner, Victim of Sexual Assault, Awarded One Dollar in Damages Shane Smith was incarcerated at North Carolina’s Craggy Correctional Center (CCC) when he was sexually assaulted multiple times by a prison supervisor. Even though he …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Crime, Prosecutors
Two Names Added to Monument Memorializing Slain Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke Two Names Added to Monument Memorializing Slain Prosecutors by Matt Clarke Two more names will be added to the National Prosecutor Memorial in Columbia, South Carolina to mark the deaths of two Texas prosecutors, murdered within months of each …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis It’s been over 20 years since Jon Marc Taylor, Ph.D., a Missouri state prisoner and author of the Prisoners’ Guerrilla …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Peer-Review Reports Must be Disclosed in Philadelphia Jail Conditions Suit by David Reutter Peer-Review Reports Must be Disclosed in Philadelphia Jail Conditions Suit by David Reutter A Pennsylvania federal district court held on November 4, 2014 that medical care contractor Corizon Health has to produce mortality and sentinel event reviews …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Supreme Court Voids ACCA’s Residual Clause in Landmark Decision by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Voids ACCA’s Residual Clause in Landmark Decision by Derek Gilna In a landmark decision authored by Justice Antonin Scalia, on June 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the residual clause of the Armed Career …
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