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When Jail is Used as Drug Treatment by Brian Dolinar By Brian Dolinar, Smile Politely Some in our community say that those in the local jail are dangerous people that shouldn’t be let out on the streets. Yet the tragic story of Toya Frazier, who recently died in the jail, …
Ending local detention quotas, secret perks for corporations in federal contracts and profiting off jailing immigrant families by By Ghita Schwarz and Silky Shah, The Hill In May, the nation’s two largest private prison contractors announced dramatic increases in their first-quarter earnings for the year. The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) reported a 17 …
Article • June 27, 2016
Awful Prisons: How They Can Be Changed by Adam Hochschild, The New York Review of Books Mr. Smith Goes to Prison: What My Year Behind Bars Taught Me About America’s Prison Crisis by Jeff Smith St. Martin’s, 272 pp., $25.99 Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People’s Guide to the Key Civil …
Article • June 27, 2016
Machine Bias by There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks. by Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica On a spring afternoon in 2014, Brisha Borden was running late to pick up her god-sister from school when she spotted an …
Formerly Incarcerated Moms Fight for Reforms to Save Families by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Yes! Magazine Diana waited at the bus stop for her children to arrive from school one afternoon 20 years ago. She had planned a party to celebrate her daughter’s sixth birthday. The party, however, never happened. …
Article • June 27, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct
NYPD Was Systematically Ticketing Legally Parked Cars for Millions of Dollars a Year by By I Quant NY, TruthVoice New York City is a complex place to drive.  And when it comes to parking, there are plenty of rules and regulations to follow.  It’s no wonder that sometimes people get confused …
Welcome to Appalachia’s Gulag Archipelago by By Skyler Simmons / Earth First! Newswire Exile in the Mountains It is hard to imagine the hollers and hills of southern Appalachia ever being a place of punishment. With its lush coves filled with ginseng, ramps, towering oaks, and tulip poplars. Its abundant springs, …
Article • June 27, 2016
Are Shows Like "Serial" and "Making a Murderer" Clouding the Wider Struggle for Justice? by By James Kilgore, Truthout How many US prisoners are wrongfully convicted? And how many are technically "guilty" but still should not be locked up? This original story saw the light of day thanks to support from …
Saudi executions: beyond the numbers by By Halim Shebaya, openDemocracy This article was originally published by openDemocracy on January 8, 2016. Copyright, openDemocracy. Reprinted with permission. https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/halim-shebaya/saudi-executions-beyond-numbers  The inability to recognise an affront to the rule of law, regardless of the identity of the perpetrator, reveals the region’s dire state of affairs, politically, morally, …
Brief • June 27, 2016
Lewis et al v. Government of D.C., DC, Memo Opinion, overdetention 8th Am 4th Am lack of probable cause, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00352-RBW Document 17 Filed 06/27/16 Page 1 of 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) KAYLA DIONNE LEWIS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) …
In-the-News Article • June 26, 2016
Article on Hawaii private prison contracts and lack of sanctions quotes PLN June 26, 2016 Articles with PLN Quotes News of Hawaii State fails to censure company in death of inmates June 26, 2016   A decade ago, the state began inserting liquidated damages clauses into the contracts it signed …
In-the-News Article • June 25, 2016
Article on prison privatization quotes PLN managing editor June 25, 2016 Articles with PLN Quotes Talking Points Memo The True Cost Why the Private Prison Industry is About so Much More Than Prisons David Dayen Nowhere has the outsourcing of public functions to private companies been more systematic than in …
Brief • June 24, 2016
Filed under: Excessive Force
Bird v. Mayhew, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2016 Page 1of4 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Ai~D RELEASl4: I. PARTIES This Settlement A&,rreement and Release {Agreement) concerns MICHAEL BIRD (Plaintifl) and the California Department of Corrections und Rehabilitation (CDCR) on behalf of' Defendant DONALD MAYHEW~ ct aJ. Plaintiff: CDCR, and Defendant shall be referred …
Brief • June 24, 2016
NLG San Francisco Bay v. Urban et al, CA, Order granting writ, public records video disclosure, 2016.pdf 1 11111111111 1 111 1 I � 1 1 1 /lilll l l Il *14137877* FILED ALAMEDA COUNTY . · JUNJ_J�Z.01....· 6 '---- I CLERK OR�·SUPERIOR COURT }--2 r By , ,,, , …
Brief • June 24, 2016
Filed under: Excessive Force
Long v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2016 . _. i"hit :-s~ti1~n1~11t A$fe~rnea:t ~~: Jti~j(se e~Agpeem.itiirl, 'efti6tive ~ei I::6; z:out r~a.~- ,fm~~d t~~~-: (;'fi~~~ft?·') ,,it~ .KcMt' RFoa ~ t>dettdant") -in,-~ ~tn.~ ~ii~~d t~riii v; .f!.x~,--it4l-r :Qi$\ U!i«'~~t P9~!. w~. {,-:Action,.-.),· t~ ~~~!'' . 1 ·f'ilairititf ana-.:Oefeno.ant :di~pi¢e.,t\i~ md,~ o.f 1.t}ij …
Publication • June 24, 2016
HRDC comment to FCC on rate increases after effective date of jail reforms - June 2016 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS Submitted Online Only June 24, 2016 The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Ex Parte Submission …
Fischer v. Georgia DOC, GA, Complaint, Inmate Mistreatment, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00143-RWS Document 1 Filed 06/23/16 Page 1 of 9 2:16-cv-143 Case 2:16-cv-00143-RWS Document 1 Filed 06/23/16 Page 2 of 9 Case 2:16-cv-00143-RWS Document 1 Filed 06/23/16 Page 3 of 9 Case 2:16-cv-00143-RWS Document 1 Filed 06/23/16 Page 4 of 9 …
In-the-News Article • June 23, 2016
PLN mentioned, data cited in Mother Jones article re undercover reporter at CCA prison June 23, 2016 Articles that mention PLN Mother Jones My four months as a private prison guard By Shane Bauer June 23, 2016   Chapter 1: "Inmates Run This Bitch" Have you ever had a riot?" …
Long & Hodges v. Pickell, MI, Consent Decree, 14th Am 8th Am toxic water, 2016 2:16-cv-10842-AC-SDD Doc # 10 Filed 06/23/16 Pg 1 of 6 Pg ID 41 2:16-cv-10842-AC-SDD Doc # 10 Filed 06/23/16 Pg 2 of 6 Pg ID 42 2:16-cv-10842-AC-SDD Doc # 10 Filed 06/23/16 Pg 3 of …
USA v. Hinds County, MS, Mot for Entry of Settlement Agreement, use of force 8th Am sexual misconduct grievances, 2016.pdf Case 3:16-cv-00489-WHB-JCG Document 2 Filed 06/23/16 Page 1 of 5 Case 3:16-cv-00489-WHB-JCG Document 2 Filed 06/23/16 Page 2 of 5 Case 3:16-cv-00489-WHB-JCG Document 2 Filed 06/23/16 Page 3 of 5 …
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