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Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Death by Incarceration: Study Reveals High Death Rates Inside NY’s State Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders  In 1972, when the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment, New York state had been executing people since 1608. The total number of individuals put to death by the state in that …
Private Prison Firm Revenues Soar on “Tailwind” of Immigrant Detainees by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a filing with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 5, 2022, Florida-based GEO Group—the nation’s largest private prison operator—laid bare its strategy to keep federal dollars flowing into the company’s …
Article • February 26, 2022
The California Reporting Project: Journalists and Berkeley Students Key to Game Changing Database of Police Misconduct by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  A cadre of journalists at six news outlets in California joined together to request police misconduct records after these documents became available to the public with …
Article • February 26, 2022
LEWIS Registry: First Crowd-Sourced Public Database for Police Misconduct by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  The LEWIS Registry, the first crowd-sourced public database for police resignations or terminations due to misconduct, honors the legendary civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis who was a victim of police brutality and …
Article • February 24, 2022
Colorado Bailing Out Private Prison Company on Taxpayers’ Dime by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  On January 21, 2022, Colorado lawmakers advanced plans to funnel $5.41 million in additional funds over the next two years to address staffing crises at the state’s only two private prisons, both operated …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Should Sentencing Juries Consider Imprisonment Costs? by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Professor Michael Conklin recently released a law review article arguing the merits of allowing juries to consider imprisonment costs when they are deliberating sentences lengths, with the objective of lessoning mass incarceration. Conklin’s report is founded on and …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, Escapes
California Fire Crew Prisoner’s Escape Attempt Leaves Trail of Destruction by A California prisoner who tried to escape in a stolen fire truck left “half a block of destruction.” He was caught shortly after he tried to carjack another vehicle. On July 5, 2021, the prisoner was working on the …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, Escapes
Oregon Suspends Outside Prisoner Work Crews After Prisoner Escape Sparks International Incident by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On September 22, 2021 Oregon prison officials suspended outside prisoner work crews “in order to review any potential changes following a walk away earlier this year” according to an internal memo sent …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Iowa County Wants to Use COVID-19 Relief Money to Build New Jail by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On June 8, officials in Woodbury County, Iowa, voted unanimously to approve the use of money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to help fund the construction of a new $65 …
Beating Death in Oahu Jail Ends With Acquittal of Mentally Ill Killer by Kevin Dayton by Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Civil Beat A jail prisoner who admitted to the fatal beating of another prisoner in 2019 has been acquitted of murder, concluding a case that triggered scrutiny of the state’s practice …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Planned Massive Shortfall in Funding to Maintain Minnesota Prisons by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Despite an urgent and growing need for maintenance in Minnesota’s prisons, the governor and legislature are proposing a token amount be spent while deferring the vast majority of the growing problem. Traditionally, the state …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
NYC Department of Corrections Continued Noncompliance to Consent Decree and Spending Nearly Half A Million Dollars Per Prisoner in 2020 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Agency Watch List published by the New York City Office of the Comptroller listed the NYC Department of Corrections …
GAO Reports ICE Wastes Hundreds of Millions Each Year by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The non-partisan Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued a report in February 2021 entitled, Immigration Detention: Actions Needed to Improve Planning, Documentation, and Oversight of Detention Facility Contracts. Key findings in the report included a failure …
Article • June 23, 2021
A Life Sentence for Pot? Not if Beth Curtis Can Help It by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Seventy-nine-year-old Beth Curtis has been nicknamed the “Mother Theresa of Pot Prisoners” for good reason. The self-described “incessant nag” has lobbied for years on behalf of those sentenced to life …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
U.S. DOJ Statistics on Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Perpetrators by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a January 2021 statistical brief, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics addressed the issue of the race and ethnicity of perpetrators of violent crimes in 2018. Based on data …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Inspector General Calls California Prison Reform Efforts a $10 Million Failure by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2021, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued its finding that a $10 million effort by the state prison system—to address deficiencies that OIG previously uncovered in reporting staff …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Pew Study Shows Crime Falls but Spending on Jails Soar by David Reutter by David M. Reutter "Nationwide, crime and jail admissions decreased between 2007 and 2017, yet spending on jails increased 13%, to $25 billion, over that span,” concludes a study issued by the Pew Charitable Trusts on February …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
State Auditor Report Critical of Texas Prison Agribusiness by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The State Auditor of Texas issued a report in March 2021 about the sale and production of food and fiber by the Agribusiness, Land and Minerals Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Auditor Appalled at Lack of Spending Controls in Mississippi Prison System by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Mississippi State Auditor on December 16, 2020, issued a report that made 18 findings of deficiencies within the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). MDOC has been plagued with violence, staff shortages, …
Thomas v. WA Dept of Corrections, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2021 CR 2A SETTLEMENTAGREEMENT Tl,omasv. Stateof Washingtonand Wasl,lngton Departmentof Conectlons This memorandumrepresents the agreement to settle all claims between the Estate of KeenanM. Thomas and its statutorybeneficiaries("plaintiffs,')against The State of Washington, the Washington Department of Corrections and their related entities/employees/agents …
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