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California Parole Agents Often Have Dangerously High Caseloads by When Jaycee Dugard escaped from captivity in Oakland, California sex offender Phillip Garrido's backyard, it became apparent that both state and federal parole officers had missed multiple opportunities to discover and rescue her during the 18 years she was held captive. …
Hawaii Prison Relocation Project Fails to Skirt Environmental Review by Panagioti Tsolkas While lawmakers in Hawaii have advanced bills to fast-track the relocation of a state prison, they were forced to concede that an environmental impact review could not be avoided. In February 2016, the state legislature held a pair of …
Article • August 1, 2016
Broward County Jail Conditions Subject to Consent Decree by The Broward County Sheriff entered into a consent Decree to settle a class action lawsuit challenging the conditions at the County’s jails. The suit, filed in 1976, resulted in the federal district court overseeing the litigation to determine the conditions of …
Publication • August 1, 2016
ACLU National Prison Project - U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), 2016 U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) David C. Fathi ACLU National Prison Project 915 15th St. N.W., 7th …
Settlement in condition Suit Challenging Birmingham Jail by A settlement agreement was reached in a class action lawsuit concerning the conditions of confinement in Alabama’s Birmingham jail.  The suit was filed in 2011 and was the subject of several PLN reports.  The April 15, 2014, settlement required 100 pre-trial detainees …
Publication • July 28, 2016
Philadelphia's Crowded, Costly Jails - The Search fo Safe Solutions, PEW, 2011 Philadelphia’s Crowded, Costly Jails: The Search for Safe Solutions Aerial photo of the Philadelphia Prison System main campus in Northeast Philadelphia CREDIT: POLICE AERIAL UNIT Philadelphia’s Crowded, Costly Jails: The Search for Safe Solutions The Pew Charitable Trusts’ …
Study Shows Modest Decline in Prison Populations by Derek Gilna A February 2016 study by The Sentencing Project, “U.S. Prison Population Trends 1999-2014: Broad Variation Among States in Recent Years,” found there has been a 2.9% average decline in the number of state prisoners during that period. Over those 15 …
Overcrowding at South Dakota Prison Impacts Family Visitation Program by A surge in female prisoners incarcerated on low-level drug charges led to the temporary shutdown of a program at the South Dakota Women’s Prison that helps prisoners maintain family ties and relationships. The Parent and Children Together (P.A.C.T.) program provides …
Dunn et. al. v. Dunn et. al Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed 07/13/16 Page 1 of 106 Expert Report of Eldon Vail Dunn, et. al. v. Dunn, et. al. The District Court of the United States Middle District of Alabama 2:14-cv-601-MHT-TFM Submitted: July 5, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed …
Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Expert Report of Eldon Vail, Alabama DOC Healthcare Administration, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed 07/13/16 Page 1 of 106 Expert Report of Eldon Vail Dunn, et. al. v. Dunn, et. al. The District Court of the United States Middle District of Alabama 2:14-cv-601-MHT-TFM Submitted: July …
Does Smarter Sentencing Equal Lower Prison Numbers? by By Adam Wisnieski, The Crime Report The United States has the world’s highest incarceration rate—and efforts to reduce it have been the focus of studies by leading academics, advocacy groups and policymakers. Most recognize that if significant change is going to come, it …
Incarceration, Justice and the Planet: How the Fight Against Toxic Prisons May Shape the Future of Environmentalism by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisons inspire little in terms of natural wonder. It might be a weed rises through a crack and blooms for a moment. It might be a prisoner notices. But prisoners, …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Illinois Prisoner Wins $125,000 Civil Rights Jury Verdict by Derek Gilna Illinois state prisoner Lincoln Lee had a bad feeling about his new cellmate, who was bigger and younger than him, and prone to repeated verbal threats. The Illinois River Correctional Center, like most state prisons, was overcrowded – so …
Problems with California’s New Medical Prison by Matthew Clarke With construction costs of $840 million and a capacity to provide care to almost 3,000 patients, California’s new medical prison near Stockton is the largest and most expensive in the nation. Unfortunately, that expense has not resulted in a smooth-running operation; …
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 …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Is Proposition 47 to Blame for California's 2015 Increase in Urban Crime, CJCJ, 2016 IS PROPOSITION 47 TO BLAME FOR CALIFORNIA’S 2015 INCREASE IN URBAN CRIME? Mike Males, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice March 2016 Research Report Introduction In November 2014, nearly 60 percent of …
Article • May 13, 2016
$1.2 Million Settlement for Minor Injured in Detention Race Riot by The county of Los Angeles paid $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a juvenile who was seriously injured during a riot. According to the county’s Summary Corrective Action plan, a riot occurred at Camp Miller, a facility …
Central California Women’s Prison Criticized for Inadequate Medical Care by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A 57-page report issued under the auspices of a federal district court in Plata v. Brown strongly criticizing the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) has highlighted the problems that the overcrowded California prison system has …
Article • May 12, 2016
Spokane County Facing Overcrowding Crisis in Crumbling Jail by Christopher Zoukis Spokane County (WA) is facing an overcrowding crisis at its 28-year-old jail, which is in desperate need of renovation as it processes nearly double the annual bookings it was designed to handle. While Spokane County's overcrowding problem is hardly …
Article • May 12, 2016
New Ohio Jail Regulations Limit Prisoners to Shower Every Other Day, Two Meals a Day on Weekends by Christopher Zoukis An Ohio regulatory panel imposed new standards for the 90 full-service jails in the state, which detain some 20,000 prisoners in the state's county and municipal jails. On April 15, …
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