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Article • May 2, 2019
Ohio High Court Denies Relief to Prisoner Challenging White Supremacist Classification by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Ohio state prisoner William H. Evans Jr. was designated to be a white supremacist by a classification committee’s ruling in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), the state’s prison system. This …
Article • April 19, 2019
Washington Officials Violated First Amendment by Removing Prisoner’s Art from Exhibit Due to Criticism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson A Washington federal court denied state officials’ summary judgment on a claim that they violated a Native American prisoner’s First Amendment rights by prematurely removing his paintings from an art …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Education
Arkansas Governor Addresses Prisoners at College Graduation Ceremony by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On November 30, 2018, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson addressed 25 prisoners who had received Associate of Arts degrees from Shorter College. According to a press release, “In an effort to reduce rates of recidivism, [the Second …
Georgia: Court Certifies Class Action for Prisoners Held Beyond Their Release Date by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A U.S. District Court judge in Georgia has certified a class-action suit that seeks to hold the Fulton County Jail liable for failing to release dozens of prisoners after they posted bond or …
Incorrigible: The First Step Act and the Carceral State by Marie Gottschalk by Marie Gottschalk With much fanfare, President Donald Trump signed the First Step Act into law in December 2018. New Jersey senator and presidential candidate Cory Booker hailed the legislation as a milestone that marked a “meaningful break …
Article • March 15, 2019
Texas Female Prisoners Denied Equal Academic and Vocational Training by Depending on whose figures are relied on, Texas has either the largest or second-largest prison system in the United States. Ninety-one percent of Texas’ 150,000 prisoners are men. For the 12,500 female Texas prisoners, the list of career training offered …
Taylor v. County of Pima, AZ, Amicus Brief, Post-Incarceration Rights, 2019 No. 17-16980 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ___________________________ LOUIS TAYLOR, A SINGLE MAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF PIMA, A BODY POLITIC, AND THE CITY OF TUCSON, A BODY POLITIC, Defendants-Appellants. ___________________________ Appeal from …
Taylor v. County of Pima, AZ, Amicus Brief, Post-Incarceration Rights, 2019 No. 17-16980 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ___________________________ LOUIS TAYLOR, A SINGLE MAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF PIMA, A BODY POLITIC, AND THE CITY OF TUCSON, A BODY POLITIC, Defendants-Appellants. ___________________________ Appeal from …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: Prison Reform, Education
Executive Order Prompts BOP to Expand Prison Apprenticeship Programs by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell An executive order issued by President Donald Trump has prompted the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to develop “National Standards of Apprenticeship” to expand apprenticeship programs for federal prisoners, …
National Consumer Law Center - Commercialized (In)Justice - Consumer Abuses in the Bail And Corrections Industry, 2019 COMMERCIALIZED (IN)JUSTICE CONSUMER ABUSES IN THE BAIL AND CORRECTIONS INDUSTRY NCLC® March 2019 NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER ® © Copyright 2019, National Consumer Law Center, Inc. All rights reserved. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian …
Why We Need More Journalism Courses Taught in Prison by Shaheen Pasha For those incarcerated, the study of journalism can aid rehabilitation by providing tangible skills and a chance to increase understanding of prisoners’ experiences by Shaheen Pasha, Nieman Reports John J. Lennon, also known as Inmate # 04A0823, sits …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Illinois Calculates the High Costs of Recidivism by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  The state of Illinois seems to be getting serious about downsizing its prison population and reducing the number of offenders who return to prison after being paroled. Governor Bruce Rauner created a task force in 2015, the …
Aging Prison Population Finds Parole Elusive by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a recent study by the U.S. Department of Justice, about 11% of the state and federal prison population in 2016 was over age 55. Of those prisoners, numbering roughly 160,000, around 38,000 were 65 or older. …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Vera Institute Announces Increase in Federal Funding to House Former Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On August 30, 2018, the Vera Institute of Justice announced an expansion of federal assistance to provide housing for prisoners who are reentering society. The “Opening Doors to Public Housing Initiative,” a program …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Trump Establishes Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On March 7, 2018, President Trump issued an executive order that launched the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry. The order revoked a presidential memorandum that had established a similar …
Lawsuits Filed Over South Dakota Replacing Prison Law Libraries with Tablets by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Two federal lawsuits were filed by South Dakota prisoners in May and June 2018 against the state Department of Corrections (DOC) over the introduction of tablet computers to replace prison law libraries and …
A Jailbreak of the Imagination: Seeing Prisons for What They Are and Demanding Transformation by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes, Truthout.org Our current historical moment demands a radical re-imagining of how we address various harms. The levers of power are currently in the hands of …
Sex Crimes and Criminal Justice: Formerly Incarcerated Sex Offenders Say Civil Commitment Programs Deny Proper Rehabilitation by Barbara Koeppel by Barbara Koeppel, The Washington Spectator Responding to several highly-publicized sex crimes and public fears, legislatures across the country have adopted statutes that allow the continued imprisonment of sex offenders after …
State of Hawai’i HCR 85 Task Force on Prison Reform - Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities, 2018 Creating Better Outcomes, Safer Communities Final Report of the House Concurrent Resolution 85 Task Force on Prison Reform to the Hawai‘i Legislature 2019 Regular Session Prepared by the HCR 85 TASK FORCE with …
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