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Brief • May 13, 2016
Filed under: Overdetention, Immigration
Palacios-Valencia v. San Juan County BoC, NM, Amended Complaint, ICE Detainers, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-01050-WJ-KBM Document 60 Filed 05/13/16 Page 1 of 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO SUSANA PALACIOS-VALENCIA, on her own behalf and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons; …
In-the-News Article • May 13, 2016
PLN comments on prison labor in relation to Alabama prison work strike May 13, 2016 Articles with PLN Quotes Vice.com Hundreds of Inmates Across Alabama Have Gone on Strike to Protest 'Prison Slavery' By Raven Rakia May 13, 2016 | 12:45 pm In late March, a prisoner named Johnny Lee Spears …
Brief • May 13, 2016
Filed under: Attorney, First Amendment
Cruz et al v. English Nanny and Governess School et al, OH, Amicus Brief - ACLU OH, extrajudicial attorney speech sanctions, 2016 NAILAH K. BYRD CUYAHOGA COUNTY CUERK OF COURTS 1200 Ontario Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Court of Appeals MOTION Electronically Filed: May 13, 2016 17:00 By: RAYMOND VASVARI 0055538 …
Brief • May 13, 2016
Filed under: Attorneys, First Amendment
Cruz et al v. English Nanny and Governess School et al, OH, Amicus Brief - First Amendment Lawyers Association, extrajudicial attorney speech sanctions, 2016 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO CHRISTINA CRUZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ENGLISH NANNY AND GOVERNESS SCHOOL, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. …
Publication • May 13, 2016
New Mexico Corrections Department and Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, general services contract, 2016
Prison Litigation Reform Act - Threshold Considerations in Individual Litigation, Legal Aid Society (Boston), 2016 The Prison Litigation Reform Act: Threshold Considerations in Individual Litigation John Boston Prisoners’ Rights Project New York City Legal Aid Society jboston@legal-aid.org Updated June 13, 2016 The Prison Litigation Reform Act: Threshold Considerations in Individual …
Article • May 12, 2016
Ohio Prison Industry Profits Increasing by Matthew Clarke According to a report released by the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee, the profits for Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) increased to $7.8 million in fiscal year (FY) 2013, the fourth straight year of increasing profitability. OPI operates 21 programs at 14 prisons throughout …
Article • May 12, 2016
Medicare Again Embarrassed by Funding Drugs For Prisoners by Derek Gilna At a time when both federal and state governments are struggling to pay their bills, a new government report by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals that Medicare has improperly paid out …
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, …
Article • May 12, 2016
Former NJ Prosecutor Disbarred After Imprisonment by Christopher Zoukis A former Essex County (NJ) prosecutor and municipal judge has been barred from practicing law by the State Supreme Court.  Clifford Minor, 68, who in 2011 was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment in the United States District Court for the District …
DOJ Increases Budget Even as Americans Tire of Costs of Drug War by Derek Gilna Sometimes the federal government just can’t help itself.  At a time when the majority of Americans still feel that their country is headed in the wrong direction, and have expressed their weariness of the “war …
Article • May 12, 2016
Proposals Aim to End Debtor’s Prison in Pennsylvania by David Reutter Pennsylvania courts are frequently imprisoning people who are unable to pay fines. Proposed rule changes aim to end debtor’s prisons, but the real problem may be a lack of oversight for the local courts that oversee such cases. Ann …
Article • May 12, 2016
Maine Legislators Not Informed Of Murder At Secure Mental Health Unit Occurring Before Funding Vote by Christopher Zoukis Members of the Maine Legislature voted to enlarge the Mental Health Unit at Maine State Prison's Supermax facility last August, doubling its size to 32 beds.  What they did not know when …
Article • May 12, 2016
Louisiana Drug Offender Program Leaves $5 Million Shortfall by David Reutter A 2013 law passed by Louisiana lawmakers was expected to save $6 million by diverting drug offenders to treatment and shortening the prison sentences of such offenders by having them complete a drug treatment program. The law has not …
Washington’s McNeil Island Prison Workers Pose Unique Problem by Gary Hunter Washington state legislators face a unique problem with the prison workers it uses to maintain McNeil Island economy. Juveniles from the Oakridge Community group home work in groups of two to six as dockworkers. The youths are paid $7.16 …
Article • May 12, 2016
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Colorado Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced for Helping a Prisoner Escape by Colorado Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced for Helping a Prisoner Escape      On April 7, 2013, Colorado prisoner Feliz Trujillo walked out of the Denver Detention Center unchallenged, dressed in a police uniform. Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Andrews supplied Trujillo with the disguise …
Article • May 12, 2016
Texas Remains Leader in Exonerations of Wrongfully Convicted by Derek Gilna A new report by a national prisoner-rights organization says that once again the state of Texas led the nation in 2013 in exonerations, with 13 cases, and Illinois and New York were not far behind with 9 and 8, …
USP Allenwood Prisoner Wins Over $775,000 in Deliberate Indifference Claim by Christopher Zoukis Nunzio DeCarlo, a federal prisoner serving a 20-year sentence at the United States Penitentiary Allenwood, Pennsylvania for racketeering prevailed on a deliberate indifference and medical neglect claim against the United States of America. He was awarded over …
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