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Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract by Arizona DOC Cancels 5,000 Bed Private Prison Contract   by Matt Clarke   Since January 2009, the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) has been working on a contract for private prison corporations to build and operate prisons with a capacity of …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct
FBI Files on Chief Justice Rehnquist Reveal History of Sedative Addiction by FBI Files on Chief Justice Rehnquist Reveal History of Sedative Addiction   Files released by the FBI in 2007 show that the late Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist was so addicted to a powerful sedative that his …
Article • October 3, 2014
Family Calls Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death Murder; Prison Officials Exonerate Themselves by David Reutter Family Calls Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death Murder; Prison Officials Exonerate Themselves   By David M. Reutter   Although an investigation into a prisoner’s death by the Pennsylvania State Police “does not indicate any foul play at this time,” …
Exonerated Chicago Man Settles Lawsuit for $3.6 Million by Matthew Clarke Exonerated Chicago Man Settles Lawsuit for $3.6 Million   By Matthew Clarke   In January 2012, the City of Chicago settled a lawsuit against the city and five Chicago police officers brought by a man who was exonerated after …
Article • October 3, 2014
California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment” by California Auditor: Data Hinders Effectiveness of Juvenile “Realignment”   It’s the rare public policy that succeeds in spite of bureaucratic incompetence and a lack of vision. But, according to a recent state audit, California’s decision in 2007 to transfer the supervision …
Article • October 3, 2014
Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations by David Reutter Auditors Find Deficiencies in Tennessee Prison Operations   by David M. Reutter   A performance audit of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) was released in September 2012 by the state’s Comptroller of the Treasury. It made five findings related …
Another Florida Youth Languishes in Pain until Death While Guards Idly Watch by David Reutter Another Florida Youth Languishes in Pain until Death While Guards Idly Watch   By David M. Reutter   A sense of fear and apprehension about overstepping authority kept guards at a Florida Department of Juvenile …
Article • October 3, 2014
Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s Private Prison Health Care Saves Money but Costs Lives by David Reutter Another Failed Experiment: Minnesota’s Private Prison Health Care Saves Money but Costs Lives   by David M. Reutter   Minnesota privatized its prison health care system in 1998 to achieve cost savings. While it …
Article • October 3, 2014
$125,400 Settlement in Riker’s Island Guard Assault on Prisoner by $125,400 Settlement in Riker’s Island Guard Assault on Prisoner   A $125,400 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit arising from a guard at the Robert N. Davoren Center (RNDC) on Riker’s Island repeatedly slapping a prisoner on his head, …
Article • October 3, 2014
$50,000 Settlement in Nevada Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Death by $50,000 Settlement in Nevada Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Death   The Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) paid $50,000 to settle a civil rights action that alleged its “negligence and reckless disregard to the health” of a prisoner caused his death.   The …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
Problematic Florida Juvenile Center Closes by Problematic Florida Juvenile Center Closes   Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice is closing a privately operated juvenile offender facility that has been the subject of allegations of poor supervision and treatment. The 154-bed Thompson Academy, a low-security facility, is run by Youth Services International …
Article • October 3, 2014
Tasered Ex-Prisoner Settles Suit for $55,000 by Tasered Ex-Prisoner Settles Suit for $55,000   The State of Pennsylvania and a prison guard settled a suit by a former prisoner who was allegedly shocked with a Taser without justification. The terms of the settlement required Pennsylvania to pay $50,000 and prison …
Article • October 3, 2014
Utah Democrat Defeated for Party Post Defeated After "Outing" as Private Prison Official by Utah Democrat Defeated for Party Post Defeated After "Outing" as Private Prison Official   By Derek Gilna   Her position as Vice-Chairman of Management and Training Corporation (MTC), third largest private prison operator in the United …
Article • October 3, 2014
Tennessee Parole Officers Report that Parolees are Walking Dead by Tennessee Parole Officers Report that Parolees are Walking Dead   Either Tennessee's crawling with zombies, or the state's Board of Probation and Parole has been caught neglecting to monitor former offenders under community supervision.   According to an audit published …
Article • October 3, 2014
Report Links Recidivism Decline to Investments in Treatment, Training and Housing by Report Links Recidivism Decline to Investments in Treatment, Training and Housing   A study brief from the Council on State Governments (CSG) revealed that the states with the greatest reductions in recidivism in recent years have done so, …
Article • October 3, 2014
Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers by Private Probation Firms Costing Georgia Taxpayers   After several probation companies operating in Georgia were sued last year, a TV news investigation on private probation yielded some persuasive perspectives.   Some probationers explained to WSB-TV that private probation firms–which account for about 40% …
Article • October 3, 2014
Pew Center Report Finds Increasing Incarceration Expensive and Ineffective by Matthew Clarke Pew Center Report Finds Increasing Incarceration Expensive and Ineffective   by Matthew Clarke   On June 6 2012, the Pew Center on the States issued a report on the consequences of the trend toward longer terms of imprisonment …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers
Oklahoma Jail Guard Sentenced to 18 Months for Maliciously Tasering Detainee by Oklahoma Jail Guard Sentenced to 18 Months for Maliciously Tasering Detainee   A former guard at Oklahoma’s Bryant Count Jail (BCJ) has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for assaulting a detainee.   During a May …
Article • October 3, 2014
Ohio Jailer's Federal Criminal Conviction Related to Prisoner Death Upheld by Ohio Jailer's Federal Criminal Conviction Related to Prisoner Death Upheld   On August 31, 2012, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the criminal conviction of a former Ohio jailer on charges related to the homicide of a prisoner. …
Article • October 3, 2014
No Panacea, but Obamacare Could Help Reduce Prison Population, Report Says by No Panacea, but Obamacare Could Help Reduce Prison Population, Report Says   Even before the presidential election secured the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as "Obamacare,” many prisoner advocates were championing the …
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