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Article • April 24, 2023
Top Official in Boston Mayor’s Office Charged With Money Laundering in Prison Drug Smuggling Scheme by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Smuggling contraband into prison – like the synthetic cannabinoid known as K2 or “spice” – is a ubiquitous problem. There is an opportunity to quickly make significant money when …
Article • April 24, 2023
Texas Jail Guard Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Shackled Detainee by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 7, 2023, a Texas grand jury indicted a guard at the Hays County Jail for shooting a shackled detainee in the back and killing him. Isaiah Garcia, 27, was charged with felony …
Article • April 24, 2023
Hawaii Supreme Court Rules That Time Served for Concurrent Sentences Can Be Counted Only Once for Sentence Credit by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On March 15, 2023, the Supreme Court of Hawaii ruled that Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §706-671 (2014) does not entitle a defendant to count time earned …
Article • April 24, 2023
Nebraska Supreme Court Puts Burden on Migrant Detainee to Prove Sentence Calculation Credit Error by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On March 10, 2023, the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed a sentencing court’s jail credit calculation under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-503 (Reissue 2021), in a case where the amount …
Article • April 19, 2023
Sing Sing Prisoners Sue, Alleging Vicious Beatings During CERT Shakedown by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On January 31, 2023, a group of 26 prisoners at New York’s notorious maximum-security Sing Sing Correctional Facility sued the state for assaults allegedly carried out by guards during a two-day prison-wide shakedown in …
Article • April 19, 2023
“What a Nice House You Have”: Head of R.I. Prison Guard Union Accused of Witness Intimidation by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi Just outside the hearing room of Rhode Island’s House Judiciary Committee on April 4, 2023, a witness supporting a proposed law to limit the use of solitary confinement …
Illinois DOC Accused of Fraudulently Obtaining Do Not Resuscitate Orders From Mentally Incompetent Prisoners by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi A report by Chicago’s WBEZ on April 4, 2023, revealed a chilling accusation against the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC): That officials got signatures on Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders …
Sixth Circuit Won’t Hold Michigan County Liable After Mentally Ill Prisoner Impregnates Another by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On May 3, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment favoring for defendant officials with Wayne County, Michigan, in a complaint filed by one mentally …
“I Was Scheduled to Die in Solitary Confinement” – and May Soon Be Again by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Locked in solitary confinement for decades, mentally ill Illinois prisoner Anthony Gay engaged in severe and shocking self-mutilation. Stabbing a razor blade into his eye. Eating his own flesh. Cutting …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright This month’s cover story continues our ongoing coverage of solitary confinement. Since our inception in 1990 PLN has reported on the use and growth of solitary confinement as a means of torture against prisoners. As the physical torture of prisoners was …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Suspended Colorado Work Release Program Exposes Companies’ Reliance on Low-Wage Labor by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Human resources manager Jeanette Carmack called them “really, really good guys”: nine prisoners from the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) who filled positions in the Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Golf departments …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
No Pay for Iowa Prisoners Overdosed With COVID-19 Vaccine by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On October 3, 2022, the State Appeals Board of Iowa heeded the advice of the state Attorney General’s office and unanimously rejected the claims of a group of state prisoners overdosed with COVID-19 vaccine. When …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Former State Prison Guards in Georgia Sentenced for Prisoner Assaults and Cover-Up by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On September 28, 2022, four former guards at Georgia’s Valdosta State Prison were sentenced for beating a handcuffed prisoner and then attempting to conceal what happened. Sgt. Patrick Sharpe, 30, received four …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WBAM in Birmingham reported that a guard at the Blount County Jail was taken into custody and fired on January 31, 2023. Joseph Snow, 43, was charged with second-degree assault for injuring a detainee during an incident captured on surveillance video. Sheriff Mike Moon called …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Voters in Four States Change Constitution to Ban Prison Slavery by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The November 2022 elections did more than send new faces to Congress and statehouses around the country. They also saw historic ballot measures passed to change the constitutions in four states. Voters in Alabama, …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
$1.2 Million Paid by St. Louis County for Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 8, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved a settlement under which St. Louis County agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve claims …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Gun Safety Group Defeats Re-Election of “Constitutional Sheriff” in Massachusetts by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders In the November 2022 elections, voters elected a new sheriff in Bristol County, Massachusetts: Democrat Paul Heroux defeated his Republican opponent, Sheriff Tom Hodgson. The local race garnered national headlines, not just because Heroux, …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Former Georgia Sheriff Gets 18 Months for Punishing Detainees in Restraint Chair by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 14, 2023, a federal judge in Georgia sentenced former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill to an 18-month federal prison term for violating the civil rights of pretrial detainees in …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Despite Official Claims, Stopping Mail to Missouri Prisoners Has No Effect on Drug Overdoses by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart The drugs are coming in the mail. Or so they say. There’s no question that the drugs are coming into Missouri state prisons; an average of 34 prisoner overdoses a …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Seventh Circuit Overturns Class Decertification in Cook County Jail Disability Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on November 14, 2022, reversed the decertification of a class in a lawsuit alleging that Division 10 of the Cook County Jail does …
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