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News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: State prisoner Brigido Montoya made the briefest of escapes from the State Prison Complex in Eyman on August 10, 2024, before he was recaptured 48 minutes later by Florence Police, the Florence Reminder & Blade-Tribune reported. The state Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (DCRR) …
U.S. Response to Haitian Crisis: Fund More Prisons
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Rural Prisons
U.S. Response to Haitian Crisis: Fund More Prisons by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Haiti’s recent history reads like an endless tragedy of natural disasters and political upheavals. In between devastating hurricanes and earthquakes, a presidential assassination and gang wars paint a picture of a failed state. Violence regularly halts …
Sweetheart Deal Nets GEO Group $15 Million Payout from ICE for Haitian Deportation Flights
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Enforcement of Immigration Laws
Sweetheart Deal Nets GEO Group $15 Million Payout from ICE for Haitian Deportation Flights by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye In September 2021, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) paid more than $15 million to private prison operator GEO Group for deportation flights to repatriate thousands of Haitian migrants. The …
News in Brief
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Australia: A February 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court in the Australian province of Victoria presented “a rare win” for a prisoner contesting prison procedures, according to a report by The Conversation. The convict, 56-year-old Craig Minogue, argued that Barwon Prison’s random drug testing and strip-searching …
Malnutrition, Disease Result in Deaths in Overcrowded Haitian Prisons
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Filed under: Contagious Disease -- Misc., Overcrowding, Toilets, Sanitation
Malnutrition, Disease Result in Deaths in Overcrowded Haitian Prisons by On February 20, 2017, the Jamaica Observer reported that overcrowding, malnutrition and infectious diseases that flourish in tight quarters have led to an increasing number of prisoner deaths, including 21 at the Port-au-Prince National Penitentiary the previous month. “This is …
News in Brief
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: For each of the last five years, members of the Golden State Warriors basketball team have visited San Quentin State Prison. Superstars Kevin Durant and Draymond Green sat among the prisoners and observed from the sidelines as members of the Warriors front office staff played …
High-Profile Escapes from New Haitian Prison Highlight Country's Problems
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Escapes, International, Prisoners-International
High-Profile Escapes from New Haitian Prison Highlight Country's Problems by Derek Gilna The recent daring escape of prisoner Clifford Brandt from Haiti's prison in Crois-des-Bouquet was yet another embarrassment for the country's criminal justice system.  Beset by rampant corruption, nepotism, financial problems, and incompetence, the prison suffered the biggest jailbreak …
Aftershocks: Impact of U.S. Deportations to Haiti, U. Miami Immigration Clinic, 2015
Publication • February 8, 2016
Filed under: Immigration
Aftershocks: Impact of U.S. Deportations to Haiti, U. Miami Immigration Clinic, 2015 AFTERSHOCKS: THE HUMAN IMPACT OF U.S. DEPORTATIONS TO POST-EARTHQUAKE University of Miami School of Law Immigration Clinic University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic University of Chicago Law School International Human Rights Clinic AUTHORS University of …
Haitian Prison Conditions Deteriorate in Aftermath of Massive Earthquake
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Excessive Force, Prisoners-International, Wrongful Death
Haitian Prison Conditions Deteriorate in Aftermath of Massive Earthquake by Holly S. Cooper by Holly Cooper On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation of Haiti. Well-known are the catastrophic numbers of victims left in its wake, leaving hundreds of thousands of people entombed in rubble …
Did Haitian Police Murder Over a Dozen Unarmed Prisoners?
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Prisoners-International, Wrongful Death, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Police)
Did Haitian Police Murder Over a Dozen Unarmed Prisoners? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 12, 2010, Haiti suffered a major earthquake that killed more than 230,000 people and, as a side effect, allowed thousands of prisoners to escape from the country’s most secure lock-up, the national penitentiary …
Iraqi Dungeons and Torture Chambers Under New, American Trained Management
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Political Prisoners, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prisoners-International, Military Prisons
Iraqi Dungeons and Torture Chambers Under New, American Trained Management by Leah Caldwell Just a year ago, Attorney General John Ashcroft pointed to the Iraqi prison system as a shining example of the freedoms that the U.S. would bring to Iraq. He said, "Now, all Iraqis can taste liberty in …