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Betraying the Promise of Accreditation: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? by Gary Hunter Widespread disdain for people held in prisons and jails, public apathy for humane conditions in detention facilities, tough-on-crime political rhetoric and the privatization of correctional services by for-profit companies have taken a collective toll on the quality of …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over the years PLN has reported extensively on the ACA and NCCHC, and the “accreditation” scams they run using taxpayer money to promote mass incarceration and the prison industry. They are not alone; many other groups like the American Jail Association and National Sheriffs’ …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Incarceration Agreement - Hardeman Co HCCFC, TN DOC, 1996
Publication • February 16, 2016
Incarceration Agreement - Hardeman Co HCCFC, TN DOC, 2002
Publication • February 16, 2016
Incarceration Agreement - Hardeman Co HCCFC, TN DOC, 2006
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Ten Law Enforcement Groups Among Worst Charities in America by Joe Watson Ten Law Enforcement Groups Among Worst Charities in America by Joe Watson Of America’s 48 worst charities, ten – or just over 20% – are affiliated with law enforcement groups, according to a joint investigation by the Tampa …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
How the Courts View ACA Accreditation by Alex Friedmann How the Courts View ACA Accreditation by Alex Friedmann The American Correctional Association (ACA), a private non-profit organization composed mostly of current and former corrections officials, provides accreditation to prisons, jails and other detention facilities. According to the ACA, “Accreditation is …
Brief • May 21, 2013
Plata v. Brown, VA, Depo of Black-Dennis, ACA Accreditation, 2013 KATHY BLACK-DENNIS· PLATA vs. BROWN May 21, 2013 1 ·1· · · · · · · ·UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ·2· · · · · ·FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ·3· -----------------------------x ·4· MARCIANO PLATA,· · · · · …
Audit Reveals Continuing “State of Chaos” at Hawaii Youth Prison by Audit Reveals Continuing "State of Chaos" at Hawaii Youth Prison The Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) is in non-compliance with most of the American Correctional Association (ACA) "Standards for Juvenile Correction Facilities," according to a 2007 security audit. HYCF, …
Careless Removal of Lead-Based Paint from Texas Prison States a Claim by The Texas 14th Court of Appeals at Houston reversed a trial court's dismissal of a prisoner's lawsuit which claimed injuries consequent to the careless removal of lead-based paint from an aging Texas state prison. Early in 2000, Howard …
South Dakota Prison Conditions Unconstitutional by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that double ceiling may violate the Eighth Amendment in light of other serious deficient conditions of confinement, and a district court may use expert testimony to set prison maximum capacity. This was a class action filed by …
Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Against Injured Prisoner by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment granted by the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, against a state prisoner stabbed by other prisoners. Harvey Hester, a Tennessee prisoner, sued Jack Morgan, warden of the Turney Center …
Virginia Jail Disgraceful by Gary Hunter Richmond City Jail is in such bad shape newly elected Sheriff C.T. Woody called it a ...disaster. I knew it was bad, but I had no idea it was that bad, he said. On January 4, 2006 a report was issued detailing the deficiencies …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Inside the American Correctional Association by Silja JA Talvi by Silja J.A. Talvi [Ed. note: Prison Legal News goes undercover at the American Correctional Association's 2005 winter conference in Phoenix, Arizona. It's just business," as one prison medical administrator puts it. And what a surreal business it is.] There is …
Texas Prisoner's Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth. Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a prisoner's complaint that prison officials retaliated against him for exercising his right to file a grievance. Robert Hart, 38, is a prisoner at the 2,800-man Albert …
Mississippi Death Row Conditions Unconstitutional; Sweeping Reforms Ordered by Bob Williams Mississippi Death Row Conditions Unconstitutional; Sweeping Reforms Ordered by Bob Williams Hailed as the broadest ruling ever is-sued by a federal judge in a death row conditions of confinement case, and a precedent setting breakthrough in prisoners' rights, conditions …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
South Carolina Cuts ACA Accreditation at Four State Prisons by Lonnie Burton In a move that would purportedly save the state about $250,000 annually, a South Carolina Corrections Department official on April 13, 2003 announced they would cancel accreditation contracts at four state prisons, including one maximum-security institution. Corrections Department …
Peaceful Protest at Mount Olive Prison by Gary Hunter Limits on personal property sparked a peaceful protest by prisoners at Mount Olive Correctional facility in Fayette County, West VA. On October 2nd over a fourth of the 867 residents gathered on the recreation yard with 16 demands for warden Howard …
Texas and Florida Prisoners Used in Medical Experiments by Julia Lutsky When the AIDS epidemic struck in the mid eighties and pharmaceutical companies wished to test new and promising drugs, what better place than in the nation's prison systems? AIDS has no known cure and test subjects in the prison …
Whistle-blowing Doctor Shakes Up Nebraska DOC by Dan Pens I have a story to tell--about how a doctor can be used to kill patients. I will talk to anybody you want me to. I spent twelve years of my life, and these people push me around and turn me into …