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Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Executions Rise in 2023, Number on Death Row Falls by The number of American prisoners awaiting execution continued a decrease that began at the turn of the century, dropping to 2,331 in 2023, a 4.3% decline from 2022. Yet even though just five states executed prisoners during the year— Texas, …
U.N. Panel Finds Rampant Racism in U.S. Criminal Justice System by In what will surprise few prisoners, a report by an appointed panel of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) released on September 26, 2023, found “shocking” human rights violations and “staggering” racial disparities in U.S. criminal justice …
Over 5,000 Prisoners Federally Sentenced Every Month by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In the nine months ending on June 30, 2023, there were 47,931 sentences for federal crime, driving more than 5,000 prisoners into custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons every month, according to data released by the …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Regarding Death Penalty, Biden’s Actions Don’t Align with His Mouth by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In an 1829 letter, Pres. Andrew Jackson (D) told the Creek Nation of Indigenous Americans that he was speaking “straight, and not with a forked tongue” when he promised those who evacuated from Alabama …
Sentencing Project Proposes Remedies for Racial Disparities Behind Bars by In a report published on October 11, 2023, the nonprofit Sentencing Project noted that the lifetime risk of incarceration for Black men in the U.S. fell from one in three in 1981 to one in five in 2021. However, all …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
428 Georgia Prison Employees Criminally Charged in Five Years by On February 28, 2024, prisoner advocates held a press conference outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, demanding that state lawmakers address twin afflictions in the state’s beleaguered Department of Corrections (DOC), whose 51,000 prisoners now represent its highest population …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Charges Finally Announced 32 Months After South Carolina Prison Riot by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Shortly after the deadliest prison riot in 25 years, officials launched an investigation into the events surrounding the April 25, 2018, incident at South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Institution (LCI). After more than two …
Former Captain at Louisiana Private Prison Sentenced for Conspiracy to Violate Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Roderick Douglas, 38, of Monroe, Louisiana, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy with five other guards at Richwood Correctional …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Illinois Prisoner Locked Up Decades Without a Conviction or Sentence by Bill Barton by Bill Barton On October 11, 1982 Terry Allen was arrested and charged with sexual assault, after he allegedly forced a woman he’d just met at the McDonalds where she was employed to drive him in her …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Prosecutors Sue Firm for Selling Bureau of Prisons Adulterated Food, Spices by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) sued a vendor and its owner for scamming over 80 prisons of $530,000 by selling diluted spices and food products. The suit, filed November 1, 2019, was …
Article • February 20, 2019
Kamala Harris’ Disturbing Brand of Criminal Justice Reform by Marie Gottschalk By Marie Gottschalk, In These Times The sad reality is that Harris is in step with a troubling Washington consensus on criminal justice reform. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) released a new autobiography in January, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, …
Article • December 7, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Missouri Sheriff Who Vowed to Clean Up Crime Faces Criminal Charges, Lawsuits by R. Bailey by R. Bailey In March 2018, a federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment against Mississippi County, Missouri Sheriff Cory Hutcheson. Hutcheson, 34, already faced robbery charges as well as a wrongful death suit filed …
Mississippi: Former Jailer Acquitted of Criminal Charges in Prisoner’s Death by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Victor Smith was found not guilty of aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, stemming from an incident when he was employed as a jailer with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) in …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Fifth Circuit Upholds Convictions of Louisiana Jail Staff for Failing to Stop Abuse by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In February 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a former Louisiana jail lieutenant’s conviction for depriving a prisoner of his civil rights under color of state law in violation …
Alabama Pastor and Non-profit Director Fights Capital Murder Charge by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Dothan, Alabama pastor and non-profit director Kenneth Glasgow, 52, has been charged with capital murder in a controversial case where another man with whom he was driving fatally shot a woman who allegedly stole the …
Bread for the World Institute - Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger, 2018 BRIEFING PAPER NUMBER 35, FEBRUARY 2018 Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger by Marlysa D. Gamblin Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and poverty, as well as strategies to end it. …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
California Billionaire Pushes States to Adopt “Marsy’s Law” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke California billionaire Dr. Henry T. Nicholas and his mother entered a grocery store in 1983, a few days after his sister, Marsalee, was murdered. There they ran into her boyfriend, who had been arrested for the …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Texas: Federal Court Grants Injunction Against Discriminatory Money Bail System by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, of the Eastern District of Texas, issued a 193-page opinion on April 28, 2017 that effectively gutted what she termed a “discriminatory money bail system” in Harris …
Article • July 20, 2017
Report Decries Human and Financial Cost of Flawed California Prosecutions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna "We ignore flaws with the system at our own peril." Thus do the authors of "Criminal (In)justice: A Cost Analysis of Wrongful Convictions, Errors, and Failed Prosecutions in California's Criminal Justice System," summarize the …
Article • July 20, 2017
Grand Juries: Gatekeepers to the Criminal Justice System by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On November 30, 2014, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office announced that Ferguson (MO) Police Officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted in connection with Wilson's fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August …
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