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Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Tucson Program Slashes Pretrial Misdemeanor Incarceration by Writing to the Board of Supervisors of Arizona’s Pima County on November 7, 2024, County Administrator Jan Lesher reported striking results from first-year operations of its Transition Center in Tucson: Since it opened in September 2023, the share of those held at the …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
After Positive Drug Test, Kentucky Prisoners Allegedly Forced to Choose Between Tasing or Drinking Urine by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Over more than three decades of publication, PLN has chronicled some outlandish and horrifying stories of prisoner abuse, but few can compete with the Hobson’s choice guards at …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Regional Jail in Kentucky Settles DOJ Complaint, Agrees to Provide Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On November 29, 2023, the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Eastern Kentucky settled a complaint brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with an agreement to provide …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Addicted to Punishment: Jails and Prisons Punish Drug Use Far More Than They Treat It by Emily Widra by Emily Widra Despite the common refrain that jails and prisons are “de facto treatment facilities,” most prioritize punitive mail scanning policies and strict visitation rules that fail to prevent drugs from …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Tribal Courts Expand ‘Healing to Wellness’ Rehabilitation Programs by to an AP News report on August 20, 2023, tribal courts—the judicial system in Native American communities—increasingly offer holistic ‘healing to wellness’ (H2W) programs for criminal defendants. Similar to restorative justice initiatives, H2W programs provide substance abuse treatment and counseling during …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Prisoner Counselors STORMING California Prisons to Aid in Addiction Recovery by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On October 28, 2022, the first graduates of the Offender Mentor Certification Program (OMCP) at California State Prison (CSP) in Lancaster received their certificates. The new class of 29 will offer peer-to-peer drug …
State of New York Offices of the Inspector General-Investigation of the NYSDCCS Contraband Drug Testing Program-Nov. 2023 State of New York Offices of the Inspector General Investigation of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Contraband Drug Testing Program November 2023 Lucy Lang Inspector General EXECUTIVE SUMMARY …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
CDCR’s Medication Assisted Treatment Program for Substance Abusers is a Resounding Success by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Between 2016 and 2019, fatal drug overdoses more than doubled for California state prisoners. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said that hospitalizations for drug overdoses rose almost as fast. …
Publication • 2022
Investigation of NY State Dept of Corrections and Community Supervision Incarcerated Individual Drug Testing Program - Jan 2022 State of New York Offices of the Inspector General Investigation of New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Incarcerated Individual Drug Testing Program January 2022 Lucy Lang Inspector General EXECUTIVE …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
New York Jail Required to Provide Methadone to Detainee for Addiction Treatment by On September 7, 2021, Judge David Hurd of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled that a detainee should be granted injunctive relief and continue receiving methadone treatment for his opioid addiction …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Rhode Island Takes Uncommon Steps to Address a Common Problem: Drug Addiction in Prison by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The State of Rhode Island has taken the uncommon step of providing opioid-based medication to help its prisoners who battle drug addiction in prison. The bold move has not only …
Prisoner Law Consultant in Michigan Pleads Guilty to Defrauding BOP by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A guilty plea to conspiracy and wire fraud charges was entered in a Michigan federal district court on December 4, 2019, by Tony Tuan Pham, also known as Anh Nguyen, in his role …
US v. Bill Joe Rucker, KY, Appeal, Drug Treatment Programs, 2017 RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 17a0241p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, ┐ │ │ > v. BILLY JOE RUCKER, Defendant-Appellant. │ │ │ …