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Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Rikers Island Continues Long Practice of Denying Education to Young Adults by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney As PLN reported 25 years ago, the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) was accused in a suit filed by attorneys with the Legal Aid Society of denying educational opportunities to young …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
50 Years After Starting “Scared Straight,” Former N.J. Prison Warden “Would Do It Again” by In a May 2024 interview about the “Scared Straight” program he founded 50 years earlier, former New Jersey prison warden Bob Hatrak, 83, dismissed research showing that the program actually has a counterproductive effect on …
Publication • September 10, 2024
Letter to Governor Inslee about Green Hill September 10, 2024 Dear Governor Inslee, As formerly incarcerated persons who have professional, as well as deep personal knowledge of the process of rehabilitation, we ask that you respect our lived expertise and release youth in our state’s Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) facilities who …
Alex a v. Governor Edwards, USA, Statemen of Interest of the USA, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 3:22-cv-00573-SDD-RLB Document 183 07/28/23 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEX A., by and through his guardian, Molly Smith, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GOVERNOR JOHN …
Settlement for New Jersey Special Needs Prisoner Students Includes Damages, Fees and Education by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 15, 2021, a settlement agreement and order was entered in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, putting an end to a four-year-old class action lawsuit against …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
D.C. Federal Court Rules District Providing Unlawfully Inadequate Education to Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities, Grants Preliminary Injunction by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 16, 2021, a federal court in the District of Columbia (D.C.) provisionally certified a class of disabled youth incarcerated in D.C. jails who were not …
Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Order Granting Preliminary Injuction, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 37 Filed 06/16/21 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES H., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-00997 (CJN) DISTRICT OF …
Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 38 Filed 06/16/21 Page 1 of 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES H., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-00997 (CJN) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et. …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Education (Juveniles)
California State Prisoners Pay Teen’s School Tuition by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A teenager in Salinas, California, Sy Newsom Green, began his high school year on a high note. Green was accepted to attend the prestigious Palma School, an all-male, Catholic institution. Unfortunately, near the end of his freshman …
Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Complaint, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 4 Filed 04/09/21 Page 1 of 55 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ) ) ) ) ISRAEL F., ) Civil Action No. _______________ 1901 E Street, SE …
Harvard, et al. v. Inch, FDOC, FL, class-action complaint, solitary confinement, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-CAS Document 1 Filed 05/08/19 Page 1 of 90 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD; J.H., a minor, by and through his parent and natural guardian, Valentine Robinson; ANGEL MEDDLER; …
Meet the Grown-Ups Keeping Kids Out of Prison by Ross Barkan The Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice will help guide towns, cities, and states on how to close youth prisons for good. by Ross Barkan, The Nation, April 8, 2019 One Saturday morning 13 years ago, Darryl Thompson went to …
The Next Step - Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes, 2019 The Next Step Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org twitter.com/sentencingproj facebook.com/thesentencingproject instagram.com/endlifeimprisonment This report was written by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., …
H.C. v. Bradshaw, Order Granting Class Certification, Preliminary Settlement Approval, 2018 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WM Document 79 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/16/2018 Page 1 of 4 U N ITED ST ATE S D ISTRIC T C O U RT SO UTH ERN D ISTR ICT O F FLO R IDA CivilN o.l8-cv-8o8lo-M …
H.C. v. Bradshaw, Florida Juvenile Solitary Confinement Settlement, 2018 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WM Document 78-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/15/2018 Page 1 of 43 H.C. at al v. PBSO et al., Civil Action No.: 9:18-cv-80810 Settlement Agreement UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Civil No. 18-cv-80810 – Dimitrouleas/Matthewman H.C., a …
Brief • July 9, 2018
King County and Columbia Legal Services and Plaintiffs, Settlement, re Solitary Confinement of Juveniles, WA, exhibit A, 2018 Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 24-1 Filed 07/09/18 Page 1 of 6 EXHIBIT A Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 24-1 Filed 07/09/18 Page 2 of 6 Exhibit A-1 Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 24-1 Filed 07/09/18 Page 3 …
Brief • July 9, 2018
King County KSD and Columbia Legal Services and Individuals, Settlement, re Solitary Confinement of Juveniles, WA, exhibit B, 2018 Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 24-2 Filed 07/09/18 Page 1 of 4 EXHIBIT B Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 24-2 Filed 07/09/18 Page 2 of 4 CR 2A Agreement between KSD & CLS & Individuals …
H.C. v. Bradshaw, Florida Juvenile Solitary Confinement Preliminary Injunction Motion, 2018 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WPD Document 6 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/21/2018 Page 1 of 25 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WPD Document 6 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/21/2018 Page 2 of 25 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WPD Document 6 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/21/2018 Page 3 of 25 …
Brief • May 30, 2018
CLS, et al. v. Kent School District, WA, juveniles in solitary confinement, motion to approve settlement, Exhibit B, 2018 EXHIBIT B CR 2A Agreement between KSD & CLS & Individuals Charles Stokes, Javier Rudy, Kimauri Carroll, & Darrius Bruton. 1. CLS withdraws OSPI Citizen Complaint #SECC1823. 2. Individuals named in …
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