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Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Senators Rail at DOJ Failure to Report In-Custody Deaths by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Congress has yet to demand systemic changes that could seriously reduce deaths in custody of law enforcement. This reluctance may stem in part from the fact that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) fails to …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Circuit Court Orders Hawaii to Release Names of Prisoners Who Die in State’s Jails and Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On November 14, 2022, a Hawaiian court ordered the state Department of Public Safety (DPS), the agency that runs state prisons and jails, to reveal the names of …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19, Official Report
DOJ Releases Special Report on U.S. Prison COVID-19 Response by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A special report issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in August 2022 tracked the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in state and federal prisons. It found they suffered high rates …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19, Official Report
17 States and DC Have Stopped Reporting Active COVID Cases Behind Bars by Victoria Law by Victoria Law This article was originally published at TruthOut.com on August 5, 2022. It is reprinted here with permission. On July 5, Rita Deanda tested positive for COVID while incarcerated at the California Institution …
Article • August 18, 2022
Three Former Hawaii Jail Guards Convicted in Assault on Prisoner and Cover-Up by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott On July 8, 2022, a federal jury convicted three former guards from the Hawaii Community Correctional Center for a vicious assault on a prisoner in June 2015. The three, Jason …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Official Report
The States that Lead the Nation in COVID-19 Cases Are Hiding Their Prison Data by Sharon Dolovich, Erika Tyagi, Neal Marquez by Sharon Dolovich, Erika Tyagi, and Neal Marquez, UCLA COVID Behind Bars Project, August 20, 2021 When the pandemic hit, prison systems around the country started posting COVID-19 data …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Nebraska Supreme Court Rules Execution Drug Documents Subject to Disclosure by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 15, 2020, the Nebraska Supreme Court held that documents related to the procurement and use of drugs used in executions by lethal injection are subject to disclosure and such documents containing the …