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Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
New TV Show Dramatizes Prisoner’s Re-entry by In July 2024, the second season premiered of UnPrisoned, a series on TV streaming service Hulu that tells the story of a father rebuilding a relationship with his daughter after serving 17 years in prison. Dealing with reentry after incarceration and its effects …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
San Francisco Jail First in Nation to Provide Detainees Tablets With Totally Free Content by The jail in San Francisco County is the first in the nation to provide its detainees with tablets and free access to content, such as legal resources, e-books and music. The county Sheriff’s Office (SFSO) …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Art, Prisoner Media, TV/Movies
MTV Documentary Shines Light on Art Behind Bars by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Etymology, the study of word origins, provides insight into commonly used words. For instance, ‘cell’ and ‘hell’ share an ancient root meaning ‘hide’: A resident of either is unseen, hidden away from society and the realm …
Video Released of Guards Killing Kansas Teen at Juvenile Facility; DA Says “Stand-Your-Ground” Law Prevents Him from Filing Charges by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The webpage of Kansas’ Sedgwick County crashed on June 10, 2022, under the weight of a surge in traffic driven by the release of surveillance …
Publication • June 2, 2021
Filed under: TV/Movies
Prison Room Mate Casting Flyer
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
After 36 Years in a Louisiana Prison for a Rape He Didn’t Commit, Archie Williams Wins Freedom — and a TV Show Spotlight by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian The story of Archie Williams shocks and inspires. A Black man spent 36 years in a Louisiana prison for the rape …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: TV/Movies
Kim Kardashian West Declares War on Mass Incarceration by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Nationally known actress, fashionista and activist Kim Kardashian West has two new loves. One of them is the law and the other is a burning desire to help society’s lowest esteemed class, its convicted criminals. Kardashian, …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: TV/Movies
Exploiting Prisoners on Prime Time by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon It is, or should be, fairly common knowledge that most prisoners are disadvantaged, impoverished, often have substance abuse addictions or mental health issues, and have made poor life choices. It would seem that this population has enough problems and …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Showtime’s “Escape at Dannemora” Left Out Torture and Abuse by Katie Rose Quandt The miniseries depicting a New York prison escape fails to show what happened to the men left behind. by Katie Rose Quandt, The Appeal, a nonprofit criminal justice news site The true story of a 2015 prison …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
New CNN Film, “American Jail,” Shows How the Poor Get – and Stay – Incarcerated by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On July 1, 2018, the film “American Jail” made its premiere screening before a cable television audience on CNN. Given how seldom criminal justice-related issues – let alone the …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: TV/Movies
A&E; Reality Show Puts Undercover Volunteers, Hidden Cameras in Jails by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A group of people who had neither been arrested nor convicted of a crime nevertheless spent two months in county jails – as part of a reality show with hidden cameras, in order to …
Publication • May 22, 2018
Office of the Ohio Inspector General - Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction Report of Investigation, 2018 State of Ohio Office of the Inspector General RANDALL J. MEYER, Inspector General Report of Investigation AGENCY: OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION & CORRECTION FILE ID NO.: 2016-CA00032 DATE OF REPORT: MAY 22, 2018 …
Article • November 1, 2016
Oregon Prison Guard's News Broadcast Tort Claims Dismissed by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals ordered a lower court to dismiss a prison guard's tort claims against a television broadcast company. Around 10:00 p.m., on January 10, 2010, someone fired gunshots in a Salem, Oregon neighborhood. Some of the …
Article • August 10, 2016
Legislators Support TV over Education in New York State Prisons by Christopher Zoukis While combating idleness and restlessness in America's prisons is certainly necessary to avoid disruptions and violence, how this is accomplished is up for debate. Lawmakers in New York State said no to a proposal this month, during …
Article • January 12, 2016
Filed under: Prisoner Media, TV/Movies
Tennessee Jail Duped into Allowing Filming of Rap Video by David Reutter Officials at Tennessee’s Davidson County Jail (DCJ) are outraged at being “duped” into allowing a film crew record inside DCJ under the guise of creating a documentary and then seeing it be transformed into a music video. Rapper …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Sesame Street Creates Muppet with Father in Jail by Christopher Zoukis Sesame Street Creates Muppet with Father in Jail by Christopher Zoukis Sesame Street has a new muppet character: Alex, whose father is incarcerated. “My dad’s in jail,” he says in an online video. “I don’t like to talk about …
Article • June 5, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: TV/Movies, Juveniles
Scared Straight Programs Remain Popular Among Parents Despite Warnings by Elly Yu Scared Straight Programs Remain Popular Among Parents Despite Warnings by Elly Yu "I feel like I’m at my wit’s end,” says a mother about her two kids on the A&E reality TV show “Beyond Scared Straight.” It’s a …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Hidden Agenda Fuels Challenge to Pivotal Death Penalty Case by David Protess Anthony Porter, the exonerated death row prisoner whose jubilant release from prison in February 1999 was the catalyst for abolishing the death penalty in Illinois, is back in the news after living in relative obscurity for years. A …
Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014
Arizona TV Reporter Blames Prisoners for Citizens’ Lack of Healthcare by When Lynette Barrett was searching for someone to blame for her husband’s battle with liver disease and his long wait for a transplant, a TV reporter was quick to point his finger at America’s favorite scapegoat: prisoners. Morgan Loew, …
Article • April 15, 2013
Sixth Circuit Holds FTCA Bars False Arrest Claim; Summary Judgment for Media Upheld by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a Tennessee woman's false arrest claims against the United States. It also affirmed the dismissal of defamation and false light claims against a media outlet. In …
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