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Three Reports Provide Data on Prisoners Held in “Restrictive Housing”
An October 15, 2015 report by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), covering the time period from 2011-12 – the most recent period for which statistics are available – indicated that on an average day, “up to 4.4 percent of state and federal inmates and 2.7 ...
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- Colorado Town to Pay $775,000 for Relying on Bogus Snitch, by Derek Gilna
- Trapped, by Sam Levin
- Pennsylvania DOC Ordered to Evaluate Mumia Abu-Jamal for Hep C Treatment, by Derek Gilna
- Florida’s Civil Commitment Center a “Living Death Sentence”, by David Reutter
- Still No Answers
- Federal Halfway House Contractor Files Unsuccessful Suit Against Bureau of Prisons, by Christopher Zoukis
- $7,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s “Nuisance Suit”
- Riot at Private Prison in Arizona Prompts Review, Reforms and Change in Contractor, by Derek Gilna
- New York Counties, Corizon Reach $1.85 Million Settlement in Detainee’s Death
- Some Lawsuits Resolved Against New Mexico Prison Doctor, Others Still Pending, by Christopher Zoukis
- Fifth Circuit Holds Supervised Release Condition Restricting Dating Improper
- ICE Bans Crayons in Family Detention Center Visiting Area
- Orange Crush: The Rise of Tactical Teams in Prison, by Brian Dolinar
- Massachusetts Sheriff Offers Prisoner Labor to Build Trump’s Border Wall
- Louisiana City Declines to Open Jail Funded by Offender Fees
- South Carolina Court Finds DOC Erred in Treating Cases as No-Parole Offenses
- Studies on Financing of Judicial Campaigns Indicate Need for Reform, by Derek Gilna
- Summary Judgment Reversed in Puerto Rican Arrestee’s Wrongful Death Suit
- Prisoners Not Required to Take Unspecified Steps to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
- California Governor Grants 112 Pardons, One Commutation
- Third Circuit Holds Prisons Not Required to Treat Impotence or Infertility
- PLN Exclusive! Wisconsin DOC Audit Reveals Contract Violations by Community Corrections Provider, by Derek Gilna
- Three Reports Provide Data on Prisoners Held in “Restrictive Housing”, by Derek Gilna
- Michigan DOC Audit Reveals $3.4 Million in Overcharges by Aramark; Problems Persist Under New Contractor, by Derek Gilna
- $175,000 in Damages, Attorney Fees Against Sentinel Offender Services
- Maine DA Sued for Malicious Prosecution
- New York State Closes 14 Prisons Amid Decline in Crime Rates, by Christopher Zoukis
- Study: 95 Percent of Elected Prosecutors are White, by Joe Watson
- Kentucky Prisoners Entitled to Review of Audio Recordings at Disciplinary Hearing
- Arizona: Police Lieutenant Gets Special Treatment During DUI Jail Sentence
- One Oregon Prisoner + Sex with Two Jailers = 86 Months in Prison , by Mark Wilson
- Death Penalty Opponents File Suit to Thwart California’s Prop. 66
- Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Jail Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Suit
- Washington: Teen’s Death in Tribal Jail Sparks Lawsuit, Contract Scrutiny
- Florida County Votes against New Jail on Former EPA Superfund Site, Opts to Stay in Flood Zone , by Panagioti Tsolkas
- A Story of Racial Bias, the Absence of Mercy, and a Death in Prison
- Justice Department Inspectors Find Problems with BOP Reentry Programs, by Derek Gilna
- Hawaii: Prison Subcontractor under Scrutiny
- Negative Report Foreshadows End of G4S Juvenile Operations in UK, by Derek Gilna
- Texas: “San Antonio Four” Exonerated after Two Decades
- Five Wrongfully Convicted North Carolina Men Receive Almost $8 Million, by David Reutter
- Legacy of Mass Incarceration: Parental Incarceration Impacts One in Fourteen Children , by Christopher Zoukis
- Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of FTCA Failure-to-Protect Suit, by Matthew Clarke
- Australia Uses Recidivism-Based Performance Contract at Private Prison
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- Michigan: Class-action Suit Alleges Systematic Deficiencies in Prison Dental Care
- Pennsylvania: $99,000 Settlement for 22 Years in Solitary Confinement, by David Reutter
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- News in Brief
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- New York Prison Officials Found Routinely Violating HALT Act With Overuse of Solitary Confinement, Feb. 15, 2025. Disciplinary Hearings, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
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- Oregon Holds BLM Protestor in Solitary Confinement for 250 Days, Feb. 15, 2025. Protests, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Racial Profiling, Prison Classification.
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