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En Banc Ninth Circuit Voids Portion of California Law Banning Private Federal Prisons in the State
by Jacob Barrett
On September 26, 2022, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sitting en banc vacated a district court’s order denying a preliminary injunction to the federal government and private prison giant GEO Group, Inc. that would prevent California from enforcing a ban on all ...
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- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Detainees Awaiting Psychiatric Beds Suffer Permanent Harm in Jails, by Eike Blohm, MD
- Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Poised for Much-Needed Cleanup, by Kevin Bliss
- Federal Judge Tells BOP Officials They “Are Not Above the Law”, by Casey Bastian
- U.S. Response to Haitian Crisis: Fund More Prisons, by Jayson Hawkins
- California Halted from Re-Integrating “Sensitive Needs” Prisoners Into General Population, by David Reutter
- Circuit Court Orders Hawaii to Release Names of Prisoners Who Die in State’s Jails and Prisons, by Keith Sanders
- Former CoreCivic Guard Pleads Guilty to Deprivation of Tennessee Prisoner’s Rights, by Harold Hempstead
- $1.9 Million Paid by L.A. County for Detainee’s Suicide, by Chuck Sharman
- Sixth Circuit Revives Claim Over Michigan Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose on Allegedly Smuggled Fentanyl, by David Reutter
- Santa Clara County Sheriff Accused of Coverup After $10 Million Payout to Mentally Ill Detainee Who Severely Injured Himself During Jail Transport, by Benjamin Tschirhart
- Polling Stations Inside Jails Combat Voter Disenfranchisement, by Keith Sanders
- New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Both Prisoners and Nonprofit Plaintiffs Subject to Requirement to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, by Jacob Barrett
- Nevada DOC Director Sacked After Prisoner Escape Goes Unnoticed Four Days, by Ashleigh Dye
- Almost $650,000 Paid by Illinois to Prisoner Who Lost Leg to Untreated Diabetes, by Keith Sanders
- $11.75 Million Settlement for Prisoner Beating in Pheonix Jail, by Casey Bastian
- SCOTUS Ruling Forces Ninth Circuit U-Turn on Damages Suit by Federal Prisoner in California “Snitch Jacketed” by Guard, by Kevin Bliss
- BOP Revives Plans for Controversial Prison in Kentucky, by Kevin Bliss
- Second Circuit Takes Back $20,000 Emotional Damage Award from Former Federal Prisoner in New York, by Benjamin Tschirhart
- California Extends Medi-Cal Health Benefits to Prisoners Nearing Release, by Eike Blohm, MD
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Jail Detainee’s Urine Not a ‘Noxious or Filthy Substance’, by David Reutter
- Iowa Ombudsman Calls Out DOC For Unfair Prisoner Discipline, by Kevin Bliss
- Virginia DOC Resists Prisoner Fee Cuts, by Ashleigh Dye
- Washington Racks Up More Than $98 Million in Fines for Failure to Timely Hold Competency Hearings, by Jacob Barrett
- Third Circuit Unbothered by Pennsylvania’s Discrimination Against Sex Offenders in Denying Parole to Halfway Houses, by David Reutter
- Indiana Will Now Send Low-Level Felons to Prison Instead of Jail, by Casey Bastian
- Fourth Circuit: Religious Headwear Policy Violated Virginia Prisoner’s Rights, by David Reutter
- A Lesson in Pleading: Utah Jail Suicide Complaint Fails for Alleging Failure to Train Rather than Failure to Provide Care, by David Reutter
- Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One, by Ashleigh Dye
- Sixth Circuit Says Ohio Prisoner’s Lack of Tablet Access May Have Prevented Grievance Exhaustion, by David Reutter
- California Makes Calls Free for State Prisoners and Juvenile Detainees, Prohibits Telecom Kickbacks to Prisons and Jails, by Benjamin Tschirhart
- $35,000 Awarded to Federal Prisoner in Kentucky Who Accused Guards of Using Excessive Force, by Benjamin Tschirhart
- Educating Prisoners: New Meta-Analysis Reinforces That It Reduces Recidivism, by Keith Sanders
- $2.375 Million Settlement in Over-Detention Suit at Santa Clara California Jail, by David Reutter
- Montana Supreme Court Grants State Prisoner 604 Days in Sentence Credit, by David Reutter
- En Banc Ninth Circuit Voids Portion of California Law Banning Private Federal Prisons in the State, by Jacob Barrett
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- “Ban the Box” Hiring Law Sets National Standard for Federal Contracts, by Keith Sanders
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- Seventh Circuit Revives Claim of Wheelchair-Bound Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Access to Handicapped Toilet, by David Reutter
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- Former Georgia Sheriff Gets 18 Months for Punishing Detainees in Restraint Chair, by David Reutter
- Gun Safety Group Defeats Re-Election of “Constitutional Sheriff” in Massachusetts, by Keith Sanders
- $1.2 Million Paid by St. Louis County for Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Ulcer, by David Reutter
- Voters in Four States Change Constitution to Ban Prison Slavery, by Keith Sanders
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More from Jacob Barrett:
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- $17.675 Million Paid for New Yorker’s Wrongful Conviction, June 15, 2023
- Eighth Circuit Greenlights Arkansas Execution Protocol, June 15, 2023
- Second Circuit Upholds Connecticut Prison Porn Ban, Sets Up Circuit Split Over “Vagueness” Test, June 15, 2023
- Louisiana Sheriff Coughs Up $2.75 Million After Falsely Claiming Detainee Died From Accidental Fall, June 15, 2023
- Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy, June 15, 2023
- Corizon Bankruptcy Threatens $6.4 Million Award to Family of Michigan Prisoner Whose Five-Day Jail Term Turned Into Death Sentence, June 1, 2023
- Detainee Allegedly “Eaten Alive” by Vermin in Overcrowded Atlanta Jail, May 1, 2023
- Ninth Circuit: Grievance Policy May Excuse Oregon Prisoner’s Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, May 1, 2023
- Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy, May 1, 2023
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- How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration, Jan. 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, JPay, Inc., Centurion, Commentary/Reviews, Lobbying, Securus.
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