by David M. Reutter
Deficiencies in medical care and failure to comply with contractual obligations have resulted in the termination of two contracts for Correctional Medical Services (CMS). The contracts were worth a total of $95 million annually.
Regular PLN readers will not be surprised at the reasons behind the ...
by David M. Reutter
The Alabama Dept. of Corrections (ADOC) has agreed to let Reverend Kenneth Glasgow enter state prisons to register prisoners to vote. The settlement agreement came after the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed suit on Glasgow’s behalf, alleging that previous permission he had received from the ...
Report Finds Increase in Michigan Prison Population Attributable to Political Policy Changes, Not Crime Increase
by David M. Reutter
A report issued by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan (CRC) concludes that “Michigan’s historical incarceration rate growth was not the product of increasing crime rates, but was most prominently influenced ...
by David M. Reutter
Federal authorities have been investigating Georgia state court judges and county officials for the past several years. The result thus far is numerous indictments and three guilty pleas on charges ranging from fraud and extortion to human trafficking.
The federal investigation has centered on the Alapaha ...
Report Criticizes Conditions in U.S. Immigrant Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington
by David M. Reutter
Conditions at the federal immigration center in Tacoma, Washington, are substandard and not in compliance with national standards, “much less international human rights law.” The is the conclusion drawn by a 65-page report issued by ...
Prisoners’ Death Rate Report Indicts Prison Medical Care by Implication
by David M. Reutter
A report by the US Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics has issued a report on the 12,129 state prisoners’ deaths reported between 2001 and 2004. That report examined the circumstances and causes of death ...
Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice
by David M. Reutter
On July 11, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division issued a letter to officials at Illinois’ Cook County Jail (CCJ) which found that conditions at CCJ violated the constitutional rights of prisoners held at ...
Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids”
by David M. Reutter
While there have been no escapes and only two suicides in the past year at New York City’s Rikers Island, the nation’s largest jail system – which houses 13,900 prisoners – is under scrutiny ...
$7 Million in Settlements in Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death from Medical Negligence
by David M. Reutter
The Denver Health Medical Center has settled a claim of negligent care for $4 million after releasing a prisoner with internal injuries who later died. Six months later, the Denver City Council approved an ...
Georgia Sheriff Must Give Revenue from Prisoner Phone Calls to County
by David M. Reutter
The Georgia Court of Appeals has held that a sheriff must turn over to the county all revenue from a profit-sharing prisoner telephone contract. The ruling upholds an order of declaratory relief granted to Lincoln ...
