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Preliminary Settlement in Class-Action HCV Suit Against Pennsylvania DOC
by Dale Chappell
A class-action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) over the lack of adequate treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C (HCV) survived a motion for summary judgment, and the parties have reached a preliminary settlement agreement.
Salvatore Chimenti, Daniel Leyva and David Maldonado filed suit in ...
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- News in Brief
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- One in 55 Adults on Probation or Parole, Study Finds, by Rick Anderson
- Print Media and Prisoner Activism, by Stephen Wilson
- Taser Misuse at California Jail Costs County $1.15 Million, by Derek Gilna
- Baby Dies Days After Prisoner Gives Birth in Isolation Cell at Texas Jail, by Matthew Clarke
- Mississippi: More Indictments from Former DOC Commissioner Epps Corruption Scandal, by Kevin Bliss
- Tennessee: Class-Action Suit Against Private Prison Over Diabetic Care Can Proceed
- Federal Judge Orders Prison Doctor to Face Deliberate Indifference Claims, by Chad Marks
- Florida Prisoner’s Gender Dysphoria Requires Hormone Therapy, Social Transitioning Treatment
- Report Outlines Eight Ways to Shorten Excessive Prison Sentences, by Chad Marks
- $1 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death, by Matthew Clarke
- Oklahoma is Number One ... in Incarceration Rates, by Matthew Clarke
- $10 Million Award for Wrongly Jailed Philadelphia Man
- Seventh Circuit Denies Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claims Against Medical Staff, by Derek Gilna
- Protesters Rally Against Private Prison Contractor GEO Group, by David M. Reutter
- Hawaii Prison Guards’ Union Fights Policy of Denying Promotions, by Matthew Clarke
- Texas Prison System Cuts Phone Rates Over 75 Percent; Rates Drop in Other States, Too, by Matthew Clarke
- Illinois Calculates the High Costs of Recidivism, by Edward Lyon
- All Seven Arkansas Supreme Court Justices Face Ethics Charges
- Under Pressure, Some Politicians Return Private Prison Campaign Cash, by Steve Horn
- Texas Prison Air Conditioning Costs Much Lower than Expected, by Edward Lyon
- Three Wrongfully Convicted Ohio Prisoners Receive $19.5 Million, by Derek Gilna
- Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Filed by Deaf, Hard of Hearing Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
- Seventh Circuit Reverses $6.7 Million Indemnification Award for Milwaukee Jail Rape, by Derek Gilna
- Challenges, Secrecy Continue to Surround Use of Lethal Injection Drugs, by Chad Marks
- Virginia Jail Officials Indicted on Civil Rights Violations
- California: $1 Million Settlement in Suit Over Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner’s Suicide, by Matthew Clarke
- Virginia Jail’s Video Calling System Replaces In-Person Visits, by David Reutter
- Florida DOC Agrees to Reform Prisoner Mental Health Care
- New Trial on Causation Required in Illinois Jail Detainee’s Suicide, by David M. Reutter
- Arkansas Prisoner Prevails on Grievance Exhaustion Issue, by Edward Lyon
- Life-Sentenced Missouri Prisoner Has No Right to Release Date, by Edward Lyon
- Eighth Circuit: Severe Pain Caused by Actual Injury Satisfies PLRA Physical Injury Requirement, by Matthew Clarke
- New York City Pays $280,000 to Settle Suit after Visitor Assaulted by Jail Guards, by Edward Lyon
- $1.6 Million Settlement for Missouri Prison Guard Subjected to Sexual Harassment
- Connecticut DOC Settles Cancer Misdiagnosis Lawsuit for $1.3 Million, by Dale Chappell
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- High Risk, Low Pay for California Prisoners Who Fight Fires, by Chad Marks
- What the Government Shutdown Looks Like Inside Federal Prisons, by Eli Hager
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- Refuting the Government’s Argument Against Nonretroactive Changes in Law as Grounds for Compassionate Release, Oct. 1, 2024
- Federal Habeas Corpus: Getting Around Procedural Default, July 15, 2024
- The Death of the Savings Clause, May 15, 2024
- Federal Habeas Corpus: Understanding Second or Successive Petitions for State Prisoners, April 15, 2024
- Fourth Circuit Reinstates Relief From Death Penalty, Citing State’s Forfeiture of Argument Against Relief, May 15, 2023
- Federal Habeas Corpus: The Evidentiary Hearing for Federal Prisoners, April 15, 2023
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