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Archive: 2022
June
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Private Prison Space in Louisiana Contracted But Unused by ICE Costing Taxpayers $8 Million a Month
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Seventh Circuit Holds Jail Guard Not Deliberately Indifferent to Illinois Prisoner’s Withdrawal from Smuggled Pills
by David Reutter
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California Grandfather with Dementia Dies After Being Jailed for Suspected Intoxication That Was Really Diabetic Shock
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Seventh Circuit Vacates $8 Million Award to Illinois Prisoner Whose Cancer Metastasized Awaiting Wexford Doctors’ “Collegial Review”
by David Reutter
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The Impact of Criminalizing Abortion on Prisoners and Mass Incarceration
by Paul Wright
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Vermont Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Habeas Petition from State Prisoner Given Run-Around by DOC
by Douglas Ankney
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Book Review: The PLRA Handbook
by David Reutter
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Imprisoned Former Alabama House Speaker Caught Admitting to Phony “Apology” Can Keep His Radio Stations Running
by Harold Hempstead
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Connecticut Supreme Court Requires Special Credibility Instruction for Jailhouse Informant Even If Defendant Allegedly Confessed Elsewhere
by Douglas Ankney
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New York Prison Guard Suspended After “Despicable” Facebook Post Mocking Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Michigan Guard Arrested for Killing the Service Dog He Adopted at His Prison
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Alabama Prisons Still Lethal, Record Another Seven Deaths in May 2022
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Four Suspected Drug Overdoses in D.C. Jail in One Week of May 2022
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Locked Up and Left to Die
by Sophie Novack,, Michael Barajas
(p 1)
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After 49 Years in Prison for a Murder in Which He Didn’t Pull the Trigger, Former Black Liberation Army Member Sundiata Acoli Wins Parole
by Chuck Sharman
(p 11)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 12)
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Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Claim Despite Prison Disciplinary Conviction Issued for the Same Incident
by Matthew Clarke
(p 12)
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Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Suit Dismissed on Heck Grounds, Holds Related Disciplinary Convictions Don’t Absolutely Bar Excessive Force Claims
by Matthew Clarke
(p 14)
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Securus Rolls Out “Free” E-tablets to Texas Prisoners
by Edward Lyon
(p 15)
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Oregon Federal Court Issues Groundbreaking, Model COVID-19 Damage Class & Wrongful Death Class Certification
by Mark Wilson
(p 16)
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Eleventh Circuit Says Florida Prisoner Alleging Sexual Assault by Guard Need Not Also Prove Excessive Force and Malicious Intent
by David Reutter
(p 18)
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Washington Pays $3.25 Million for Negligent Medical Care Causing Preventable Prisoner Death
by Mark Wilson
(p 20)
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DOJ Secures Settlement With South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice at Detention Center Where Staff Hogtied and Bit Kids
by Brooke Kaufman
(p 22)
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Healthcare Audit in Utah Prisons Reveals “Inadequate Service” and “Systemic Deficiencies” After 18 Prisoner Deaths During Pandemic
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 22)
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Ninth Circuit Holds California Prison Officials Entitled to Legislative Immunity When Promulgating Rules
by David Reutter
(p 24)
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After Paying $500,000 to Consultant Outed for Corruption Ties, Iowa DOC Accused of Allowing “Corporate Dodge”
by Jacob Barrett
(p 24)
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Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Uncovers Almost 1,000 Privileged Calls Recorded in Four County Jails, Sues York County for Denying Public Records Request
by Keith Sanders
(p 26)
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$12.5 Million Settlement Over Invasive Strip and Body Cavity Searches of NYC Jail Visitors
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
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BOP Prisoners on Extended Home Confinement Not Headed Back to Prison When COVID-19 Emergency Ends
by Casey Bastian
(p 28)
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$500,001 Settlement Against Guard Who Groped Delaware Prisoner With Long History of Lost Cases
by Keith Sanders
(p 30)
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Kansas Appeals Court Vacates Prison Dentist’s Conviction for Sexually Abusing Prisoner, Says Touching Wasn’t “Lewd”
by Mark Wilson
(p 32)
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The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Mobile Correctional Facility Robots
by Beryl Lipton, Cooper Quintin
(p 32)
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$275,000 Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Attempted Suicide at Illinois Jail
by David Reutter
(p 34)
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Washington Pays $3 Million to Murdered Prisoner’s Family After Overriding Single-Cell Recommendation for Violent Cellmate
by Mark Wilson
(p 34)
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Settlement Finally Reached in Prisoners’ Hep-C Class-Action Against Connecticut DOC
by Edward Lyon
(p 36)
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Prison Phone Giant GTL Cuts Prices in Miami-Dade Jails, But Only After County Taps COVID-19 Relief Funds to Replace Forfeited Kickbacks
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 38)
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Kentucky Supreme Court Rules ‘Incarceration Fees’ May Not Be Collected After Charges Are Dismissed
by Casey Bastian
(p 38)
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$250,000 Paid to Woman Forced to Give Birth in California Jail Cell by Guards and CFMG Nurses
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 40)
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Seventh Circuit Reinstates Suit of Epileptic Illinois Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Top Bunk
by Edward Lyon
(p 40)
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Sacramento Shooting Stokes Debate Over CDCR Rule Changes on Good Conduct Credit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 42)
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Third Circuit Joins Fifth, Tenth and D.C. Circuits in Holding Heck Favorable-Termination Dismissals Are PLRA Strikes
by Mark Wilson
(p 44)
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U.S. Prison and Jail Populations Flat or Rising Again After 2020 Decline Spurred by Pandemic
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
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Sixth Circuit: Michigan DOC’s Years-Long Delay in Access to Religious Services and Items Constitutes Constructive Denial of Religious Exercise
by Jacob Barrett
(p 46)
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Illinois Department of Corrections Cancels Contract with Canteen Provider Keefe
by Kevin Bliss
(p 46)
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Georgia Sheriff Victor Hill Facing Criminal Trial for Using Restraint Chair to Punish Jail Detainees
by David Reutter
(p 48)
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$7,000 Default Judgment Awarded in Failure to Protect Suit Against Former Arkansas Jail Guard
by Harold Hempstead
(p 49)
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Ineffective Mississippi Prison Industries on the Chopping Block After Scathing Report
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 50)
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Eighth Circuit Holds Pornography Policy Unconstitutional as Applied to South Dakota Prisoner, but Denies Relief
by David Reutter
(p 50)
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Federal Suit Challenging Iowa DOC Ban on Nude Images Moves Forward, Defendants Denied Summary Judgement on Due Process Claim
by David Reutter
(p 52)
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Overdoses Skyrocket in Tennessee Prisons During Pandemic Despite Visitation Restrictions
by Edward Lyon
(p 52)
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Third Circuit Reinstates Suit Filed by Transgender Prisoner Assaulted at New Jersey Federal Prison
by Matthew Clarke
(p 54)
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$17.5 Million Paid to Ohio Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Attack by Guards
by Harold Hempstead
(p 55)
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“On-Going Distress and Harm” Persist at FCI Sheridan Months After Court-Ordered Inspection
by Brooke Kaufman
(p 56)
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New Jersey Sex Offenders Excluded From Programming, Chances for Early Release
by Mario Palomo
(p 56)
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Sixth Circuit Revives Tennessee Detainee’s Suit, Holds Lower Court Not Required to Retain Jurisdiction of State Law Claims After Dismissing Federal Claims
by Matthew Clarke
(p 58)
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$45,000 Paid by Idaho Jail to Settle Censorship Suit Filed by HRDC
by Jacob Barrett
(p 59)
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Illinois Inspector General Finds Prisoner Labor Used to Benefit DOC Employees
by Casey Bastian
(p 60)
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Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Texas Sheriff Who Rehired Abusive Jailer Who in Turn Again Abused a Detainee
by Matthew Clarke
(p 60)
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$6,500 Settlement After Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Florida Jail Officials Who Repeatedly Opened Detainee’s Legal Mail
by David Reutter
(p 61)
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News in Brief
(p 62)
May
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COVID-19 “Wonderful” to Oklahoma County Jail
by Kevin Bliss
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BOP Raises Hackles With Ad Using Prisoners’ Mental Illness As Selling Point to Recruit Psychologists
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Overdoses Climb in Colorado Prisons and Jails With Drugs Smuggled by Mail, Uber Eats
by Harold Hempstead
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Mentally Ill Detainee Paralyzed in Brutal New Jersey Jail Beating Files Suit
by Edward Lyon
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Four Florida Guards Charged in Fatal Beating of Elderly, Mentally Ill State Prisoner
by Jo Ellen Nott
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“Jailhouse Politician” Withdraws from Indiana Race, But Another Wins in DC
by Jo Ellen Nott
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“Master Jo,” Florida Prison Employee, Arrested for Trafficking in Contraband and Soliciting a Hit from Undercover Detective
by Jo Ellen Nott
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California Jail Guard Criminally Charged for Assaulting Detainee with Scalding Water
by Edward Lyon
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Spring COVID-19 Outbreak Sickens Hundreds at Washington State Prisons
by Brooke Kaufman
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Be “Good Bitches”: New Mexico Prisoners Sue Over Sexually Degrading Abuse
by Brooke Kaufman
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South Carolina DOC Coughs Up $920,000 for Prison’s Water and Sewer Bill
by Ashleigh Dye
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Four BOP Employees, Eight Prisoners Indicted in Widening NYC Federal Jail Smuggling Scandal
by Casey Bastian
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Antiviral Pills to Fight COVID-19 Sitting Unused in Pharmacies, But Prisoners Go Wanting
by Chuck Sharman
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Immigrants in California CoreCivic Detention Center File Complaints Over Staff Mistreatment, Sexual Misconduct
by Chuck Sharman
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Three Whistleblower Claims Filed Over Leaked Video of LA Deputy Kneeling on Detainee’s Head, Sheriff Forced to Walk Back Threats Against Reporter
by Chuck Sharman
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Guard Accused of Organizing Prisoner “Sex Shows” at Tennessee Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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PrimeCare: Less Medical Care for Prisoners, Higher Expenses for Taxpayers, More Profits for Corporate Owner
by Matthew Clarke
(p 1)
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Vermont Supreme Court: Removing Prisoner From Programming Is Reviewable When Catalyst Was Punitive
(p 14)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 14)
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$11 Million Settlement Reached in Tennessee Suit Alleging False Arrest and False Imprisonment of Minors
by Edward Lyon
(p 16)
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$5.5 Million Settlement to California Prisoner Left Incapacitated After Suicide Attempt at Santa Cruz County Jail
by Edward Lyon
(p 18)
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Nine Deaths in Three Years at CoreCivic Jail in Florida, None From COVID-19
(p 18)
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Pittsburgh Jail Records 13 Deaths in Two Years, Only One From COVID-19
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 20)
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California Federal Court Approves Consent Decree Upgrading Mental Health Care at Alameda County Jail
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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Trapped in The Floods: With Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces
by Alleen Brown
(p 24)
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Fifth BOP Staffer Arrested in “Rape Club” at California Federal Prison
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 28)
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Eighth Circuit Rules Pretrial Detainees and Prisoners Have Right to Visit Family Members
(p 29)
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Tenth Circuit Says Parolee May Not be Forced to Participate in Religious Program Under Threat of Jail
by David Reutter
(p 30)
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$8.5 Million Paid by Pennsylvania DOC for Death of Asthmatic Prisoner Improperly Pepper-Sprayed
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
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$260,000 in Attorney Fees Awarded by California Federal Court after Finding Governing State Law Not Impacted by PLRA
by David Reutter
(p 32)
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Investigation Finds Hundreds of Unreported Deaths in Tennessee Prisons and Jails
by Harold Hempstead
(p 32)
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Multiple Florida DOC Guards Convicted of Assault, Smuggling and Child Sex Abuse
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 34)
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Hawaii Supreme Court Orders New Parole Hearing for Prisoner Held Since 1979
by Douglas Ankney
(p 36)
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Eleventh Circuit Says Georgia Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Remedies by Filing Late Grievance to Ask for Investigation that Was Already Underway
by David Reutter
(p 38)
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$2.2 Million Settlement Over Transgender Georgia Prisoner’s Suicide Is Largest in State DOC History
by Matthew Clarke
(p 38)
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Nevada Federal Court Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by Rapid Financial Solutions in Debit Card Suit
by David Reutter
(p 40)
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$6,500 Paid by Nevada DOC After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Withholding Evidence From Prisoner Accused of Smuggling Meth in Mail
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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Ecuador’s Prison System in Catastrophic Crisis
by Edward Lyon
(p 42)
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What to Know about Using Pell Grants to Take College Classes in Prison
by Richard Hahn
(p 44)
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$725,000 Settlement Reached in North Carolina Prisoner’s Suicide at Troubled Jail
by Keith Sanders
(p 46)
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$316,673 Settlement in New Mexico Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Stabbing at GEO-Operated Private Prison
by Matthew Clarke
(p 46)
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Guard Arrested for Running “Fight Club” in New Jersey Prison Kitchen
by Jayson Hawkins, Ashleigh Dye
(p 48)
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Sweetheart Deal Nets GEO Group $15 Million Payout from ICE for Haitian Deportation Flights
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 50)
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Tenth Circuit Says Disabled Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Rather Than Bathroom Pass May Deserve Damages Under ADA
by David Reutter
(p 50)
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Ninth Circuit Says Nevada DOC Not Micromanaged by Requirement to Treat Prisoner’s Severe Mental Illness; Upholds Preliminary Injunction
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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Con Who Conned Cons is Sentenced to Federal Prison
(p 53)
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DOJ Reaches Settlement Over Disability Access With Vermont Prison System
by Jacob Barrett
(p 54)
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Absenteeism Skyrockets for New York City Jail Guards, Up 215% Over the Last Two Years
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 54)
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Ninth Circuit: Error to Instruct Jury to Defer to Medical Staff’s Asserted Security Justification for Terminating California Prisoner’s Morphine Prescription Without Tapering
by Matthew Clarke
(p 56)
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Preliminary Injunction Granted to Illinois Prisoner to Receive Non-Allergenic Kosher Meals
by David Reutter
(p 57)
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Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Prisoner Was Denied Due Process with Sex Offender Classification
by Harold Hempstead
(p 58)
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Lifting Six-Year Moratorium, Oklahoma Treats Witnesses to Convulsing and Vomiting Prisoner During Execution
by Keith Sanders
(p 60)
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Washington State Supreme Court Holds that Denying Wheelchair-Bound Prisoner Access to Water and Toilet Facilities Violates State Constitution
by Douglas Ankney
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 62)
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Indian Prison Superintendent Sentenced to Seven Days for Denying Parole During Pandemic
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Massachusetts DOC Will Close Long-Time Maximum-Security Prison
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Chief of Training for Hawaii Prison and Jail Guards Charged with Falsifying Educational Credentials, Out on Paid Leave
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Oklahoma Prison Guard and Gilbert Postelle’s Brother Among 125 Convicted in Drug Ring
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Warden Accused of Sexual Misconduct and Forced to Take Leave from Job at Violence-Plagued Alabama Prison
by Jo Ellen Nott
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NYC DOC Internal Affairs Investigator Claims She Was Fired for Not Siding with Guards Union
by Jo Ellen Nott
April
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At Least 35 Florida DOC Employees and Contractors Arrested in Just Over a Year
by Jo Ellen Nott
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ICE Continues to Abuse and Traumatize Under Biden. Immigrants Are Fighting Back.
by Rebecca Talbot, Panagioti Tsolkas
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HRDC Sues New Hampshire Jail over Publications Banned under No-Hard-Copy Mail Policy
by Sam Rutherford
(p 48)
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HRDC Sues Nebraska Department of Correctional Services for Banning its Books
by Sam Rutherford
(p 34)
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Deaths and Violence Mount at Overcrowded Alabama Prisons While Parole Rate Hits New Low
by Jo Ellen Nott, Kevin Bliss
(p 1)
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Alabama Plan to Relieve Prison Overcrowding: Tap COVID-19 Funds to Build “Mega-Prisons”
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 9)
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Fourth Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Suit by NC Jail Detainee Alleging Denial of Access to Grievance System and Timely Medical Care Prisoner Didn’t Ask the Court to Extend Kingsley Protections
by Keith Sanders
(p 10)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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Death by Incarceration: Study Reveals High Death Rates Inside NY’s State Prisons
by Keith Sanders
(p 12)
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Centurion Health Supplants Corizon in Missouri After Court Ruling
by Keith Sanders
(p 14)
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John Boston, The PLRA Handbook: Law and Practice Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act
by Michael Mushlin
(p 14)
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Extreme Sentences for Women in the U.S.: An Overview
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 16)
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Frozen in Place: How Winter Storms Push Texas Jails and Prisons to the Brink
by Tyler Hicks
(p 18)
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Texas Rangers Often Lackadaisical in Prisoner Death Investigations
by Matthew Clarke
(p 22)
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Federal Judge in Louisiana Issues Sweeping Opinion Finding Numerous Eighth Amendment, ADA and RA Violations at Angola
by Derek Gilna
(p 26)
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ICE Settles Florida Detention Facility COVID-19 Class Action, All Detainees Offered Vaccination
by Mark Wilson
(p 28)
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Food Substitution
by Matthew Clarke
(p 29)
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$14.3 Million in Costs, Attorney Fees and Interest Awarded Against GEO Group in Suits for Not Paying Minimum Wage to Immigrant Detainee Workers in Washington
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
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Prison Telecom Giant GTL Agrees to $67 Million Settlement in Class-Action Over Inactive Account Seizure Policy
by Anthony Accurso
(p 32)
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Eighth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Private Companies Providing Missouri Prisoner’s Health Care
by Matthew Clarke
(p 34)
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After Two Detainee Deaths, CoreCivic Hit With $2,500 Daily Fine for Chronically Short-Staffed Florida Jail
(p 34)
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$1.65 Million Settlement Reached in Connecticut Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Lupus
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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CFPB Report: ‘Criminal Justice Financial Ecosystem Exploits Families at Every Stage’: Finds ‘Products and Services Rife with Burdensome Fees and Lack of Choice’
by Chuck Sharman
(p 38)
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$325,000 to Detainee Assaulted at East Texas Jail, 90 Days to Former Deputy Who Beat Him While Restrained in Wheelchair
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 40)
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$1.1 Million Colorado Initiative Set to Assist Prisoners With More Employment Opportunities Upon Release
by Keith Sanders
(p 42)
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No Charges So Far Against Former Arizona Corrections Director After Boozy Standoff with Police
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 42)
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With $2.95 Million Settlement, San Diego County Jail Racks Up Over $15 Million in Wrongful Death Payments
by Jacob Barrett
(p 44)
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$1.5 Million Awarded for Failure to Protect Rikers Jail Prisoner Who Was Attacked Repeatedly
by Kevin Bliss
(p 46)
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California Supreme Court Reclassifies Clemency Records, No Longer Confidential
by Keith Sanders
(p 47)
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Vermont Hep-C Settlement Agreement Provides Direct-Acting Antivirals to Infected Prisoners
by David Reutter
(p 48)
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Private Prison Firm Revenues Soar on “Tailwind” of Immigrant Detainees
by Chuck Sharman
(p 48)
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$170,000 Damages and Fees As New Jersey Prisons Settle Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 50)
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Ninth Circuit Overturns California Law Banning Private Prisons
by Kevin Bliss
(p 50)
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$170,000 in Attorney’s Fees, Solitary Confinement Reforms Achieved in Settlement of Maine Prisoner’s Lawsuits
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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Medical Paroles Revoked in California and Massachusetts
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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$325,000 Paid by Colorado County to Jail Detainee Brutalized by Guards Equipped with Controversial Training
by Chuck Sharman
(p 53)
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Third Circuit Says Mixed Dismissal of Civil Rights Action Not a Strike Under PLRA
by David Reutter
(p 54)
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Federal Court Sanctions Wexford for Discovery Abuse in Illinois Prisoner’s Suit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 54)
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Tenth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Colorado Prison Officials Who Shut Down Native American Religious Activities
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 55)
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$199,000 Awarded to California Detainee Assaulted by Santa Clara County Jail Guard
by Matthew Clarke
(p 56)
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Advocating for Objective Standards in a Post-Kingsley World
by Megha Ram
(p 56)
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Ninth Circuit: California Jail Prisoners Have No Constitutional Right Per Se to Outdoor Recreation and Direct Sunlight
by Matthew Clarke
(p 58)
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$781 Settlement Paid to Oregon Prisoner Over Censorship of ‘Sexually Explicit’ Text Message
(p 58)
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$100,000 Paid by Pennsylvania DOC to Family of Pro Se Prisoner Litigant Who Committed Suicide
by Kevin Bliss
(p 60)
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Settlement Relieves Death Row Isolation in Louisiana: Four Hours Daily Out of Cell, Five Hours Per Week in New Yard
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 60)
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News In Brief
(p 62)
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$1 Million Settlement in Inadequate Nutrition Class-Action Against New York Jail
by David Reutter
(p 62)
March
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Fifth Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Louisiana Federal Prisoner’s Suit Challenging Disciplinary Sanction for Breaking CPAP Machine
by Jacob Barrett
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Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Premised on Nearly Deaf Guard Not Responding to Prisoner’s Cries for Help
by Sam Rutherford
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Colorado Prisoners Sue DOC and Governor for Violation of State Constitutional Prohibition Against Slavery
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Teen Who Murdered Out of Jealousy Killed in Exercise Yard of Northern California Prison
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Wellpath Founder and CEO Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charges
by David Reutter
(p 1)
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JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud
by Kevin Bliss
(p 10)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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Guards Not Vaxxing Across the U.S.
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 12)
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Virginia DOC Terminates Contract with Armor Correctional Healthcare
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 14)
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“The Worst Prison in New York State”
by Victoria Law
(p 16)
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$500,000 Default Judgment for Tennessee Woman Sexually Assaulted by Probation Officer
by David Reutter
(p 19)
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HRDC Wins Appeal in Florida Public Records Request Case Against Armor Correctional Health Services
(p 20)
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Settlement Reached to Protect Hawaii Prisoners from COVID-19
by David Reutter
(p 20)
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Show Me the Money: Tracking the Companies that Have a Lock on Sending Funds to Incarcerated People
by Tiana Herring, Stephen Raher
(p 22)
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BOP Greenlights Sex Reassignment Surgery for Federal Prisoner in Texas
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
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Department of Justice Reports on Two Decades of Prisoner Suicides
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
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Fifth Circuit Reinstates Guard’s Lawsuit Claiming Other Guards Raped Her in Texas Prison
(p 33)
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Michigan Prisons Ordered to Provide Jewish Prisoners Meat and Dairy on Sabbath and Holidays; Sixth Circuit Affirms
by David Reutter
(p 34)
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Michigan DOC Agrees to Expand Recognition of Religious Groups After DOJ Investigation
(p 34)
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Former Florida Prison Guard Sentenced for Conspiracy to Assault Youthful Offenders
(p 35)
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Federal Court Hears that Mental Healthcare in Louisiana Prison is “Almost Non-existent”
by Matthew Clarke
(p 36)
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Federal Judge Finds Alabama DOC Mental Health Care Horrendous, Orders: Start Hiring
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 38)
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Tenth Circuit: Mentally Ill Prisoners Have No Clearly Established Right to Be Kept Out of Solitary Confinement
by Jacob Barrett
(p 42)
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$40,251 Default Judgment for Detainee in Malicious Prosecution by Georgia Police Officer
(p 43)
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California Court of Appeal Holds Prisoner May Challenge Administrative Disciplinary Violation Already Served
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
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Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate COVID-19 Response at Maryland Jail
by David Reutter
(p 44)
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“Abject Cruelty”: California Jail Guards Sentenced for Coordinating Prisoner Excrement Fights
(p 45)
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Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Suit Over ‘Orange Crush’ Shakedown
by David Reutter
(p 46)
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Dallas County Prisoner Trust Fund Bilked of $700,000 With Faked Debit Release Cards by Jail Employee
(p 46)
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All Writs Act Provides Authority for Medical-Imaging Transport Order for Condemned Ohio Prisoner Challenging His Conviction; Certiorari Granted
by David Reutter
(p 48)
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Oregon Prisoners Face Off in Guards’ Legal Fight Over COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
(p 48)
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Oregon Federal Court Sides with HRDC, Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by “NUMI” Stored Value Cards
by Jacob Barrett
(p 50)
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Justice Department Releases Ten-Year Recidivism Study
by Matthew Clarke
(p 50)
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Sixth Circuit Holds Subjective Prong of Deliberate Indifference Test Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainee’s Claims; Reinstates Lawsuit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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After Sixth Death in Six Years, Virginia Jail Cuts Ties with Corizon Health
by Keith Sanders, Jayson Hawkins
(p 52)
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Federal Judge Sanctions Former Arizona DOC Director’s Foot-Dragging Attorneys in Pro Se Prisoner’s Suit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 54)
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$638,250 Judgment Against Georgia Jail Guard Who Orchestrated Prisoner’s Beating
by Harold Hempstead
(p 54)
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$21,525 Awarded by Federal Court to Indiana Prisoner Subjected to Battery by Guard
by David Reutter
(p 56)
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Third Circuit: Retroactive Application of Amended New Jersey Parole Guidelines May Violate Ex Post Facto Clause
by Douglas Ankney
(p 56)
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Corrections Special Applications Unit Builds a Lucrative National Track Record of Abuse and Torture
by J.D. Schmidt
(p 58)
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Massachusetts DOC Fires COVID-19 Mitigation Ombudsman Over Previous Allegations of Document Falsification
(p 61)
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Second Circuit Holds N.Y. Prisoner’s Short-Term Injury May Qualify As Disability under ADA
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 62)
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Rhode Island Joins the Movement to End Prison Gerrymandering
by Jo Ellen Nott
February
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Armored Car Company Victim of Multiple ‘Highway Robberies’ by Cops Files Federal Lawsuit for Recovery of Seized Cash
by Jo Ellen Nott
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The California Reporting Project: Journalists and Berkeley Students Key to Game Changing Database of Police Misconduct
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Cops, Leave Those Kids Alone: New York Will Not Criminalize Children Under 12
by Jo Ellen Nott
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LEWIS Registry: First Crowd-Sourced Public Database for Police Misconduct
by Jo Ellen Nott
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California State Senator Introduces Bill to Increase Gate Money Substantially
by Jo Ellen Nott
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HRDC Sues for Records Denied by Sheriff and Jail in Will County, Illinois
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Colorado Bailing Out Private Prison Company on Taxpayers’ Dime
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Federal Jury Awards $1.5 Million to Black, Transgender Woman Falsely Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine
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$1 Million Paid by Santa Clara County to Estate of Alzheimer’s Patient Killed When He Wandered onto Interstate Highway after Release from County Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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$35,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Amputee Prisoner Who Slipped Off Crutches in Jail Shower Not Outfitted for the Disabled
by Chuck Sharman
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$65,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Disabled Man Medically Ignored and Roughed Up by Guards at County Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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$42,500 Paid by Santa Clara County to Guard Harassed by Fellow Guard at County Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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$50,000 Paid by Santa Clara County, California, to Prisoner Brutalized by Guards at County Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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$25,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Prisoner Suffering Mental Health Episode Beaten by Guards at County Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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$20,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Settle Claims of Medical Neglect and Failure to Protect Disabled Prisoner Beaten by Gang Members in County Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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$15,000 Settlement by Santa Clara County for Jail Prisoner Brutalized by Guards
by Chuck Sharman
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$12,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Disabled Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell from Top Bunk, Permanently Injuring His Wrist
by Chuck Sharman
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$1,250,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Family of Man Who Died after Being Denied Oxygen at County Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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$11,333.33 Paid by Santa Clara County to Teenage Girl Allegedly Beaten by Guards at County Juvenile Hall
by Chuck Sharman
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Living and Dying on Rikers Island: The Latest Installment
by Kevin Bliss
(p 1)
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Omicron Has Arrived. Many Prisons and Jails Are Not Ready.
by Keri Blakinger, Beth Schwartzapfel
(p 16)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 16)
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Omicron Winter
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 18)
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Suit by HRDC Alleging GTL and Securus Violated Sherman Anti-Trust Act Survives Motion to Dismiss
by Douglas Ankney
(p 21)
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Long-Time PLN Contributor Released from Solitary Stint in Oregon for ‘Contraband’ Toy Phone
by Jacob Barrett
(p 22)
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$90,000 Paid by Illinois County to Prisoner Tasered by Two Guards He Wasn’t Resisting
by David Reutter
(p 24)
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Inmate Magazine Service Settlement Prohibits Further Sale of Magazine Subscriptions, Orders Payment of $2.2 Million for ‘Consumer Redress’
(p 24)
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Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity for Failure to Protect Michigan Prisoner from Unsafe Working Conditions
by David Reutter
(p 26)
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HRDC Appeals Denial of Public Records Request for Documentation of Secret Settlement in Maine Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Lawsuit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
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$10,000 Awarded by Nevada Federal Court to Prisoner Assaulted by Former State Prison Guard
by Matthew Clarke
(p 28)
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Prison Employee Union Fighting to Stop Closure of San Diego Federal Detention Center
by Keith Sanders
(p 28)
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Another Death by Taser in Sangamon County, Illinois Jail
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 30)
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Lawsuit Over Winter Power Outage at Brooklyn’s Troubled Federal Detention Center Granted Class Certification
by Kevin Bliss
(p 30)
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North Carolina Renames Prisons Whose Names Honored Enslavers
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
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Activists Play Whack-a-Mole Closing ICE Detention Centers
by David Reutter
(p 32)
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Investigations Into the Deaths of Several Prisoners and Two Guards Reveal Rampant Corruption, Cover-ups in California Prison
by Keith Sanders
(p 34)
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$900,000 Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Securus Recorded California Prisoner-Attorney Calls
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Settlement for New Jersey Special Needs Prisoner Students Includes Damages, Fees and Education
by Edward Lyon
(p 38)
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$7,500 Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner Assaulted by Guards And Denied Medical Care
(p 39)
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White Supremacist Groups Continue to Infest Florida DOC
(p 40)
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$1 Million Default Judgement for Michigan Jail Prisoner Against Health Care Provider in Sexual Assault
by Mark Wilson
(p 41)
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Transgender Women in Illinois DOC Secure Injunction with Special Monitor
by Casey Bastian
(p 42)
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Seven Prisoners Died in 2021, One by Homicide, at Virginia’s Only Private Prison
(p 44)
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‘They Know No Bounds’: Suffolk County New York Prosecutors Sent to Prison
by Edward Lyon
(p 44)
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Tennessee CoreCivic Prison Guard Indicted for Beating Unresisting Prisoner, Attempting Cover-up
by Harold Hempstead
(p 46)
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Eighth Circuit Rules Guard’s History of Excessive Force too Prejudicial or a Jury to Hear in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Case
by Matthew Clarke, Jacob Barrett
(p 46)
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New York Jail Required to Provide Methadone to Detainee for Addiction Treatment
(p 48)
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Fifth Circuit Holds Private Immigration Detention Facilities Are Subject to Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s Prohibition Against Coerced Labor
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
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Seventh Circuit: No Case for Loss of Eye from Medical Neglect Because of Lack of Expert Testimony
by Jacob Barrett
(p 50)
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Fifth Circuit Says Federal Habeas Action May Not Be Used to Challenge Conditions of Confinement Related to COVID-19
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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Ninth Circuit Continues Trend of Reversing Injunctive Relief Protecting Prisoners From COVID-19
by Douglas Ankney
(p 52)
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Judge Sentences Boss of ‘Horrific’ Cuyahoga Ohio Jail to Prison
by Edward Lyon
(p 54)
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After Second Circuit Rules in His Favor, Connecticut Prisoner Required to Exercise in Full Restraints for Six Months Takes $100,000 Settlement
by Matthew Clarke
(p 54)
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Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls
by David Reutter
(p 56)
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Seventh Circuit Grudgingly Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois’ Prisoner’s Suicide Lawsuit
by Dale Chappell
(p 56)
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Fourth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Prison Official Who Gave Prisoner No Notice Before Hearing That Resulted in Transfer to Security Detention
by David Reutter
(p 58)
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California Appeals Court Reverses Dismissal of Charges Against Prisoners Charged in Pelican Bay Riot
by David Reutter
(p 58)
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‘Disconnect’ Between Illinois Prisoner’s Grievance and Complaint Results In Failure to Exhaust
by Jacob Barrett
(p 60)
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Fifth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner’s Tort Claim Against BOP Officials
by Keith Sanders
(p 61)
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News in Brief
(p 62)
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$4,000 Federal Bench Verdict to Kentucky Prisoner Assaulted by Guard While Restrained
(p 62)
January
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Criminal Sheriffs
by Anthony Accurso
(p 1)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 18)
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$150,000 Paid to Family of California Pretrial Detainee Who Died from Valley Fever
by David Reutter
(p 19)
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St. Louis Jail Guard Charged with Allowing Brutal Beating of Prisoner
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 20)
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$650,000 Jury Verdict Upheld in NY Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Claim; Motion for Fees Denied Due to Contingency Agreement
by David Reutter
(p 20)
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How Corrupt is Too Corrupt for Atlanta Federal Prison?
by Casey Bastian
(p 22)
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Do County Jails Treat Black Women Worse Than Other Prisoners?
by Kevin Bliss
(p 24)
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Former AZ Assistant AG Disciplined for Misconduct in Muslim Prisoner’s Lawsuit
by Douglas Ankney
(p 26)
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Washington Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting Release of Transgender Prisoners’ Personal Information; Class Certified
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 26)
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USDA Gives $1,000,000 Grant to Corizon to Treat More Sick Prisoners Remotely
by Chuck Sharman
(p 28)
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Covid-19 Pandemic Bumps Still Anemic Clemency Numbers
by Edward Lyon
(p 29)
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Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 30)
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California Federal Prison Warden Charged with Sexually Abusing Prisoner
(p 30)
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Should Sentencing Juries Consider Imprisonment Costs?
by Edward Lyon
(p 32)
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California Town Fighting to Keep Prison Open
by Keith Sanders
(p 32)
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Prosecutors Move to Close Case Against BOP Guards in Jeffrey Epstein Suicide
by Edward Lyon
(p 34)
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HRDC Advances in Suit Against Centurion to Obtain New Mexico Prisoner Medical Litigation Records
by David Reutter
(p 34)
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$281,000 Awarded to Colorado Prisoner Retaliated Against for Grievances
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Indiana Supreme Court Denies Relief to Prisoner Whose Commissary Account Was Garnished
by Casey Bastian
(p 36)
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Colorado Using SWIFT but Cheap Wildlands Firefighters
by Edward Lyon
(p 38)
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Michigan Supreme Court Holds Convicted Prisoner Entitled to Pre-Trial Jail Time Credit
(p 40)
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Feds Declare Long COVID a Disability Under ADA, RA and ACA
by Edward Lyon
(p 40)
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Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of NY Prisoner’s Due Process Claim on Grounds It Was Abandoned on Appeal
by David Reutter
(p 41)
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Corporations Using Prisoners to Fight Phantom Labor Shortage
by Matthew Clarke
(p 42)
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$500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim
(p 43)
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Federal Judge Springs Former PLN Editor from “Iron Man” Pretrial Detention Cell
by Casey Bastian
(p 44)
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Four Female Prisoners Seek Damages Over Abuses at Oregon Prison Called A “Cesspool” of Staff Sexual Abuse, Latest in Abuse Saga
by Mark Wilson
(p 46)
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Second Circuit: Supervisor Must Have Subjective Knowledge of Sexual Abuse by Guards to Be Liable
(p 49)
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Colorado Supreme Court Holds Governor Is Appropriate Defendant in Cases Involving State Constitutional Responsibility
(p 50)
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California Supreme Court: CDCR Cannot Exclude Nonviolent Sex Offenders From Proposition 57 Parole Consideration
(p 50)
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Fifth Circuit Dismisses Appeal by Mississippi Prisoner It Calls “Vexatious Litigant”
(p 51)
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Fifth Circuit Refuses to Issue Injunction After Mississippi Psychiatric Prison Improves Conditions
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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Texas Agrees to Settlement Providing Prisoners Hep C Treatment, Will Pay $950,000 in Attorney Fees
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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New Illinois Law Allows Early Release for a Few Eligible Offenders
by Casey Bastian
(p 54)
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$2 Million Paid by North Carolina Jail for Prisoner’s Wrongful Death; Undisclosed Amount Paid by Southeastern Medical Services
by Jacob Barrett
(p 54)
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$175,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner’s 686 Days Unconstitutional Post Release Supervision
by David Reutter
(p 56)
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Third Circuit Revives Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Censorship of Incoming Mail Containing Key Evidence
by Dale Chappell, Matthew Clarke
(p 56)
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Washington Can’t Cheat Prisoner of Time Held Out of State on Washington Charges
by Jacob Barrett
(p 58)
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NJ Supreme Court: Excess Time in Prison Must Be Used to Reduce Parole Period
by Matthew Clarke
(p 58)
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She Tried to Report Sexual Harassment in Jail. After Her Suicide, the Guard Was Convicted of Assaulting Four Other Women
by C.J. Ciaramella
(p 60)
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Seventh Circuit Holds Dismissal of Lawsuit Removed to Federal Court Cannot Count as PLRA “Strike”
(p 61)
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News in Brief
(p 62)