Archive: 2022

January

Criminal Sheriffs by Anthony Accurso (p 1)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 18)
$150,000 Paid to Family of California Pretrial Detainee Who Died from Valley Fever by David Reutter (p 19)
$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)
St. Louis Jail Guard Charged with Allowing Brutal Beating of Prisoner by Jayson Hawkins (p 20)
How Corrupt is Too Corrupt for Atlanta Federal Prison? by Casey Bastian (p 22)
Do County Jails Treat Black Women Worse Than Other Prisoners? by Kevin Bliss (p 24)
Former AZ Assistant AG Disciplined for Misconduct in Muslim Prisoner’s Lawsuit by Douglas Ankney (p 26)
Washington Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting Release of Transgender Prisoners’ Personal Information; Class Certified by Jayson Hawkins (p 26)
USDA Gives $1,000,000 Grant to Corizon to Treat More Sick Prisoners Remotely by Chuck Sharman (p 28)
Covid-19 Pandemic Bumps Still Anemic Clemency Numbers by Edward Lyon (p 29)
Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist by Jayson Hawkins (p 30)
California Federal Prison Warden Charged with Sexually Abusing Prisoner (p 30)
Should Sentencing Juries Consider Imprisonment Costs? by Edward Lyon (p 32)
California Town Fighting to Keep Prison Open by Keith Sanders (p 32)
Prosecutors Move to Close Case Against BOP Guards in Jeffrey Epstein Suicide by Edward Lyon (p 34)
HRDC Advances in Suit Against Centurion to Obtain New Mexico Prisoner Medical Litigation Records by David Reutter (p 34)
$281,000 Awarded to Colorado Prisoner Retaliated Against for Grievances by David Reutter (p 36)
Indiana Supreme Court Denies Relief to Prisoner Whose Commissary Account Was Garnished by Casey Bastian (p 36)
Colorado Using SWIFT but Cheap Wildlands Firefighters by Edward Lyon (p 38)
Michigan Supreme Court Holds Convicted Prisoner Entitled to Pre-Trial Jail Time Credit (p 40)
Feds Declare Long COVID a Disability Under ADA, RA and ACA by Edward Lyon (p 40)
Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of NY Prisoner’s Due Process Claim on Grounds It Was Abandoned on Appeal by David Reutter (p 41)
Corporations Using Prisoners to Fight Phantom Labor Shortage by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
$500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim (p 43)
Federal Judge Springs Former PLN Editor from “Iron Man” Pretrial Detention Cell by Casey Bastian (p 44)
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)
Second Circuit: Supervisor Must Have Subjective Knowledge of Sexual Abuse by Guards to Be Liable (p 49)
Colorado Supreme Court Holds Governor Is Appropriate Defendant in Cases Involving State Constitutional Responsibility (p 50)
California Supreme Court: CDCR Cannot Exclude Nonviolent Sex Offenders From Proposition 57 Parole Consideration (p 50)
Fifth Circuit Dismisses Appeal by Mississippi Prisoner It Calls “Vexatious Litigant” (p 51)
Fifth Circuit Refuses to Issue Injunction After Mississippi Psychiatric Prison Improves Conditions by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
Texas Agrees to Settlement Providing Prisoners Hep C Treatment, Will Pay $950,000 in Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
New Illinois Law Allows Early Release for a Few Eligible Offenders by Casey Bastian (p 54)
$2 Million Paid by North Carolina Jail for Prisoner’s Wrongful Death; Undisclosed Amount Paid by Southeastern Medical Services by Jacob Barrett (p 54)
$175,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner’s 686 Days Unconstitutional Post Release Supervision by David Reutter (p 56)
Third Circuit Revives Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Censorship of Incoming Mail Containing Key Evidence by Dale Chappell, Matthew Clarke (p 56)
Washington Can’t Cheat Prisoner of Time Held Out of State on Washington Charges by Jacob Barrett (p 58)
NJ Supreme Court: Excess Time in Prison Must Be Used to Reduce Parole Period by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
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)
Seventh Circuit Holds Dismissal of Lawsuit Removed to Federal Court Cannot Count as PLRA “Strike” (p 61)
News in Brief (p 62)