by Anthony W. Accurso
A prisoner, who said that he was inspired by what he read in PLN, fought for over three years to obtain compensation from North Carolina for property lost when prison officials failed to secure it while he was transferred for extradition to another state.
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by Anthony W. Accurso
On August 27, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a $500,000 jury award for a Los Angeles Lakers basketball fan shot with a rubber bullet by city cops attempting to “manage” a boisterous crowd after a championship win. …
by Anthony W. Accurso
The Alabama Department of Finance issued a $250,000 payment on behalf of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) on August 16, 2024, settling a suit filed by the survivors of state prisoner Steven Davis, who was beaten to death by guards in October 2019 …
by Anthony W. Accurso
A settlement filed in federal court for the District of South Carolina on September 3, 2024, brought a resolution to a lawsuit filed by the survivors of a Greenville jail detainee who lost over two pounds a day and died.
After he allegedly …
by Anthony W. Accurso
In an opinion decided July 22, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of a motion for appointment of counsel by a North Carolina prisoner for his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, finding that Kenneth Ray …
by Anthony W. Accurso
In an opinion filed on July 31, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a district court’s denial of qualified immunity (QI) to two Arkansas jailers who ignored a detainee’s swollen arm and hand from a spider bite for …
by Anthony W. Accurso
On September 26, 2024, voting rights group Millions for Prisoners (M4P) sued New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D), alleging that state policies, practices, and procedures substantially denied access to thousands of released state prisoners eligible to vote.
They were re-enfranchised …
by Anthony W. Accurso
With signing of a settlement agreement on September 11, 2024, Ohio’s Richland County was on the hook for $220,000 to the estate of detainee Maggie Copeland, who died while experiencing withdrawal symptoms at the County lockup on Mother’s Day in May 2022. Under a …
by Anthony W. Accurso
A study released in March 2024 by the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) found that incidence of childhood trauma was higher among state prisoners than those not incarcerated. The rate rose even further when limited to prisoners subjected to discipline. For women prisoners, it …
by Anthony W. Accurso
Randall Morris was held in Arkansas’ Miller County Detention Center (MCDC) from January 20, 2020, until he was transferred to Saline County Detention Center (SCDC) on March 24, 2021. During this time, the 55-year-old disabled veteran allegedly suffered 17 violations of his constitutional rights, …
