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Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft
News in Brief by Alabama: On Sunday, June 15, 2025, state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Airika Dorsey was arrested for allegedly smuggling food to a prisoner at St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to WABM in Birmingham. The DOC confirmed that Dorsey was caught in the act and subsequently booked …
$815,000 Settlement in Nevada Class-Action Suit 
Over Debit Release Cards
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Trust Accounts
$815,000 Settlement in Nevada Class-Action Suit Over Debit Release Cards by A Nevada federal district court has approved a $815,000 settlement in a class-action case challenging the use of fee-laden debit cards that prisoners receive upon release, containing the balance from their inmate trust accounts. The lawsuit, filed by former …
$95,000 Paid to Nevada Prisoner Denied 
Muslim Prayer; Pending Cases Allege Continued 
Discrimination Against Non-Protestants
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Free Exercise Clause
$95,000 Paid to Nevada Prisoner Denied Muslim Prayer; Pending Cases Allege Continued Discrimination Against Non-Protestants by Chuck Sharman On December 6, 2024, two Nevada prisoners filed notices as interested parties in the religious discrimination case of a third, Said Elmajzoub. By that point, he had won a $95,000 settlement from …
News in Brief
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, halfway houses, New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Fraud and Deceit
News in Brief by Alabama: Elmore County Jail guard Lita Williams, 57, was arrested and charged with first-degree promoting prison contraband on May 21, 2025, the Wetumpka Herald reported. Her arrest followed discovery of a cellphone in a jail cell during a routine search two weeks prior. Data from the …
Wiccan Nevada Prisoner Wins 18-Year Fight for Religious Items
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
Wiccan Nevada Prisoner Wins 18-Year Fight for Religious Items by Clark Nelly On November 13, 2024, Nevada prisoner Anthony Thomas Chernetsky finally secured what he had fought over 18 years to get from the state Department of Corrections (DOC): Permission to use natural anointing oils and build a sweatlodge to …
Mork v. Russel, NV,Spoliation Instruction, Medical Neglect, 2025
Brief • June 20, 2025
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat
Mork v. Russel, NV,Spoliation Instruction, Medical Neglect, 2025 Case 3:21-cv-00077-MMD-CSD Filed 06/20/25 Page 14 of 18 The Court instructs the jury that Dr. Naughton took photograp hs of Mr. Mark's rash 1 2 Document 128 while he was incarcerated but destroyed them after this lawsuit was initiated. The Court 3 …
Mork v. Russel, NV,Verdict, Medical Neglect, 2025
Brief • June 20, 2025
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat
Mork v. Russel, NV,Verdict, Medical Neglect, 2025 Case 3:21-cv-00077-MMD-CSD Document 131 Filed 06/20/25 Page 1 of 2 / 1 I . 2 3 UNITED STATES DI 4 DISTRICT OF 5 *** - r Rl ~,T COURT - 6 ' Case No. 3:21-cv-00077-MMD-CS D NICOLAI MORK, 7 Plaintiff, VERDICT FORM V. …
20 Charged in Nevada Prison Brawl That Left Three Dead
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)
20 Charged in Nevada Prison Brawl That Left Three Dead by The last of 20 arrests was made on March 5, 2025, of Nevada state prisoners accused in a brawl that left three fellow prisoners dead at Ely State Prison. The state Department of Corrections (DOC) said at the time …
Georgia Fights Liability for Strip-Searching Prison Visitor, Nevada Pays $126,500
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Filed under: Visitor Searches, Settlements, Searches - Body/Strip
Georgia Fights Liability for Strip-Searching Prison Visitor, Nevada Pays $126,500 by After a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found for Georgia prison officials in a suit brought by a prison visitor they subjected to a strip-search, the decision was vacated on October 3, …
Pigeonly Flies Into Telecom Turbulence, Declares Bankruptcy
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Filed under: Bankruptcy, Mail Regulations, Private Phone Contractors
Pigeonly Flies Into Telecom Turbulence, Declares Bankruptcy by Pigeonly, Inc., a prison communication startup founded by former prisoner Frederick Hutson, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 26, 2024, in United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada in Las Vegas. Pigeonly contracts with jails and prisons to …
Nevada Supreme Court Holds That Violating Jail Phone Policy Does Not Waive Attorney-Client Privilege
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: Attorney Client, Attorney Calls
Nevada Supreme Court Holds That Violating Jail Phone Policy Does Not Waive Attorney-Client Privilege by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney When a jail is found to violate a detainee’s Sixth Amendment expectation that communications with his attorney are privileged, courts often shrug it off as harmless; after all, the detainee …
Aryan Warriors Leader Among Three Killed in Nevada Prison Riot
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Prison Gangs
Aryan Warriors Leader Among Three Killed in Nevada Prison Riot by A fight at Nevada’s Ely State Prison on July 31, 2024, left nine prisoners injured and three others dead—including Aryan Warriors (AW) gang leader Zackaria Luz, 43. No staffers were reported injured by the state Department of Corrections (DOC), …
$3.4 Million Settlement for Nevada Prisoner After ‘Wait and See’ Medical Care Became ‘Deny and Delay’
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Settlements
$3.4 Million Settlement for Nevada Prisoner After ‘Wait and See’ Medical Care Became ‘Deny and Delay’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 21, 2024, the Nevada Board of Examiners (BOE)—a three-­member panel composed of Gov. Joe Lombardo (R), Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) and Secretary of State …
Morris v. Aranas, et al., NV, Verdict Form, Deliberate Indifference (Medical/Failure to Protect), 2024
Brief • August 29, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
Morris v. Aranas, et al., NV, Verdict Form, Deliberate Indifference (Medical/Failure to Protect), 2024 Case 3:18-cv-00310-CLB Document 188 Filed 08/29/24 Page 1 of 5 _ _ FILED _ _ ENTERED ___ RECEIVED _ _ SERVED ON COUNSEUPARTiES OF RECORD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 DISTRICT OF NEVAD 2 *** 3 …
Nevada DOC Under Fire for Hiring Unlicensed Medical Director
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Filed under: Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Nevada DOC Under Fire for Hiring Unlicensed Medical Director by The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners confirmed on February 23, 2024, that the medical director for the state Department of Corrections (DOC) lacked a license to practice medicine within the state. Dr. Kenneth L. Williams, former medical director of Tennessee’s …
Settlements Total $3.85 Million for Nevada Prisoners Hit with Birdshot
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Shootings, Settlements
Settlements Total $3.85 Million for Nevada Prisoners Hit with Birdshot by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner was blinded by guards using birdshot rounds, the state Board of Examiners (BOE) approved a $2.25 million settlement on September 12, 2023. A separate agreement …
NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Filed under: Naphcare, Primecare Medical, Corizon, Contractor Misconduct, Seizures, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Staffing, Vermin, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement approved by the federal court for the Eastern District of California on January 16, 2024, recalls an all-­too familiar jail story. A wheelchair-­bound detainee named …
Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024
Brief • March 18, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides
Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Bonnie Lopez, individually as sister and for the Estate of Melody Morgan, deceased; Colleen Lackey, individually and as mother of Melody Morgan, deceased V. The …
Lopez v. Nevada Dept. of Corrections, NV, Settlement Agreement, Suicide, 2024
Brief • March 18, 2024
Filed under: Suicides
Lopez v. Nevada Dept. of Corrections, NV, Settlement Agreement, Suicide, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Bonnie Lopez, individually as sister and for the Estate of Melody Morgan, deceased; Colleen Lackey, individually and as mother of Melody Morgan, deceased v. The State of Nevada …
Nevada Prisoner Strikes Out in Access-to-Courts Claim
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Filed under: Access To Courts
Nevada Prisoner Strikes Out in Access-to-Courts Claim by David Reutter On August 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for officials with the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) in a prisoner’s claim that it limited his access to courts. The Court’s ruling maintains …
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