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Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Alabama Prisoner Disciplined for Lying When Guard Cleared of Sexual Assault Allegation by On February 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a grant of qualified immunity (QI) to three Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) officials and dismissed a prisoner’s suit alleging they retaliated against …
In re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct (Hon. Roger T. Benitez), CA, Order, Judicial Misconduct, 2024 Page 1 JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT FILED MAY 1 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS IN RE COMPLAINT OF JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT Before: I. Nos. 23-90037 and 23-90041 ORDER MURGUIA, Chief …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Iowa Ombudsman Calls Out DOC For Unfair Prisoner Discipline by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Iowa Ombudsman Office (IOO) released its Annual Report on December 15, 2022, calling out the state Department of Corrections (DOC) for unfairly addressing several difficulties it faces, including the abuse of K2 by …
Article • March 8, 2023
No Discipline for 10 Maine Guards Who Mocked and Harassed Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott From 2019 to 2021, guards at Maine State Prison in Warren used a Facebook Messenger group chat to mock prisoners, joke about using force on them and sharing confidential information about …
No Discipline for California Probation Supervisor Filmed Assaulting Restrained Juvenile Detainee by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On a Friday in October 2020 at Camp Kilpatrick, a juvenile facility in Los Angeles County’s Malibu, a teenage detainee went looking for something to eat in the common area. “Beckham” …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Nevada Court Rules Prison Officials Withheld Evidence from Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Nevada federal district court found on February 7, 2020 that prison officials were liable for failing to provide evidence to a prisoner during disciplinary proceedings. The Court’s grant of summary judgment to Nevada …