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Ongoing Detainee Deaths Push Rikers Island into Federal Court Receivership by Anthony Accurso When 27-year-old Dashawn Jenkins died in New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on April 1, 2025, it was the fifth detainee death of the year and at least the 38th since Mayor Eric Adams (D) took …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Virginia Bribes Prisoners Not to Set Themselves On Fire by At Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, a new “Inmate Safety Agreement” uncovered through a public records request on February 9, 2025, revealed that the state Department of Corrections (DOC) has offered incentives like a quarterly fish fry to prisoners for …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
No Evacuations for Los Angeles Prisoners in Wildfire’s Path by As the Hughes fire exploded over more than 10,000 acres of Los Angeles County on January 23, 2025, Sheriff Robert Luna issued evacuation orders to some 31,000 residents in and around the town of Castaic. But no such orders were …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Rural Areas Increasingly Reliant on Imprisoned Emergency Responders by It is well known that several state prison systems use incarcerated firefighters. Lesser known is that many rural areas have become almost completely dependent on prisoners for emergency responders. In an essay published on April 15, 2024, a research professor at …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
3,500 Body-Worn Cameras Recalled from Rikers Island Guards After One Catches Fire by At New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on May 3, 2024, a guard’s body-­worn camera (BWC) malfunctioned and ignited, leaving the unnamed captain suffering burns and smoke inhalation. The city’s Department of Correction (DOC) then suspended …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
$5 Million Settlement in Death of Georgia Prisoner Left by Guards in Cell on Fire by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 16, 2023, the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5 million to the estate of Thomas Henry Giles, 31, a mentally ill prisoner …
Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement by On July 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit filed in connection with the fire at Sing Sing Correctional Facility …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
400 Prisoners Relocated After Fire at Texas State Penitentiary by A fire erupted at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville early on August 25, 2023, forcing the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to evacuate 655 prisoners – 400 of whom had to be relocated to other prisons due to …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Filed under: Fire Hazards
Texas Prisons are Fire Traps by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon With almost 122,000 prisoners, Texas has the largest state prison system in the U.S. According to a report on January 9, 2023, it appears to be the most fire prone system, as well. Fire and safety spending by the …
Guards Filmed Walking Away from Burning Mexican Detention Center Where 38 Migrants Died by Jordan Arizmendi, Chuck Sharman by Jordan Arizmendi and Chuck Sharman A huge fire inside an immigration detention facility in Ciudad Juarez, just across the Mexican border from El Paso, killed 38 men on March 28, 2023. …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Dark, Smoky Cells: As Wildfires Threaten More Prisons, the Incarcerated Ask Who Will Save Their Lives by Alleen Brown by Alleen Brown With flames bearing down on the remote California town of Susanville in August 2021, residents were getting ready to evacuate. The Dixie Fire, the state’s second-largest blaze ever, …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
$11,000 Recovery for Asthmatic Indiana Prisoner in Denial of Treatment After Cell Block Fire by A combined $11,000 settlement and default judgment was obtained by a pro se asthmatic prisoner in a lawsuit alleging guards were deliberately indifferent to the prisoner’s health during and after a cell block fire at …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, Fire Hazards
Arizona Pays Prisoners Pennies on the Dollar to Fight Fires, All in the Name of Saving Money by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell When historic wildfires burned through Arizona in June 2020, two out of three of the firefighters who brought the blazes under control were state prisoners who were …
Article • October 4, 2020
$2,500 Settlement in Failure to Protect Prisoners During Jail Fire in Indiana by A pretrial detainee received a $2,500 settlement in a civil rights action alleging jail officials failed to evacuate detainees during a fire and did not treat their injuries. The lawsuit stemmed from a fire in a cellblock …
Jefferson v. Gladieux, IN, Settlement, Medical Treatment, 2019 Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT is between Dorrion Jefferson, his successors and assigns, and Allen County Sheriff David Gladieux, his agents, employees, officers, successors and assigns (collectively referred to hereinafter as the "Defendant"). In …
Allen v. A.E. New Jr, Inc, FL, Class Settlement and General Release, Failure to Protect, 2019 IN THE CIRCU£T COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, .FLORIDA CLARKE ALLEN, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, Individually and on behalf of a class of Persons defined below, v. A. E. …
Allen v. A.E. New Jr, Inc, FL, Final Order Approving Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2019 f ' Filing# 85391222 E-Filed 02/22/2019 05:31 :21 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CLARKE ALLEN, et al., Plaintiffs, A.E. NEW, JR., INC., et …
Jefferson v. Gladieux, IN, Class Action Complaint, Medical Treatment, 2018 Filed: 11/9/2018 9:50 AM Clerk Allen County, Indiana MC 02D09-1811-CT-000679 Allen Superior Court 9 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF ALLEN ) ) SS: ) DORRION JEFFERSON, Plaintiff, v. ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF DAVID J. GLADIEUX, in his official capacity, in his …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: Fire Hazards
State Closes Kentucky Jail for Failure to Properly Maintain Facility by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After numerous failed inspections and failures to perform necessary maintenance, the jail in Estill County, Kentucky was forced to close by order of state correctional officials on March 31, 2017. Approximately two dozen prisoners …
Allen v. A.E. New Jr, Inc, FL, Amended Class Action Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2017 Filing # 58683622 E-Filed 07/06/2017 04:48:12 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CLARKE ALLEN, ET AL., ) ) PLAINTIFFS, Individually ) and on behalf …
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