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Publication • 2022
Filed under: Smoking
ECigarettes in Prisons Jails-FAQ Sheet-August 2022 E-CIGARETTES August 2022 / ooe E-CIGARETTES IN STATE PRISONS & JAILS Frequently Asked Questions People who become incarcerated have higher commercial tobacco1 use than the general public. Fifty eight percent of people entering prison use tobacco products, and 90 percent of them continue to …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Chain Gangs, Smoking
Smoking on the Chain Gang by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Smoking has long been a past time for people. In some cultures, it’s like a rite of passage. In our more modern times, it is portrayed as a bad habit. Either way you look at it, the fact …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Smoking
Mississippi Department of Corrections Lifts Smoking Ban at its Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Mississippi joined 28 other states by removing a tobacco ban at the state’s prisons. As of February 1, 2021, both prisoners and staff are allowed to smoke outdoors in designated areas determined by each …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: Smoking
Missouri Prisoner Awarded $111,000 in Second-Hand Smoke Case, DOC Bans Smoking by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Ecclesiastical Denzel Washington, a former death row prisoner who is now serving a life sentence, won a jury verdict against the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) and various prison officials totaling $111,000. Following …
Article • June 20, 2018
$1,500 Settlement After New York Prisoner Claims Smoke Injuries by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A prisoner at Franklin Correctional Facility in Malone, New York, received a settlement of $1,500 to drop his federal lawsuit in which he alleged suffering severe respiratory attacks from unauthorized smoking within the prison.      …
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Smoking, State Legislation
Oklahoma Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Lift Prison Smoking Ban by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin The Enid News & Eagle reported on February 23, 2018 that Oklahoma State Representative Rick West had introduced a bill to dismantle a six-year ban on cigarette sales and smoking inside state prisons. The measure, …
Brief • September 21, 2017
Filed under: Respiratory, Smoking
Washington v. Denney, MO, Order to Amend Policy, Smoking, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI ECCLESIASTICAL DENZEL WASHINGTON, Plaintiff, v. LARRY DENNEY, et al. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 14-CV-06118-SJ-NKL STIPULATED ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION …
Article • August 10, 2017
Filed under: Smoking, Commissary
Jails Market E-Cigarettes to Detainees to Generate Revenue by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Prisons and jails across the country went tobacco-free years ago, to avoid second-hand smoke lawsuits and rising medical care costs. Now, impoverished jails are selling prisoners e- cigarettes, in hopes of profiting off their addiction. “Hope …
Brief • April 12, 2017
Filed under: Respiratory, Smoking
Washington v. Denney, MO, Verdict, Smoking, 2017 VERDICT Note: Complete this form by writing in the names required by your verdict. On plaintiff Ecclesiastical Denzel Washington ' s claim against defendant Larry Denney, as submitted in Instruction No. 15, we find in favor of (Plaintiff Washington) or (Defendant Denney) On …
Jails Sell Prisoners E-Cigarettes, a Gateway to Drug Addiction by As jail officials across the country market e-cigarettes to prisoners at profit margins topping 400 percent, a new study suggests that these “pure nicotine-delivery devices” may actually be a “gateway drug” to cocaine and other serious drug addictions. E-cigarettes use …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Filed under: Smoking, Eighth Amendment
Prison Tobacco Bans Reduce Smoking-related Deaths by Christopher Zoukis Tobacco use and secondhand smoke kill over 480,000 people in the United States annually. The mortality rate of smokers is three times higher than those who have never smoked, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and smoking reduces …
Article • October 16, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Smoking
Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by David Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has partially reversed it blanket ban on tobacco products, allowing prisoners at work release centers to possess up to 10 …
Publication • August 5, 2014
Tobacco Control Policies and Deaths from Smoking in U.S. Prisons Medical Study BMJ 2014 BMJ 2014;349:g4542 doi: 10.1136/bmj.g4542 (Published 5 August 2014) Page 1 of 12 Research RESEARCH Prison tobacco control policies and deaths from smoking in United States prisons: population based retrospective analysis OPEN ACCESS 1 2 Ingrid A …
Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014
Jails Market Electronic Cigarettes to Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Jail administrators have found a new revenue stream: exploiting prisoners’ addiction to nicotine by selling them electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, for a substantial profit. Even as municipalities like Chicago, New York and Los Angeles enact restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes, …
Article • November 15, 2011
Exposure to Second Hand Smoke Sparks 8th Amendment Claim by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed in part and reversed in part a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging 8th and 14th Amendment violations. Jerry Marcus, a Mississippi prisoner, filed a § 1983 action against …
Article • September 15, 2011
Texas Prisoner States Arguable 1983 Claim by Asserting That He Was Forced to Walk to Shower Undressed in Winter by John Michael Withrow, a Texas state prisoner was forced to walk 400 feet to the shower, wearing only his underwear during the winter months. He filed suit in federal district …
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
Smoke ’Em if You Got ’Em, Says Oklahoma DOC by The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) has partially reversed its six-year-old smoking ban. Citing increased prisoner health care costs caused by smoking, the DOC banned cigarettes in all its facilities in 2004. Since then, predictably, a black market for tobacco …
Tenth Circuit: Cornell Corrections’ Procedural Defense To Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails On Inadequate Grievance Recordkeeping by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal on summary judgment below and remanded to the U.S. District Court (D. N.Mex.) a pro per federal …
Article • May 15, 2011
Missouri Jail Not Liable for Injuries From Fire by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the grant of summary judgment to jail officials in a civil rights action alleging the defendants failed to ensure a pretrial detainee’s safety after a fire broke out at the Oregon County Jail …
Article • May 15, 2011
Filed under: Classification, Smoking
$150 Award to New York Prisoner for Top Bunk Placement by A New York Court of Claims awarded a prisoner $150 for an injury sustained due to improperly being in an upper bunk. The award to Auburn Correctional Facility prisoner Cedric Reid was for a mild sprain that occurred while …
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