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Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Bold New Orleans Escape Calls Attention to Poor Jail Conditions by At around 12:30 a.m. on May 16, 2025, 10 detainees escaped from a New Orleans, Louisiana jail through a small rectangular hole in a cell wall. Images showed a metal toilet and sink torn from the wall; etched above …
$500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Forced to Defecate in Bucket for 12 Days by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 14, 2023, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve a state prisoner’s allegation that his Eighth Amendment guarantee of freedom from cruel and …
Brief • December 1, 2023
Walker v. Folts, NE, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 4:23-cv-03234-JFB-PRSE Doc # 1 Filed: 12/01/23 Page 1 of 5 - Page ID # 1 4:23cv3234 v.s. ~ ffi l:br - LJ\)unt~-; ~ -~~ ~~_do il Lkve. no u.lrl, e _ __ ~ . 11D uJO.j in \1$.Q zx::im ,______..______ JlQO.cl, …
Brief • July 17, 2023
Rose v. Sandy, WV, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 5:22-cv-00405 Document 433 Filed 07/17/23 Page 1 of 89 PageID #: 5682 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA BECKLEY DIVISION MICHAEL D. ROSE, CHARLES BLESSARD, ROBERT C. CHURCH, SR., NICOLE HENRY, EDWARD L. …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Toilets
Seventh Circuit Revives Claim of Wheelchair-Bound Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Access to Handicapped Toilet by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a civil rights complaint filed by a former Wisconsin prisoner, who alleged that …
Article • September 16, 2022
$6,500 Paid by Illinois DOC to Settle Three Prisoner’s Mistreatment Claims by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Proving that even a small victory is still a victory, a trio of Illinois prisoners accepted a total of $6,500 to settle separate claims they were mistreated while in custody of the …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Washington State Supreme Court Holds that Denying Wheelchair-Bound Prisoner Access to Water and Toilet Facilities Violates State Constitution by Douglas Ankney by Doug Ankney In an opinion issued on October 7, 2021, the Supreme Court of Washington ruled that holding wheelchair-bound prisoner Robert Rufus Williams in a cell that lacked …
Brief • July 27, 2021
Christensen v. Kyles, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case# 19-CV-5732 b -57::.2 Opposing Counsel: In, i 1tion " : Christensen, Alan #K61679 v. Kyles, et al. IDOC# Pl aintiffs: Filed Received Status 3/6/20 3/16/20 closed Case Name Defendants: Date Served Class Action …
Robertson v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# 14-1272 14-CV-1272 P'"1 intiffs: Opposing Counsel: ln stnutions: Filed Case Name Robertson, Shauntae #R63300 v. Pfister, et al. IDOC# Defendants: 7/7 /14 Date Served Received Status 8/28/14 closed Class Action □ On Appeal D …
Hartfield v. Baldwin, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# Filed Case Name 17-CV-1538-SEM-TSH Hartfield, John #A08064 v. Baldwin, et al. 17-1538 Plaintiffs: Opposing Cou nsel: Institutions: IDOC# Defendants: Date Served Received Stat us Close d 1/22/18 1/23/18 Class Action On Appea l …
Dunmore v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, ADA Compliance, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 16-CV-171 16-171 Plaintiffs: Filed Case Name Dunmore, James #R64188 v. Duncan, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received 02/18/16 Date Served Status closed 3/21/16 Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Cou nsel: Institutions: l ... …
Franklin v. Pfister, IL, Settlement Medical Neglect, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 18-4478 Opposi ne Counsel: Institutions: Filed Franklin, Andre #K63812 v. Pfister, et al. 18-CV-4478 Plaintiffs: Case Name IDOC# Defendants: Received 10/17/18 Date Served Status 1/23/19 closed Class Action D On Appeal D Spears D …
Hampton v. Wells, IL, Settlement, ADA Compliance, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# 18-2211 Official Case# 18-CV-2211-NJR-SMY Plaintiffs: IDOC# Filed Case Hampton, Larry #B12544 v. Wells, et al. Defendants: Received Status closed 7/12/19 7/15/19 Date Served Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se Issues: Court: Judge: …
Hampton v. Baldwin, IL, Settlement, ADA Compliance, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# 18-2211 Official Case# 18-CV-2211-NJR-SMY Plaintiffs: IDOC# Filed Case Hampton, Larry #B12544 v. Wells, et al. Defendants: Received Status closed 7/12/19 7/15/19 Date Served Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se Issues: Court: Judge: …
Brief • March 6, 2020
Christensen v. Kyles, IL, Order, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Alan Christensen (K-61679), Plaintiff, V. Director Baldwin, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 19 C 5732 Hon. Sharon Johnson Coleman ORDER …
Craig v. Schwertz, IL, Settlement, ADA Compliance, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION FLORENCIO CRAIG. Plaintiff. ) ) ) ) ) ) v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. et al. Defendants. No. I 8-cv-1670 No. I 8-cv-0066 Honorable Judge John Z. Lee …
Brief • September 20, 2019
Enge v. Brown, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2019 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Plaintiff, V. BROWN, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 17 C 0325 Judge Mary M. Rowland Magistrate Judge …
Hampton v. Wells, IL, Merit Review, ADA Compliance, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-02211-SMY Document 15 Filed 07/12/19 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #55 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS LARRY HAMPTON, Plaintiff, vs. C/O WELLS, JOHN BALDWIN, KEVIN W. KINK, DEDE BROOKHART, A. BLAKE, and …
Hampton v. Baldwin, IL, Merit Review, ADA Compliance, 2019 Case 3:18-cv-02211-SMY Document 15 Filed 07/12/19 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #55 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS LARRY HAMPTON, Plaintiff, vs. C/O WELLS, JOHN BALDWIN, KEVIN W. KINK, DEDE BROOKHART, A. BLAKE, and …
Franklin v. Pfister, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2018 .. . Case: 1:18-cv-04478 Document #: 10 Fi led: 10/17/18 Page 1 of 15 Paget)~ FILED18 I . 10/17/20 KP uNu1::o cLErt~.C?S1fb~-008-t'tiuRT y S IATFS 'WR J Hl~RN oi~T~~~r Do?lts\co~\J' couR t FOR ·rllF li\f!STHER:-- ~ -\ n ctr e I· rank …
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