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California Prison Plagued by Toxic Water and Chronic Illness by For decades, prisoners at Mule Creek State Prison outside of Sacramento, California have raised the alarm about the drinking water. Based on interviews with over 100 prisoners, ex-prisoners, family members, and prison staff, reporting from The Appeal and Type Investigations …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Seventh Circuit Offers Wisconsin Prisoner Just a Little Help in Suit Alleging He Was Held in Feces-Stained Cell Without Water by On June 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit partially vacated a summary judgment dismissal of a Wisconsin prisoner’s civil rights suit alleging that …
Suits Filed Over Dehydration Deaths at Two Texas Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 9, 2024, the grandmother of a mentally ill detainee who died of dehydration at Texas’ Denton County Jail (DCJ) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing jail staff of deliberate indifference in allowing …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Illinois Shutters Decrepit Prison by As of September 30, 2024, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) had transferred most of the 558 prisoners held at Stateville Correctional Center a month before. The move followed a preliminary injunction (PI) issued by the federal court for the Northern District of Illinois on …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Two Hurricanes in Two Weeks Threaten Prisoners and Jail Detainees in Six States by Hurricane Helene left a trail of disaster across six states after making landfall in Florida on September 26, 2024. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton reached Florida’s Gulf Coast on October 9, 2024, causing more …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Fourth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Guards Who Left North Carolina Prisoner to Eat with Feces-Soiled Hands by On January 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s grant of qualified immunity (QI) to guards who left North Carolina prisoner Jordan Andrew Jones …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Environmental Law, Water
Contaminated Water a Longstanding Problem at Nebraska Women’s Prison by “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink,” goes the line from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. As Coleridge dramatized, water is essential to life, yet most people take it for granted. For those incarcerated, their access to drinking …
$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 …
Unable to Post Bail, Detainee Starves to Death in Arkansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit filed in federal court for the Western District of Arkansas on January 13, 2023, makes a stunning claim: That a man was left to starve to death in jail because …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Minnesota Prison on Lockdown After Protest Over Dirty Water, Lack of Phone Use and Out-of-Cell Time by Over Labor Day weekend 2023, approximately 100 prisoners refused to return to their cells at Minnesota Correctional Facility (MCF) in Stillwater. They were protesting limited access to showers, phones and recreation, which the …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Against Kitchen Supervisor for Scalding From Spilled Hot Water by by Matt Clarke On July 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstated a claim brought by an Illinois prisoner who was severely burned when he tripped on a damaged …
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 • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Filed under: Water, Sanitation, Settlements
$50,000 Settlement to Texas Prisoner for Feces-Covered Cell by On July 8, 2022, a Texas prisoner’s decade-long legal battle over grossly unsanitary conditions in his cell finally came to an end, when he stipulated to dismissal of his lawsuit against the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) after accepting a …
$775,000 Paid for Mentally Ill California Jail Detainee Who Compulsively Drank Water Until He Died by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On November 2, 2022, California’s Monterey County agreed to pay $775,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of Rafael Ramirez Lara, a mentally ill detainee allegedly …
Publication • February 27, 2023
Filed under: Water
IL EPA-Violation Notice-Western IL Correctional Center ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1021 NORTH GRANO AVENUE EAST, P.O. Box 19276, SPRINGFIELD, ILllNOIS 62794-9276 · (217} 782-3397 JB PRITIKER, GOVERNOR JOHN J. KIM, DIRECTOR 217/785-0561 February 27, 2023 CERTIFIED MAIL# 7011 1150 0001 0857 1842 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Western IL Correctional Center c/o …
Publication • February 21, 2023
Filed under: Water
IL EPA-Violation Notice-Taylorville Correctional Center ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1021 NORTH GRAND AVENUE EAST, P.O. Box 19276, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62794•9276 • (217) 782·3397 JB PRlnKER, GOVERNOR JOHN J, KIM, DIRECTOR 217/785-0561 February 21, 2023 CERTIFIED MAIL #7011 1150 0001 0857 1378 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Taylorville Correctional Center Melinda Eddy, Warden …
Publication • February 21, 2023
Filed under: Water
IL EPA-Violation Notice-Graham Correctional Center ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1021 NORTH GRAND AVENUE EAST, P.O. Box 19276, SPRINGFIELD, llllNOIS 62794-9276 · (217) 782-3397 JOHN J. KIM, DIRECTOR JB PRlnKER, GOVERNOR 21 71785-0561 February 21, 2023 CERTIFIED MAIL# 7021 2720 0000 2345 0397 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Graham Correctional Center c/o Glen …
Publication • February 14, 2023
Filed under: Water
IL EPA-Violation Notice-Logan Correctional Center ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1021 NORTH GRANO AVENUE EAST, P.O. Box 19276, SPRINGFliELO, ILUNOIS 62794-9276 • (217) 782-3397 JB PRITZKER, GOVERNOR JOHN J. KIM, DIRECTOR 217/785-0561 February 14, 2023 CERTIFIED MAIL#70111150000108571828 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Logan Correctional Center c/o Jeanmarie Case 1096 1350th Street Lincoln, IL …
Publication • February 14, 2023
Filed under: Water
IL EPA-Violation Notice-Shawnee Correctional Center ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1021 NORTH GRAND AVENUE EAST, P.O. Box 19276, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62794-9276 · (217) 782-3397 JB PRlnKER, GOVERNOR JOHN J. KIM, DIRECTOR 217/785-0561 February 14, 2023 CERTIFIED MAIL# 702127200000 2345 0908 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Shawnee Correctional Center C/O Darren Galloway Shawnee Correctional …
Publication • February 10, 2023
Filed under: Water
IL EPA-Violation Notice-Joliet Inpatient Treatment Center ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 1021 NORTH GRAND AVENUE EAsT, P.O. Box 19276, SPRINGFIELD, ILUNOIS 62794·9276 • (217) 782· 3397 JB PRlnKER, GOVERNOR JOHN J. KIM, DIRECTOR 217/785-0561 February 10, 2023 CERTIFIED MAIL # 7021 2720 0000 2345 0373 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Joliet Inpatient Treatment …
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