Advancing Stage of HCV Triggers Imminent Danger Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, found that a prisoner stated a claim showing he was in imminent danger of physical harm, and that a district court erred in dismissing the prisoner’s …
News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Some Convictions of Four Georgia Prison Guards for Drug Smuggling; Reverses Others for Retrial by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 17, 20201, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the convictions of two former Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) prison guards …
Georgia Sheriffs Entitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity When Setting Jail Policies That Lead to Prisoners Being Sexually Abused by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights complaint against a Georgia Sheriff. The Court held the Sheriff was entitled …
Former Georgia Sheriff Deputies Denied Immunity in Criminal Case for Taser Death of Unarmed Man by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three former Georgia Sheriff’s deputies were denied immunity on December 8, 2020, by Washington County Judge H. Gibbs Flanders in a criminal prosecution, according to a December 9, …
Staff Shortages in Georgia Prisons Reach Crisis Levels by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) is experiencing chronic staff shortages at its facilities across the state that have led to an alarming increase in riots, gang violence, homicides, and suicides. According to the Southern Center …
News in Brief by Australia: A February 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court in the Australian province of Victoria presented “a rare win” for a prisoner contesting prison procedures, according to a report by The Conversation. The convict, 56-year-old Craig Minogue, argued that Barwon Prison’s random drug testing and strip-searching …
Medical Abuse of Immigrants Detained at the Irwin County Detention Center, GA, 2021 VIOLENCE & VIOLATION: Medical Abuse of Immigrants Detained at the Irwin County Detention Center VIOLENCE & VIOLATION: Medical Abuse of Immigrants Detained at the Irwin County Detention Center A SPECIAL REPORT | SEPTEMBER 2021 PAGE 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS …
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …
Diamond v. Ward, GA, Statement of Interest of the US, Transgender Medical Rights, 2021 Case 5:20-cv-00453-MTT Document 65 Filed 04/22/21 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA MACON DIVISION __________________________________ ASHLEY DIAMOND, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 5:20-cv-00453-MTT TIMOTHY WARD, et al., …
USA v. Hill, GA, Indictment, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 1:21-cr-00143-ELR-CCB Document 1 Filed 04/19/21 Page 1 of 12 ORIGINAL FILED IN OPEN COURT U.s.o.c. -Atlanta o, -~~ i APR 19 2021 · ~!..,,, JAMES N. HATTEN Clerk By: ~~ , ~ Deputy Clerk IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR …
News in Brief by Alabama: Two Alabama jail guards were arrested in just two months for allegedly smuggling cellphones to inmates. In February 2021, 27-year-old D’Mario Jones was fired and charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband at the Lee County Detention Center in Opelika where he worked. According …
News in Brief by Arizona: In January 2021, two women who worked at an Arizona state prison operated by Florida-based GEO Group pleaded guilty to having sex with inmates there. Melony Petrovffsky, 50, ran the commissary for the private contractor at a prison in Golden Valley, where she was allegedly …
ICE Detention Facility Deaths Now Highest Since 2005 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The number of people who died in federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detention centers during its fiscal year that ended September 30, 2020 — 21 in all — was more than double the previous years’s …
News in Brief by Afghanistan: As fighting continued between Taliban forces and the Afghan military on September 3, 3020, both parties announced they had nearly completed a prisoner exchange negotiated the previous February. According to a report by Japan’s public broadcasting company, HNK, the Taliban said all 1,000 Afghan prisoners …
Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link by Monday, November 30, 2020, was a big day for a group of Georgia prisoners suing their phone service provider, Global Tel*Link (GTL), over the company’s allegedly hidden policy of confiscating any unused funds in their …
Global Tel*Link Hit with Sanctions For Discovery Violations in Georgia Prison Call Class Action by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Global Tel*Link (GTL) has long been one of the principal beneficiaries of the $1 billion prisoner call industry, through a combination of astute business practices, intense lobbying, and a business …
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 21, 2020, Sylvester Hartley became the seventh prisoner to die of complications from COVID-19 at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to a report in the St. Clair News-Aegis. The 60-year-old, who was serving a life-without-parole sentence for three counts of first-degree kidnapping, …
Georgia Prisoners Lacked Food, Water, Leading to Melee by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A violent disturbance was reported inside Georgia’s Ware State Prison in early August 2020. A prisoner reporting from inside the prison on an illegal cellphone cited health issues, three meals a day consisting only of cheese …
Transgender Georgia Prisoner Files Second Lawsuit Over Lack of Treatment, Sexual Assaults, After Winning $250,000 Settlement for Same Issues by On November 23, 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) helped Ashley Diamond, a Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner who is transgender, file …
