Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The silence is deafening. Over a week in mid-May, Prison Legal News tried to contact public information officers at seven federal prisons seeking an answer to a straightforward question: What are you doing …
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Mandamus to Pro Se Prisoner Seeking Prison Policy-Mandated Public Records That Prison Claims Do Not Exist by On May 6, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed pro se by Jerone McDougald, a prisoner at the Southern Ohio …
News in Brief by California: On March 28, 2020, death row prisoner Lonnie Franklin Jr., 67, aka “Grim Sleeper,” was found unresponsive in his San Quentin cell. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton told reporters, “There were no signs of trauma. They don’t know why he died.” …
Multiple Indictments, Prison Sentences, for Guards and Officials at Violence-Plagued Cleveland Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The year 2019 was a busy one for a grand jury in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Indictments were handed down for seven guards, a former associate warden and a former director of the …
Ohio Prisoner’s Facebook Live a Plea for Help During COVID-19 Pandemic by "They’re literally leaving us in here to die,” said a prisoner live-streaming on Facebook in a plea for help April 3, 2020. The now-viral online video captures the desperation of prisoners during the coronavirus pandemic. The 31-year-old, wearing …
Humphrey v. Stored Value Cards Inc., OH, Motion, Class Settlement, Pre-Paid Debit Cards, 2020 Case: 1:18-cv-01050-JG Doc #: 111 Filed: 04/30/20 1 of 16. PageID #: 1637 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION AMBER HUMPHREY, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, CASE …
State of Ohio v. Towns, OH, Emergency Motion, COVID-19 Relief, 2020 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO STATE OF OHIO, Plaintiff, v. : Case No. 94CR006607 : JUDGE KIM BROWN : DEFENDANT’S EMERGENCY MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT DUE TO COVID-19 INFECTION : JOHN H. TOWNS, Defendant. : …
Wilson v. Williams, OH, Order, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case: 4:20-cv-00794-JG Doc #: 22 Filed: 04/22/20 1 of 21. PageID #: 352 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO CRAIG WILSON, et al., Petitioners, vs. MARK WILLIAMS, et al., Respondents. : : : : : : : : : : …
Wilson v. Williams, OH, Emergency Petition, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case: 4:20-cv-00794 Doc #: 1 Filed: 04/13/20 1 of 38. PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO Case No. 4:20-cv-794 CRAIG WILSON, ERIC BELLAMY, KENDAL NELSON, and MAXIMINO NIEVES, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, …
In re Sharp, OH, Emergency Application for Categorical Reprieve, COVID-19 Release, 2020 TO THE GOVERNOR MIKE DeWINE and the OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY __________________________________ Patricia Sharp, Shiloh Israel, Michelle Jones, and John Tiedjen Applicants on Behalf of Themselves and All Similarly-Situated Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Prisoners EMERGENCY APPLICATION …
Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio Rule Requiring Merit Affidavit Inapplicable in BOP Prisoner’s Tort Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 7, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Ohio rule requiring a person alleging medical negligence to include a medical professional’s affidavit stating the claim …
$550,000 Settlement in Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over High-Fee Debit Cards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 20, 2019, an Ohio federal court granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit against Stored Value Cards, Inc., doing business as Numi Financial, and Republic Bank & Trust …
Update: Montgomery County, Ohio Pays $10 Million to Settle Jail Lawsuits by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On May 19, 2017, Sgt. Thomas Freeham forcefully shoved Tonya Varney into a cell at a jail in Montgomery County, Ohio; Varney was reluctant to enter the cell because it appeared to have …
Ohio Prisoner Killed by Cellmate Who Mistakenly Thought He Was a Child Molester by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Kevin Nill, 40, was serving 18 months at the Lebanon Correctional Institution for attempted domestic violence involving an adult family member. On April 23, 2018, prison staff thought it would be …
Ohio Supreme Court Orders Prison Official to Produce Public Records by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio granted in part and denied in part a prisoner’s pro se petition for a writ of mandamus to compel a prison official to provide him …
