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Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Rural Prisons
Former Pennsylvania Prison All Solitary with Silence Mandatory by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon To be penitent is generally defined to be sorry for the wrongs, sins, misdeeds or offenses a person has committed. The word penitent is actually the root of the word penitentiary, which is another word for …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Dismissal
Third Circuit: District Court Erred in Ruling Against Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Civil Rights Complaint by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on April 27, 2020 that a district court erred when ruling against a Pennsylvania prisoner’s civil rights complaint and allowed the case to …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Lives at Stake as Pennsylvania County De-privatizes Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In March 2020, Florida-based GEO Group formally asked the government of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to terminate a five-year, $264 million contract, which it signed in 2018 to manage the county’s George W. Hill Correctional Facility …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates
$225,000 Windfall in Lehigh County, Pa. But Officials Don’t Cut Jail Phone Costs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Renegotiation of its jail telephone contract netted Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County an unbudgeted $225,000 windfall. Mark Pinsley, the county comptroller, urged county officials to put that “revenue back into efforts to …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Pennsylvania Prisoner Loses Part of Leg, Wins Appeal in Precedential Grievance Process Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, issued a precedent-setting ruling that clarified when a “misrepresentation” to a prisoner renders a …
Article • October 5, 2020
PrimeCare, Berks County Prisoner Who Loses Leg Agree to $850,000 Settlement by PrimeCare Medical agreed to an $850,000 settlement in a civil rights action alleging it failed to provide care for a prisoner at Pennsylvania’s Berks County Prison (BCP). The prisoner suffered amputation of her left leg below the knee. …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Why Did 77 Ohio Prisoners Die of COVID-19, but Just 10 in Pennsylvania? by Cid Standifer, Brie Zeltner A look at how overcrowding and poor design contributed to two of the worst national outbreaks by Cid Standifer and Brie Zeltner, Eye on Ohio, Aug. 21, 2020 This article was provided …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Out of State Transfers
Damage to South Carolina Prisons Shifts Prisoners to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Damage from tornados with winds in excess of 150 miles per hour in April of 2020 forced the immediate transfer of 956 low-security federal prisoners from Estill, South Carolina to the maximum-security U.S. Prison …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Philadelphia Jails to Release Prisoners Earlier in the Day by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Independently obtained and analyzed data from April 2017 to April 2018 showed that 73 percent of all prisoners — more than 16,000 in total — were released after Philadelphia jail facilities’ cashier offices were closed, …
Brief • September 15, 2020
Filed under: Mental Health
Howard v. Williams, et al., PA, complaint, mental health, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-01389-LPL Document 1 Filed 09/15/20 Page 1 of 60 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SHAQUILLE HOWARD, JAMES BYRD, JASON PORTER, KEISHA COHEN and ALBERT CASTAPHANY, on their own behalf and on behalf …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California:In June 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) commuted 21 state prisoners’ sentences, a dozen of them were for murder convictions, patch.com reported. Seven were committed when the prisoner was 22 or younger. Half of the prisoners are now 59 or older. One commutation went to …
Brief • August 25, 2020
Arnold v. Smith, PA, Settlement, Violation of Religious Rights, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA Dale Arnold, Plaintiff v. Tracy Smith, et al., Defendants : : : : : : : No. 3:19-cv-00750 (Judge Kane) Filed Via Electronic Case File GENERAL RELEASE AND …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
New Initiatives from Philadelphia, Koch Industries, Work to Get Ex-Offenders Jobs by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Last January, Koch Industries, through the Charles Koch Institute, announced a partnership with the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) to develop the Getting Talent Back to Work Initiative, a program that …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Captain at Jail Where Epstein Died Offered New Position of Authority; Warden Remains on Desk Duty by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In March 2020, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced it would transfer guard Jermaine Darden to Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fort Dix, where he will serve as the …
Brief • July 14, 2020
Thakker v. Doll, PA, Trial Testimony, Covid Response, 2020 1 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG DIVISION 2 3 4 5 6 BHARATKUMAR G. THAKKER, et al Petitioners v. CLAIR DOLL, et al 7 Respondents 8 9 10 11 12 13 : …
Brief • July 10, 2020
Thakker v. Doll, PA, Deposition of Rebecca Lubelczyk, Covid Response, 2020 1 1 2 R O U G H D R A F T 3 UNCERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT DISCLAIMER IN THE 4 MATTER OF Bharatkumar G. Thakker, et al V. Clair 5 Doll, et al --- 7/10/2020/Rebecca Lubelczyk, MD 6 The …
Thakker v. Doll, PA, Expert Report, Covid Response, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00480-JEJ-MCC Document 174 Filed 07/07/20 Page 1 of 37 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BHARATKUMAR G. THAKKER, et al., Case No. 1:20-cv-00480 Plaintiffs, v. Hon. John E. Jones III, Chief Judge CLAIR DOLL, in his …
Brief • July 6, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Jackson v. Little, PA, Complaint, Denial of Medical Care, 2020 Case 2: 19-cv-05824-G EKP Document 23 Filed 07/06/20 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TYREEKJACKSON Plaintiff, V. PAUL GREGORY LITTLE CASE NO. 2:19-cv-05824-GEKP JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Defendant. AMENDED COMPLAINT Plaintiff Tyreek Jackson, …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Daniel Davitt, 60, on January 14,  2020 on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Lower Buckeye Jail guard Gene Lee on October 30. Buckeye Jail video shows Davitt talking to Lee on October 29, then suddenly grabbing …
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