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Virginia - Offender Disapproved Books Log March 2019

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Banned Book Lists

Virginia - Offender Disapproved Books Log March 2019 DISAPPROVED LIST DECEMBER 2010-MARCH 2019 Title Author 100 proof Henry Lee Law 1000 Tattoos Carlton Books 1000 tattoos ED. Henk Schiffmacher 101 Spy Gadgets for the Second Edition Evil Genius 12 Beast Vol. 3 Date of Review Page # Criteria November 2018 …

Virginia - Offender Disapproved Magazines Log March 2019

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Banned Book Lists

Virginia - Offender Disapproved Magazines Log March 2019 DISAPPROVED LIST DECEMBER 2010- MARCH 2019 Title 18 and up 18+ 18+ 2 Faces of Islam 2016 War Intensifies 20 Plus Page # 9,43,46 Criteria A1 A-1, A-2 A-1 sex act, penetration D Penetration Magazine Throughout A1 2019 Harley Davidson motorcycles Harley …

Virginia - Offender Disapproved Misc. Log March 2019

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Banned Book Lists

Virginia - Offender Disapproved Misc. Log March 2019 DISAPPROVED LIST DECEMBER 2010- MARCH 2019 Title 18 and up 18+ 18+ 2 Faces of Islam 2016 War Intensifies 20 Plus Page # 9,43,46 Criteria A1 A-1, A-2 A-1 sex act, penetration D Penetration Magazine Throughout A1 2019 Harley Davidson motorcycles Harley …

Virginia police officer decertifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Virginia police officer decertifications name Stiltner, Jeffrey D Mebane, Morris Q Claiborne, George S III Bond, Christopher F Gutierrez, Anthony Prins, Michael P Harris, Kristin W Daniels, John E Jones, Derek O Taylor, Brent M Logan, Otis B Jr Carson, Christopher A Summers, James C Biggs, Carl J Simms, Nathan …

$625,000 Settlement for Virginia Jail Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Ulcer

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical, Misdiagnosis, Settlements, Wrongful Death

$625,000 Settlement for Virginia Jail Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by A $625,000 settlement was reached in the death of a pretrial detainee due to an untreated, ruptured ulcer at Virginia’s Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ). The August 6, 2016 death of Henry Clay Stewart, Jr., 60, came almost a …

Virginia Court Improperly Denied Transgender Prisoner’s Name Change

Article • May 2, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Transgender, Discrimination (Transgender)

Virginia Court Improperly Denied Transgender Prisoner’s Name Change by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On December 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Virginia held that a state circuit court improperly denied a transgender prisoner’s application for a name change.  Federal prisoner Brian Allen Leonard filed an application in Virginia state …

$100,000 Settlement for Preventable Suicide in Virginia Department of Corrections

Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides

$100,000 Settlement for Preventable Suicide in Virginia Department of Corrections by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Dai’yaan Qamar Longmire, a 19-year-old from Virginia Beach, was serving a four-year sentence at the Indian Creek Correctional Center (ICCC) in 2014 when he committed suicide in his cell using a sheet …

Adams v. NaphCare, VA, Settlement Agreement, Jail Death, 2019

Brief • March 5, 2019

Filed under: Pain, Failure to Treat, Food, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Adams v. NaphCare, VA, Settlement Agreement, Jail Death, 2019 Case 2:16-cv-00229-RBS Document 291 Filed 03/05/19 Page 1 of 1 PageID# 4148 NR - 5 2019 COWARD ^^ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Virginia Beach Suffolk Chesa|j>eake wvAA'.pendercoward.com March 5, 2019 Jeff W.Rosen,Esq. jrosen@pendercoward.com Direct dial:(757)490-6253 Direct fax:(757)502-7351 222 Central Park Ave.,Suite …

Virginia Jail Officials Indicted on Civil Rights Violations

Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, FBI

Virginia Jail Officials Indicted on Civil Rights Violations by A Western District of Virginia federal grand jury indicted two former Rockbridge County Regional Jail (RCRJ) officials on charges related to civil rights violations and falsifying documents to obstruct justice. The August 14, 2018 indictment, which was initially sealed, included four …

Virginia Jail’s Video Calling System Replaces In-Person Visits

Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Visiting, Video Visitation

Virginia Jail’s Video Calling System Replaces In-Person Visits by David Reutter by David Reutter Visitation is a major aspect of jail and prison operations. For corrections officials, it is wrought with logistical, staffing and security concerns; as a result, they have increasingly turned to video calling, which, in addition to …

Virginia DOC Called Out for Use of Solitary Confinement

Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Virginia DOC Called Out for Use of Solitary Confinement by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss After releasing a 67-page investigative report in May 2018 on the use of solitary confinement by the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) and the effects of solitary on prisoners, especially those with mental health …

Va. court finds prison employees met reasonable suspicion burden in visitor strip search

Article • December 13, 2018

Filed under: Strip Searches, Visitor Searches, Conditions of Confinement

Va. court finds prison employees met reasonable suspicion burden in visitor strip search by R. Bailey by R. Bailey A Virginia federal district court granted the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging constitutional violations occurred when a visitor was strip searched. Angela Calloway sued VDOC …

Safe Alternatives to Segregation, Center on Sentencing and Corrections, 2018

Publication • December 1, 2018

Filed under: Retaliatory Segregation, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Administrative Detention/Segregation

Safe Alternatives to Segregation, Center on Sentencing and Corrections, 2018 December 2018 The Safe Alternatives to Segregation Initiative: Findings and Recommendations for the Virginia Department of Corrections Byron Kline, Elena Vanko, and Léon Digard, PhD Vera Institute of Justice, Center on Sentencing and Corrections © 2018 Vera Institute of Justice. …

Young, et al. v. Newton, et al., VA, second amended complaint, religious discrimination against Muslim prisoners, 2018

Brief • November 21, 2018

Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Jail Specific, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet

Young, et al. v. Newton, et al., VA, second amended complaint, religious discrimination against Muslim prisoners, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-00851-AJT-JFA Document 10 Filed 11/21/18 Page 1 of 44 PageID# 48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION MITCHELL YOUNG, Inmate # 1399969 DESMOND HORTON, Inmate # 72575 DOMINIC …

Report to the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia, Spending on Inmate Health Care, 2018

Publication • November 13, 2018

Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems

Report to the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia, Spending on Inmate Health Care, 2018 Commonwealth of Virginia November 13, 2018 Report to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia Spending on Inmate Health Care 2018 JLARC JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMISSION Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission …

Fourth Circuit: Failure to Transfer Mentally Ill Prisoner to Hospital Not Actionable

Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

Filed under: Qualified Immunity, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Fourth Circuit: Failure to Transfer Mentally Ill Prisoner to Hospital Not Actionable by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to a defendant in a civil rights action related to the August 19, 2015 death of Jamycheal Mitchell at Virginia’s Hampton Roads …

$10 Million Class-action Lawsuit Against Virginia Jail Results in $725,000 Settlement

Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Eighth Amendment, Class Certification, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Fourteenth Amendment, rights

$10 Million Class-action Lawsuit Against Virginia Jail Results in $725,000 Settlement by R. Bailey by R. Bailey A class-action complaint against the Central Virginia Regional Jail (CVRJ) has ended with a $725,000 settlement. The lawsuit alleged that jail staff violated detainees’ Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and subjected them to …

Porter v. Clarke, USA, Reply Brief of Appellants, Conditions of Confinement, 2018

Brief • September 18, 2018

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment

Porter v. Clarke, USA, Reply Brief of Appellants, Conditions of Confinement, 2018 Appeal: 18-6257 Doc: 39 Filed: 09/18/2018 Pg: 1 of 23 No. 18-6257 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT THOMAS ALEXANDER PORTER; ANTHONY BERNARD JUNIPER; MARK LAWLOR, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HAROLD W. CLARKE; DAVID ZOOK, …

Study Finds Wrongful Convictions in 11.6 Percent of Sexual Assault Cases from Pre-DNA Testing Era

Article • September 5, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, DNA Testing/Samples, Wrongful Conviction

Study Finds Wrongful Convictions in 11.6 Percent of Sexual Assault Cases from Pre-DNA Testing Era by A recent study by the Urban Institute estimated that “wrongful convictions in cases with a sexual assault component occurred at a rate of 11.6 percent.” While the research was based on 714 murder and …

Reyes v. Clarke, VA, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2018

Brief • September 4, 2018

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Punishment, Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability

Reyes v. Clarke, VA, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2018 Case 3:18-cv-00611-REP Document 1 Filed 09/04/18 Page 1 of 60 PageID# 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION NICOLAS REYES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) HAROLD CLARKE, Director of the Virginia …