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Publication • 2021
Reducing Restrictive Housing Use in Washington State, 2021 REDUCING RESTRICTIVE HOUSING USE IN WASHINGTON STATE RESULTS FROM THE 2016-2020 STUDY “UNDERSTANDING AND REPLICATING WASHINGTON STATE’S SEGREGATION REDUCTION PROGRAMS,” CONTRACT NO. K11273 Keramet Reiter, JD, PhD With: Kelsie Chesnut, PhD; Gabriela Gonzalez, MA; Justin Strong, MA; Rebecca Tublitz, MPP; Dallas Augustine, …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Mental Health
Office of the Corrections Ombuds, WA, Systemic Report - Mental Health Access & Services, 2021 OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONS OMBUDS Systemic Report: Mental Health Access & Services Elisabeth Kingsbury, JD, OCO Policy Director June 2021 The Office of the Corrections Ombuds (OCO) is established in Chapter 43.06C RCW. Duties of …
Publication • 2021
Washington Office of Corrections Ombuds Investigation of Delayed Cancer Diagnosis and Management 2021 OCO INVESTIGATION OF DELAYED CANCER DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT CONDUCTED BY PATRICIA H. DAVID MD MSPH CCHP, DIRECTOR OF PATIENT SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE REVIEW SUMMARY OF CONCERN The Office of the Corrections Ombuds (OCO) previously conducted two investigations …
Doe v. Washington Dept of Corrections, WA, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction, Public Records Request, 2021 (1) Case 4:21-cv-05059-TOR ECF No. 70 filed 05/17/21 PageID.1034 Page 1 of 39 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 8 JOHN DOE 1, JOHN DOE 2, …
Brief • May 17, 2021
Doe v. Washington Dept of Corrections, WA, Order Certifying Class, Public Records Request, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-05059-TOR ECF No. 69 filed 05/17/21 PageID.1014 Page 1 of 20 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 8 JOHN DOE 1, JOHN DOE 2, JANE DOE …
Brief • May 17, 2021
Doe v. Washington Dept of Corrections, WA, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction, Public Records Request, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-05059-TOR ECF No. 70 filed 05/17/21 PageID.1034 Page 1 of 39 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 8 JOHN DOE 1, JOHN DOE 2, JANE …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
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 …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
HRDC Wins FOIA Lawsuit filed in Washington State for Unredacted ICE Documents by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 6, 2021 a Washington State federal district court granted summary judgment to the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) in a lawsuit seeking to obtain documents under the Freedom of …
Washington Supreme Court Holds Ongoing Contempt Not Required to Impose Sanctions for Violating Injunction Against Releasing Sex Offender Records by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington held that a trial court erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s contempt motion …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Washington State Governor Signs Bill Banning Private Prisons Statewide by Juliette LaMarr by Juliette LaMarr Washington Governor Jay Inslee in April 2021 signed House Bill 1090, which bans private, for-profit detention facilities in the state. According to the text of the bill, this includes “any facility in which persons are …
Brief • April 23, 2021
Filed under: Criminal Sexual Abuse
C.H. V. State of Washington, WA, Complaint, Sexual Abuse, 2021 E-FILED IN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON April 23 2021 3:09 PM 1 2 3 4 Darrell Cochran Pfau, Cochran, Vertetis & Amala, PLLC 909 A Street, Suite 700 Tacoma, WA 98402 (253) 777-0799 darrell@pcvalaw.com KEVIN STOCK Kevin M. …
Brief • April 6, 2021
Filed under: Strip Searches
Rogers v. DCYF, WA, Complaint, Strip Search, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-05248-RAJ-MLP Document 1 Filed 04/06/21 Page 1 of 23 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 MICHAEL ROGERS, …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
As Prisoners Die, Washington Officials Resist Reform by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "If the judge didn’t sentence you to death, the prison doesn’t have a right to provide such poor health care that you die,” Dr. Marc Stern, a health-care expert who has worked for the Washington Department of …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
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 …
Private Medical Contractor Wellpath Pays $4.5 Million in Death of Mentally Ill Jail Detainee After Judge Finds It Destroyed Evidence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In late September 2020, private correctional healthcare contractor Wellpath paid $4.5 million to settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a …
Brief • January 29, 2021
Filed under: Sexual Assault
Lindsey v. Nolan, WA, Complaint, Sexual Assault of Incarcerated Inmate, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-05078-BJR Document 1 Filed 01/29/21 Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 9 JOSIAH LINDSEY, an individual, Plaintiff, 10 11 12 No. COMPLAINT …
Brief • January 11, 2021
Musse v. Hayes, WA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF the payment to the undersigned of the sum of one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars and no cents ($1,250,000.00 ) and other good and valuable consideration, I, …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
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, …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
As Prison COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Rise, Washington State Supreme Court Looks Away by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson We are not indifferent to the serious dangers faced by petitioners and other inmates at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 in Washington’s correctional facilities.” That was a claim by a Majority …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
First Former Felon Elected to Washington State Legislature by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen On Election Day in November 2020, Washington State attorney and former prisoner Tarra Simmons became the first person convicted of a felony elected to the state’s legislature. Prior to the election, she said she …
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