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Article • August 5, 2016
Failure to Provide Hearing Aid Batteries is Deliberate Indifference to Serious Medical Need by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a prisoner who suffers from substantial hearing loss that may be remediated by a hearing aid may state claim for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need if prison …
Number of State Prisoners Age 55 and Over Increased 400% in 20 Years by Derek Gilna Although much of the attention concerning the huge increase in America’s prison population has focused on the federal prison system, a new U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) report found that the number of prisoners …
Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Over Mental Health Treatment by Derek Gilna It took eight years but civil rights attorneys finally prevailed in a federal lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), entering into a settlement that requires prison officials to provide 11,000 mentally ill state prisoners with adequate mental …
Brief • August 1, 2016
Scott v. Pennsylvania DOC, PA, Settlement, Aphasia Disability Discrimination, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DONALD SCOTT, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 15-72 v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims …
DC Prisoner Awarded $70,000 for ADA Violations at CCA-run Jail by Derek Gilna William Pierce, a prisoner held by the District of Columbia’s Department of Corrections (DCDOC), has won a $70,000 jury verdict for repeated violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Pierce, who suffers from severe hearing loss, …
Drouin v. Contra Costa County, CA, Third Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect - Disabled Inmates, 2016 ,,,..-, Case 4:15-cv-0'"' ... ~4-KAW Document 43-1 Filed 07i\.. _,16 Page 1 of a 1 Mark W. Kelsey, SB#295818 2 Law Offices of Mark W. Kelsey 877 Ygnacio Valley Rd, Ste. 208 Walnut Creek, CA …
DOJ Review of NDOC, June, ADA violations disabled prisoners, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section - NYA 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20530 June 20, 2016 BY E-MAIL AND REGULAR MAIL Andrea Barraclough Chief Deputy Attorney General, Public Safety Division State of Nevada, Office …
Aging, Sick and Incarcerated: The Need for Compassionate Release by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout.org Mary Ziman already had debilitating fibromyalgia and, unable to work, was on permanent disability. Then she was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine, charges she says …
Publication • June 28, 2016
Making Hard Time Harder - Programmatic Accommodations for Inmates with Disabilities, AVID, 2016 Making Hard Time Harder Programmatic Accommodations for Inmates with Disabilities Under the Americans with Disabilities Act ABOUT THE PROJECT The AVID Prison Project produced this report through a collaboration between The Arizona Center for Disability Law, Disability …
No Place for Old Men by Texas prisons are filling up with the old and the ill — at enormous expense. by Dick J. Reavis, Texas Observer Benito Alonzo is a short, 140-pound 80-year-old. His quiet-spoken manner, drooping jowls and gray hair, trimmed in a buzz, give him the appearance …
American Constitution Society - How the ADA Regulates and Restricts Solitary Confinement, 2016 Issue Brief May 2016 How the ADA Regulates and Restricts Solitary Confinement for People with Mental Disabilities By Margo Schlanger In a landmark decision two decades ago, United States District Judge Thelton Henderson emphasized the toxic effects …
Using ADA to Prevent Discrimination in CJS, TASC, 2016 TASC is sponsored by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA). TASC is a …
Warden’s Decision to Quarantine Handicapped Person in Unaccommodated Cell Actionable; $200,000 Settlement by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a warden who placed a double amputee prisoner with MRSA in a segregation unit without handicap accommodations was not entitled to qualified immunity. When Martinique Stoudemire, 23 at the …
California’s Inspector General Cites Abuses at High Desert State Prison by Derek Gilna A special report by Robert A. Barton, Inspector General of the State of California, released in December 2015, highlighted numerous problems at the High Desert State Prison in Susanville. The California Senate Committee on Rules had requested …
Robertson v. Contra Costa County, CA, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2016 Case 3:15-cv-d._ A9-WHO Document 20 Filed 04/1( _d Page 1 of 59 1 MICHAEL W. BIEN~ 096891 LISA ELLS - 243657 2 VAN SWEARINGEN - 259809 ROSEN BIEN GALV~ & GRUNFELD LLP 3 50 Fremont Street, 19 Floor San Francisco, …
Brief • April 7, 2016
Handwork v. ODRC, OH, Complaint, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-00825 Doc #: 1 Filed: 04/07/16 1 of 8. PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION JAMES HANDWORK Lake Erie Correctional Institution P.O. Box 8000 Conneaut, Ohio, 44030 COMPLAINT Plaintiff, v. Case No. …
Deaf Prisoners Win Important Settlements in Kentucky and Maryland by Derek Gilna Deaf and hard of hearing prisoners have been doubly punished in many prisons and jails, their disability often not only limiting their access to programs, services and communication with the outside world, but also putting them at risk …
Dunn et al v. Dunn et al, AL, Settlement Agreement, ADOC disabled prisoners mental, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 376-1 Filed 03/15/16 Page 2 of 34 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 376-1 Filed 03/15/16 Page 3 of 34 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 376-1 Filed 03/15/16 Page 4 of 34 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 376-1 Filed …
Settlement Reached in California Psychiatric Disabilities Class-action Suit by Matthew Clarke On August 7, 2014, federal district court judge Lawrence K. Karlton granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class-action suit brought by California state prisoners who suffer from mental illnesses. The settlement ensures that such prisoners will not …
Ramirez v. Robinson, UT, Settlement, sex offender treatment mentally disabled, 2016 M ANNING C URTIS B RADSHAW& B EDNAR rLLC A T T 0 136 East South Temple, Sui te 1300 Salt Lake C ity. Utah 84 111 80 1.363.5678 Facsimile: 801 .364.5678 www.me2b.com Christopher M. Glauser cglattscr@mc2b.eom R N …
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