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Brief • September 18, 2023
Stone v. Mahoning County, OH, Complaint, Sex Based Employment Discrimination, 2023 Case: 4:23-cv-01138-JRA Doc #: 15 Filed: 09/18/23 1 of 33. PageID #: 146 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION Mary Stone (Pseudonym) c/o The Chandra Law Firm LLC The Chandra Law …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Nevada Pays $75,000 for Religious Discrimination Claims of Prisoners in Episcopal and The Way Faith Groups by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 6, 2023, the Nevada Department of Corrections (DOC) reached an agreement with a group of state prisoners to settle claims that a change in chapel …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
California Supreme Court Remands Guards’ Overturned Murder Convictions In Detainee Death At Santa Clara County Jail by On May 31, 2023, the Supreme Court of California vacated and remanded to the Court of Appeal a decision handed down in August 2022, overturning the second-degree murder convictions of three guards who …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Alabama Denies Parole to 90% of Eligible Prisoners by According to an AP News report on January 18, 2023, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole (BOPP) denied parole in fiscal year 2022 to 90% of eligible prisoners — the highest rate of denial in state history. Leola Harris, 71, …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Former Connecticut Prisoner’s Challenge Proceeds Against “Pay-to-Stay” Fees by According to an analysis published by the nonprofit Brennan Center for Justice on April 19, 2023, the cost of locking up America’s two million prisoners and detainees exceeds government agencies’ ability to afford it. With the help of tough-on-crime lawmakers, that …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
No Summary Judgment for Private Transportation Company in Maryland Detainee’s Suit Alleging “Horrific” 2,000-Mile Journey by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Over nine days in December 2015, during transport from Maryland to South Carolina to face charges he skipped child support payments, William Karn endured a grueling trek stretching more …
$5,000 Settlement for Warrantless Search of Pro Se North Carolina Prisoner’s Cellphone by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A North Carolina prisoner who alleged his constitutional rights were violated during his arrest and pretrial detention eventually filed five federal lawsuits. Three were dismissed by the federal court for the Eastern …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Challenge Survives to Maryland County’s Cash Bond Program by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding that changes in pretrial release procedures of Prince George’s County “may or may not be ameliorative,” the federal court for the District of Maryland on June 7, 2023, refused to dismiss a complaint filed …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Oregon Governor Commutes All Death Sentences by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should not be in the business of executing people – even if a terrible crime placed them in prison,” said outgoing Oregon …
Shocking Video Footage Reveals Rampant Violence and Neglect in Los Angeles County Jails by A collection of graphic videos reported by the Los Angeles Times on June 24, 2023, pulled back the curtain on rampant violence and chaos inside Los Angeles County jails. The footage, saved on a discarded thumb …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to WSFA in Montgomery, a guard at the Montgomery County Detention Center was charged on July 18, 2023, with conspiracy to provide contraband to a prisoner as well as bribing a public official. Timothy Bernard Summerlin, 33, had worked at the lockup for roughly …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Voting Rights Restoration for Virginia Ex-Felons Once Again Subject to Governor’s Whim by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In a letter to Virginia lawmakers on March 22, 2023, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) took executive action to roll back voting rights restoration to ex-felons. It is the fourth time since …
Doctor Convicted of Sexually Abusing USA Gymnasts Is Stabbed in Prison Cell by One of the more notorious prisoners at a federal lockup in Florida was stabbed by a fellow prisoner on July 9, 2023. Larry Nassar, 59, survived and was recovering from the assault by 49-year-old Shane McMillan. The …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Solitary Confinement is a Catch-22 for Colorado Prisoners and a “Moral Injury” for Mental Health Workers by Responding to an open-records request, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) revealed on April 11, 2023, that 1.7% of the state’s prison population was in solitary confinement for 22 hours a day or …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Exasperated Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction to Arizona DOC in Healthcare Class-Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 7, 2023, a visibly annoyed U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver issued a highly-detailed permanent injunction (PI) specifying what must be done by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
After $300,000 Settlement for Detainee’s Death, Texas County Looks to Replace Jail by Using detainees’ money to push forward with plans to replace Texas’ Nueces County Jail, Sheriff J.C. Hooper tapped a commissary fund in April 2023 to spend up to $220,770 for an outside consultant to prepare a study …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
LGBTQ+ Detainees at Rikers Island Suffer Under Mayor Adams by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 8, 2023, the New York City Council passed legislation to ensure transgender, gender-nonconforming, non-binary and intersex (TGNCNBI) detainees and prisoners at city lockups are provided with services designed to make their reentry …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
$8.25 Million Verdict Against Former Colorado Sheriff for Detainee’s Sexual Assault During Jail Transfer by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 4, 2022, a federal jury in Colorado awarded $8.25 million to a woman taken by a former sheriff to his home and sexually assaulted as he was transporting …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Life Sentence for Alabama Jail Escapee After Suicide of Guard Lover Who Helped Him by Chuck Sharman On June 8, 2023, a judge in Alabama’s Lauderdale County handed a life sentence without parole to a state prisoner for escaping the county lockup with his jail-guard lover, who then committed suicide …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Calls for California Sheriff’s Department Oversight After Jail Deaths, $30,000 Settlement for Botched Traffic Stop by By January 7, 2023, after the second death in the county jail in just over 10 weeks, a grassroots nonprofit calling for civilian oversight of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department (SMSD) had rounded …
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