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Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Tenth Circuit Revives Suit Against Colorado Jail Guard in Death of Mentally Disabled Detainee by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reinstated a claim against a guard at Colorado’s Mesa County Detention Facility (MCDF) in the death …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
California Pays $3.5 Million to Settle Suit Over State Prisoner’s Murder by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On September 24, 2022, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) signed a settlement agreement providing $3.5 million to the heirs of Shaylene Graves, a state prisoner found hanged in her …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
LGBTQ Adults and Youth Face Criminalization and Over-Incarceration by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett LGBTQ individuals continue to be criminalized for their sexuality, resulting in high rates of incarceration and higher chances of solitary confinement once behind bars. That’s the take-away from a report by The Sentencing Project issued on …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Former South Carolina Deputy Gets 18 Years for Driving Transport Van With Two Detainees Into Flood, Drowning Them by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A former South Carolina Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 18 years in prison on May 19, 2022, for driving a jail transport van onto a …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
$54,000 Award for Georgia Prisoner in Failure-To-Protect Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Georgia prisoner who got into a spat with a prison gang and was allegedly sold out to them by guards received a $54,000 judgment in a federal civil rights action on November 21, 2021. …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor
Excess Prisoner-Made Hand Sanitizer Costing N.Y. Taxpayers Millions to Dispose Of by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were national shortages of personal protective equipment. Hand sanitizer was in great need. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) had a solution: …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
CDCR’s Medication Assisted Treatment Program for Substance Abusers is a Resounding Success by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Between 2016 and 2019, fatal drug overdoses more than doubled for California state prisoners. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said that hospitalizations for drug overdoses rose almost as fast. …
Article • November 29, 2022
Guards Nabbed for Worker’s Comp Fraud in Illinois and Connecticut by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 15, 2022, a guard at Illinois’ McLean County Jail was arrested and charged with worker’s compensation fraud after he allegedly lied about a work-related injury to goose his payout from …
Article • November 29, 2022
New Cape Cod Sheriff Will “Rip Up” Agreement to Assist ICE in Immigration Enforcement by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Come January 2023, Massachusetts’ Barnstable County Jail (BCJ) will no longer participate in the federal immigration enforcement program. The move comes over 15 years after outgoing Sheriff James …
ICE Ignores Inspector General’s Call for Immediate Removal of Migrant Detainees from CoreCivic New Mexico Detention Facility by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Months after a government watchdog found wretched conditions at a privately operated New Mexico prison and called on federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remove its …
Article • November 29, 2022
Advocates Insist Migrant Detainees “Don’t Have to Die” in Custody – So ICE Releases Them First by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins After Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old Brazilian immigrant, hanged himself at the Torrance County Detention Facility in Albuquerque on August 24, 2022, his death became one of four reported …
Split Seventh Circuit Declines to Rehear Appeal of Illinois Prisoner With Serious Mental Illness Left in Solitary for Three Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Is it unconstitutional to deprive a mentally ill prisoner of exercise for three years? In Illinois, the answer is no, according to two …
Article • November 18, 2022
Florida Jail Guard Fired and Charged with Battery After Slamming Prisoner into Concrete Wall by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 26, 2022, a guard at Florida’s Nassau County Jail was arrested and charged with using excessive force on a detainee. Because Joshwa Edsall, 27, was still …
Article • November 18, 2022
N.Y. Jail Sergeant Charged With Sexual Misconduct – Again by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss New York’s Erie County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) fired a county jail guard on May 19, 2022, after several detainees came forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. The move came a month after a …
Article • November 18, 2022
British Prison Guard Sentenced to 14 months For Sexting and Sending Photos in Her Underwear to Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A British prison guard in Lincoln, England, was jailed for 14 months at Lincoln Crown Court on October 26, 2022. HM Prison Service guard Emma …
Article • November 18, 2022
Still No Charges in 2017 Homicide of Florida Prisoner Paralyzed During Guard Beat-Down by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott It’s been five years since Florida prison guards broke Craig Ridley’s neck and then denied him treatment for five days. He eventually died, and his death was ruled a …
Article • November 18, 2022
Virginia Prison Guard Charged With Murdering Fellow Guard Carrying His Unborn Child by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The guard staff at Virginia’s Keen Mountain Correctional Facility (KMCF) is down by two, after one was arrested for fatally shooting the other, who was seven months pregnant with his …
Article • November 5, 2022
$3,500 Settlement in Medical-Care Claim Arrives Too Late for Illinois Prisoner Felled by COVID-19 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 21, 2021, a federal lawsuit filed by an Illinois prisoner against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) was dismissed, after the state agreed to pay …
Article • November 5, 2022
Michigan Warden Barred from Prison After Most Recent Prisoner Homicide by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 18, 2022, the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) placed Warden George Stephenson of the Macomb Correctional Facility (MCF) in Lenox Township on “stop order” – meaning he is barred from …
Article • November 5, 2022
Missouri Jail Guard Charged With Helping Teen Son Escape Juvenile Detention by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 25, 2022, a guard at the St. Louis County Justice Center (SLJC) was charged with shattering a window at the building to help her son and another teen escape …
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