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In-the-News Article • January 12, 2016
Nevada DOC settles PLN censorship suit for $475,000 Jan. 12, 2016 Articles about PLN Litigation Las Vegas Review-Journal Posted January 12, 2016 - 2:10pm State OKs $475K settlement in prison censorship case By Sandra Chereb Las Vegas Review-Journal Capital Bureau CARSON CITY — State officials Tuesday approved $475,000 to settle a …
Brief • January 12, 2016
Slone v. Lincoln County, KY, Plaintiff's First Discovery Request, Jail Suicide, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON [Filed Electronically] CARRIE SLONE, Administratrix of the Estate of Tuanya Lee Slone, deceased, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) PLAINTIFF v. LINCOLN …
Brief • January 12, 2016
Chua v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, false arrest wrongful detention of protestors, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00237 Document 1 Filed 01/12/16 Page 1 of 31 Page ID #:1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Carol A. Sobel, SBN 84483 Colleen Mullen SBN 299059 …
Article • January 11, 2016
Washington State Must Rehire 3 Guards Fired for Complacency by David Reutter An arbitrator ordered the state of Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) to rehire three guards fired on the heels of a guard’s murder. The arbitrator’s ruling found that “widespread… complacency” existed at the Monroe correctional Complex (MCC), which …
Too Many Prisoners in New Mexico Needlessly Held in Solitary, Report Says by Joe Watson In spite of his history of mental illness, Stephen Slevin was locked away in a small, padded cell in solitary confinement at the Dona Ana County, New Mexico, Detention Center not long after he was …
Article • January 11, 2016
Threat of Lawsuit Pushes Florida to Allow Circumcision of Jewish Prisoners by David Reutter With the help from students at the Stanford Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, Pablo Manuel Diaz, 37, became the first Florida prisoner to be circumcised while incarcerated. Diaz who is serving a life sentence at Blackwater …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: Jail Specific
Texas Jail Expansion by another Name on Ballot Passes by David Reutter Jail expansion was unpopular in 2007 with voters in Harris County and the City of Houston. Learning from that defeat, local politicians gained approval of an expansion of the jail, but they called it something else on the …
Article • January 11, 2016
Childlike Man with Multiple Sclerosis Kept in Prison After Sentence Ends by Joe Watson On September 26, 2013, a 43-year-old man suffering from multiple sclerosis, and said to have the mental capacity of a 5-year-old, was free to depart New Mexico’s Department of Corrections after spending 25 years in prison. …
Article • January 11, 2016
Mississippi First to Begin Conjugal Visits, Latest to End Them by David Reutter After a century of using conjugal visits as prisoner –control practice, Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher B. Epps has brought that privilege to an end. Only five states now allow conjugal visits. In the Jim …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: Wrongful Release
California Court of Appeals Holds Consecutive Sentence Begins When Prisoner Found Suitable for Parole by In a decision handed down on May 14, 2015, a California court of appeals held that a prisoner’s consecutive sentence for a felony committed while incarcerated (custodial felony) begins on the date he is found …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Court Orders Oversight of Florida Prisoner Kosher Meal Program by David Reutter In ordering the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to provide prisoners with kosher meals, the federal district court overseeing the litigation brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) overruled FDOC”s objection to giving DOJ oversight authority into …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: False Arrest
Los Angeles False Arrest Case Settles for $250,000 by The County of Los Angeles paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies falsely arrested Latisha Clayton on November 9, 2010, and December 10, 2010. The first arrest occurred after Clayton was identified as the person who delivered narcotics to …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: Overdetention, False Arrest
Lengthy Los Angeles Bus Detentions Result in $225,000 Settlement by The County of Los Angeles paid $225,000 to settle a class action alleging it wrongfully arrested persons during the November 30, 2011, Occupy LA protest. The main thrust of the complaint was that 126 people were subjected to lengthy bus …
Article • January 11, 2016
Georgia Debtor Prison Challenged by Cellphone video of a judge threatening to jail indigent defendants in Bowdon, Georgia, for failure to pay fines and fees prompted a policy change.  Yet, so called “debtors prisons” are still a problem in the state. While in court to contest citations, including one for …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Florida Murder Suspect’s Confession Suppressed; TV Show Video also Barred by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the suppression of a murder case defendant’s statement due to a Miranda violation. The constitutional violation occurred as detectives were “shadowed” by a crew from the television show The First 48. The …
Article • January 11, 2016
Filed under: False Arrest
Florida Woman’s False Arrest Results in $200,000 Jury Verdict by Florida’s Palm Beach County Sheriff paid $200,000 to satisfy a verdict in a lawsuit stemming from a woman being falsely accused of burglary and credit card fraud. After several cars were burglarized in August 2011, the owners reported their credit …
Article • January 11, 2016
Virginia’s Treatment of Jailed Mentally Ill Persons Found Lacking by David Reutter Jails have become an essential part of Virginia’s mental health system, but they lack the capacity to satisfy the current demand for mental health services. That is a finding of a report by Virginia’s Office of the State …
In-the-News Article • January 11, 2016
State of Nevada to settle PLN censorship suit Jan. 11, 2016 Articles about PLN Litigation Review-Journal (NV) Posted January 11, 2016 - 3:22pmUpdated January 11, 2016 - 5:21pm Board will consider paying to settle claim of censorship of prison publications By Sandra Chereb Review-Journal Capital Bureau CARSON CITY — A state board …
Brief • January 11, 2016
Unknown Parties, et al., v. Johnson, AZ, Order, CBP detainee cell conditions, 2016 Case 4:15-cv-00250-DCB Document 117 Filed 01/11/16 Page 1 of 23 1 SKC 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Unknown Parties, et al., 10 11 …
In-the-News Article • January 10, 2016
Interview with PLN contributing writer Christopher Zoukis Jan. 10, 2016 Articles that mention PLN In These Times   Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 “My Words Are Dangerous”: An Interview with Christopher Zoukis BY AVIVA STAHL While there has been a lot of interest in recent years in journalism about prisons and the …
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