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Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
North Carolina Prisoner, Victim of Sexual Assault, Awarded One Dollar in Damages by North Carolina Prisoner, Victim of Sexual Assault, Awarded One Dollar in Damages Shane Smith was incarcerated at North Carolina’s Craggy Correctional Center (CCC) when he was sexually assaulted multiple times by a prison supervisor. Even though he …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Crime, Prosecutors
Two Names Added to Monument Memorializing Slain Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke Two Names Added to Monument Memorializing Slain Prosecutors by Matt Clarke Two more names will be added to the National Prosecutor Memorial in Columbia, South Carolina to mark the deaths of two Texas prosecutors, murdered within months of each …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis It’s been over 20 years since Jon Marc Taylor, Ph.D., a Missouri state prisoner and author of the Prisoners’ Guerrilla …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Peer-Review Reports Must be Disclosed in Philadelphia Jail Conditions Suit by David Reutter Peer-Review Reports Must be Disclosed in Philadelphia Jail Conditions Suit by David Reutter A Pennsylvania federal district court held on November 4, 2014 that medical care contractor Corizon Health has to produce mortality and sentinel event reviews …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Supreme Court Voids ACCA’s Residual Clause in Landmark Decision by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Voids ACCA’s Residual Clause in Landmark Decision by Derek Gilna In a landmark decision authored by Justice Antonin Scalia, on June 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the residual clause of the Armed Career …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
San Diego Deputies Faulted for Jail Death by Christopher Zoukis San Diego Deputies Faulted for Jail Death by Christopher Zoukis A civilian review board found that sheriff’s deputies lied and failed to take steps that could have saved a prisoner who swallowed meth before being booked into a San Diego …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Nebraska Returns Ex-Offenders to Prison after Sentence Miscalculation Scandal by Matthew Clarke Nebraska Returns Ex-Offenders to Prison after Sentence Miscalculation Scandal by Matt Clarke Nebraska authorities have re-incarcerated nearly two dozen state prisoners who were released early because officials miscalculated their release dates. The state decided not to pursue hundreds …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
$3,000 Jury Award to Arizona Prisoner Denied Prostate Care by David Reutter $3,000 Jury Award to Arizona Prisoner Denied Prostate Care by David M. Reutter An Arizona federal jury awarded $3,000 to a prisoner in a case involving the delay or denial of medical care. Post-trial, the district court awarded …
Second Circuit Unseals Jail Conditions Settlement Compliance Reports; Public Has First Amendment Right of Access by Mark Wilson Second Circuit Unseals Jail Conditions Settlement Compliance Reports; Public Has First Amendment Right of Access by Mark Wilson On August 18, 2014, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held “that the public’s …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Complaints
Alabama Courts Must Review Substance of Claim Despite Pleading’s Title by David Reutter Alabama Courts Must Review Substance of Claim Despite Pleading’s Title by David Reutter The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals held on August 1, 2014 that a trial court should treat pleadings according to their substance rather than …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
$750,000 Settlement in New Mexico “Controlled Seating” Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke On September 2013, a proposed settlement was filed in a lawsuit over forcibly seating prisoners “nuts-to-butts” for hours at a time at a New Mexico state prison – a practice also known as “controlled seating.” The settlement provides $750,000 …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
West Virginia City Settles Suit over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $460,000 by Matthew Clarke West Virginia City Settles Suit over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $460,000 by Matt Clarke On June 10, 2013, following a $460,000 settlement, a West Virginia federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the estate of a …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Hepatitis
Minnesota DOC Sued Over Failure to Provide New Hepatitis C Treatment Protocol by Greg Dober Minnesota DOC Sued Over Failure to Provide New Hepatitis C Treatment Protocol by Greg Dober On May 1, 2015, two prisoners at MCF-Stillwater filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Centurion …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
UK Prison Cook Awarded $160,000 for Back Injury by Derek Gilna UK Prison Cook Awarded $160,000 for Back Injury by Derek Gilna HM Swansea Prison catering manager Susan Cox, 46, was awarded over £100,000 (about $160,000) following an incident in which a sack of rice accidentally fell on her back. …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Michigan: $8 Million Settlement after Prisoner’s Baby Born with Brain Damage by Shepherd Litsey Michigan: $8 Million Settlement after Prisoner’s Baby Born with Brain Damage by Shepherd Litsey In the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, plaintiff Chelsie Barker (identified as C.B. in the pleadings), a minor, …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright For several decades PLN has reported on the intersections between mass imprisonment, the criminal justice system and the environment. Most specifically, the environmental destruction and degradation that prisons impose on surrounding communities – whether it entails building prisons …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Persistent, Ongoing Environmental Violations at Washington’s Walla Walla Prison by Panagioti Tsolkas Persistent, Ongoing Environmental Violations at Washington’s Walla Walla Prison by Panagioti Tsolkas Walla Walla State Penitentiary (WSP) in Washington State has a long history of contaminating the surrounding land, water and neighboring communities. Recent reports obtained this year …
Brief • July 31, 2015
King v. City of Pagedale, MO, Amended Petition, Wrongful Death Suicide, 2015 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS, STATE OF MISSOURI GLADYS KING, individually and On behalf of her deceased daughter, KIMBERLEE RANDLE KING ) ) ) ) and ) ) T.R., a minor boy, by …
Brown v. Dept Corrections, WI, Complaint, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN FELICIA BROWN Plaintiff, v. Case No. 2:15-cv-843 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, a state governmental agency; SUSAN NYGREN, individually and in her official capacity as manager of the Health Service Unit of the Wisconsin Department of …
In-the-News Article • July 31, 2015
PLN quoted re pilot reinstatement of Pell grants for prisoners July 31, 2015 Articles with PLN Quotes Newsweek Obama Restores Some Prisoners’ Pell Grant Eligibility BY MAX KUTNER 7/31/15 AT 11:29 AM   Some people in state and federal prisons will be eligible for Pell Grants under a program announced Friday by …
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