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Article • September 21, 2022
Filed under: Drug Overdose, Accidents
Sixth Circuit Says Detroit Jail Guard Suspended for Failing To Check on Detainee Not Liable for His Death From Drugs Hidden in His Rectum by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 8, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held a guard at the Detroit …
Tenth Circuit Refuses to Hold Colorado Guards Liable for Detainee’s Suicide Despite Her Previous Attempts at Same Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Under the doctrine of qualified immunity (QI), prison and jail guards may be sued only when they disregard a known risk to a detainee under …
Article • September 21, 2022
TDCJ Driven Batty Over Demolition Plans by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A colony of 750,000 bats has upended plans by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to demolish an abandoned warehouse next to the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville. The massive building, occupying an entire city …
Article • September 16, 2022
Wait,What? Florida DOC Bans Tee Shirts Promoting Prisoner Visits by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On August 5, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) warned employees that certain t-shirts worn by visitors to state prisons “are considered inflammatory and a potential threat to security.” So what messages …
Article • September 16, 2022
Guard Held Over His Shift at Short-Staffed Montana Prison Files Kidnapping Charges by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On July 28, 2022, Montana State Prison (MSP) Anthony Cotton filed a complaint with local law enforcement accusing two prison supervisors of a “forced holdover,” after he was allegedly locked …
Article • September 16, 2022
$6,500 Paid by Illinois DOC to Settle Three Prisoner’s Mistreatment Claims by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Proving that even a small victory is still a victory, a trio of Illinois prisoners accepted a total of $6,500 to settle separate claims they were mistreated while in custody of the …
Article • September 16, 2022
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Former Australian Prisoner Partners With Former Guard to Become Porn Stars by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott They came from opposite sides of the bars in prisons down under and now are “royalty” in Australia’s porn industry. The improbable partnership of adult film stars Dale Egan, 31, a …
Article • September 7, 2022
Four Prisoners Murdered at Three California Prisons Within Eight Days by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Within eight days spanning the end of April and beginning of May 2022, four prisoners were murdered in separate incidents at three California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisons. At least eight prisoners …
Article • September 7, 2022
Oregon DOC Auctions Land Possibly Containing Native American Burial Mounds by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett Second-round bidding closed on August 4, 2022, for the 390-acre site of the now-shuttered Mill Creek Correctional Institution (MCCI) owned by the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC). But a 98-year-old grandson of the land’s …
Article • September 7, 2022
Seventh Circuit Lets Wexford Skate from “Appalling” Treatment of Illinois Prisoner With Painful Anal Abscess and Fistula by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss After an Illinois prisoner developed a painful anal abscess and fistula, his medical care was “appalling” and the prison healthcare system was “dysfunctional.” But that’s just …
Article • September 7, 2022
Meth “Kiss of Death” Kills Tennessee Prisoner; Girlfriend Charged with Murder by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On August 13, 2022, special agents of the Tennessee Department of Corrections (DOC) and deputies from the Dickson County Sheriff’s Department arrested Rachel Dollard, 33, on charges of second-degree murder and …
Article • September 2, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
“Unconscionable and Unacceptable” Conditions in Georgia DOC With 57 Prisoners Murdered in Two Years by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian In August 2022, during their federal civil rights trial for running down and fatally shooting an unarmed jogger, Ahmaud Arbury, in Brunswick in February 2020, attorneys for father and son …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Texas Prisoners’ Challenge to Pandemic Prison Conditions for Failure to Exhaust by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 9, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of pandemic precautions taken by the …
$1.1 Million Settlement Paid by Michigan County to Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide at Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 7, 2021, the Board of Commissioners of Michigan’s Macomb County agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims by survivors of a detainee who hanged …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Name Changes, Transgender
Oregon Appeals Court Okays Legal Change of Transgender Prisoner’s Name and Sex by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 2, 2022, the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon held that a lower court erred in denying a state prisoner’s petition for change of legal name or sex …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Nebraska Prison Staffing Crisis Sees Supervisors Take Demotions to Get Hourly Overtime Pay by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Despite a watchdog report finding state prisons so short-staffed that some guard supervisors sought demotions to take advantage of ballooning hourly overtime pay, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS) …
Fourth Circuit Says Virginia May Require Muslim Prisoner to Purchase Prayer Oil From Vendor Also Selling Pork and “Idols” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) did not violate the …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Prison Mail
Florida Now Digitizing Incoming Mail for State Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Starting from a four-prison pilot launched on January 18, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) has now banned state prisoners at all 128 of its facilities from receiving any tangible routine mail. Instead they …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
California Appeals Court Says Prop. 57 Doesn’t Require In-Person Parole Hearings by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On March 28, 2022, the California Court of Appeals for the Third Appellate District ruled that a new “paper review” process for parole consideration did not violate the equal protection or due …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct
Senators Spank BOP Director on Last Day Before Replacement by Former Oregon DOC Director by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On August 2, 2022, the federal Department of Justice introduced its pick to helm the nation’s Bureau of Prison (BOP): Collette Peters, the director of Oregon’s Department of Corrections (DOC) …
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