Howard v. Williams, et al., PA, complaint, mental health, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-01389-LPL Document 1 Filed 09/15/20 Page 1 of 60 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SHAQUILLE HOWARD, JAMES BYRD, JASON PORTER, KEISHA COHEN and ALBERT CASTAPHANY, on their own behalf and on behalf …
News in Brief by California:In June 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) commuted 21 state prisoners’ sentences, a dozen of them were for murder convictions, patch.com reported. Seven were committed when the prisoner was 22 or younger. Half of the prisoners are now 59 or older. One commutation went to …
Arnold v. Smith, PA, Settlement, Violation of Religious Rights, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA Dale Arnold, Plaintiff v. Tracy Smith, et al., Defendants : : : : : : : No. 3:19-cv-00750 (Judge Kane) Filed Via Electronic Case File GENERAL RELEASE AND …
New Initiatives from Philadelphia, Koch Industries, Work to Get Ex-Offenders Jobs by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Last January, Koch Industries, through the Charles Koch Institute, announced a partnership with the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) to develop the Getting Talent Back to Work Initiative, a program that …
Captain at Jail Where Epstein Died Offered New Position of Authority; Warden Remains on Desk Duty by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In March 2020, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced it would transfer guard Jermaine Darden to Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fort Dix, where he will serve as the …
Thakker v. Doll, PA, Trial Testimony, Covid Response, 2020 1 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG DIVISION 2 3 4 5 6 BHARATKUMAR G. THAKKER, et al Petitioners v. CLAIR DOLL, et al 7 Respondents 8 9 10 11 12 13 : …
Thakker v. Doll, PA, Deposition of Rebecca Lubelczyk, Covid Response, 2020 1 1 2 R O U G H D R A F T 3 UNCERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT DISCLAIMER IN THE 4 MATTER OF Bharatkumar G. Thakker, et al V. Clair 5 Doll, et al --- 7/10/2020/Rebecca Lubelczyk, MD 6 The …
Thakker v. Doll, PA, Expert Report, Covid Response, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00480-JEJ-MCC Document 174 Filed 07/07/20 Page 1 of 37 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BHARATKUMAR G. THAKKER, et al., Case No. 1:20-cv-00480 Plaintiffs, v. Hon. John E. Jones III, Chief Judge CLAIR DOLL, in his …
Jackson v. Little, PA, Complaint, Denial of Medical Care, 2020 Case 2: 19-cv-05824-G EKP Document 23 Filed 07/06/20 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TYREEKJACKSON Plaintiff, V. PAUL GREGORY LITTLE CASE NO. 2:19-cv-05824-GEKP JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Defendant. AMENDED COMPLAINT Plaintiff Tyreek Jackson, …
News in Brief by Arizona: A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Daniel Davitt, 60, on January 14, 2020 on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Lower Buckeye Jail guard Gene Lee on October 30. Buckeye Jail video shows Davitt talking to Lee on October 29, then suddenly grabbing …
Pennsylvania Judge Verdict: A Potential Death Sentence for Shoplifting Conviction by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Thirty-six-year-old Ashley Via Menser of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, is battling both cervical and ovarian cancer from prison after being convicted and sentenced in January 2020 for shoplifting $109.63 worth of groceries. As her case progressed …
$2,800 Verdict As Jury Finds Pennsylvania Jail Discriminated Against Women Prisoners in Reentry Center by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Pennsylvania state court jury found on November 19, 2019 that the Berks County Jail violated the constitutional rights of women by denying them the same access to reentry privileges …
Thinking in a Pandemic: Let the People Go by Joseph Margulies States should release from prison far more than the very small percentage of low-level, nonviolent offenders they hold. by Joseph Margulies, Boston Review, April 20, 2020 http://bostonreview.net/law-justice/joseph-margulies-prisons-and-pandemics COVID-19 spreads where people congregate. With rare exception, it preys on the …
New ACLU Study Says COVID-19 Deaths in Prison Will Soar Without More Releases, Fewer Arrests by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An April 22, 2020 report by the American Civil Liberties Union, with the collaboration of researchers from Washington State University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Tennessee, …
Third Circuit Upholds Federal False Liens Conviction and 48-Month Sentence by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a Pennsylvania man’s federal false liens convictions. The court concluded that 18 USC § 1521 is not unconstitutionally vague and overbroad, and the …
Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Pennsylvania Prisoners’ Dry Cell Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgement alleging prison officials lacked a penological interest in extending a prisoner’s duration in a dry cell. On January 15, 2020, it …
News in Brief by California: On March 28, 2020, death row prisoner Lonnie Franklin Jr., 67, aka “Grim Sleeper,” was found unresponsive in his San Quentin cell. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton told reporters, “There were no signs of trauma. They don’t know why he died.” …
Recent Exonerees Give the Public Advice on Being Locked Down: You Have No Idea by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Now the whole country is incarcerated,” Theophalis “Binky Bilal” Wilson said after being released in January 2020, exonerated after 28 years wrongfully in prison, only to find himself locked in …
Prison Postcards: Prisoners Write About Fears, Incompetence, at Their Facilities by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein On April 15, President Donald Trump announced that the coronavirus pandemic had peaked in the United States. That same day, nearly 2,300 people in the country died from COVID-19, the disease cause by the …
Order of the Governor, PA, COVID-19 Release, 2020 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA REGARDING INDIVIDUALS INCARCERATED IN STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS WHEREAS, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have declared the coronavirus disease 2019 …
