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Publication • 2020
Citizens for Prison Reform, Solitary - the Family Experience, 2020 SOLITARY: THE FAMILY EXPERIENCE CITIZENS FOR PRISON REFORM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report is dedicated to the thousands of people who have suffered solitary confinement and their families who endured it with them. RESEARCH METHODS Information in this report was primarily compiled …
Compelling Labor and Chilling Dissent: Creative Resistance to Coercive Uses of Solitary Confinement in Prisons and Immigration Detention Centers, Harvard Journal on Racial & Ethnic Justice, Forthcoming Compelling Labor and Chilling Dissent: Creative Resistance to Coercive Uses of Solitary Confinement in Prisons and Immigration Detention Centers Savannah Kumar1 INTRODUCTION Solitary …
Is Solitary Confinement a Punishment?, Northwestern University Law Review, 2020 ROUGH DRAFT IS SOLITARY CONFINEMENT A PUNISHMENT? John F. Stinneford Nulla poena sine lege—no punishment without law—is one of the oldest and most universally accepted principles of English and American law. 1 Today, thousands of American prisoners are placed in …
Sixth Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment Against 14-Year-Old Mentally Ill Pretrial Detainee, Raped by Guard in Solitary by Mark Wilson  by David Wilson  The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a 14-year-old Tennessee detainee’s solitary confinement, mental health care and sexual abuse claims. J.H. …
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 …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
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 …
Brief • April 20, 2020
Francis v. Ontario, Canada, Reasons for Decision, Solitary Confinement, 2020 CITATION: Francis v. Ontario, 2020 ONSC 1644 COURT FILE NO.: CV-18-591719CP DATE: 2020/04/20 ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE BETWEEN: ) ) CONREY FRANCIS ) ) Plaintiff ) ) – and – ) HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN ) RIGHT OF …
Tenth Circuit Holds BOP’s Change in Policy and Delivery of Censored Issues at ADX Super Max Prison Moots PLN’s Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 13, 2019, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s dismissal of a federal lawsuit brought by PLN against the …
California Prison Officials Put Hold on Policy That Led to “Gladiator Fights” by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. In September 2019, California prison administrators and officials agreed to put a hold on a policy known as “incremental release” after complaints from prisoners and their relatives that it had …
Massachusetts Prison Retaliates Against Prisoners for Assault on Guards; Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in Class Action by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss After January 10, 2020, prisoner riot left three guards injured at Massachusetts’ Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC), prisoners and their loved ones said prisoners were subjected to retaliation, losing …
$33,000 Settlement For Pro Se Arizona Prisoner Assaulted by Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In October 2019, Arizona settled for $33,000 a pro se federal lawsuit brought by a state prisoner who alleged he was assaulted by an Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) guard while handcuffed behind his …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Precedential Settlement Eliminates Solitary Confinement on Pennsylvania’s Death Row by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) has agreed to operate a Capital Case Unit (CCU) “as a general population unit that exclusively houses prisoners sentenced to death.” That change in conditions is part of …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Washington State Pays $500,000 to Family of Man Who Died by Suicide by Chad Marks by Chad Marks The family of Morgan Bluehorse, who committed suicide in solitary confinement at the age of 29, will receive $500,000 from the Washington state Department of Corrections, in a settlement reached November 13. …
Melnik v. Dzurenda, et al., NV, order, prisoner due process, disciplinary hearing, 2020 j.io-uv-uuD/u-Miviu-ULB Document 69 Filed 02/07/20 Page 1 of 13 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 6 JOHN MELNIK, Case No. 3:16-cv-00670-MMD-CLB 7 Plaintiff, ORDER 8 JAMES DZURENDA, etal., 9 Defendants. 10 11 …
Butler v. Pork, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 17-9155 17-CV-9155 Plaintiffs: Filed Case Butler, Kendrick #M03292 v. Shores, et al. Defendants: x/x/xx Date Served Received Status x/xx/xx closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se Issues: Court: Judge: Magistrate: …
Norbert v. San Francisco Sheriff's Dept, CA, Ruling, Conditions of Confinement - Jail, 2020 Case 3:19-cv-02724-SK Document 110 Filed 01/31/20 Page 1 of 58 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 KENYON NORBERT, et al., Plaintiffs, 8 9 10 11 Case No. …
Coleman v. Vinson, IL, Judgment, Medical Neglect and Retaliation, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Case Name Filed Received Coleman, Dwaine #B62923 v. Vinson, et al. 6/3/16 12/13/16 Official Case # Case# 15-898 15-CV-898-RJD Plaintiffs: IDOC# Defendants: Date Served Status closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: D …
Franklin v. Bebout, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect and Retaliation, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# 18-1963 Official Case# 18-CV-1963-SMY Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Franklin, Martell #M48956 v. BeBout, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Defendants: Received Filed Case Name 10/16/18 Date Served Status closed 10/30/18 Class Action LJ On Appeal D …
Solitary Confinement for Former Death Row Prisoner Held Unconstitutional by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Connecticut federal district court held on August 27, 2019 that a former death row prisoner who was kept in solitary confinement had been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. The court issued …
Prisoners at Indiana Jail Certified as a Class in Conditions of Confinement Suit by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In June 2019, an Indiana federal district court held that a former jail detainee, Adam Bell, had presented sufficient evidence to fulfill the requirements to certify a class comprised of all …
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