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“Brushed It Under the Rug”: Investigation Refutes Florida Sheriff’s Story About Jail Detainee’s Death by On September 8, 2022, Carl Harper, Jr. died in Florida’s Lee County Jail, a day after his arrest. A press statement five days later from the office of the county Sheriff (LCSO), Carmine Marceno, and …
Fifth Circuit Revives Suit Against Texas Jailers Who Tasered Detainee Suffering Epileptic Seizure by Douglas Ankney On July 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to jailers who tasered a detainee suffering an epileptic seizure at the Pasadena …
West Virginia High Court Decides Medical Practice Liability Act Not Applicable to Prison System by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia held that the Medical Professional Liability Act (MPLA), W. Va. Code §§ 55-7B-1 to 12, does not apply …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Deaths While Incarcerated Up 18% in Louisiana by A June 2023 report by Loyola University College of Law found that annual deaths behind bars in Louisiana jumped over 18% to an average of 187.5 in the period 2020-21. That’s up from an average of 158.6 between 2015 and 2019. Of …
153 Killed in Custody in Salvadorian Gang Crackdown by A report by human rights group Cristosal on May 29, 2023, detailed how lethal El Salvador’s war on the Central American country’s gangs has been: 153 people have died in custody since Pres. Nayib Bukele’s campaign began in March 2022. Targeting …
Brief • December 28, 2023
Waid v. County of Leon, USA, Amicus Brief, Excessive Deadly Force, 2023 No. 22-15382 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FREDRICK WAID, et al., Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LYON, et al., Defendants–Appellees. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada …
Brief • December 6, 2023
Ireland v. Prummell, FL, Motion to Compel Production of Corizon's Mortalitiy Review, Wrongful Death, 2023 IUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION THOMAS B. IRELAND, CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, Case No. 2:17-cv-468-FtM-MRM v. BILL PRUMMELL et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF CORIZON’S …
“Fuck Him, He Can Freeze”: Pennsylvania Detainee’s Death Detailed in Suit Against PrimeCare by A wrongful termination suit filed against jail healthcare profiteer PrimeCare Medical, Inc. on May 23, 2023, brought disturbing details to light in the death five months earlier of an elderly detainee at Pennsylvania’s Dauphin County Prison …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against NaphCare for Wrongful Death of Atlanta Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “This appeal arises from the tragic death of Antonio May,” began the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 7, 2023. As longtime PLN readers …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
North Carolina Jail Deaths Double in 6 Years by In the early morning hours of May 3, 2022, Kyle Kepley, 35, used a bedsheet to hang himself at the Rockingham County jail. An electrician who worked part-time and struggled with bipolar disorder and drug addiction, he had been detained when …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Proposed Law Targets Medical Neglect in Federal Prisons by After his release from federal prison, doctors told Jeffrey Ramirez, 41, that there were no more options for treating his cancer that had been diagnosed—but belatedly treated—while he was still in custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). So he …
Tennessee Extends CoreCivic Contract Despite Deaths, Almost $18 Million in Fines by In a three-minute meeting on May 31, 2023, the State Building Commission of Tennessee approved a request from the Department of Correction (DOC) for budget revision, funding, and amendment to the existing CoreCivic contract to operate South Central …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
NaphCare Nurse Faces Liability in Ohio Detainee’s Death from Sickle Cell Disease by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 1, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the grant of summary judgment to a NaphCare nurse accused of deliberate indifference to a pretrial detainee’s …
Brief • December 1, 2023
Estate of Esther Truax v. Waters, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 3:23-cv-01414-WWB-MCR Document 1 Filed 12/01/23 Page 1 of 11 PageID 1 Case 3:23-cv-01414-WWB-MCR Document 1 Filed 12/01/23 Page 2 of 11 PageID 2 Case 3:23-cv-01414-WWB-MCR Document 1 Filed 12/01/23 Page 3 of 11 PageID 3 Case 3:23-cv-01414-WWB-MCR Document …
Brief • November 16, 2023
Estate of Thomas Giles v. Ga Dept of Corrections, GA, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Failure to Protect, 2023 Page 1 of 21 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of payment ~f upfront cash and future periodic payments as outlined in the SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS section below, which together total the sum …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
North Carolina Prisoner Recovers $500 for Injuries in Shower Slip and Fall by On December 7, 2022, North Carolina prisoner Vinson Shane Hill prevailed in a negligence tort claim he filed with the state Industrial Commission (NCIC) over an injury he suffered while incarcerated at Scotland Correctional Institution in July …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
$12,000 Paid to California Prisoner Denied Back Surgery Despite Doctor’s Recommendation by On August 25, 2022, a California prisoner told the federal court for the Eastern District of California that he had reached an agreement with the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to settle a suit he filed …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
While Federal Prisoners Died of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, BOP Staff Used Up Vaccine Allotment on Themselves by On May 23, 2023, the health, medicine and life sciences journal STAT released a scathing report detailing the shabby care prisoners received early in the COVID-19 pandemic at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) …
Nine Memphis Jailers Indicted in Death of Psychotic Detainee by On September 20, 2023, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner announced that nine of his deputies had been indicted in the death of Gershun Freeman, a 33-year-old Black man who died in custody at the Memphis lockup during a psychotic episode …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Seven Deaths in Seven Months at Dayton Jail by Though its population is relatively small, with just over 600 detainees, Ohio’s Montgomery County Jail lost seven of them in the first seven months of 2023. That’s more jail deaths than the combined total in the state’s five most populous counties. …
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