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Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
New York OIG Report Reveals 1,600 State Prisoners Punished Over Faulty Drug Tests by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the State of New York released a report on January 4, 2022, concluding its “Investigation of New York State Department of Corrections …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Seventh Circuit Affirms Use Of “Some Evidence” Standard in Reviewing Federal Prisoner’s Disciplinary Violations by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In an opinion reached on December 6, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court’s ruling that a federal prisoner’s disciplinary sanctions were …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Idaho Supreme Court Finds Ladderless Bunks a “Sound Discretionary Decision,” But Says Resulting Injury Could Give Rise to Negligence Claim by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 25, 2022, the Supreme Court of Idaho reinstated a negligence claim lodged by a former prisoner against Ada County after he fell …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Rules for Asserting Attorney-Client Privilege for Communications from Jail, Including Texts Using Tablets by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 9, 2022, the Supreme Court of Arizona ruled that a defendant who asserts attorney-client privilege for communications made from jail to his attorney, including text …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$40,000 Settlement Reached in HRDC Challenge to Nebraska Prison Censorship Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 10, 2022, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS) agreed to pay $40,000 and make several policy changes to resolve a lawsuit filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Mentally and Physically Disabled Texas Woman Hospitalized After Mistreatment at Jail by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A disabled woman, who suffers from a severe seizure disorder, ended up spending eight weeks hospitalized in a coma with a black eye and bruises, after spending ten days in Texas’ Tarrant …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Public Records
Ohio Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Prisoner’s Pro Se Public Records Request, Sets Damages for Denial at $1,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a state court of appeals erred when it denied a state prisoner’s motion for statutory damages …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Life Sentences Commuted for Two Massachusetts Prisoners Convicted of First-Degree Murder by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On April 21, 2022, the Massachusetts Parole Board voted unanimously to grant parole to state prisoner William Allen, nine days after taking another unanimous vote to parole another Bay State prisoner, Thomas Koonce, …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
HRDC Sues Indiana Sheriff Over Censorship at County Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 27, 2022, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the nonprofit that publishes PLN, filed suit in federal court for the Northern District of Indiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, accusing St. Joseph County …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Settlement Improves ADA Accessibility Features, Health Care and Training in Florida Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) entered into another agreement with Disability Rights Florida, Inc. (DRF) on November 8, 2021, denying it had breached an earlier 2017 agreement regarding treatment of disabled …
L.A. Juvenile Detention Center Remains “Unsuitable for the Confinement of Minors” by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On July 15, 2022, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for California’s Los Angeles County reported that the county’s juvenile detention facilities remain out of compliance with the requirements of a settlement …
Article • July 30, 2022
Prisoner’s TikTok Videos Expose Problems in Her Florida Prison by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye “Hey guys, this is Kay coming from Lowell CI, where the day is as dark as black coffee.” So begins each video in a series recorded by a woman while she was incarcerated at Lowell …
Ninth Circuit Won’t Spring Oregon Sex Offender Trapped in Self-Incrimination Box by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On September 8, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to offer any relief to an Oregon sex offender who challenged his removal from parole-required sex offender treatment—which led …
Article • July 30, 2022
Filed under: Prisoner Media
Colorado Inaugurates Prisoner-Run Radio Station by Edward Lyon By Ed Lyon The years of the COVID-19 pandemic have been difficult for everyone, especially prisoners. Like a form of universal long-term solitary confinement, the endless hours of boredom were broken only by an occasional shower, or a dry bologna sandwich with …
Mentally Ill Maine State Prisoner Finally Leaves Solitary, But Can’t Push State Lawmakers to Pass Bill Limiting Its Use by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon By the time he was released from Maine State Prison (MSP) on March 7, 2022, Zachary Swain estimated he had spent half of his seven-year …
Medical Staff Shakeup But No Charges After Teen Dies in Ohio Juvenile Facility by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The deaths of young Black men at the hands of police have drawn increasing scrutiny in the media and among the political chattering class, but less attention has been given to …
Article • July 25, 2022
Even a Kardashian Can’t Get BOP to Let Imprisoned Dad in KY Attend Funeral of Daughter Slain in Ulvade Massacre by Kaden Gicker By Kaden Gicker The father of one of the mass-shooting victims in Uvalde, Texas, asked for a temporary release from federal prison to attend her funeral, but …
Article • July 25, 2022
Fourth Circuit Refuses to Hold North Carolina Liable After State Prisoner Murders Guard by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On November 17, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that no civil rights violation had been committed by North Carolina officials in the murder of a …
Article • July 19, 2022
Ohio Supreme Court: Only Statute, Not Agency Policy, Creates Legal Duty Enforceable in Mandamus by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 7, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio denied a writ of mandamus petition filed by a state prisoner challenging a decision by the state Department of Rehabilitation and …
Article • July 19, 2022
Maine State Prison Guard Awarded $400,000 in Sex Discrimination Settlement by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A sex discrimination suit against filed by a female guard at the Maine State Prison against the state Department of Corrections (DOC) was settled for $400,000 in June 2022. The guard, Autumn Dinsmore, …
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