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Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
. In Wisconsin, involuntary commitment is regulated by Wis. Stat. § 51.20. It requires three elements be fulfilled: the individual must be (1) mentally ill; (2) a proper subject for treatment; and (3 ...
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Class Actions
were to receive vaccinations by May 1, 2021. Limits were placed on giving less than two hours of out-of-cell time. Each prisoner was to be issued two washable face masks, and prisoners and staff ...
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
in retaliation for any grievances he wrote and was repeatedly regulated to solitary confinement in retaliation for exercising his rights. His complaint also noted that between January 1, 2012, and May 31, 2012 ...
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
appealed. Taking up the case, the Tenth Circuit said that in order to reach a decision on the defendants’ QI, it must first address two issues: (1) Does the alleged incident, if viewed in a light ...
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
, of deliberate indifference to his serious mental health needs. Defendants’ motion to dismiss Haywood’s original claim was granted by the Court on March 1, 2017. See: Haywood v. Wexford Health Sources ...
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
agreed to accept $300,000 to settle claims he was subjected to unconstitutionally bad treatment for severe Type 1 diabetes while incarcerated by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). From 2004 to 2018 ...
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
regardless of arbitrarily imposed limitations.” See: Nunez v. City of N.Y., USDC (S.D.N.Y.), Case No. 1:11-­cv-­05845. In passing the law and overriding Adams’ first veto of it, Council ...
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Solitary Confinement Prompts Lawsuit in Massachusetts, Hunger Strike in Maine by A suit filed by six Massachusetts prisoners on July 1, 2024, alleges that conditions in what the state ...
attorney Erin Darling and Encino attorney Justin E. Sterling. See: Solares v. Burns [Burnes], USDC (E.D. Cal.), Case No. 1:21-­cv-­01349. As PLN reported, the attorneys are representing Solares ...
In-the-News Article • October 1, 2015
PLN files suit against VA jail for censorship, due process violations Oct. 1, 2015 PLN Press Releases Prison Legal News PRESS RELEASE   Human Rights Defense Center For Immediate Release ...
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Suicides
on claims related to mental health care and the Americans with Disabilities Act; it awarded $1 million in attorney fees, and later ordered Alabama officials to address problems with overcrowding ...
says were the bases for her termination: (1) “sex discrimination” by supervisors; (2) “retaliation for engaging [in] protected activity in opposition to sex discrimination&rdquo ...
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
-family members. Each visit lasts 20 minutes and costs $3.20, the same as a regular phone call. The service is provided by prison phone vendor Global Tel*Link (GTL). A $318 million behemoth in the $1 ...
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: Hepatitis
Prisoner Health Update: Hepatitis C by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Hepatitis C (HepC) is inflammation of the liver due to the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). The virus infects about 1 to 2 ...
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
.] Only $1 million of the union money was recovered. In April 2022, the Court ruled that Seabrook, who is Black, may have received too harsh a sentence due to his race. His white co-conspirator, defunct ...
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
contracted healthcare provider, Wexford Health Sources: (1) fails to fill medical leadership and other medical staff; (2) allows under-qualified medical personnel to treat prisoners; (3) fails to timely ...
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
to the case on December 1, 2022. Arguments are slated to begin in its February 2023 term. See: Biden v. Nebraska, 143 S. Ct. 477 (2022). The program significantly adjusted federal Department of Education (DOE ...
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
courts have used a 4:1 ratio to determine “reasonableness” of punitive damages, and Seibel interpreted that to mean each defendant individually. Remittitur allows the magistrate to offer ...
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
.), Case No. 1:23-­cv-­00553. DOC says that 44% of staff positions are vacant at Green Bay CI; the number was 47% at Columbia CI and 48% at Dodge CI. The prisons are overcrowded by some 400 prisoners ...
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
of workers at the plant: (1) temporary workers from a staffing agency, who were paid not less than federal minimum wage, $7.25 hourly, plus overtime; and (2) prisoners from BCDC’s community corrections ...
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