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Suit Against Kentucky Jail Officials for Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault Dismissed for Failure to State a Claim by Lonnie Burton On June 3, 2016, a three judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky issue a 3-0 decision affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a state prisoner who was …
Michigan: Suit Against Prison Doctor for Sexual Abuse May Proceed by Lonnie Burton On June 22, 2016, United States District Court Judge Sean F. Cox of the Eastern District of Michigan issued an order adopting a magistrate's recommendation to deny a motion to dismiss filed by a prison doctor who …
AP: Sex Offenders Especially Vulnerable in California's Prisons by Joe Watson As soon as he arrived at Salinas Valley State Prison in northern California, Alan Ager believed his life was in danger. "The very day they let him into the yard, he was filing complaints, 'Get me the hell out …
Article • September 6, 2016
Connecticut Town Raises Stink, Sues DOC for Wastewater Plant's Upgrade by The town of Cheshire, Connecticut, has decided it won't take anymore crap from the state's Department of Corrections. A lawsuit filed by Cheshire officials in July 2012 seeks to renegotiate the terms of an agreement with Connecticut's DOC to …
GEO Texas Immigration Facility Hit for Substandard Health Care and Understaffing by Derek Gilna GEO, the world's largest private prison company, has been cited by the United states Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) for overcharging the Bureau of Prisons for contract services, abusing prisoners with inadequate …
ACLU-Montana Report Paints Ugly Picture of County Jail Conditions by Understaffed. Underfunded. Unsafe. That's the assessment of Montana's jails by the state's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), as published in a February 2015 report based on a statewide investigation of dozens of county lockups. "With over 1,000 …
Report Finds Abuse of Blind, Deaf, Elderly and Disabled Texas Prisoners by Matthew Clarke The Prison Justice League (PJL), a group advocating prison reform in Texas, released a report entitled Cruel & Unusual Punishment: Excessive Use of Force at the Estelle Unit. The report found that blind, deaf, elderly and …
Article • September 6, 2016
Man Detained in Dallas Jail without Trial Longer Than Maximum Sentence by Matthew Clarke A man who was arrested for criminal trespass spent 200 days in the Dallas County Jail awaiting a court date on a charge that carries a maximum of 180 days in jail. The 37-year-old unidentified man …
Should Spend Less Violating Parolees, Probationers by A recent report argues that California's parolees and probationers are proportionally far less of the population arrested for new crimes and, thus, law-enforcement resources should target the overwhelming majority of offenders who aren't under community supervision. The study, released in 2013 by the …
Article • September 6, 2016
National Park Service Lockups Improperly Managed by Matthew Clarke A report by the Office of the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Department of Interior released in May 2014, found that the lockups at Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks were out-of-compliance with the Departmental Manual and National Park Service (NPS) …
Guards Falsifying Texas Jail Records Leads to Resignations and Demotions by Matthew Clarke An investigation into staff falsifying records of prisoner welfare checks at the Smith County Jail in Tyler, Texas, has led to the resignation of four guards and the demotion of one jail lieutenant to sergeant. Another guard …
Female Montana Prison Nurse Receives 25 Years for Mixing Business With Pleasure by Derek Gilna A former nurse at a Montana men’s prisons said  “I still claim my innocence” that she was guilty of having unauthorized sexual contact with male prisoners at a drug treatment facility at which she worked, …
Bureau of Prisons Pays $300,000 for Claim Relating to Beating of Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons agreed to settle claims relating to the severe beating of one inmate by another in February 1993. The plaintiff, Mark D. Lang, was beaten unconscious on the first day of an …
Bureau of Prisons Pays $40,000 to Settle Prisoner's Injury Claim by Christopher Zoukis Lai Chiem Saelee, a prisoner at Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, California, settled her claim for injuries caused by the negligence of the Bureau of Prisons in July 1999. Saelee sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 29 …
BOP Settles Prisoner Injury Claim for $1,500 by Christopher Zoukis The Bureau of Prisons settled an injury lawsuit filed by prisoner Hazel Jackson on February 7, 2001. Jackson, a prisoner held at Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, California, alleged in her complaint that on June 22, 1997 she "fell into an …
Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Amended Complaint, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00945-RDB Document 20 Filed 09/06/16 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ANTHONY BLUE STEVEN BROWN WILBERT DELANO GREGORY HAMMOND SEDRIC HOLLEY RUSSELL HOPKINS JOHNNIE JAMES TYRELL POLLEY MAYNARD SNEED …
Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New Jersey Prisoner’s Suit by On November 16, 2015, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a civil rights action brought by a former New Jersey state prisoner who was housed at a community corrections facility and allegedly mistreated when she was …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Prison and Jail Officials Face New Challenge: Drones Used to Smuggle Contraband by Lonnie Burton Drones are increasingly being used in attempts to smuggle drugs and other contraband into prisons worldwide. Previously, smugglers had to bribe guards, use their body cavities or have accomplices sneak forbidden items through prison visitation. …
New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Agrees to Federal Consent Decree, Reforms by Derek Gilna The Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is notorious for excessive use of force against prisoners. It has been sued dozens of times by prisoners, prisoners’ rights organizations and even the U.S. Department …
Oklahoma DOC Creates “Dream Team” for Botched Executions with Hires from Arizona by Joe Watson If Oklahoma was hoping to establish a tradition or trend of botched executions, it brought in the right people to carry them out. Just days after overseeing a disturbing execution at Arizona’s Florence prison complex …
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