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Brief • October 25, 2021
Howard v. City of Houston, TX, Omnibus Response to Dft's Motions to Dismiss, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-01179 Document 44 Filed on 10/25/21 in TXSD Page 1 of 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION AUNDRE HOWARD, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Study Analyzes Deaths of Parole-Approved Texas Prisoners Awaiting Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A national audit of state parole systems conducted in 2019 gave Texas an “F” grade, noting it had some of the most burdensome requirements prisoners must meet before being approved for parole. Now a new …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Seven Former GEO Employees Plead Guilty in Federal Texas Private Jail Bribery Scheme by On July 6, 2021, Veronica Ortega, 45, a former medical assistant at the GEO-owned and -operated East Hidalgo Detention Center pleaded guilty to bribery after admitting she received cash to smuggle marijuana into the jail. She …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Supreme Court Reverses Qualified Immunity Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In December 2016, Prince McCoy Jr. was confined in a segregation cell at the Darrington Unit in Rosharon, Texas. The prisoner in the cell adjacent to McCoy’s threw water on Officer Tajudeen …
Brief • September 17, 2021
Filed under: Medical
Kent v. Collin County,TX, Response to Defendant Motion to Dismiss, Failure to Provide Adequate Medical Care, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-00412-SDJ Document 35 Filed 09/17/21 Page 1 of 31 PageID #: 336 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION LAUREN KENT, Plaintiff, v. COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, et …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 5, 2021, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals reversed the dismissal of a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a Texas state prisoner who alleged an assistant warden failed to protect him from …
Brief • August 10, 2021
Streater v. Allen, TX, Settlement, Jail Conditions, 2021 KEN PAXTON .-\TTORNEY GENER.-\L Of TEXAS .\ugllst lO. 2021 Theodore Streater #(11 43092::! TD(J-Smirh l lnit 131.1 CR 19 Lamesa. l X 79 33 I Re: The,,don• Strelllff 1•. Shurrm .,. f//m, el al '): 15 c,· 11068; USDC - E:1stern Dist.rice …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Seven Guards Fired After Prisoner Dies in TX Jail by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders At 6:22 pm on March 14, 2021, Marvin David Scott III was arrested by police in Allen, Texas for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana. Soon after being transferred to the Collin County …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Feces Covered Cell Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on November 2, 2020 vacated lower court rulings that held prison officials were entitled to summary judgment in …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Transfer Lawsuit by Suicidal Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On October 15, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a prisoner who had consented to being transferred to a psychiatric unit after a suicide attempt could not sue …
Brief • June 16, 2021
Robinson v. Midland County, TX, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2021 Case 7:21-cv-00111 Document 1 Filed 06/16/21 Page 1 of 71 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MIDLAND-ODESSA DIVISION ANGELA ROBINSON, individually; CLARA BUSBY, as next friend, guardian, and parent of and for minors L.H. and T.H.; and …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Australia: A February 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court in the Australian province of Victoria presented “a rare win” for a prisoner contesting prison procedures, according to a report by The Conversation. The convict, 56-year-old Craig Minogue, argued that Barwon Prison’s random drug testing and strip-searching …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Rural Prisons
Texas Republican Representative Proposes Renaming Prisons With Names Honoring Enslavers, Oppressors and Convict Leasers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke It may not be surprising to readers of Prison Legal News that many prisons throughout the US are named after people who were slave owners, officers in the Confederate Army, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
State Auditor Report Critical of Texas Prison Agribusiness by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The State Auditor of Texas issued a report in March 2021 about the sale and production of food and fiber by the Agribusiness, Land and Minerals Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Outbreak of Delta Variant Infections Among Incarcerated Persons in a Federal Prison, TX, 2021 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Infections Among Incarcerated Persons in a Federal Prison — Texas, July–August 2021 Liesl M. Hagan, MPH1*; David W. McCormick, MD1,2*; Christine Lee, PhD1; Sadia Sleweon, …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Parole
University of TX, Dead Man Waiting - Profile of Deaths in TX Prisons Among People Approved for Parole Release, 2021 COVID, Corrections, and Oversight Project ~~, June 2021 DEAD MAN WAITING: A brief profile of deaths in Texas prisons among people approved for parole release Michele Deitch, Destiny Moreno, and …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Food
TX State Auditor, Agribusiness at the Dept of Criminal Justice, 2021 Lisa R. Collier, CPA, CFE, CIDA First Assistant State Auditor An Audit Report on Agribusiness at the Department of Criminal Justice March 2021 Report No. 21-016 State Auditor’s Office reports are available on the Internet at http://www.sao.texas.gov/. An Audit …
Brief • May 4, 2021
Austin v. City of Pasadena, TX, Complaint, Excessive Force-Death, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-00774 Document 15 Filed on 05/04/21 in TXSD Page 1 of 77 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION SHAMARIAN AUSTIN, as dependent administrator of, and on behalf of, ILIANA CLAIRE HEJLIK, J.S. #1, …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …
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