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Brief • April 3, 2015
Dhiab v. Obama, DC, Amicus Brief - Brennan, force feeding prisoner video, 2015 USCA Case #14-5299 Document #1545761 Filed: 04/03/2015 Page 1 of 41 ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULED FOR 05/08/2015 No. 14-5299 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Jihad Dhiab, Detainee, Guantanamo Bay Naval Station; Shaker …
Brief • April 3, 2015
Dhiab v. Obama, DC, Amicus Brief - Con Law Prof, force feeding prisoner video, 2015 USCA Case #14-5299 Document #1545911 Filed: 04/03/2015 Page 1 of 40 ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULED FOR 05/08/2015 No. 14-5299 DC No. 05-1457 (GK) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT JIHAD DHIAB, …
Publication • October 28, 2014
Filed under: Food
Ltr. to Sheriff re Inadequate Nutrition at Gordon County GA Jail SHCR 2014 0 404.688.1202 0 404.688.9440 www.schr.org October 28, 2014 SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 83 Poplar Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30303 BY U.S. MAIL & E-MAIL Sheriff Mitch Ralston Gordon County Sheriff's Office 2700 U.S. Highway 41 North …
Hines v. Godinez, IL, Merit Review, Right to Religious Worship, 2014 Case 3:14-cv-00529-1\/lJR-SC\JV Document 9 Filed 07/08/14 Page 1 of 12 Page ID #65 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS MONTORIO C. HINES, No. k57156, Plaintiff, vs. ILLINOIS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, S.A. GODINEZ, RICK …
Article • June 6, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Food, News
Bureau of Prisons Mistakenly Served Meat Intended as Pet Food by Derek Gilna Bureau of Prisons Mistakenly Served Meat Intended as Pet Food by Derek Gilna A Texas meat manufacturer has pledged to adopt new procedures to ensure compliance with food safety laws and paid almost $400,000 to resolve a …
Lawsuits Challenge Conditions at Tennessee Jail; Five Charged in Bribery and Smuggling Scheme by Lawsuits Challenge Conditions at Tennessee Jail; Five Charged in Bribery and Smuggling Scheme In the wake of a Tennessee federal district court hearing in a lawsuit challenging conditions at the Maury County Jail (MCJ), the number …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Florida Prison System Ordered to Provide Kosher Meals by Florida Prison System Ordered to Provide Kosher Meals   A U.S. District Court has ordered the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to begin serving kosher meals to hundreds of Jewish prisoners, following legal challenges after the FDOC discontinued its kosher meal …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Filed under: Allergy, Food
The Inadequacy of Prison Food Allergy Policies by Jamie Longazel by Jamie Longazel and Rachel Archer Michael Saffioti was arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana charge and held at the Snohomish County Jail (SCJ) in Washington State. On the morning of July 2, 2012, he arrived at the center of his …
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
Eighth Circuit: Denial of Nominal Damages Jury Instruction was Improper by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 4, 2012 that a district court erred when it refused to give a nominal damages jury instruction in a lawsuit brought by a Missouri state prisoner. Another trial was held …
Brief • January 3, 2014
Carrv. Samuels, IN, Complaint - RFRA - Halal Meat 2014 Case 2:14-cv-00001-WTL-WGH Document 1 Filed 01/03/14 Page 1 of 19 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION BRIAN CARR et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 2:14-CV-1 CHARLES E. SAMUELS, JR. DIRECTOR, FEDERAL …
Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013
BOP Settles Lawsuits Related to Food Poisoning at Pennsylvania Prison by Derek Gilna As previously reported in Prison Legal News, hundreds of federal prisoners at USP Canaan, a high-security federal prison northwest of Scranton, Pennsylvania, became sick after eating salmonella-contaminated chicken in June 2011. [See: PLN, August 2012, p.31]. Although …
Aceves v. Ryan, AZ, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2013 Case 1 2 3 4 Document 1 Filed 09/13/13 Page 1 of 9 Pau I Gattone State Bar Number 012482 LAW OFFICE OF PAUL GATTONE 312 S. Convent Tucson, Arizona 85701 (520) 623-1922 Attorney for Plaintiff 5 IN THE UNITED STATES …
Brief • August 9, 2013
Gray v. County of Riverside, CA, Req for Prod of Docs, Jail Health Care, 2013 1 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP SHAWN HANSON (SBN 109321) 2 AMIT KURLEKAR (SBN 244230) NICHOLAS GREGORY (SBN 275582) 3 KELSEY MORRIS (SBN 277859) SAURISH BHATTACHARJEE (SBN 286264) 4 580 California Street, Suite …
Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013
Seventh Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment for Nutriloaf Diet by Recognizing that “anal fissures” are “no fun at all,” the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on March 27, 2012 that Wisconsin jail officials were not entitled to summary judgment for imposing an exclusive diet of Nutriloaf on a prisoner. Milwaukee …
Article • May 15, 2013
California Prisoner's Excessive Force Claims Settled for $1,750 by California prison officials paid a prisoner $1,750 to settle his excessive force suit, which sought $800,000 in damages. On July 21, 2005, California prisoner Keith Williams complained of a meager breakfast serving. Guard David Ramirez told Williams he was not getting …
Mom’s E-mail Forces Hawaiian Lawmakers to Tour “Hellhole” Prison by Joe Watson It took one mother of a complaint to get lawmakers in September 2011 to visit a dilapidated prison in Hawaii. Prison officials, however, put on a good show for their guests. The grumblings about Hawaii’s prison conditions are …
Aramark Food Contract with Kentucky under Scrutiny by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An October 2010 report issued by Kentucky’s Auditor of Public Accounts concerning the $12 million food service contract between Aramark Correctional Services (Aramark) and the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC) found a lack of oversight, overpayments …
Publication • November 28, 2012
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
Outline of 1st Amend. Issues Surroundiong Special Diets for Prisoners Tim Phillips 2012 F I RST A M E N D . A PP L I C A T I O N TO P R ISO NS A N D I N M A T ES R E L A …
Publication • November 27, 2012
Filed under: Food, Religious Diet
When Does a Prison Have a Right to a Special Diet? Tim Phillips 2012 W H E N D O ES A P R ISO N E R HAVE THE RIG H T TO A SP E C I A L D I E T ? Outline by Tim Phillips, …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Texas Abolishes Last Meals for Death Row Prisoners, Reduces Weekend Meals by Matthew Clarke Texas served its final last meal to condemned prisoner Lawrence Russell Brewer, who, on September 21, 2011, was executed for the infamous racially-motivated 1998 dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. Brewer requested an extensive last meal …
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