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Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Hypothermia Kills Prisoner in Cold Pennsylvania Jail Cell, One of 17 Deaths Since 2019 by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When Richard A. Carter, died in Pennsylvania’s Dauphin County Prison (DCP) on Christmas Eve 2022, officials released key details that showed they had not neglected him. A nurse …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Suicides
North Dakota Guard Fired After Suicide of Convicted Quadruple Murderer by Justin McFatridge by Justin McFatridge On September 22, 2022, a guard was fired by the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) after he twice failed to check on a state prisoner who then committed suicide. The firing …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Smuggling Ring Busted in Georgia Jail, 11 Arrested Including Four Guards and Former Nurse by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 19, 2022, a six-month investigation into contraband smuggling at the Dougherty County Jail (DCJ) in southwest Georgia resulted in charges against 11 suspects. In a stunning …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
After Botched Lethal Injection, Alabama Will Execute Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 28, 2022, the State of Alabama entered a settlement with condemned prisoner Alan Eugene Miller, agreeing to refrain from further attempts to execute him by means of lethal injection. It …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
More Drugs Seized by Florida DOC During COVID-19 Lockdowns Than Before by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Contraband statistics obtained from the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) during pandemic lockdowns debunk officials’ theory that visitors and mail are the main source of smuggling into state prisons. Instead the August …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Medical Misconduct
Federal Court Holds Illinois DOC in Contempt for Failing to Remediate Substandard Healthcare by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 5, 2022, Judge Jorge L. Alonso of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois held the state Department of Corrections (DOC) in contempt, after repeated failures to draft a …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Second Circuit Reinstates N.Y. Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, Finding Grievance Procedure ‘Unavailable’ in Mental Health Unit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a New York prisoner was excused from exhausting administrative remedies as required …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Escapes, Dogs, Settlements
$175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On September 21, 2021, an agreement was fully executed by California’s Merced County agreeing to pay $175,000 to a state prisoner who was mauled by a county K-9 when recaptured after …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
After 13 Jail Deaths in Eight Months of 2022, California Sheriff Finally Reveals How They Happened by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart It took a civil complaint to make Sheriff Chad Bianco talk. The five jails he runs for California’s Riverside County had seen 13 deaths in the first eight …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$87,000 Paid to Virginia Prisoner Kicked in Testicles by Guard by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On June 22, 2022, an attorney for theVirginia Department of Corrections signed off on an agreement to pay $87,000 to settle a state prisoner’s claims that he was kicked in the testicles by a …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Access To Courts
Tenth Circuit Revives Kansas Prisoner’s Claim That He Was Denied Access to Court by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On April 18, 2022, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed dismissal of a suit filed by Kansas prisoner Kenneth D. Leek, holding that he met the …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Prison Labor, Escapes
Alabama Supreme Court Says Prisoner Who Didn’t Return From Work Release Punishable Under Felony Escape Statute by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 16, 2022, in an important decision for Alabama prisoners on work-release programs, the state Supreme Court held that “willful escape” from such a program “is …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Ex-Felon “Dirtbags” Accused of Ordering Hit on Detainee at Florida Jail, But Questions Linger by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 1, 2022, Florida’s Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) arrested two ex-felons for orchestrating a beat-down in the county lockup. Sheriff Rick Staly called Margaret Watkins, 37, …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Third Former Guard at Troubled Federal Prison in Brooklyn Sentenced After Retrial and Conviction for Raping Prisoner by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 25, 2022, a former guard employed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn was sentenced to 10 years …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Massachusetts High Court: Lawmakers Haven’t Stopped Sheriffs From Taking Kickbacks from Jail Phone Calls, and Neither Will We by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On May 17, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that sheriffs may continue the decades-old practice of collecting commissions from charges for phone calls …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Medical
Elderly Prisoners Catch a Break on Medicare Part B by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A change in Medicare rules ends a years-long policy of forcing elderly prisoners to pay for benefits they are literally not free to use or else face life-long penalties. Americans 65 years and …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Accidents
Another Prisoner Dies in Another Fire at Indiana Prison by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  On January 14, 2023, a fire broke out just before 11:00 a.m. in a cell block at Indiana State Prison (ISP), killing prisoner Michael W. Smith, 48. He was the second prisoner to …
Second Hunger Strike Met With Pepper Spray at Washington GEO Group Lockup Where ICE Detainees Allege Widespread Sexual Abuse by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 4, 2023, a crowd of 50 people gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington. They were there to support a …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed on March 25, 2022, to pay $350,000 to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of murdered prisoner Anthony Vidal. The lawsuit was filed after Vidal was …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Alabama Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Dies for Lack of Proper Affidavits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 11, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of an Alabama prisoner’s civil rights action that alleged overlong delays in treatment for hernias and post-surgery …
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