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Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: Censorship
Incarcerated People Have Few Ways to Fight Back Against Censorship in Prisons by Tamar Sarai From arbitrary judgment calls to material bans, information censorship protects the carceral system at the expense of the incarcerated by Tamar Sarai, Prism In 1971, prisoners in Attica penned the Attica Manifesto during the now …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Burning Tires Left Louisiana Prisoners With Migraines, Breathing Problems, and Minimal Medical Care As black smoke poured out of a burning tire dump in Louisiana, people inside the prison next door struggled to keep the fumes out. by Alleen Brown by Alleen Brown, The Intercept Brandon Moore knew something was …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Ninth Circuit Says Statements Relayed at Criminal Trial By Nurse and Doctor Are Admissible, Not Hearsay by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When is hearsay evidence not hearsay? On August 31, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit provided its answer. Affirming the conviction of a …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$959,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County in Deaths of Two Detainees, Plus at Least $750,000 from PrimeCare by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye For the 2018 deaths of two detainees at Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF), the county has agreed to pay a total of $959,000. Its privately contracted …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Federal Judge in Pennsylvania Rules BOP Must Honor Transgender Prisoner’s Legal Name Change by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On July 19, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the motion of a transgender federal prisoner and compelled the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Fourth Circuit Reinstates Virginia Prisoner’s Spoliation Motion for Lost Video of His Alleged Assault by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a district court in Virginia abused its discretion by implicitly overruling a …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Tenth Circuit Says Prison Work Assignment Covered Under ADA Protections by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled on August 25, 2022, that prison employment falls under federally funded programs protected by Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Seventh Circuit: Indiana Prisoner Who Failed to Formalize Grievance Also Failed to Exhaust Remedies by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 17, 2022, an Indiana prisoner learned a painful lesson from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. As PLN has repeatedly warned, courts are empowered …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Investigation Reveals “Black Market in Broad Daylight” for Prison Food by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart No one in prison expects to eat fine cuisine. The food served is merely intended to keep prisoners alive, with no thought given to how much it is or isn’t enjoyed. Yet certain people …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Record Deaths at Rikers Island Blamed on Guards’ Absenteeism, Abuse and Corruption by Anthony Accurso, David Reutter by Anthony W. Accurso and David M. Reutter After 16 detainee deaths in 2021[See: PLN, Feb. 2022, p.1], the carnage continued at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex in 2022, leaving 19 …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$20,000 Paid by Centurion and MHM Health Professionals to Arizona Prisoner for Alleged Deliberate Indifference and Medical Negligence by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On June 24, 2022, a prisoner in the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) accepted $20,000 to settle his claims of deliberate indifference and medical negligence against …
Third Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity From Delaware Guards Who Held Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary for Seven Months by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a decision filed on November 28, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the grant of qualified immunity (QI) to …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Too Many Alabama Prisoners Still Dying with Too-Few Guards, Many Corrupt by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 30, 2022, nearly two years after a 44-year-old Alabama prisoner died, an amended complaint filed by his sister claims he “literally baked to death in his cell” where a …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Former Tennessee Police Chief Sentenced to Six Years for Abusing Arrestees by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A former high-ranking Tennessee law enforcement official was sentenced to six years in federal prison on August 26, 2022, for repeatedly punching arrestees in the face while they were handcuffed. Anthony Glen …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Florida Jailers Leave Detainees Out of Evacuation Plans During Hurricane by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 28, 2022, as Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida and neared Category 5 strength, the state Department of Corrections (DOC), which holds about 80,000 prisoners, began evacuating 2,300 of them from …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Ninth Circuit Revives Failure-to-Protect Claim of Arizona Prisoner Beaten by Gang by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that giving a jury a standard instruction to defer to prison officials was error when the jury needed …
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% of the U.S. population, but it is likely the most prevalent infection in American prisons. …
Florida Makes Parolees Criminally Liable for Accidental Voter Registration Fraud by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida took a significant step towards charging more ex-convicts with voter fraud, eight days after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced the first 20 arrests in August 2022. [See: PLN, Jan. 2023, p.18.] On …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Award Slashed for Delaware Prisoner Sexually Groped by Guard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On August 24, 2022, the federal court for the District of Delaware granted a state prison guard’s request and nearly eliminated the damages against him awarded to a prisoner that a jury found had …
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