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Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $7.2 Million after Losing His Fingers and Feet by Christopher Zoukis In October 2011, 30-year-old Aaron David Persin was accosted by police officers for having an open container of alcohol. When they determined that he had warrants for missing traffic court they arrested Persin, who was homeless. …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Illinois DOC to Pay Millions in Utility Arrearages by The state of Illinois owes more than $34 million in operational costs for prisons statewide, including $1.2 million owed to the city of Chester for unpaid power, water and sewer bills at the Menard Correctional Center. A short-term budget deal was …
Hawaii Prison Relocation Project Fails to Skirt Environmental Review by Panagioti Tsolkas While lawmakers in Hawaii have advanced bills to fast-track the relocation of a state prison, they were forced to concede that an environmental impact review could not be avoided. In February 2016, the state legislature held a pair of …
Restraint Chair Deaths, Abuses Prompt Questions, Criticism and Lawsuits by Joe Watson Like another jail detainee more than seven years before him, Joshua Grose died while strapped into a restraint chair at the York County Detention Center in South Carolina. In the early morning hours of October 12, 2013, following …
Oklahoma Jail Detainee Handcuffed, Pepper-sprayed and Choked to Death by Caddo County District Attorney Jason Hicks cited his interpretation of the state’s open records law as justification for withholding reports and video footage documenting the death of Darius Robinson at the county lockup in the rural town of Anadarko, Oklahoma. …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Cell Workout, by L.J. Flanders (LC Books, 2015) by David Reutter 231 pages, $35.00 softcover Book review by David M. Reutter “In prison, people can discover new things and improve themselves in many ways; faith, fitness, a new language, education, skills and qualifications that may lead to job opportunities,” writes …
Semelbauer et al v. Muskegon Co, MI, Plf Reply BiS, jail gender discrimination 8th Am, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-01245-JTN ECF No. 105 filed 08/02/16 PageID.2008 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHELLE SEMELBAUER, PAULETTE BOSCH, DENISE VOS, CRISA BROWN, …
Due Process Triggered by Seizure from Home to Prison Confinement by In affirming a grant of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds, The Sixth Circuit Court of appeals held that for purposes of due process and unreasonable seizure protections, home confinement differs materially from in prison confinement.  Because that right …
Denver Settles Suit over Sanctioned Assaults of Prisoner for $3.5 Million by On July 24, 2014, the City and County of Denver, Colorado signed off on a $3.5 million settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly beaten and scalded with steaming water by …
Article • August 1, 2016
Broward County Jail Conditions Subject to Consent Decree by The Broward County Sheriff entered into a consent Decree to settle a class action lawsuit challenging the conditions at the County’s jails. The suit, filed in 1976, resulted in the federal district court overseeing the litigation to determine the conditions of …
Article • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Food
BOP Reaches Settlement with Prisoner who Suffered Food Poisoning by The Bureau of Prisons (Bop) agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who suffered food poisoning. While at USP Marion in Illinois, prisoner Charles B. Anderson was served a hot entrée of chicken on June 2, …
BOP Pays $340,000 in SHU Cellmate Assault by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to a $340,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was assaulted upon being moved into a Special Housing Unit (SHU) cell. Prisoner Brendan Reilly was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, now …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP Pays $12,773 to Settle Negligence Suit by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $12,773.46 to settle a lawsuit claiming injuries incurred during an accident involving a BOP vehicle. Beverly Oliver was a passenger in a vehicle stopped at an intersection on January 31, 1995, in Memphis, Tennessee, when it …
Article • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Food
BOP Paid $1,000 to Prisoner Who Caught Salmonella from Chow Hall by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $1,000 to a prisoner who caught salmonella from eating food from the prison kitchen. Angela Elder, a prisoner at the Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, West Virginia, ate dinner on September 14, …
Open Issues in Prison Cases, Northwestern School of Law, 2016 OPEN ISSUES IN PRISON CASES David M. Shapiro (david.shapiro@law.northwestern.edu) August 2016 This is a summary of “open” legal issues involving the rights of prisoners that will in some cases merit preservation with an eye toward further review. For many of …
Publication • August 1, 2016
ACLU National Prison Project - U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), 2016 U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) David C. Fathi ACLU National Prison Project 915 15th St. N.W., 7th …
$950,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s False Imprisonment Lawsuit by The District of Columbia paid $950,000 to settle the lawsuit of Joseph S. Heard for unlawful imprisonment. On November 15, 1998, Heard, a deaf man, was arrested for unlawful entry into a George Washington University building. The case was dismissed October …
Alabama Prisoners Bribed to Dance Nude for Doughnuts by Three Alabama jail guards have been charged in a “dancing for doughnuts” practice. Pickens County Jail guards Demetrius Harris, Anthony Lavender, and Chance Draper were charged with felony ethics violations for coercing female prisoners to dance nude for donuts and cell …
Article • July 29, 2016
Nebraska Petitioner Seek Name Change Cannot Proceed In Forma Pauperis by The Nebraska Court of Appeals held a petitioner seeking a name change may not proceed in forma pauperis. Nebraska prisoner Douglas David Pattengall filed a petition for mane change, seeking to “cast off the last vestiges of Christianity and …
Settlement in condition Suit Challenging Birmingham Jail by A settlement agreement was reached in a class action lawsuit concerning the conditions of confinement in Alabama’s Birmingham jail.  The suit was filed in 2011 and was the subject of several PLN reports.  The April 15, 2014, settlement required 100 pre-trial detainees …
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