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Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Subclass Certified and Settlement Proposed to Address ADA Violations at Long-Plagued San Diego County Jails by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 21, 2023, Judge Anthony J. Battaglia of the federal court for the Southern District of California signed an order in a suit alleging violations at San Diego …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Record Temperatures in Southern Prisons Called Cruel and Unusual Punishment by On the last day of July 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced that Earth had just endured the hottest three-week period ever recorded, noting that “for vast parts of North America, Asia, Africa and Europe—it is a cruel …
BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A report on July 6, 2023, from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs (WLCCR&UA) exposed abuses suffered by prisoners at the hands of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Restorative Justice Program Boosts South Carolina Prison and Public Safety by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Assistant U.S. Attorney General Amy L. Solomon, Director of the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Director Nancy La Vigne visited South Carolina’s Turbeville Correctional …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
San Diego County Jail Accused of Letting Mentally Ill Detainee Starve to Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 26, 2023, two sons filed suit for the estate of their schizophrenic dad, accusing officials at San Diego County’s Central Jail where he was incarcerated of letting him die …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Jail Specific
Deaths and Lawsuits Mount at “Disgusting” Atlanta Jail by After a gruesome toll of 10 detainee deaths in 2023, Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) recorded its first fatality of the new year on January 10, 2024. Michael Anthony Holland, 36, was found unresponsive in his cell and later died at …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
$3 Million Settlement for Illinois Pretrial Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $3 million settlement in the 2020 withdrawal death of Illinois pretrial detainee Elissa A. Lindhorst at the Madison County Jail was fully executed on May 10, 2023. Lindhorst, 28, was another casualty …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Ventilation
BOP Evacuates Federal Prison in Florida After Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning by Around 2:45 a.m. on July 16, 2023, a suspected carbon monoxide (CO) leak led to evacuation of staff and over 450 prisoners from the minimum-security satellite camp at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Coleman, Florida. Five people …
Brief • February 1, 2024
Snorsky v. Raemisch, CO, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2024 Case No. 1:18-cv-03025-KAS Document 282-2 filed 02/01/24 USDC Colorado pg 1 of 11 Exhibit B Case No. 1:18-cv-03025-KAS Document 282-2 filed 02/01/24 USDC Colorado pg 2 of 11 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Release and Settlement Agreement is made as of …
Publication • February 1, 2024
NYC Board of Correction-An Assessment of the Use of Chemical Agents in NYC Jails - Feb 2024 . . . . . Boardof . .T . . Correction AN ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS IN NEW YORK CITY JAILS February 2024 1 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary …
Publication • February 1, 2024
An Overview of Intermittent Confinement and Weekend Incarceration in the US-Feb 2024 Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4723504 0 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW DRUG ENFORCEMENT AND POLICY CENTER An Overview of Intermittent Confinement and Weekend Incarceration in the U.S. Pete Leasure, Douglas A. Berman, and Jana Hrdinová …
Brief • January 11, 2024
Braithwaite v. Wisconsin Dept of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2024 STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 17 W. Main Strnet P.O. Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707-7857 www.doj.state.wi.us Josh Kaul Attorney General Gesina S. Carson Assistant Attorney General carsongs@doj.state. wi. us 608/266-1672 . FA,"'C 608/294-2907 January 9, 2024 VIA …
Brief • January 8, 2024
Weathers v. Witham, VA, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2024 Case 4:23-cv-00008-RBS-LRL Document 33 Filed 01/08/24 Page 1 of 12 PageID# 257 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA NEWPORT NEWS DIVISION ANTOINETTE WEATHERS, Plaintiff, Case No. 4:23-cv-00008 v. Jury Trial Demanded ROY C. WITHAM, Superintendent; VIRGINIA PENINSULA …
Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless” by In a weird-but-true story that’s oddly fitting for Alabama’s wretched prison system, the body of a state prisoner murdered on November 16, 2023, was returned to his survivors five days later without a heart. That is the claim of a lawsuit filed in federal …
Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement by On July 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit filed in connection with the fire at Sing Sing Correctional Facility …
$10,000 Verdict for Fired Guard’s Failure to Protect Louisiana Prisoner From Stabbing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The federal court for the Middle District of Louisiana found on July 18, 2023, that a guard at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) violated a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights by failing …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Against Kitchen Supervisor for Scalding From Spilled Hot Water by by Matt Clarke On July 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstated a claim brought by an Illinois prisoner who was severely burned when he tripped on a damaged …
Eleventh Circuit Addresses First Amendment, Due Process Interests in Georgia Prisoner Emails by New communications technology introduced in prisons and jails has raised questions as to how prisoners’ First Amendment rights are implicated. Such concerns were addressed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 23, …
Long Waits for Montana Jail Detainees Needing Competency Restoration Services by As of June 30, 2023, an unnamed detainee at Montana’s Flathead County Jail (FCJ) had been held over nine months on a burglary charge, though she was not scheduled for trial. Instead the woman, who suffers from mental illness, …
West Virginia Pretrial Detainee’s Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse Survives Dismissal Stage by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 9, 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed denial of defendant state prison officials’ motion to dismiss all but a negligent supervision and training claim that arose …
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