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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 …
Article • October 15, 2012
Arizona County Jail Rescinds Daily Fee for Prisoners’ Meals by Arizona’s Santa Cruz County Jail will no longer charge prisoners $2.00 per day for their meals. According to Sheriff Antonio Estrada, the pay-for-food policy resulted in prisoners abusing both the system and other prisoners. Since indigent offenders still received meals, …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Tainted Chicken Sickens Hundreds of Prisoners, Staff at Pennsylvania BOP Facility by In late June 2011, around 320 prisoners and employees at USP Canaan in Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia, became sick due to salmonella poisoning after eating “tainted chicken” used to make fajitas. Four prisoners were ill enough to require …
Article • July 15, 2012
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes, Food
Washington Force-Feeding Interests Outweigh Prisoner's Privacy Rights by The En Banc Washington State Supreme Court held that the State's interests in force feeding a prisoner outweighed his constitutional right to refuse artificial means of nutrition and hydration. In July 2004, Charles R. McNabb was transferred from the Spokane County Jail …
Article • May 15, 2012
Soy-Based Meals: Cruel & Usual in Florida by Soy-Based Meals: Cruel & Usual in Florida "Excessive soy can be toxic to the thyroid gland," according to Sally Fallon Morell, president and treasurer of the Weston A. Price Foundation. "It can have hormonal effects." Of course, the excessive flatulence and cramping …
Brief • March 12, 2012
Filed under: Food, Eighth Amendment
Williams . CCA Canteen, TN, Settlement, food kitchen injury, 2015 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0205 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0206 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0207 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0208 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0209 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0210 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0211 CCA-AF (6/2/14 PRA) 0212
Article • February 15, 2012
Motion to Dismiss Prisoner’s Soy Diet Suit Denied by A federal district court in Illinois has issued a case management order concerning the Defendant’s motion to dismiss a suit filed against prison dietary products. The ongoing case concerns the Illinois Department of Corrections’ use of soy products as a main …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
New York City Jail Considered Serving Spoiled Meat by David Reutter After Rikers Island officials discovered 65,000 pounds of spoiled meat at the jail, at least one official suggested that it be served to prisoners. The meat, valued at $130,816, was found rotting on July 11, 2011 when nauseating smells …
Article • November 15, 2011
Consent Decree Sets Religious Diet Regulations at Wyoming State Prison by Based upon a negotiated settlement, a Wyoming federal district court entered a consent decree that establishes rights for prisoners around religious diet regulations at the Wyoming State Prison (WSP). The suit was brought by two Muslim prisoners, Joseph Miller …
Article • November 15, 2011
Washington DOC Settles Claims over Food Poisoning Outbreak by Eight prisoners affected by food poisoning while incarcerated at the Washington State Penitentiary accepted settlement offers of $1000 each on their claims of unsanitary food service practices against the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC). Plaintiffs experienced high fever, vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, …
Article • October 15, 2011 • from PLN October, 2011
Massachusetts Prisoners Receive Expired Food Rejected by Schools by According to an April 2011 news report, the Massachusetts Department of Education set aside 11,000 cases of expired cheese, blueberries, frozen chicken and other food items for use in prison kitchens after an investigation discovered the out-of-date food was being served …
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