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Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Idaho Lowers Cloak of Darkness Over Execution Protocols by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On March 23, 2022, Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed a new law to shield the identity of drug suppliers for state executions by lethal injection. House Bill 658 was written by the state’s Attorney General …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
After Sixth Circuit Stops Attempted End-Run Around Rules, Former Kentucky Jail Detainee Settles Suit Against Southern Health Partners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 7, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Kentucky dismissed the case of a former jail detainee after she reached a …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: Commissary
New Policy Banning Care Packages Makes Life Harder for N.Y. Prisoners by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins To justify rules making life difficult for prisoners, officials often point to contraband — even when facts point in another direction. That was the case when the New York Department of Corrections and …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Former Deputy Warden Gets Two Years for Assaulting Mississippi Prisoner by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On September 2, 2022, the former deputy warden of Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman was sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for a brutal assault that …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
New York City Jails Admit Illegally Recording Over 2,200 Attorney-Client Phone Calls by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On the last day of 2021, the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) revealed a stunning privacy breach: Over 500 detainees in city jails had their calls to their attorneys …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
South Carolina Death Row Doctor Breaks Silence About Years of Executions by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye In an interview published in The State in Columbia on April 26, 2022, a South Carolina physician spoke out for the first time about executing condemned state prisoners — and the toll …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Texas Commission on Jail Standards Finds Unacceptable Conditions in Nueces County Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart They knew it was coming: The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) mandates a yearly inspection of all jail facilities in the state. The goal is to support local governments in maintaining …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Texas Prisoner Killed After Wounding Guard in Escape and Killing Family While on the Run by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 12, 2022, as Texas state prisoner Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was being transported in a prison bus to a medical appointment, he used a “prison-made knife and key” …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Disgraced Virginia Sheriff Gets 12 Years for Bribery and Corruption by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On May 19, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced former Norfolk Sheriff Robert McCabe, to 12 years in federal prison for his role in a jail bribery scheme …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A detainee assaulted aguard at the Calhoun County Jail on August 6, 2022, the Anniston Star reported. Sheriff Matthew Wade blamed an ongoing staffing shortage, which has typically left three guards on duty to supervise 300 detainees. One of them, Jacob Hammett, was out of …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Third Guilty Plea Entered in Massive Aryan Brotherhood Drug Conspiracy in California Prisons by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On September 12, 2022, the wife of an imprisoned street gang member pleaded guilty to posing as a paralegal for an allegedly corrupt lawyer in a scheme to smuggle …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19, Class Actions
Settlement Reached in COVID-19 Class Action Against DC Jail by Kevin Bliss, Jayson Hawkins by Kevin W. Bliss and Jayson Hawkins On April 12, 2022, the federal court for the District of Columbia approved a settlement agreement to resolve a class-action lawsuit which challenged conditions of confinement during the COVID-19 …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
COVID-19 Stimulus Garnished From Federal Prisoner, but Only After Eighth Circuit Says ‘Not So Fast’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 28, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled that money may not be withdrawn from a federal prisoner’s trust account, even to …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Ninth Circuit: New Suit Not Required After Curing Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 23, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a prisoner whose complaint was dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies need not file …
Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Felony Enhancements Subject to Parole Eligibility Statute in Place at Time of Crime by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On May 26, 2022, the Supreme Court of Arkansas held the state Department of Corrections (DOC) miscalculated parole-eligibility dates for a pair of state prisoners, causing a …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Federal Government Pays $300,000 for Endangering Diabetic Prisoner With ‘Dramatically’ Subpar Care by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On May 25, 2022, a former federal prisoner agreed to accept $300,000 to settle claims he was subjected to unconstitutionally bad treatment for severe Type 1 diabetes while incarcerated by the federal …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Federal Jury Awards $30,501 to Indiana Prisoner in Retaliation Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In October 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Indiana confirmed payment to a state prisoner of $30,501 in damages, which was awarded for retaliation he suffered when seeking protection from …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
$3.7 Million in Attorney Fees Paid to Settle COVID-19 Class-Action at Orange County Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 12, 2022, the federal court for the Central District of California granted final approval to a class-action settlement resolving claims against California’s Orange County Jail (OCJ) over its …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Ninth Circuit: Prisoner Filing a New Grievance That Makes New Claims Does Not Render Previous Grievance ‘Unexhausted’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In May 2022, after a ruling in his favor by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a former California prisoner accepted a settlement …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: Revocation Proceedings
Nevada Supreme Court: DOC Owes Parolee Credit for Any Days Over 60 Awaiting Revocation in Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of Nevada ordered the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to credit a parolee for time he spent in custody awaiting parole …
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