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Mississippi DOC Guard Trainee Busted for Smuggling Contraband by Sherrice Richardson, a guard trainee at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, was arrested on January 25, 2016 and charged for her role in a major contraband smuggling ring at the facility. Richardson, 22, admitted to prison officials that she had been …
Contaminated Sites and Prisons in New Jersey by Panagioti Tsolkas When journalist Raven Rakia embarked on an investigation of “the Superfund State” of New Jersey, she found another layer to the environmental justice disaster that sits just south of New York City. While New Jersey leads the nation in federally-designated …
Connecticut Prisoner Wins Motion for Sanctions over Destruction of Evidence; Case Settles for $40,000 by Derek Gilna Connecticut state prisoner Tye Thomas won an important pretrial motion that found employees of the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) were “grossly negligent” in failing to preserve key video surveillance footage of assaults …
Indiana ACLU Announces Settlement to Help Mentally Ill Prisoners by Derek Gilna In 2008, long before the issue became a focus of national attention, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana filed a federal civil rights suit against the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC), challenging inadequate treatment of mentally …
Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Bivens Suit Due to Continuing Violation Doctrine by Derek Gilna Esteban Gonzalez, while incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan and the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, was confined to the Special Housing Unit (SHU) for stabbing another prisoner “with a knife-like …
Amnesty International: Sudanese Prisoners Housed in Shipping Containers by On May 27, 2016, Amnesty International reported that the South Sudan was using repurposed shipping containers to house prisoners at a detention site in Gorom. Amnesty’s Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, Muthoni Wanyeki, warned that …
In California Death Row’s “Adjustment Center,” Condemned Men Wait in Solitary Confinement by by Alyssa Stryker, Solitary Watch “When we were sentenced to death,” wrote Carlos M. Argueta from death row in California, “we weren’t sentenced to be mistreated, humiliated, discriminated against, psychologically tortured and kept in solitary dungeons until the day …
Multiple Suicides at Florida Jail a Cause for Concern by David Reutter Suicide is the leading cause of death among jail detainees according to an August 2015 report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. While 80% of jails in the U.S. reported no deaths in 2013, six percent reported …
Wisconsin Prisoner’s Civil Rights Action Alleging Verbal Harassment Reinstated by Derek Gilna Ronald J. Beal, a Wisconsin state prisoner, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his civil rights by Department of Corrections (DOC) staff who had subjected him to verbal harassment. After his complaint was …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
California Jail Ordered to Restore Attorney-Client Contact Visits by Derek Gilna The Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada County, California changed its rules in 2013 to prohibit defense attorneys from having contact visits with their clients, allegedly due to security and cost concerns. Several prisoners filed suit, and a superior …
Overcrowding at South Dakota Prison Impacts Family Visitation Program by A surge in female prisoners incarcerated on low-level drug charges led to the temporary shutdown of a program at the South Dakota Women’s Prison that helps prisoners maintain family ties and relationships. The Parent and Children Together (P.A.C.T.) program provides …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Supreme Court Allows Prisoner’s § 1983 Action after Dismissal of Federal Tort Claim by Derek Gilna In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held on June 6, 2016 that a federal prisoner, Walter J. Himmelreich, could file a § 1983 federal civil rights complaint after the dismissal of his …
Ohio Prison Guards Cited for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Several Ohio state prison guards have been disciplined following at least 19 allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationships with female prisoners between 2012 and 2013. Most of the allegations arose shortly after the Dayton Correctional Institution (DCI) …
Breaking News: 18 Deaths in Six Months at Mississippi State Penitentiary by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News has learned through a public records request that 18 prisoners died at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman in just over a six-month period. The most recent reported death was that of Terry …
UK Security Company’s Long History of Controversy, Misconduct by Derek Gilna According to its website, G4S is the world’s “leading global integrated security company.” Besides providing security services, it also operates private prisons and immigration detention centers, provides electronic tagging (monitoring) for offenders on community supervision and has a prisoner …
U.S. Supreme Court: Prisoners Must Exhaust “Available” Administrative Remedies by Derek Gilna Shaidon Blake, a Maryland prisoner, claimed that he was punched in the face and had his head slammed into a wall by guard James Madigan while handcuffed during a move to a segregation cell – an assault that …
Dunn et. al. v. Dunn et. al Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed 07/13/16 Page 1 of 106 Expert Report of Eldon Vail Dunn, et. al. v. Dunn, et. al. The District Court of the United States Middle District of Alabama 2:14-cv-601-MHT-TFM Submitted: July 5, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed …
Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Expert Report of Eldon Vail, Alabama DOC Healthcare Administration, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed 07/13/16 Page 1 of 106 Expert Report of Eldon Vail Dunn, et. al. v. Dunn, et. al. The District Court of the United States Middle District of Alabama 2:14-cv-601-MHT-TFM Submitted: July …
Drouin v. Contra Costa County, CA, Third Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect - Disabled Inmates, 2016 ,,,..-, Case 4:15-cv-0'"' ... ~4-KAW Document 43-1 Filed 07i\.. _,16 Page 1 of a 1 Mark W. Kelsey, SB#295818 2 Law Offices of Mark W. Kelsey 877 Ygnacio Valley Rd, Ste. 208 Walnut Creek, CA …
Williams v. Murphy, CT, Fifth Amended Complaint, 2016 Case 3:13-cv-01154-MPS Document 156 Filed 07/07/16 Page 1 of 11 F'It. E D ?0lb JUL -l P l'0Q UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT i:S DISTRICT COURT II,ARTFORD CT CiVIL NO.: 3:13CV01 I 54 (MPS) RASHAD WILLIAMS V. MAY 1 3,2016 …
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