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Report Finds Shortcomings at Santa Clara County, California Jail by Derek Gilna A report prepared by a San Francisco law firm following interviews with 944 prisoners and 33 staff members at the Santa Clara County Jail found numerous complaints of both physical and verbal abuse, uneven enforcement of rules, harassment …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Architects’ Ethics Panel to Consider Boycott of Execution Chambers and Prison Design by David Reutter by David Reutter An advocacy group composed of architects, building designers and planners is hailing a decision by the National Ethics Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to reconsider a proposal to prohibit …
Pepper-spraying Sleeping Prisoner Unconstitutional, but Case Loses at Trial by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that “using a chemical agent in an attempt to wake a sleeping prisoner, without apparent necessity and in the absence of mitigating circumstances, violates clearly established law.” The ruling came in …
“Fatal Neglect” Report Faults ICE Health Care for Deaths of Detained Immigrants by Derek Gilna The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Detention Watch Network (DWN) and National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) issued a joint report, “Fatal Neglect: How ICE Ignores Deaths in Detention,” that describes case studies of deficient medical …
Second Circuit Allows Muslim Prisoners’ Bivens Claims to Proceed by Derek Gilna Although Muslim prisoners held at the harsh U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have received more publicity, conditions of confinement for prisoners of Middle-Eastern descent in domestic prisons have also been abusive. So abusive, in fact, that …
Privately-operated Texas Prison Rebounds by Matthew Clarke Despite years of controversy that included sitting vacant for months after it was built and staff members being arrested for smuggling contraband and having sexual relationships with prisoners, the Jack Harwell Detention Center in Waco, Texas has rebounded. It now houses more prisoners, …
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Transparent Jumpsuit for Prison Transport May Violate Eighth Amendment by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held last year that a prisoner stated a claim when he alleged he was forced to wear a see-through jumpsuit that exposed his genitals and buttocks while being moved from a county jail to …
Publication • April 1, 2016
Letter to Seattle Mayor re detention facility environmental concerns - April 2016 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS April 1, 2016 Mayor Ed Murray City of Seattle 600 4th Ave., 7th Floor Seattle, WA 98104 Re: Children and Family Justice Center MUP Permit Dear Mayor Murry, We …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Texas: $400,000 Settlement Award to Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner by On June 2, 2015, the Harris County Commissioners Court awarded $400,000 to Terry Goodwin, a mentally ill prisoner, to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from his extreme neglect while housed at the Harris County Jail in Houston. “I have never …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Terre Haute Prisoner’s FTCA Suit by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Charles D. Keller filed a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against prison officials at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, seeking damages after he was assaulted by another prisoner. Despite his …
$11.3 Million Jury Award for Former Colorado Jail Prisoner by Matthew Clarke A federal jury awarded a former Jefferson County Detention Center prisoner more than $11 million against the sheriff and the jail’s privately-contracted medical provider, Correctional Healthcare Companies (CHC) – now Correct Care Solutions – after he was denied …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
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Use of Nutraloaf on the Decline in U.S. Prisons by Christopher Zoukis After decades of using food as a means of discipline, prison officials across the country are increasingly turning away from punitive diets as a response to misbehavior by prisoners. One food that has been commonly used as punishment …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Prisoners Hang Themselves in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Jails at a Rate that Dwarfs Other County Lockups by Michael Lacey by Michael Lacey, Phoenix New Times How many people have died in our sheriff’s jails? On May 4, 2015, I asked a spokesman for Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio for a cadaver …
Article • March 31, 2016
New Jersey’s SOMA Violates Ex Post Facto Prohibitions by Mark Wilson The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the retroactive application of the 2007 Sex Offender Monitoring Act (SOMA) violates state and federal ex post facto prohibitions. In 1986, George Riley was convicted of sex offenses against a child and …
Naber v. Jones et al, FL, 2nd Amended Complaint, transgender denial of name change medical treatment, 2016 Case 2:15-cv-14427-RLR Document 20 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/31/2016 Page 1 of 24 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 2:15-cv-14427-RLR Justin Lee Naber, also known as Stacy Lorraine Naber, …
Publication • March 31, 2016
DRC Confiscated Major Contraband Brief, CIIC, 2016 DRC Confiscated Major Contraband Correctional Institution Inspection Committee March 24, 2016 Contraband Definition Administrative Rule (AR) 5120-9-55 distinguishes between two types of contraband, “minor” and “major”:  Minor Contraband: refers to items possessed by an inmate without permission and: (a) The location in …
Article • March 30, 2016
$75,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner Subjected to Forced Feeding by An Illinois federal jury awarded $75,000 to a prisoner who was subjected to excessive force during a force feeding procedure.  Post-trial, the parties reached a confidential settlement that included attorney fees. Illinois prisoner John Williams went a hunger strike at …
Article • March 30, 2016
New Thurston County, Washington Jail Finally Opens After Sitting Empty by It didn’t matter that in 2004, the citizens of Thurston County, Washington voted against building a new county jail. In 2010, County Commissioners took it upon themselves to borrow $44 million from county coffers to build the new facility …
Larsgard v. Ryan et al, AZ, Notice of Settlement, 8th Am Wexford medical neglect indifference, 2016 Case 2:12-cv-02149-SPL Document 587 Filed 03/30/16 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 Georgia A. Staton, Bar #004863 Brandi C. Blair, Bar #025944 Kenneth L. Moskow, Bar #029839 JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, P.L.C. …
Farris v. Franklin County, WA, Settlement Agreement, Denial of Detainee Rights, 2016 Case 4:14-cv-05083-SAB Document 91-1 Filed 03/28/16 1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 3 4 5 TERESA FARRIS, et al., 6 vs. 7 8 11 Plaintiffs, FRANKLIN COUNTY, et al., NO. 4:14-cv-05083-SAB SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Defendants. …
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