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Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Arizona Prisoner Condemned Again for Cellmate’s Murder by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On April 17, 2023, Arizona prisoner Jasper Rushing, 43, was again sentenced to death for the grizzly murder of his cellmate. He was first condemned for the killing in 2015, but the state supreme court tossed that …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Eighth Circuit Affirms Over $278,000 Awarded to Minnesota Jail Detainee Held on Bad ICE Referral Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 30, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a $30,001 jury award and a fee award over $248,000 to a Minnesota …
Alaska Supreme Court Says Parole Challenge Must Be Sought via Post-Conviction Relief, Not Lawsuit by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On October 28, 2022, the Alaska Supreme Court held that a prisoner is required to challenge a discretionary parole decision in a post-conviction relief (PCR) action, rather than a civil …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Montana Pays $2,500 to Settle Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 9, 2022, Montana prison officials paid $2,500 to settle a federal suit alleging that they failed to protect a state prisoner from a known threat of brutal beating by other prisoners. Andrew Yellowbear, Jr., …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Census, Rural Prisons
Montana Becomes 13th State to End Prison Gerrymandering by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman On February 14, 2023, Montana joined a dozen other states to end prison gerrymandering, the practice of having census takers count prisoners where they are incarcerated, rather than in their hometowns. It is also the …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Fourth Circuit: No Civil Commitment at Release for Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Without Considering Conditions by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On November 17, 20222, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stopped the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from civilly committing a prisoner being released …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On March 26, 2023, a former state prison guard at Easterling Correctional Facility was arrested for taking bribes to smuggle contraband into the lockup. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Quindarius Thagard, 27, was fired and charged with use of office for personal gain and promotion …
MTC Accused of Parole Programming Scam at Texas Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Utah-based Management and Training Corporation (MTC) faces allegations of breach of contract in Texas, where the private prison firm allegedly forced prisoners to sign for parole-required treatment and program time they were not in …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On April 20, 2022, the federal court for the Middle District of Tennessee issued a highly unusal order enjoining the Davidson County medical examiner from performing an autopsy or collecting bodily fluids from a prisoner following his …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Prisoner’s Experience in Solitary Wins PEN America Writing Award by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett Former prisoner Alex Tretbar won PEN America’s first-place award for poetry in September 2022 for his poem “Variations on an Undisclosed Location.” Tretbar, 33, penned the poem during his five-year incarceration with the Oregon Department …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Fifth Circuit Again Revives Muslim Texas Prisoner’s Suit Over Halal Meals Denied During Hurricane Evacuation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a district court erred when it tossed a Muslim prisoner’s lawsuit over denial of …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of $700,000 Award to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 13, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to review its dismissal of an appeal …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Nebraska Pays $479,000 for Restrictive Housing Prisoner’s Murder While Double-Celled by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On May 10, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nebraska granted dismissal to the estate of a prisoner murdered by his cellmate, while the two were double-bunked despite being classified for restrictive …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$2.4 Million Judgment Against Michigan Jail Doctor Convicted of Sexually Abusing Three Prisoners by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 8, 2022, the federal court forthe Eastern District of Michigan awarded $2.4 million in compensatory and punitive damages to three prisoners sexually abused in 2018 by a former physician …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline by Shannon Heffernan By Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ At least 18 corrections employees abused or used excessive force against incarcerated people in Illinois, according to internal corrections investigations. They all remained on the job. Correctional officer James …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$20,000 Settlement for Ohio Prisoner’s Slip-and-Fall Injury by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 23, 2021, Magistrate Scott Sheets presiding in the Ohio Court of Claims approved a settlement, under which the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) agreed to pay $20,000 to a former state prisoner who …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Education
College Education Disrupted for Washington Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss At the same time the federal government is once again opening Pell Grants to prisoners, some have been left scrambling in Washington by closure of the State Reformatory (WSR) – which hosted the state’s primary college program …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Detainee Allegedly “Eaten Alive” by Vermin in Overcrowded Atlanta Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A detainee found dead in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) on September 13, 2022, was “eaten alive” by insects, according to an attorney hired by the dead man’s family. Michael Harper said his clients …
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Claim That LaSalle Guards Fatally Beat Louisiana Pre-Trial Detainee by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated claims previously dismissed in a lawsuit filed over a detainee’s fatal beating at a prison privately operated by …
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Detainee’s Asphyxiation by Jail Guards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 13, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed dismissal of a lawsuit filed over the death of a Texas detainee during an altercation with jail guards. Kelli …
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