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Blueprint to Ending Mass Incarceration in Wisconsin, WISDOM, 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Advocacy

Blueprint to Ending Mass Incarceration in Wisconsin, WISDOM, 2014 11X15 BLUEPRINT FOR ENDING MASS INCARCERATION IN WISCONSIN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WELCOME TO WISCONSIN where, in many communities, being taken away to jail or prison is more common than being sent off to college. The prison population in this state has more …

Wisconsin DOC Equips Guards with Pepper Spray, Tasers

Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014

Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas

Wisconsin DOC Equips Guards with Pepper Spray, Tasers by Wisconsin DOC Equips Guards with Pepper Spray, Tasers   A report compiled by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) found there were 351 assaults, attempted assaults and assault-related injuries involving prison staff from mid-2012 to mid-2013. In response, Corrections Secretary Ed …

Burritt v. Polk County, WI, Plf MoL Mot to Alter & Amend Judgment, Child False Accusation of Sexual Assualt, 2014

Brief • May 20, 2014

Filed under: Victims, Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction

Burritt v. Polk County, WI, Plf MoL Mot to Alter & Amend Judgment, Child False Accusation of Sexual Assualt, 2014 PAUL BURRITT, vs. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN Plaintiff, LISA DITLEFSEN, and POLK COUNTY, 12-cv-909-wmc Defendants. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT HIS FED. R. …

Prison Legal News v. Kenosha County, Order of Stipulation & Dismissal 2014

Filing • May 19, 2014

Filed under: Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation, Censorship

Prison Legal News v. Kenosha County, Order of Stipulation & Dismissal 2014 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) DAVID G. BETH, individually …

Burritt v. Polk County, WI, Order on Plaint's Motion, Child False Accusation of Sex Assualt, 2014

Brief • May 6, 2014

Filed under: Victims, Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction

Burritt v. Polk County, WI, Order on Plaint's Motion, Child False Accusation of Sex Assualt, 2014 PAUL BURRITT, vs. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN Plaintiff, LISA DITLEFSEN, and POLK COUNTY, 12-cv-909-wmc Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT HIS FED. R. …

Burritt v. Polk County, WI, Plf Mot for Leave to Supp Mot to Amend, Child False Accusation of Sexual Assualt, 2014

Brief • May 5, 2014

Filed under: Victims, Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction

Burritt v. Polk County, WI, Plf Mot for Leave to Supp Mot to Amend, Child False Accusation of Sexual Assualt, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN PAUL BURRITT, Plaintiff, vs. LISA DITLEFSEN, and POLK COUNTY, Defendants. 12-cv-909-wmc MOTION OF PLAINTIFF PAUL BURRITT FOR LEAVE TO …

Burritt v. Polk County, WI, Plf Atty Declaration, Child False Accusation of Sex Assualt, 2014

Brief • May 5, 2014

Filed under: Victims, Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction

Burritt v. Polk County, WI, Plf Atty Declaration, Child False Accusation of Sex Assualt, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN PAUL BURRITT, Plaintiff, vs. LISA DITLEFSEN, and POLK COUNTY, Defendants. 12-cv-909-wmc MOTION OF PLAINTIFF PAUL BURRITT FOR LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT MOTION TO ALTER AND AMEND …

Hardy v. City of Milwaukee, WI, Amended Complaint, Public Strip Search, 2014

Brief • February 5, 2014

Filed under: Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Police Searches

Hardy v. City of Milwaukee, WI, Amended Complaint, Public Strip Search, 2014 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN LEO HARDY, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, OFFICER MICHAEL GASSER, OFFICER KEITH GARLAND, JR., OFFICER PATRICK COE, OFFICER MICHAEL VALUCH JR., OFFICER ROLANDO HERNANDEZ, and unknown Milwaukee Police …

Seventh Circuit: Lifetime Supervision in Pornography Case Set Aside

Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014

Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Probation

Seventh Circuit: Lifetime Supervision in Pornography Case Set Aside by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a “supervision for life” provision imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin when defendant Nicolai D. Quinn was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment for possession …

Seventh Circuit Retires “De Minimis” Standard for Use of Physical Force

Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Pat Searches

Seventh Circuit Retires “De Minimis” Standard for Use of Physical Force by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s application of a “de minimis harm” standard in dismissing a Wisconsin detainee’s claim that he was sexually groped. In April 2008, James Washington, Jr. was a pretrial …

Matz v. Vandenbrook, WI, SJ Order, Failure to Treat Borderline Personality Prisoner in Segregation, 2013

Brief • August 19, 2013

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Matz v. Vandenbrook, WI, SJ Order, Failure to Treat Borderline Personality Prisoner in Segregation, 2013 Case: 3:10-cv-00668-bbc Document #: 114 Filed: 08/19/13 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN - - - - - - - - - - - - …

Prisoner Denied Pornography in a Wisconsin Prison

Article • August 15, 2013

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Reading Materials, Publications/Books, Sexually Explicit Materials

Prisoner Denied Pornography in a Wisconsin Prison by A Wisconsin appellate court held that a prisoner’s lawsuit against guards for denying him pornography was properly dismissed. The Court of Appeals, District IV, affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Green Bay Correctional Institution prisoner Charles Downing on January 3, …

Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Wisconsin Retaliation Suit

Article • August 15, 2013

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings)

Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Wisconsin Retaliation Suit by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Wisconsin federal district court improperly dismissed a prisoner’s civil rights claim of retaliation for filing grievances because a prison disciplinary board found the prisoner was lying when filing his grievances. Wisconsin …

Seventh Circuit: Summary Judgment Partially Reversed in Jail Death Caused by Medication Withdrawal

Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013

Filed under: Health Professionals, Ltd., Medical, Medication, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Seventh Circuit: Summary Judgment Partially Reversed in Jail Death Caused by Medication Withdrawal by On May 25, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to two defendants in a case involving a jail detainee who died after his prescribed medication was abruptly discontinued. Wisconsin's …

$737,500 Settlement after Seventh Circuit Finds No Qualified Immunity for Prisoner's Suicide

Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013

Filed under: Qualified Immunity, Mental Health, Suicides

$737,500 Settlement after Seventh Circuit Finds No Qualified Immunity for Prisoner's Suicide by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court's partial denial of qualified immunity in a case involving the suicide of a Wisconsin prisoner. "Jessie Miller led a tragically short and troubled life. Exposed to …

Re-incarceration Not Grounds to Dismiss Wisconsin Civil Commitment Petition

Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013

Filed under: Mental Health, Civil Commitment

Re-incarceration Not Grounds to Dismiss Wisconsin Civil Commitment Petition by On June 29, 2012, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that Wisconsin Statutes chapter 980 (2005-06), the state's sex offender civil commitment law, does not require that a pending commitment petition be dismissed when the person subject to civil commitment is …

Jackson v. Meisner, WI, Settlement, ICE Withholding of Mail, 2013

Brief • July 8, 2013

Filed under: Mail Regulations, Due Process

Jackson v. Meisner, WI, Settlement, ICE Withholding of Mail, 2013 Co y STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE J.n. VAN HOLLEN 17 W. Main Street P.O. Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707·7857 www.doj .state.wLus ATTORNEV GENERAL Kevin M. St. John Deputy Attorney Gene ral Me lissa R. SchaJltr Assistant Attorney Genera …

Jackson v. Meisner, WI, AAG Letter to Judge, Columbia CI error rejecting inmate complaint, 2013

Brief • July 3, 2013

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, PLRA, Grievances, Due Process

Jackson v. Meisner, WI, AAG Letter to Judge, Columbia CI error rejecting inmate complaint, 2013 • STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE J.B. VAN HOLLEN ATIORNEY GENERAL 17 W. Main Street P.O. Box 7857 Madison, W1 53707-7857 www.doj.state.wi.us Kevin M. St. John Deputy Attorney General Rebecca A. Paulson Assistant Attorney …

Prison Legal News v. Kenosha County 2013

Filing • June 27, 2013

Filed under: Complaints

Prison Legal News v. Kenosha County 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) DAVID G. BETH, individually and in ) his official …

Seventh Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment for Nutriloaf Diet

Article • May 15, 2013 • from PLN May, 2013

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Food, Eighth Amendment

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 …