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Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
$102,500 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Alaska DOC’s Discrimination Against Muslims by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 3, 2019, the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a lawsuit brought by two Muslim prisoners who had been given inadequate food or no food during the fast of Ramadan, were denied …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Oregon Prison Guard, Guilty of Pocketing $10,811 in Falsified Overtime, Sues for Racism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An Oregon prison guard’s 37-year career came to an inglorious end when he was caught stealing $10,881 from the Department of Corrections by falsifying his time cards. After a failed attempt …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Maryland to Pay $1.4 Million Settlement and Provide Assistance to Blind Prisoners by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 5, 2019, the State of Maryland agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by current and former blind prisoners housed at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI). The …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Prisoner Wins Preliminary Injunction Against PADOC Policy Banning Islamic Fezzes by The Human Rights Coalition by The Human Rights Coalition In August 2019, a federal magistrate judge recommended granting a preliminary injunction against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) to require prison officials to allow prisoners to purchase and wear …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Corizon Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $950,000 by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On September 18, 2018, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) filed suit in Arizona against Corizon Health, Inc. and Corizon LLC. The purpose of the litigation was “to correct Corizon’s nationwide unlawful employment policies and practices …
Brief • February 3, 2020
Varnado v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, CA, Settlement Agreement, Failure to Protect, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is entered into between the following parties ("the Parties"): Plaintiff TOMMY VARNADO ("Plaintiff'), and Defendants DEPUTY JAVIER MACHADO and …
Collateral Consequences Resource Center - Pathways to Reintegration Criminal Record Reforms in 2019 Pathways to Reintegration: Criminal Record Reforms in 2019 February 2020 s COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public engagement on the myriad issues raised by …
Ackerman v. Washington, MI, Order, Kosher Meals in Prison, 2020 Case 4:13-cv-14137-LVP-MKM ECF No. 243 filed 01/30/20 PageID.2509 Page 1 of 35 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION GERALD ACKERMAN and MARK SHAYKIN, Plaintiffs, Civil Case No. 13-14137 Honorable Linda V. Parker v. HEIDI WASHINGTON, Defendant. …
John Doe v. Arizona, AZ, Settlement, Gender Discrimination, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release (“Agreement”) between Andrew Lovitt (“Lovitt” or “Employee”) and the State of Arizona (the “State”), including the Arizona Department of Corrections (“the ADC”), is made as of the date this Agreement …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Settlements
Deaf Oregon Prisoner Awarded $125,000 for Jail’s Failure to Accommodate Disability by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On September 25, 2019, a federal jury in Oregon ordered Multnomah County jail officials to pay $125,000 to a deaf man for refusing to accommodate his disability while he was in custody. David …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Georgia Prison System Ordered to Amend Policy to Allow Three-Inch Beards by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Georgia federal district court has held that a policy limiting prisoners’ beard length to half an inch without religious exemptions violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
BJS Report Finds Sex Offenders Among Former Prisoners Least Likely to Re-Offend by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In May 2019 the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) issued a report, titled “Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from State Prison: A 9-Year Follow-Up (2005-14),” that examined 67,966 former prisoners over a …
Article • December 9, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Class Action Certified in Pennsylvania Jail Gender Discrimination Suit by David M. Reutter, Matthew Clarke by David M. Reutter and Matt Clarke A civil rights case alleging Berks County, Pennsylvania denied equal protection to female prisoners classified as trustees has been certified as a class action. After issuing a preliminary …
Victory v. Berks County, PA, Plf Memo Re Prospective Relief, Conditions of Confinement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA THERESA VICTORY, ALICE VELAZQUEZ-DIAZ, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BERKS COUNTY, et al. Defendants. : : : : : : : : …
Bardo v Stolworthy IL Settlement 2019 (1) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION CLIFTON BARDO, #B20945, Plaintiff, VS. DONALD STOLWORTHY, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 15-1193-MJR-SCW SETTLEMENT AGREEi.VIENT AND GENERAL RELEASE …
Raul Novoa, et al. v. The GEO Group, Inc., order, class certification, forced labor, 2019 Case 5:17-cv-02514-JGB-SHK Document 223 Filed 11/26/19 Page 1 of 28 Page ID #:4532 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL EDCV 17-2514 JGB (SHKx) Case No. Date November 26, 2019 Title Raul …
Article • November 23, 2019
Arkansas Supreme Court Denies Judicial Review of Prisoner’s Disciplinary Case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Malik Muntaqim, a prisoner assigned to the Arkansas Department of Correction’s (ADC) Ouachita River Unit, was seeking a transfer to a different prison unit and experienced racial discrimination. In his written transfer request, Muntaqim …
Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Nevada Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Native American Religion Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 10, 2019, the Nevada Supreme Court reversed a summary judgment order dismissing a prisoner’s claim that requiring him to prove tribal affiliation or otherwise demonstrate Native American association or ethnicity before …
Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Muslim Civil Rights Group Files Discrimination Suit Over Virginia Jail’s “God Pod” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2018, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of four Muslim prisoners at the Riverside Regional Jail in North Prince George, Virginia. The …
Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Sex Offenders Excluded from Florida Shelters During Hurricane by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter As Florida was preparing for Hurricane Dorian in August 2019, government officials told registered sex offenders to seek shelter in county jails. “It was such a traumatic experience to be incarcerated. I’m not going …
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