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Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Prisoner’s Suicide in Sherburne County Minnesota Jail Results in $2.3 Million Settlement by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders A recent investigation by KARE 11, a Minnesota-based NBC news affiliate, has brought much-needed attention to systematic failures at jails throughout Minnesota. Many local and state correctional facilities in that state, according …
Beating Death in Oahu Jail Ends With Acquittal of Mentally Ill Killer by Kevin Dayton by Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Civil Beat A jail prisoner who admitted to the fatal beating of another prisoner in 2019 has been acquitted of murder, concluding a case that triggered scrutiny of the state’s practice …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
These Meds Prevent Overdoses. Few Federal Prisoners Are Getting Them by Beth Schwartzapfel Three years after the First Step Act required the Bureau of Prisons to treat more people with medications for opioid addiction, only a tiny fraction are receiving them. by Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project In 2018, Congress …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Suicides
Eighth Circuit Holds Lack of “Clearly Established” Law Requiring Staffer to Notify of Prisoner’s Suicide Risk Prevented Damages by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Finding that qualified immunity prevented a lawsuit against a jailer who failed to notify a receiving jail that a prisoner was at-risk for suicide and he …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
$10 Million Settlement in Taser Death of Mentally Ill Man in South Carolina Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The death of a Black man who was Tasered multiple times at South Carolina’s Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in Charleston is the latest case to raise questions about …
Townsend v. County of Santa Cruz, CA, Order, Inadequate Medical Care, 2021 Case 5:19-cv-00630-BLF Document 130 Filed 09/01/21 Page 1 of 29 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 SAN JOSE DIVISION 8 9 ANTONIO NEAL TOWNSEND, through his Conservator and Guardian …
Estate of Allen v. Cumberland County, NJ, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY THE ESTATE OF ALISSA MARIE ALLEN, et al., Plaintiffs, HONORABLE JEROME B. SIMANDLE Civil Action No. 15-6273 (JBS-AMD) v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, A. GARCIA, RN, et al., Defendants. …
Babu v. County of Alameda, CA, Declaration of Kara Janssen, Unconstitutional Use of Isolation, 2021 Case 5:18-cv-07677-NC Document 266-1 Filed 08/26/21 Page 1 of 110 1 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 KARA J. JANSSEN – 274762 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 3 101 Mission …
Monroe v. Meeks, IL, Preliminary Injunction, Transgender Discrimination, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-00156-NJR Document 332 Filed 08/09/21 Page 1 of 4 Page ID #7682 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JANIAH MONROE, MARILYN MELENDEZ, LYDIA HELÉNA VISION, SORA KUYKENDALL, and SASHA REED, individually and on behalf …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Resisting a Prison Without End by Jayson Hawkins, Panagioti Tsolkas by Jayson Hawkins and Panagioti Tsolkas The fantasy of those who profit off the Prison Industrial Complex has long been perpetual incarceration. This dream has seeped into reality in recent decades as many states began adopting LWOP (life without parole) …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Orange County California Jail Guard Investigated for Burning Mentally Ill Prisoner by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A sheriff’s deputy in California is suspected of burning a mental health prisoner with hot water to gain compliance, according to a statement released by authorities in Orange County. Twenty days …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois DOC Prisoner’s Suit Against Wexford Psychiatrist by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 9, 2021, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals held that a district court erred when it departed significantly from Pruitt v. Mote, 503 F.3d 647 (7th Cir. 2007) in its consideration of …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Suicides
Sixth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Kentucky Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 29, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated a claim against a Louisville, Kentucky jail classification officer who, contrary to jail policy, moved a prisoner to a segregation …
Brief • July 14, 2021
Georgia Advocacy Office v. Jackson, GA, Appeal to Vacate Injunction, Lack of Mental Care, 2021 USCA11 Case: 19-14227 Date Filed: 07/14/2021 Page: 1 of 40 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 19-14227 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:19-cv-01634-WMR-RDC GEORGIA ADVOCACY OFFICE, M.J., K.H., …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Maine Prisons Expand Medication Assisted Treatment by David Reutter by David Reutter The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced on February 12, 2021, that it is expanding medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for prisoners with opioid-use disorder. The move is an expansion of a pilot project that started from an executive order issued …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Transfer Lawsuit by Suicidal Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On October 15, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a prisoner who had consented to being transferred to a psychiatric unit after a suicide attempt could not sue …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Wisconsin Prisoner In Vegetative State After Suicide Attempt Wins New Trial on Jury Instruction Error by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a jury’s judgment in a civil rights action alleging guards at Wisconsin’s Madison County Jail (MCJ) were deliberately indifferent to …
After DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions for Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary, Massachusetts Experiments with Monitoring Gadget by Kevin Bliss, Keith Sanders by Kevin Bliss and Keith Sanders Six months after the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a highly critical report accusing the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MADOC) of violating the …
Brief • June 18, 2021
Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2021 Case 2:21-cv-01161 Document 1-2 Filed 06/18/21 Page 2 of 26 Electronically Filed 4/27/2021 3:53 PM Steven D. Grierson CLERK OF THE COURT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PAOLA ARMENI Nevada Bar No. 8537 Email: …
Brief • June 18, 2021
Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2021 Case 2:21-cv-01161-ART-NJK Document 1-2 Filed 06/18/21 Page 1 of 26 Exhibit A – First Amended Complaint Case 2:21-cv-01161-ART-NJK Document 1-2 Filed 06/18/21 Page 2 of 26 Electronically Filed 4/27/2021 3:53 PM Steven D. Grierson CLERK …
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