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Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Detainees Awaiting Psychiatric Beds Suffer Permanent Harm in Jails by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Defendants nationwide who require competency restoration are suffering irreparable harm awaiting psychiatric beds in solitary confinement. Here’s what happens: An individual with major mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, comes to …
Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Poised for Much-Needed Cleanup by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss California’s Monterey County Sheriff’s Department (MCSD) was under the spotlight in October 2022, when two “Jane Doe” lawsuits were filed accusing now-retired Undersheriff John Mineau of sexually harassing a pair of co-workers. But the agency …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Federal Judge Tells BOP Officials They “Are Not Above the Law” by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On October 4, 2022, Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. of the federal court for the Middle District of Florida excoriated officials with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and its Seagoville Federal …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
U.S. Response to Haitian Crisis: Fund More Prisons by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Haiti’s recent history reads like an endless tragedy of natural disasters and political upheavals. In between devastating hurricanes and earthquakes, a presidential assassination and gang wars paint a picture of a failed state. Violence regularly halts …
California Halted from Re-Integrating “Sensitive Needs” Prisoners Into General Population by David Reutter by David M. Reutter California’s Superior Court for Sacramento County issued a Writ of Mandate on September 30, 2022, ordering the state Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to “immediately cease” transferring prisoners under a controversial new …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Circuit Court Orders Hawaii to Release Names of Prisoners Who Die in State’s Jails and Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On November 14, 2022, a Hawaiian court ordered the state Department of Public Safety (DPS), the agency that runs state prisons and jails, to reveal the names of …
Former CoreCivic Guard Pleads Guilty to Deprivation of Tennessee Prisoner’s Rights by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On April 8, 2022, a former supervising guard at a private prison operated for the Tennessee Department of Corrections pleaded guilty to two counts of civil rights violations for assaulting a compliant prisoner. …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$1.9 Million Paid by L.A. County for Detainee’s Suicide by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On August 12, 2022, the federal courtfor the Central District of California approved a settlement for the minor children of a jail detainee who committed suicide less than nine hours after he was arrested for …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Sixth Circuit Revives Claim Over Michigan Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose on Allegedly Smuggled Fentanyl by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to employees of the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Santa Clara County Sheriff Accused of Coverup After $10 Million Payout to Mentally Ill Detainee Who Severely Injured Himself During Jail Transport by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart An October 2022 report by the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement (OCLE) in California’s Santa Clara County faults the county Sheriff’s …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Polling Stations Inside Jails Combat Voter Disenfranchisement by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders America’s carceral system strips millions of people of many privileges as citizens. Even when released, some of those privileges are not regained. Take voting, for instance. Felons – with rare exceptions in a couple of states – …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Both Prisoners and Nonprofit Plaintiffs Subject to Requirement to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On August 25, 2022, the New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of a challenge to the state’s mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico prisons. Though …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Nevada DOC Director Sacked After Prisoner Escape Goes Unnoticed Four Days by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye At the request of former Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D), the director of the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC), Charles Daniels, submitted his resignation on September 30, 2022. The move came three …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Almost $650,000 Paid by Illinois to Prisoner Who Lost Leg to Untreated Diabetes by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 2, 2023, the federal court for the Central District of Illinois denied a motion to overturn a $400,000 jury verdict for a state prisoner, who suffered serious complications arising …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
$11.75 Million Settlement for Prisoner Beating in Pheonix Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On June 7, 2022, the federal court for the District of Arizona granted dismissal to claims made by the mother of an 18-year-old prisoner left permanently disabled in a brutal beating at Maricopa County’s …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
SCOTUS Ruling Forces Ninth Circuit U-Turn on Damages Suit by Federal Prisoner in California “Snitch Jacketed” by Guard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On October 11, 2022, the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of California prisoner’s suit alleging he was assaulted because a guard …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
BOP Revives Plans for Controversial Prison in Kentucky by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On December 8, 2022, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) released a summary of the Public Scoping Meeting held in Whitesburg, Kentucky, regarding its proposed bid to build a $500 million federal prison on top …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Second Circuit Takes Back $20,000 Emotional Damage Award from Former Federal Prisoner in New York by Benjamin Tschirhart by Ben Tschirhart On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the verdict of a federal jury, stripping $20,000 in damages awarded to a former federal …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Health care
California Extends Medi-Cal Health Benefits to Prisoners Nearing Release by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD On January 26, 2023, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted California approval of a plan to extend Medi-Cal, the state’s equivalent to Medicaid, which provides health insurance to low-income …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Jail Detainee’s Urine Not a ‘Noxious or Filthy Substance’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In an opinion issued on November 22, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that urine is not a “noxious or filthy substance.” Therefore, the Court affirmed dismissal of …
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