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Article • May 9, 2023
Former Federal Prisoner Markets Game App He Developed Behind Bars by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Prison is often compared to as a pressure cooker, exerting powerful forces that can either make or break someone. With a stunning list of achievements, Eric Van Buren is not one of the …
Article • May 9, 2023
Filed under: Romantic Relationship
‘Fake Barbie’ Fights for Conjugal Visits in U.K. Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss British prisoner Abigail White, a self-styled “Fake Barbie” popular on the adult website OnlyFans, is petitioning the country’s prison system to allow conjugal visits for its prisoners in order to care for their sexual …
Brief • May 9, 2023
Brewster v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Order Granting Denying in Part MSJ, Impoundment of Vehicle, 2023 Case 5:14-cv-02257-JGB-SP Document 314 Filed 05/09/23 Page 1 of 144 Page ID #:6861 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL Case No. EDCV 14-2257 JGB (SPx) Date May 9, 2023 …
Brief • May 5, 2023
Smith v. County of Hudson, NJ, Complaint, Retaliation, 2023 HUD-L-001581-23 05/05/2023 11:58:49 AM Pg 1 of 56 Trans ID: LCV20231464862 Christian V. McOmber, Esq. – NJ ID #012292010 cvm@njlegal.com Peter D. Valenzano, Esq. – NJ ID #037892010 pdv@njlegal.com Lauren M. Hill, Esq. – NJ ID #304102019 lmh@njlegal.com McOMBER McOMBER & …
Brief • May 4, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19
Romero-Lorenzo v. Koehn, AZ, Response to Dft's Motion for Reconsideration, Covid-19, 2023 Case 2:20-cv-00901-DJH-ESW Document 237 Filed 05/04/23 Page 1 of 15 1 Jean-Jacques Cabou (#022835) Thomas D. Ryerson (#028073) 2 Matthew R. Koerner (#035018) Margo R. Casselman (#034963) 3 PERKINS COIE LLP 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000 4 …
Article • May 2, 2023
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Alabama No-Bid Prison Contract Costs More Per Bed Than State’s Average Home by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi The Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority recently approved a $975 million no-bid contract for a single new prison – roughly equal to the budget of Alabama’s entire Department of Mental Health. Dividing …
Second Circuit Restores Qualified Immunity for Parole Commissioners Imposing Onerous Conditions for Prisoner’s Release by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On March 20, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s denial of summary judgment to members of the New York Board of Parole …
Article • May 2, 2023
Three Guards Arrested in One Week at Chicago Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Three guards at the Cook County Jail in Chicago were arrested in separate violent incidents during one week in April 2023. The jail recorded its seventh detainee death of the year the month before, one …
Article • May 2, 2023
Prisoners Earning Over $2,100 Monthly on Tik Tok by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman In the age of social media, when anyone can become a star overnight, there is an unlikely group joining the ranks of internet fame-seekers: prisoners. From behind bars at a UK prison, one incarcerated video …
Publication • May 2, 2023
Filed under: Excessive Force
Office of Inspector General Nebraska-Use of Force Incident at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution-May 2023 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NEBRASKA CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM Use of Force Incident at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATIVE REPORT MAY 2, 2023 Doug Koebernick, Inspector General Zach Pluhacek, Assistant Inspector General Contents Executive …
Ninth Circuit Upholds Order Vacating Conviction in Oregon Prison Director’s 1989 Murder; SCOTUS Declines Review by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On September 29, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court’s decision to toss the murder conviction of Frank Gable, now 62, in …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Malpractice, Settlements
$32,500 Medical Malpractice Award to Ohio Prisoner for Ripped-Out Catheter by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On February 28, 2022, Judge Patrick E. Sheeran of the Ohio Court of Claims approved a settlement under which the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) agreed to pay a prisoner $32,500 to …
Oklahoma County Pays $1.1 Million After Jail Guards Fatally Beat Detainee by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 1, 2022, the federal courtfor the Western District of Oklahoma granted dismissal to plaintiffs in a suit against Oklahoma County, after they agreed to a $1.1 million settlement in the death …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$4.25 Million Paid by King County for Two Jail Beatings By Improperly Housed Mentally Ill Detainees by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 29, 2022, the federal courtfor the Western District of Washington approved a $3 million settlement between King County and a mentally ill man who suffered a …
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 …
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