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Brief • February 5, 2016
Rudisill v. Ryan, AZ, Amended Stipulation Order, Racial Integration, 2016 Case 4:13-cv-01149-CKJ Document 119 Filed 02/05/16 Page 1 of 19 KENDALL BRILL & KELLY LLP 1 Bert H. Deixler* bdeixler@kbkfirm.com 2 Laura W. Brill* lbrill@kbkfirm.com 3 Randall L. Jackson* rjackson@kbkfirm.com 4 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1725 Los Angeles, California …
Brief • February 5, 2016
Thompson v. Holm, WI, Settlement, Ramadan Fasting, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN MICHAEL L. THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 13..cv.. 00930-nj WILLIAM HOLM, MATTHEW LARSON, RANDALL LASHOCK, BRUCE BLEICH, and JOHN DOE, Defendants. RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Tins Release and Settlement Agreement …
Franklin v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-09412 Document #: 9 Filed: 02/05/16 Page 1 of 18 PageID #:41 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ANDRÉ FRANKLIN (#K-63812), Plaintiff, v. DR. SALEH OBAISI, REGINA BEATTIE, RANDY PFISTER, TARRY WILLIAMS, and WEXFORD HEALTH …
Burke v. CorrectCare-Integrated Health, KY, Complaint, Inmate Starved to Death, 2016 Case 5:15-cv-00007-TBR Document 105 Filed 02/04/16 Page 1 of 30 PageID #: 684 Case 5:15-cv-00007-TBR Document 105 Filed 02/04/16 Page 2 of 30 PageID #: 685 Case 5:15-cv-00007-TBR Document 105 Filed 02/04/16 Page 3 of 30 PageID #: 686 …
Article • February 3, 2016
Pennsylvania State Security Firm Drops Terrorist Tag for Environmental Activists by Derek Gilna Pennsylvania State Security Firm Drops Terrorist Tag for Environmental Activists   by Derek Gilna   Domestic covert surveillance of peaceful political activists by law enforcement is not a new thing, although the newest manifestation of this practice …
Staff-on-Prisoner Sexual Abuse Persists in New York Prisons by David Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 11, 2015 that guards who subject prisoners to sexual fondling may violate the prisoners’ constitutional rights. The ruling came in the wake of media reports that the New York Department …
$350,000 Settlement for Estate of Prisoner Murdered at Georgia Prison by The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a civil rights action filed by the estate of a prisoner murdered at Hays State Prison (Hays). As previously reported in PLN, in late 2012 and early …
Vermont’s Policy of Sending Prisoners Out-of-State Found Unconstitutional by David Reutter A Vermont Superior Court held the policy of the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) to send hundreds of male prisoners to out-of-state facilities, regardless of whether they have close bonds with their young children, while keeping all women prisoners …
Minnesota Civil Detainee Raped by Cellmate Receives $203,000 Settlement by David Reutter The state of Minnesota agreed to a $203,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by a civil detainee at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) that alleged a policy or custom of disregarding patient safety, resulting in the detainee …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
$725,000 Award for Eye Loss Caused by Guard’s Assault by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims awarded $725,000 to a prisoner who lost an eye after being attacked by a jail guard. Prisoner Warren Davis, 31, suffers from keratoconus, a congenital eye condition in which the cornea changes …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Human Rights Groups Condemn Worsening Conditions in Venezuelan Prisons by Matthew Clarke As long ago as 1997, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch issued a report that characterized conditions in Venezuelan prisons as “violat[ing] both Venezuelan law and international human rights standards.” The group pointed to dangerous overcrowding as perhaps …
California: Settlement in Race-based Prison Lockdown Suit; $2.375 Million in Fees and Costs by Lonnie Burton On July 21, 2014, a California federal judge approved class-action status in a lawsuit filed by state prisoners challenging the statewide practice of race-based prison lockdowns. U.S. District Court Judge Troy L. Nunley of …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Louisiana Jail Detainee’s Death Leads to FBI Investigation, Charges by Nimali Henry, 19, died on April 1, 2014 while in the custody of the St. Bernard Parish Prison in Louisiana after jail employees failed to provide her with proper medication and treatment that they knew she needed. The FBI initiated …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Use of Pseudonym Merited to Protect Prisoner from Victimization by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 27, 2015 that a California death-sentenced prisoner had submitted sufficient evidence to proceed under a pseudonym rather than his real name. The appellate court noted this was an exceptional case that …
$250,000 Settlement for Estate of PA Prisoner Killed by Mentally Ill Cellmate by David Reutter The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the estate of an elderly, handicapped prisoner who was killed by his psychotic cellmate at State Correctional Institution Forest. Elwood Brasswell, …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Environmental Law, Water, Zoning
Environmental Problems Taint Plan for New Prison in Utah by Panagioti Tsolkas   by Panagioti Tsolkas Utah is planning to open a 4,000-bed facility to replace the Utah State Prison in Draper. After several years of considering whether to relocate or rebuild the prison, the state has settled on relocation …
California’s Jail-building Boom: What Comes After Mass Incarceration? Local Incarceration. by Anat Rubin by Anat Rubin, Marshall Project In the desert city of Indio, California halfway between Los Angeles and the Arizona border, a small monument to the state’s prison downsizing experiment is materializing in a shopping center storefront, where …
Florida’s Department of Corrections: A Culture of Corruption, Abuse and Deaths by David Reutter Florida, with the nation’s third-largest prison system, has a long and sordid history of abusing, neglecting and even killing its prisoners. Because most state prisons are in insular rural areas, the general public, aside from those …
Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons? by Laura Cepero Florida’s prisons have become notorious for their abuse and neglect of the people in their care. Now, as per an agreement between the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) and Disability Rights Florida, the state will be overhauling …
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