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Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Access To Courts
Tenth Circuit Revives Kansas Prisoner’s Claim That He Was Denied Access to Court by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On April 18, 2022, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed dismissal of a suit filed by Kansas prisoner Kenneth D. Leek, holding that he met the …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Prison Labor, Escapes
Alabama Supreme Court Says Prisoner Who Didn’t Return From Work Release Punishable Under Felony Escape Statute by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 16, 2022, in an important decision for Alabama prisoners on work-release programs, the state Supreme Court held that “willful escape” from such a program “is …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Ex-Felon “Dirtbags” Accused of Ordering Hit on Detainee at Florida Jail, But Questions Linger by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 1, 2022, Florida’s Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) arrested two ex-felons for orchestrating a beat-down in the county lockup. Sheriff Rick Staly called Margaret Watkins, 37, …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Third Former Guard at Troubled Federal Prison in Brooklyn Sentenced After Retrial and Conviction for Raping Prisoner by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 25, 2022, a former guard employed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn was sentenced to 10 years …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Massachusetts High Court: Lawmakers Haven’t Stopped Sheriffs From Taking Kickbacks from Jail Phone Calls, and Neither Will We by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On May 17, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that sheriffs may continue the decades-old practice of collecting commissions from charges for phone calls …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Medical
Elderly Prisoners Catch a Break on Medicare Part B by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A change in Medicare rules ends a years-long policy of forcing elderly prisoners to pay for benefits they are literally not free to use or else face life-long penalties. Americans 65 years and …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Accidents
Another Prisoner Dies in Another Fire at Indiana Prison by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  On January 14, 2023, a fire broke out just before 11:00 a.m. in a cell block at Indiana State Prison (ISP), killing prisoner Michael W. Smith, 48. He was the second prisoner to …
Second Hunger Strike Met With Pepper Spray at Washington GEO Group Lockup Where ICE Detainees Allege Widespread Sexual Abuse by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 4, 2023, a crowd of 50 people gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington. They were there to support a …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed on March 25, 2022, to pay $350,000 to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of murdered prisoner Anthony Vidal. The lawsuit was filed after Vidal was …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Alabama Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Dies for Lack of Proper Affidavits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 11, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of an Alabama prisoner’s civil rights action that alleged overlong delays in treatment for hernias and post-surgery …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Colorado’s Halfway Houses Returning Half of Residents to Prison by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On July 9, 2022, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) rescinded a new policy that barred parole officers from getting arrest warrants for people who walk away from one of the state’s halfway houses. The …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Transgender Idaho Prisoner Who Won Gender Conforming Surgery Awarded Over $2.6 Million in Legal Fees by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD On September 30, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho awarded $2,631,593 in attorneys fees and expenses to a former state prisoner, who successfully …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Parents Losing Children Because They Can’t Repay Foster Care Costs Incurred During Incarceration by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When parents are incarcerated, their children are often placed in foster care. A little-noticed federal law from the “tough on crime” Reagan era requires states to bill those parents …
CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines for Short-Staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye At its meeting on January 24, 2023, the Board of County Commissioners of Florida’s Citrus County voted to deduct $116,250 off its December 2022 bill from private prison operator …
Brief • March 1, 2023
Cain v. JPay, Inc., CA, Order Denying Dft's Motion to Compel, Prepaid Debit Card, 2023 Case 2:21-cv-07401-FLA-AGR Document 89 Filed 03/01/23 Page 1 of 8 Page ID #:500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 ADAM CAIN, …
Brief • March 1, 2023
Loggervale v. County of Alameda, CA,Judgment, False Arrest and Imprisonment, 2023 Case 3:20-cv-04679-WHA Document 238 Filed 03/01/23 Page 1 of 1 1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 7 8 AASYLEI LOGGERVALE, AAOTTAE LOGGERVALE, and AASYLEI HARDGE-LOGGERVALE, Plaintiffs, 9 10 United States District …
Publication • March 1, 2023
Filed under: Discrimination
The Legacy of Trayvon Martin-Neighborhood Watches, Vigilantes, Race and Our Law of Self-Defense-March 2023 Marquette Law Review Volume 106 Issue 3 Spring Article 5 Spring 3-1-2023 The Legacy of Trayvon Martin—Neighborhood Watches, Vigilantes, Race, and Our Law of Self-Defense Mark S. Brodin Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/mulr Part …
Brief • February 28, 2023
Filed under: Staffing
Coleman v. Newsom, CA, Order, Staffing, 2023 Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Document 7742 Filed 02/28/23 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 v. No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM …
Brief • February 28, 2023
Filed under: Suicides
Coleman v. Newsom, CA, Order, Suicide, 2023 Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Document 7743 Filed 02/28/23 Page 1 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 15 v. No. 2:90-cv-0520 …
Brief • February 28, 2023
Coleman v. Newsom, CA, Order, Contempt, 2023 Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Document 7741 Filed 02/28/23 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 v. No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM …
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