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Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Settlements, Overdetention
$2.375 Million Settlement in Over-Detention Suit at Santa Clara California Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 16, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of California entered final approval of a settlement agreement in a class-action suit alleging Santa Clara County continued to hold detainees …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
California Makes Calls Free for State Prisoners and Juvenile Detainees, Prohibits Telecom Kickbacks to Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On September 29, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed S.B. 1008 into law, barring government agencies in the state from collecting any part of the revenue …
Brief • March 28, 2023
Villery v. Sanders, CA, Settlement, Retaliation-Grievance, 2023
Enyart v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 5:23-cv-00540 Document 1 Filed 03/27/23 Page 1 of 36 Page ID #:1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Danielle R. Pena, Esq., SBN 286002 dpena@PHGLawGroup.com PHG Law Group 501 West Broadway, …
“Nothing Has Changed”: Four Dead in Six Weeks at California County’s “Deadliest Jail” by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On February 28, 2022, Candice “Cody” Vanburen became the fourth person to die in just six weeks at the Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) in California’s Alameda County. Now prisoner rights …
Brief • March 20, 2023
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Greer v. County of San Diego, CA, Addenudm to Settlement, Denial of Adequate Medical Care, 2023 DocuSign Envelope ID: D6462943-4B47-453A-BD1D-8D2E9629CA5A Addendum to RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS 1.0 PAYMENTS In consideration of the release set forth above, the Defendant agrees to pay to the individual(s) named below ("Payee(s)") the …
Brief • March 20, 2023
Ronduen v. The GEO Group, CA, Complaint, Toxic Chemicals, 2023 Case 5:23-cv-00481 Document 1 Filed 03/20/23 Page 1 of 53 Page ID #:1 1 8 SOCIAL JUSTICE LEGAL FOUNDATION Maria del Pilar Gonzalez Morales (SBN 308550) pgonzalez@socialjusticelaw.org Vanessa M. Domenichelli (SBN 326867) vdomenichelli@socialjusticelaw.org Alyssa Martinez (SBN 342466) amartinez@socialjusticelaw.org Amelia Piazza …
Brief • March 13, 2023
Estate of Tapia v. State of California, CA, Joint Notice of Settlement, Excessive Force-Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 2:20-cv-11174-FMO-JEM Document 204 Filed 03/13/23 Page 1 of 6 Page ID #:2290 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LUIS A. CARRILLO, Esq., SBN 70398 MICHAEL S. CARRILLO, Esq., SBN …
Brief • March 9, 2023
Filed under: Censorship
Comix v. County of San Mateo, CA, Complaint, Censorship, 2023 1 CARA GAGLIANO (SBN 308639) AARON MACKEY (SBN 286647) 2 MUKUND RATHI (SBN 330622) ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION 3 815 Eddy Street 4 San Francisco, CA 94109 Tel.: (415) 436-9333 5 Email: cara@eff.org 6 7 8 9 10 STEPHANIE KRENT (Pro …
No Discipline for California Probation Supervisor Filmed Assaulting Restrained Juvenile Detainee by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On a Friday in October 2020 at Camp Kilpatrick, a juvenile facility in Los Angeles County’s Malibu, a teenage detainee went looking for something to eat in the common area. “Beckham” …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$857,500 Paid by California County for Jail Detainee’s Death, While Cellmate Who Beat Him Is Now in State Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 17, 2022, Lager George Reid, 26, was admitted to Folsom State Prison, after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: On January 9, 2023, the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) arrested a guard at the city jail for an alleged off-duty assault, the Birmingham News reported. It’s unclear who filed the misdemeanor complaint against Reba Foulks, 36; MPD didn’t begin its investigation until …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
California Governor Vetoes State’s Humane Solitary Confinement Bill by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The California Mandela Act – Assembly Bill (A.B.) 2632 – passed with an overwhelming majority of votes from state legislators in August 2022, limiting the use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails and immigration detention …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Former California Prison Warden and Guard Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Two Dozen Prisoners and Coworkers by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 28, 2022, Acting Warden Mike Pallares referred a former Central California Women’s Facility guard to the Madera County District Attorney’s (DA’s) Office. A six-month …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Reviews
“Acres of Skin” – Redux by Gregory J. Dober by Gregory J. Dober In December 2022, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) offered an apology for unethical research conducted on prisoners during the 1960s and 70s led by two of their researchers: Howard Maibach, MD, and William Epstein, …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Hospitalized California IST Defendants Entitled to Jail Conduct Credits by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On April 29, 2022, the California Court of Appeals held that incompetent to stand trial (IST) defendants who are confined in a state hospital receiving treatment to restore competency must be granted the same opportunity …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Judge Dismisses Suit Filed by California Town to Keep State Prison Open by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Prison is big business in America. Not only do billion-dollar corporations compete to warehouse individuals, so do American cities. That’s why in 2021, the California city of Susanville sued the state Department …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$14,000 Paid by California to Mentally Ill Prisoner Who Alleged Repeated Maulings by Guards by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney How blatant is a violation of rights when a prisoner who is both mentally ill and proceeding pro se wins his case? The answer for California prisoner Benjamin Justin Brownlee …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Escapes, Dogs, Settlements
$175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On September 21, 2021, an agreement was fully executed by California’s Merced County agreeing to pay $175,000 to a state prisoner who was mauled by a county K-9 when recaptured after …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
After 13 Jail Deaths in Eight Months of 2022, California Sheriff Finally Reveals How They Happened by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart It took a civil complaint to make Sheriff Chad Bianco talk. The five jails he runs for California’s Riverside County had seen 13 deaths in the first eight …
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