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Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Federal Court Holds PLN Lawsuit Challenging ADX Censorship Not Moot by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 14, 2017, a Colorado federal district court vacated its prior order granting a motion to dismiss filed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and held that a lawsuit filed by Prison …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
North Carolina Reforms Solitary Confinement Policies Following Vera Report by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The non-profit Vera Institute of Justice, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, published a report in December 2016 that detailed excessive use of solitary confinement in North …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Solitary to the Streets: Studies Find Such Releases Result in Higher Recidivism Rates, Violent Behavior by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Several studies have shown that prisoners released directly to the streets from solitary confinement are more likely to reoffend, commit new crimes sooner and exhibit violent behavior after release. …
Brzowski v. Sigler, 7th Circuit, Court Order, Improper Sentencing, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-09339C!ocument#: 1-1 Filed: 12/28/17Page 1 of 1 PagelD#:11 Case:16-2107 Document:16 Filed:0lJ12/2017 Pages:l .3llnften jhttes drourtof 1\ppettls , For the Seventh Circuit ~hicago, Illinois 60604 January 12,2017 Before ILANADIAMONDROVNER,CircuitJudge No.16-2107 WALTERJ.BRZOWSKI, Petitio11er-Appelln11t, Appeal from the United States District Court for …
Article • December 13, 2017
Prisoner Settles Conditions of Confinement, Excessive Force Lawsuit with Nevada County Jail by In October 2015, Washoe County officials and a former jail prisoner settled a lawsuit which had alleged numerous constitutional violations, including unlawful conditions of confinement, use of excessive force, medical indifference, and due process violations. The amount …
Article • December 13, 2017
Thirty-Nine Year Stay in Solitary Requires Procedural Safeguards; 5th Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity by On December 17, 2014, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the ruling of a Louisiana federal district court judge denying qualified immunity to prison officials in a lawsuit filed by a prisoner …
Publication • December 13, 2017
Solitary at Southport (Correctional Association of New York) Solitary at Southport SOLITARY AT SOUTHPORT A 2017 Report based upon the Correctional Association’s Visits, Data Analysis, & First-Hand Accounts of the Torture of Solitary Confinement from One of New York’s Supermax Prisons 1 Solitary at Southport “Caging animals for years is …
Brief • December 11, 2017
Parker v. City of New York, NY, Memo and Order, Solitary Confinement, 2017 Case 1:15-cv-06733-CLP Document 58 Filed 12/11/17 Page 1 of 26 PageID #: 295 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------X ROY PARKER et al. on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Study Tracks Decline in Use of Solitary Confinement as Reform Bill Stalls in U.S. Senate by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton A November 2016 report found that 67,000 prisoners were held in restrictive housing throughout the United States – also known as solitary confinement or segregation – in both state …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
New York Jail Agrees to End Solitary Confinement of Juveniles by Matthew Clarke, Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna and Matt Clarke Jail officials in Syracuse, New York have agreed to end solitary confinement for 16- and 17-year-old juvenile offenders held at the Onondaga County Justice Center under the terms of …
Massachusetts: Reform Legislation Introduced after Study on Solitary Confinement Published by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton A “white paper” published in November 2016 by Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts (PLSM) found that while the use of solitary confinement in the state was widespread, it did not produce provable cost-effectiveness or …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Benefit from Nature Videos, Study Shows by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Researchers have found that prisoners considered the highest security risks were less stressed and less violent after watching videos with nature scenes than those who did not. Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni at the University of …
Publication • November 28, 2017
Mental Health Consequences Following Release from Long-Term Solitary Confinement in California Mental Health Consequences Following Release from Long-Term Solitary Confinement in California Consultative Report Prepared for the Center for Constitutional Rights Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Lab, Stanford University Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 4 Methodology 4 …
Seitz v. Allegheny Cty, PA, Settlement, Pregnant Solitary, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-01879-CRE Document 43-1 Filed 11/09/17 Page 1 of 37 Case 2:16-cv-01879-CRE Document 43-1 Filed 11/09/17 Page 2 of 37 Case 2:16-cv-01879-CRE Document 43-1 Filed 11/09/17 Page 3 of 37 Case 2:16-cv-01879-CRE Document 43-1 Filed 11/09/17 Page 4 of 37 Case …
Lawsuit Over 22 Years of Continuous Segregation Reinstated by Second Circuit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On January 24, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a ruling by a New York federal district court that dismissed a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had challenged …
DOJ Applauds Pennsylvania’s Commitment to Treatment for Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has ended its investigation into the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ (PDOC) use of solitary confinement for prisoners with serious mental illness or intellectual disabilities (SMI/ID). PLN reported …
C.S. v. King County, WA, Not Convicted Juveniles in Solitary, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 2 Filed 10/23/17 Page 1 of 38 1 DISTRICT JUDGE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 11 C.S., a minor, …
Moseley v. DSHS, WA, Amended Complaint, Failure to Treat Mental Illness, 2017 Case3:17-cv-05427-BHS-JRC 3:17-cv-05427-BHS Document 36-130 Case Document 29 Filed Filed04/17/18 11/21/17 Page 12/01/17 Page1 1ofof1616 2 3 4 5 6 7 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON James Dale Moseley, individually Plaintiff ) Case …
Patient X v. State of Vermont, VT, Settlement, Solitary Confinement, 2017 GENERAL RELEASE JEREMY PHILIPS ("Releasor"), for and in consideration of the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND Dollars ($20,000.00), lawful money of the United States, paid by the STATE OF VERMONT, as "Rele·asee," the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby …
Canter v. Fairfield County, OH, Settlement, Solitary Suicide, 2017 -... PROBATE COURT OF FAIRFIELD CO_lJ..NJX,..OHIO fLEU TERRE L. VANDERVOORT, JU':f OCT 02 2017 ESTATE OF Jesse Alexander Whitlatch I DECEASED TERREL. VANDERVOORT CASE NO. 20160235 PROBATE&JINENILEJUDGE FAIRFIELD COUNTY ENTRY APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF WRONGFUL DEATH AND SURVIVAL CLAIMS Upon …
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