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Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
New Allegations of Abuse and Sexual Assault at Edna Mahan Women’s Prison in New Jersey by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (Mahan) in Clinton, New Jersey is again headlining the news with 32 guards now under investigation for assault and sexual abuse. The …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Successive Corruption Scandal Rocks Mississippi Prison System by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon "We are the ones who are supposed to be protecting society from the criminals, not be the criminals,” the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) said at a September 18, 2020 press conference. “So we …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Second Circuit Upholds New York Prison Guards’ Federal Criminal Convictions for Assaulting Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 5, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the federal criminal convictions of two former New York prison guards for their assault of an unresisting prisoner and subsequent …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Federal Court Orders Body Cams Be Worn by Guards in Effort to Stop Abuse of Disabled at California Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 8, 2020, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilkin of the Northern District of California ordered additional remedial measures—including body-worn cameras for guards—as relief in …
Article • February 10, 2021
Man Denied Justice After Guard Humiliates and Beats Him by The Court dismissed the case of a prisoner who was assaulted by a guard while standing in line in a prison mess hall after it determined that the assault took place outside the "scope of [the guard's] employment.” On January …
Clark v. Lind, IL, Settlement, Retaliation for Filing Lawsuit, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 16-269 1 6-CV-269 Filed Cla rk, Ramon #K03716 v. Be nton, et a l. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Case Name Defendants: 3/ 1 4/16 Date Served Status Received 5/2/16 closed Cl ass Acti on …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Pennsylvania Correctional Emergency Response Teams Face New Scrutiny in “Noose” Controversy by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A Correctional Emergency Response Team, also known as CERT, is under investigation for allegedly placing a noose on the bunk of a Black prisoner, Aaron Tyson, at State Correctional Institution Houtzdale, in Pennsylvania. …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Legislative Exemption Let Fired Alaska Cop Be Rehired as Jailer by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The Alaska Police Standards Council (APSC) is charged with decertifying bad cops and preventing them from being rehired as cops elsewhere in the state. It was 37 years ago in 1983 when the APSC …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
NY Federal Court Denies Summary Judgment on Claims of Improper Medication Seizure, Evidence Fabrication, Improper Frisk During Prison Visit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 21, 2020, a New York federal court issued an order denying the state summary judgment on some claims arising from a woman’s visit …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
St. Louis, Missouri Guard Has History of Taser Abuse by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A captain with the St. Louis County Justice Center is under investigation for potentially inappropriate use of a Taser in several recent cases. In May 2020, he employed a Taser to subdue a …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
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Tennessee Prisons “Naughty” List Shows Prison Staff Often Bring in Contraband by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Anyone even vaguely familiar with prison operations know how quick prison officials are to allege any contraband found inside a prison had to have been brought in by a visitor. Investigators with the …
Oldaker v. Giles, GA, Class Action Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2020 Case 7:20-cv-00224-WLS-MSH Document 54 Filed 12/21/20 Page 1 of 160 David N. Dreyer GA Bar No. 411322 Dreyer Sterling, LLC 437 Memorial Dr., SE, Ste. A-2 Atlanta, GA 30312 Tel: (404) 234-4447 david@dreyersterling.com Sirine Shebaya (pro hac vice application forthcoming) …
Thames v. Godinez, IL, Settlement, Strip Searches, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 16-50107 Case 16-CV-50107 Thames, Linord #R09250 v. Godinez, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Defendants: Filed Received Status 9/9/16 10/3/16 closed Date Served Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: C L [1 Pro Se …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Texas Disguising Deaths in Custody by Diana Claitor by Diana Claitor In 2012, a 53-year-old Black woman named Edwinta Deckard was arrested on a misdemeanor theft charge and held in the Nacogdoches County Jail where she died after three days. Her death was an ordeal of dehydration and trauma, as …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Innovative Vermont Prison Superintendent’s Demotion for Sexist Language Proves Controversial by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Former Vermont prison Superintendent Ed Adams has found himself the subject of repeated media scrutiny over the last few years, and his story is illustrative of the problems that surround prison reform, public records …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Maine Superspreader: Few Masks at Wedding Lead to Big Problems at Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins An August 2020 wedding in Millinocket, Maine, turned into the state’s largest super spreader event for the coronavirus. Within the next two months, over 170 cases and eight deaths could be traced …
Freeman v. Lashbrook, IL, Complaint, Deliberate Indifference, 2020 Case 3:18-cv-02144-RJD *SEALED* Document 106 Filed 11/04/20 Page 1 of 20 Page ID #803 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS GEOFFREY W. FREEMAN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED vs. JACQUELlNE LASHBROOK, KEVIN REICHERT, JOSHUA …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Former Angola Warden Burl Cain Appointed Head of Mississippi Prison System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Former Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain’s 21-year tenure running the prison complex at Angola was both long and controversial. His critics accused him of religious bias, blatant racial prejudice and excessive use …
Brief • October 13, 2020
McClelland v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Stipulation for Dismissal, Failure to Protect, 2020 Case 2: 9-cv-06755-SVW-JEM Document 25 Filed 10/13/20 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #:108 1 Mark D. Rutter ffBN 058194) 2 f66R[.1&~In1RAve~1~~~~o~ DUMONT, LLP Los Angeles~ CA 90071 3 Phone: (213 228-0400 Fax: (213 228-0401 4 …
Crabtree v. Peters, OR, Complaint, Sexual Assault of Inmate, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-01291-AC Document 42 Filed 10/05/20 Page 1 of 54 Ginger G. Mooney, OSB # 031261 Ginger G. Mooney, LLC 1017 May Street, Suite 200 Hood River, Oregon 97031 Telephone (541) 716-5650 Fax (503) 389-1585 contact@mooneylaw.org Attorney for Mercedes Crabtree …
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