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Article • October 27, 2015
Idaho Judge Reviews Jail's Medical Care after HIV-Positive Prisoner's Petition by Joe Watson Idaho Judge Reviews Jail's Medical Care after HIV-Positive Prisoner's Petition by Joe Watson An HIV-positive prisoner's habeas corpus petition finally forced a judge in December 2013 to review prisoner health care at the Twin Falls County, Idaho …
Mississippi Private Prisons Have High Prisoner Assault Rates by Matthew Clarke Mississippi Private Prisons Have High Prisoner Assault Rates by Matt Clarke A report on the number of prisoners assaulted in Mississippi prisons shows that the assault rates in private prisons average two to three times the rate of assaults …
$150,000 Settlement in Suit over Kansas Jail Prisoner's Death by $150,000 Settlement in Suit over Kansas Jail Prisoner's Death by Matt Clarke On December 17, 2012, the County Commissioners of Shawnee County, Kansas voted to settle for $150,000 a state lawsuit by the estate and heirs of a prisoner who …
Article • October 27, 2015
$77,000 Awarded to Prisoner by Washington DOC in Settlement Over Prisoner Stabbing by $77,000 Awarded to Prisoner by Washington DOC in Settlement Over Prisoner Stabbing The Washington State Department of Corrections settled in June 2003 a personal injury claim filed as a result of a multiple stabbing incident at Walla …
Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison by Mark Binelli Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison by Mark Binelli, New York Times Magazine For years, conditions inside the United States’ only federal supermax facility were largely a mystery. But a landmark lawsuit is finally revealing the harsh world within. In prison, Rodney Jones told …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Filed under: Food
Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff Stages Media Event to Promote Meatless Meals by Joe Watson Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff Stages Media Event to Promote Meatless Meals by Joe Watson When prisoners at the Maricopa County, Arizona jail lined up for chow on April 15, 2015, they were in for a surprise …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Failure to Protect New York Prisoner Nets $12,500 Award by David Reutter Failure to Protect New York Prisoner Nets $12,500 Award by David Reutter A New York Court of Claims awarded $12,500 to a prisoner based on his complaint that guards were negligent in failing to ensure his safety. However, …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons by Laura Cepero Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons by Laura Cepero A Solitary Watch investigation into the sites of the federal government’s two “supermax” facilities – the first open for two decades, the second slated to open soon …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Bivens Suit against BOP Officials by Derek Gilna Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Bivens Suit against BOP Officials by Derek Gilna The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit raising a failure to protect claim, …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Jails: Time to Wake Up to Mass Incarceration in Your Neighborhood by James Kilgore By James Kilgore, Truthout Jails admit nearly 12 million people every year. Yet they are largely off the radar of critics of mass incarceration. However, as a new report by Vera Institute and actions by activists around …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
Utah Sex Offender Prison Population Grows under Harsher Laws while Treatment Programs Lag by Mark Wilson Utah Sex Offender Prison Population Grows under Harsher Laws while Treatment Programs Lag by Mark Wilson and Christopher Zoukis Fueled by the notion “once a predator, always a predator,” harsher laws have flooded Utah …
Article • October 23, 2015
Filed under: Overcrowding, Overdetention
Courts in Bengal Now Come to Prison by Courts in Bengal Now Come to Prison Starting September 5 of this year, courts in India's state of Bengal will set up shop inside prisons one day a week to conduct bail hearings for pretrial detainees. The move comes after India's Apex …
Article • October 23, 2015
Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries by Florida City Can Deny Water Service to CCA Site Outside its Boundaries Florida’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court held that the City of Pembroke Pines has no duty to provide water and sewage services to a site owned …
Brief • October 21, 2015
Nunez v. City of New York, NY, Consent Judgment, jail UOF, 2015 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 249 Filed 10/21/15 Page 1 of 65 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------- X USDC SU\Y DOCUME\iT MARK NUNEZ, eta!., ELECTRO~ICALLY FILED DOC#: ______________ D.\TE riLED: ['D -'~(~UJ IS Plaintiffs, -againstCITY …
Rice v. Montgomery County, KY, Deposition of Jennifer Hairsine, Wrongful Death, 2015 1 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION AT LEXINGTON 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DIANA RICE , Administratrix of the estate of RONALD CALVIN GAUNCE, deceased, and NEXT …
Article • October 19, 2015
Former Montana Jail Guard Exposes Culture of Prisoner Abuse by Joe Watson Former Montana Jail Guard Exposes Culture of Prisoner Abuse by Joe Watson The departure of a career Missoula County, Montana jail guard has exposed multiple allegations of excessive force against prisoners under the direction of one out-of-control supervisor …
Article • October 19, 2015
Settlement Requires Michigan Jail to Provide Recreation and Equal Treatment by David Reutter Settlement Requires Michigan Jail to Provide Recreation and Equal Treatment by David Reutter The Isabella County Correctional Facility (ICCF) agreed to provide prisoners out-of-cell recreation time as part of the settlement agreement of a civil suit brought …
Rice v. Wexford, IL, Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2015 AO 440 (Rev. 05/00) Summons in a Ci,·il Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTI-JERNDISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SUMMONS IN A CIVIL CASE Craig D. Rice, Plaintiff CASE NUMBER: V. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ERIC MIZUNO, THOMAS HASSEN, PATRICIA QUICK, THEODORE UCHIEK, and …
Article • October 16, 2015
PETA Backs Buddhist Prisoner’s Fish-Free Campaign in Connecticut by Mark Wilson PETA Backs Buddhist Prisoner’s Fish-Free Campaign in Connecticut by Mark Wilson “Clearly fish is meat,” said Jeff Kerr, an attorney for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). “They have thoughts. They have interests. They have a central …
Article • October 16, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Smoking
Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by Florida Smoking Ban Scaled Back as Black-Market for Cigarettes Grows by David Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has partially reversed it blanket ban on tobacco products, allowing prisoners at work release centers to possess up to 10 …
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