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Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Tenth Circuit Says Prison Work Assignment Covered Under ADA Protections by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled on August 25, 2022, that prison employment falls under federally funded programs protected by Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Seventh Circuit: Indiana Prisoner Who Failed to Formalize Grievance Also Failed to Exhaust Remedies by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 17, 2022, an Indiana prisoner learned a painful lesson from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. As PLN has repeatedly warned, courts are empowered …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Investigation Reveals “Black Market in Broad Daylight” for Prison Food by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart No one in prison expects to eat fine cuisine. The food served is merely intended to keep prisoners alive, with no thought given to how much it is or isn’t enjoyed. Yet certain people …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Record Deaths at Rikers Island Blamed on Guards’ Absenteeism, Abuse and Corruption by Anthony Accurso, David Reutter by Anthony W. Accurso and David M. Reutter After 16 detainee deaths in 2021[See: PLN, Feb. 2022, p.1], the carnage continued at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex in 2022, leaving 19 …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$20,000 Paid by Centurion and MHM Health Professionals to Arizona Prisoner for Alleged Deliberate Indifference and Medical Negligence by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On June 24, 2022, a prisoner in the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) accepted $20,000 to settle his claims of deliberate indifference and medical negligence against …
Third Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity From Delaware Guards Who Held Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary for Seven Months by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a decision filed on November 28, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the grant of qualified immunity (QI) to …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Too Many Alabama Prisoners Still Dying with Too-Few Guards, Many Corrupt by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 30, 2022, nearly two years after a 44-year-old Alabama prisoner died, an amended complaint filed by his sister claims he “literally baked to death in his cell” where a …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Former Tennessee Police Chief Sentenced to Six Years for Abusing Arrestees by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A former high-ranking Tennessee law enforcement official was sentenced to six years in federal prison on August 26, 2022, for repeatedly punching arrestees in the face while they were handcuffed. Anthony Glen …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Florida Jailers Leave Detainees Out of Evacuation Plans During Hurricane by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 28, 2022, as Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida and neared Category 5 strength, the state Department of Corrections (DOC), which holds about 80,000 prisoners, began evacuating 2,300 of them from …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Ninth Circuit Revives Failure-to-Protect Claim of Arizona Prisoner Beaten by Gang by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that giving a jury a standard instruction to defer to prison officials was error when the jury needed …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: Hepatitis
Prisoner Health Update: Hepatitis C by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Hepatitis C (HepC) is inflammation of the liver due to the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). The virus infects about 1 to 2% of the U.S. population, but it is likely the most prevalent infection in American prisons. …
Florida Makes Parolees Criminally Liable for Accidental Voter Registration Fraud by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida took a significant step towards charging more ex-convicts with voter fraud, eight days after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced the first 20 arrests in August 2022. [See: PLN, Jan. 2023, p.18.] On …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Award Slashed for Delaware Prisoner Sexually Groped by Guard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On August 24, 2022, the federal court for the District of Delaware granted a state prison guard’s request and nearly eliminated the damages against him awarded to a prisoner that a jury found had …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Oklahoma Jail Guard Gets 46 Months for Setting Up White Supremacist Attack on Black Detainees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 6, 2022, a former guard at Oklahoma’s Kay County Detention Center was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for violating the civil rights of detainees. …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19, Official Report
DOJ Releases Special Report on U.S. Prison COVID-19 Response by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A special report issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in August 2022 tracked the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in state and federal prisons. It found they suffered high rates …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Federal Judge Refuses to Shorten Corruption Sentence for Former Head of New York City Jail Guards’ Union by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 10, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of New York denied a habeas corpus petition filed by the former head of the union …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Former Judges in Pennsylvania ‘Kids for Cash’ Scandal Must Pay $206 Million in Damages by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On August 18, 2022, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ordered two former state judges to pay $206 million in damages for taking $2.8 million in kickbacks to shut down …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$60,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County to Jail Detainee Savagely Beaten by Cellmate While Guards Allegedly Ignored Cries for Help by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On July 15, 2022, Pennsylvania’s Bedford County agreed to pay $60,000 to a former detainee in the county jail, settling claims that guards purposefully failed …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Ninth Circuit Says California Felons Can Fight Fires While Imprisoned, But Not After by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Most prisoners quickly learn that slavery has never been fully abolished in the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution allows prisoners to be compelled to work for little or …
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