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$1 Million Paid After Indiana Jailers Fatally Beat and Taser Detainee, But Prosecutor Finds No Crime by Keith Sanders, Benjamin Tschirhart by Keith Sanders and Benjamin Tschirhart When a caregiver fails to seek medical attention for a person during an emergency, inflicting instead additional pain and suffering and looking on …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
“One of the Most Egregious Violations of Church-State Separation” Prisons Welcome Fundamentalist Christian Education Programs Despite Conflicts with the Constitution by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett At a graduation ceremony held in the Nash Correctional Institution gym on December 15, 2021, a degree in pastoral ministry was awarded to 24 …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Illinois Counties Fail in Challenge to State Statutory Ban on ICE Detention Contracts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a decision handed down on December 6, 2021, a federal court in Illinois decided that the Constitution’s proscription against the federal government’s efforts to “commandeer” functions that rightfully belong to …
Federal Judge Allows Wiretapping Case to Proceed Against CoreCivic for Recording Attorney-Client Conversations at Nevada Prison by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 14, 2022, Judge Jennifer Dorsey ruled for the federal court for the District of Nevada that it has jurisdiction over a nationwide potential class …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Guard Unions
BOP Guard Terminated for Making Prisoner Do His Work, Union Blames Staff Shortages by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian As of March 31, 2022, nearly one-third of guard positions were vacant in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), leaving the remaining guards’ duties “augmented” with additional prisoner supervision. Cooks, nurses, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Eighth Circuit Pulls BOP’s Hand Out of Prisoner’s Pocket Accumulated Prison Wages Not “Substantial Resources” Under Mandatory Victim Restitution Act by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In a decision published on January 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that accumulated prison wages constitute …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Massachusetts Supreme Court Continues Trend of Easing Prison COVID-19 Protocols by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Even as the COVID-19 pandemic persisted and more variants appeared in late 2021, courts were steadily easing restrictions to mitigate its spread in prisons. A case in point: Massachusetts, where initially strong rulings by …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
Seventh Circuit Clarifies Calculation of Presumptive Parole Date for Federal Prisoner Sentenced Under Pre-1987 Law by Anthony W. Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In a decision reached on December 6, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit clarified calculation of the presumptive parole release date for a …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
After Lengthy HRDC Litigation, GEO Group Gives Up Documents Revealing $10 Million Settlement for Death of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 8, 2022, PLN finally obtained documents revealing that private prison operator GEO Group, Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp., paid $10 million to …
Brief • July 15, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Kelley v. The City of Park, TX, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2022 1 IN•THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ··. WESTERN DISTRICT AUSTIN DIVISION , GREGORY RAYMONi) ·, K ELLEY § § Plaintiff, \ ·§ vs. § ' I, • . CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:20-CV-00481-RP ·§ , I THE CITY OF CEDAR …
Brief • July 15, 2022
Miller v. Bedford County, PA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2022 fl' LL AND FINA L RR LEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, JEFFREYS. MILLER, being of full legal age and of sound mind, for and in consideration of the sum of SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS 00/100 ($60,000.00), lawful …
Brief • July 15, 2022
Newby v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC, TN, Order, Wrongful Death, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION G. MARIE NEWBY, Individually, and as Administratrix of THE ESTATE OF TERRY CHILDRESS Plaintiffs, ) ) ) ) ) v. ) ) CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Boiling Behind Bars In Sweltering Texas, Prisons Without Air Conditioning Are About to Get a Lot Hotter by Alleen Brown by Alleen Brown This article was originally published by The Intercept on February 12, 2022. It is reprinted here with permission. The original, along with photos and maps, may be …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
$1 Million Settlement Reached in Suicide of Mentally Ill Detainee at San Diego Jail by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders   People incarcerated at the San Diego County Jail have been suffering through a raging public health crisis. Unfortunately, this crisis has been as lethal or more so than COVID-19. …
Lawsuits Filed Over Withheld Pain Medications That Left Ailing New York Prisoners in Agony by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Two suits playing out in federal court in New York in mid-2022 will determine whether the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is held to account for a …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat
$3.8 Million Paid for Michigan Detainee’s Death from Alcohol Withdrawal After Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Summary Judgment to Jailers for Deliberate Indifference by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 7, 2022, a federal court approved a $3.8 million settlement between a Michigan county and the estate of a …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Class Certified in Discrimination Suit by Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Georgia Prisoners by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On December 29, 2021, a federal court in Georgia granted a group of deaf and hearing-impaired state prisoners class certification in their suit against state prison and parole officials, challenging the adequacy of …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
“Join Me in Holding Your Nose” Federal Judge Reluctantly Okays $750,000 Settlement in Ohio Pre-Trial Detainee’s Excessive Force Suit by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On December 6, 2021, the Board of Commissioners of Clermont County, Ohio, voted to pay $750,000 to settle a suit brought by a former pretrial …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Mental Health
Court Bars Electroshock Therapy for Incompetent California Prisoner Without Considering Whether He Would Consent If Competent by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On January 11, 2022, the Court of Appeal for the State of California, Fourth District, vacated a lower court’s authorization of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for a state prisoner, …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Guards Saluting Fascism on the Job—Literally by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Prison guards in Arizona, Utah and West Virginia have recently been reported indulging white supremacist and anti-prisoner views on the job. Most recently, members of the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) Special Tactics and Operations team proudly sported …
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