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Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
California Adds Statewide Detention Monitors Overseeing Local Jails by Quietly, on October 4, 2023, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law a measure to boost transparency in the state’s local jails, also adding a layer of oversight vested in a new statewide “detention monitor”—who will act much like an …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
California Prisons Locked Down After Massive Riot Hospitalizes Prisoner, Eight Guards by A riot broke out at Ironwood State Prison on January 31, 2024, triggering a “threat assessment” that locked down every facility run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Eight staffers and one prisoner were hospitalized …
Brief • March 22, 2024
Weathers v. Witham, VA, Jury Verdict, Conditions of Confinement, 2024 Case 4:23-cv-00008-RBS-LRL Document 58 Filed 03/22/24 Page 1 of 8 PageID# 749 EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA NEWPORT NEWS DIVISION . MA D 2 2 2024 ANTOINETTE WEATHERS, Plaintiff, V. ROY C. WITHAM, 4JY Case No. 4:23-cv-00008 eVaf?R~'A) Defendants. VERDICT FORM …
Brief • March 18, 2024
Snorsky v. Raemisch, CO, Minute Order, Failure to Protect, 2024 Case No. 1:18-cv-03025-KAS Document 286 filed 03/18/24 USDC Colorado pg 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 18-cv-03025-KAS JOHN STANDLEY SNORSKY, Plaintiff, v. BRANDON HAGANS, and MICHAEL SHERWOOD, Defendants. _____________________________________________________________________ …
California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Et Al v. U.S.A, CA, Order Granting the Motion for Class Certification, Solitary Confinement, 2024 Case 4:23-cv-04155-YGR Document 222 Filed 03/15/24 Page 1 of 45 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 Case No.: 4:23-cv-4155-YGR 4 5 CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR WOMEN …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Overcrowded and Understaffed, Oklahoma County Jail Remains “Deplorable” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A headline in the August 1965 edition of The Daily Oklahoman said that then-Sheriff Bob Turner of Oklahoma County “denies his jail’s ‘deplorable.’” A new jail was later built, but almost six decades later, a …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Nearly $11 Million Settlement Reached in Suit by BOP Prisoners Held Without Heat, Electricity During New York Winter Storm by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 18, 2023, an agreement was reached by Defendant officials with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) paying $10,936,250 to settle claims brought in …
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Wisconsin Prisoner’s ADA Claim for Untreated Knee Injury by Matthew Clarke Matt Clarke On August 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstated a Wisconsin prisoner’s claim that officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) violated Title II of the Americans with …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
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New Minnesota Justice Center Aims to be More ‘Humane’ by On July 31, 2023, Minnesota Lawyer reported that Carlton County is constructing a new justice center that, as part of a growing trend, will include a detention center designed to be more humane and healthier for detainees. The 117,000-square foot …
California Prison Fined $1.7 Million for Stormwater Discharges, Environmental Violations by On August 1, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of California approved a $1.7 million payment to settle lawsuits accusing the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) of fouling the environment around Mule Creek State Prison …
DOJ Finds ADA Violations in Arizona Prisons, Demands Improvements by On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) warned the director of Arizona’s Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (DCRR), Ryan Thornell, that the state prison system systemically discriminated against prisoners with vision-related disabilities. The letter from the …
Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far by Douglas Ankney, Casey Bastian by Douglas Ankney and Casey J. Bastian A spate of jail deaths in California’s San Bernardino County dating back to 2017 has led to at least four legal settlements …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Minnesota Prison on Lockdown After Protest Over Dirty Water, Lack of Phone Use and Out-of-Cell Time by Over Labor Day weekend 2023, approximately 100 prisoners refused to return to their cells at Minnesota Correctional Facility (MCF) in Stillwater. They were protesting limited access to showers, phones and recreation, which the …
Alabama Prisons Facing Third Class-Action Lawsuit by In a lawsuit filed in federal court for the Middle District of Alabama on December 12, 2023, a group of state prisoners accused the state Board of Pardons and Paroles (BOPP) of denying them release so that the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Eighth Circuit Affirms $800,000 Award After Arkansas Jail Detainee’s Fatal Appendix Rupture by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On August 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed an $800,000 jury award against a contract doctor at an Arkansas jail, in a suit brought on behalf …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Rikers Island Detainees Given Pricey Weight-Loss Surgery but Little Follow-Up Care by From New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, detainee David Mustiga, 43, was transported to the city’s Bellevue Hospital in February 2023, after a jail medical staffer told him he could trim his 300-pound weight with bariatric surgery. …
Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against Florida Jail That Forced Detainee to Scan Legal Mail Into Computer with Memory Chip by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed dismissal of a claim alleging two guards at Florida’s Polk …
$900,000 Settlement Reached With Ohio Jail in Detainee’s Fatal Seizure by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In October 2023, an attorney representing the estate of an Ohio pretrial jail detainee who suffered a fatal seizure after her June 2018 incarceration said the parties had reached a $900,000 settlement agreement. …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
With Guard Arrests at Georgia Jail, Sheriff Asks, “What Are We Doing Wrong?” by As much as he works to maintain a highly trained and ethical staff, Sheriff Richard Roundtree of Georgia’s Richmond County finds the goal elusive. As of August 2023, 33 deputies had been arrested over the last …
Eighth Circuit Remands ADA Claims—But Not Constitutional Claims—of Paralyzed Arkansas Jail Detainee by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a paraplegic Arkansas jail detainee’s deliberate indifference and conditions of confinement claims, while reviving claims …
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