Only Once I Thought About Suicide, Yale Law Forum Journal, 2016 THE YALE LAW JOURNAL FORUM JANUARY 15, 2016 Only Once I Thought About Suicide Reginald Dwayne Betts i. Every prison and jail in Virginia has a series of cells used for solitary confinement. Fairfax County Jail had three units …
Virginia’s Treatment of Jailed Mentally Ill Persons Found Lacking by David Reutter Jails have become an essential part of Virginia’s mental health system, but they lack the capacity to satisfy the current demand for mental health services. That is a finding of a report by Virginia’s Office of the State …
Virginia Police Officers Entitled to Sovereign Immunity in Wrongful Death Suit by Virginia Police Officers Entitled to Sovereign Immunity in Wrongful Death Suit The Virginia Supreme Court has held that two Virginia police officers accused in the wrongful death of a cyclist were not liable due to sovereign immunity. City …
Virginia DOC Settles with Prisoner Over Disabilities Act Violations by Virginia DOC Settles with Prisoner Over Disabilities Act Violations At the magistrate’s bench of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, plaintiff Robert Allen Bane, a prisoner with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC), settled his §1983 Civil Rights …
Internal Grievance Procedure May Give Rise To Discipline Of Employee Without Special Burden of Justification By The Government Employer by Internal Grievance Procedure May Give Rise To Discipline Of Employee Without Special Burden of Justification By The Government Employer Two employees from Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) filed 42 U.S.C. …
PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail by PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail In September 2015, Prison Legal News filed a lawsuit in federal court against unconstitutional censorship practices at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center (NWADC) in Winchester, Virginia. The suit names the Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, …
Supreme Court Upholds Virginia FOIA's Exclusion of Non-Virginians by Matthew Clarke Supreme Court Upholds Virginia FOIA's Exclusion of Non-Virginians by Matt Clarke On April 29, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the provision of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) providing that "all public records …
PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit against Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office by Gary Hunter PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit against Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office by Gary Hunter In March 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted summary judgment in favor of Prison Legal News (PLN) against …
News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …
Prison Legal News v. Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, VA, Complaint, Jail Censorship, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Harrisonburg Division PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, 5:15CV00061 Case No.:__________ COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY, INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND DAMAGES AND JURY DEMAND v. NORTHWESTERN …
Automatic Placement of Death Row Prisoner in Segregation Does Not Violate Due Process by David Reutter Automatic Placement of Death Row Prisoner in Segregation Does Not Violate Due Process by David M. Reutter A Virginia federal district court held in November 2013 that automatic and indefinite placement of a death-sentenced …
Thornhill v. Aylor, VA, Complaint, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE DIVISION ____________________________________ ) SHERRY LYNN THORNHILL, for herself ) and as Administrator of the Estate of her ) son, Shawn Christopher Berry, deceased, ) individually and on behalf of all others …
Cowley v. Lynch, VA, Memo Opinion Granting Def Mot for SJ, FBI Sex Discrimination Retaliation, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-00677-CMH-JFA Document 75 Filed 08/21/15 Page 1 of 20 PageID# 2468 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division JULIA A. COWLEY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil …
Virginia Must Improve Prison Medical Care Under Proposed Class-action Settlement by David Reutter Virginia Must Improve Prison Medical Care Under Proposed Class-action Settlement by David Reutter The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has agreed to let a court-appointed monitor examine medical policies at all state prisons, and to allow a …
Prosecutors Deny Defense Attorneys Access to National DNA Database, Leaving Innocent in Prison by Matthew Clarke Prosecutors Deny Defense Attorneys Access to National DNA Database, Leaving Innocent in Prison By Matt Clarke DNA testing has become a well-recognized and powerful method for freeing prisoners wrongly convicted of crimes they did …
Sheriff Ordered to Reinstate Contractors’ Security Clearances to Remedy Retaliation for Blanket Strip-Search Litigation by Sheriff Ordered to Reinstate Contractors’ Security Clearances to Remedy Retaliation for Blanket Strip-Search Litigation A Virginia federal district court ordered a sheriff to reinstate the security clearances of six contractors after it found the Sheriff …
Fourth Circuit Finds No Sex Reassignment Surgery Evaluation States Claim; $13,000 Settlement by Fourth Circuit Finds No Sex Reassignment Surgery Evaluation States Claim; $13,000 Settlement he Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held on January 28, 2013 that refusal to evaluate a transgender prisoner for sex reassignment surgery states a valid …
Lee v. Brown et al, VA, Settlement, DOC parole jury due process, 2015 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Settlement Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into on June 2, 2015, by and among Jerry David Lee (“Plaintiff”), and Karen D. Brown, Algie T. Howell, Jr., Minor F. Stone, Sherman P. Lea, A. Lincoln …
Lee v. Brown et al, VA, Amended Complaint, DOC parole jury due process, 2015 Case 3:15-cv-00114-REP Document 15 Filed 04/17/15 Page 1 of 12 PageID# 80 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION JERRY DAVID LEE, Plaintiff, v. KAREN D. BROWN, in her …
