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Seventh Circuit Allows Illinois Prisoner to Prove Administrative Remedy Was “Unavailable” in Double-Celling Complaint by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit took up the latest in a “slew” of cases by Illinois prisoners alleging they are “housed …
Article • June 7, 2023
Former Prison Guard Hit With $2.5 Million Judgment in Suit to Force Painter to Acknowledge Painting He Did Not Create by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Over 10 years ago, when former prison guard Robert Fletcher heard from a friend that a painting he owned was an early untitled work …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Eighth Circuit Lets Public Defender Withdraw from BOP Prisoner’s “Frivolous” Appeal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw from an attorney appointed to represent a federal prisoner in Missouri appealing his civil commitment. …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Massachusetts Settles One of Three Suits Alleging Retaliation by Prison Guards for Assault on One of Their Own by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On February 17, 2023, an assistant to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) signed a settlement with a group of state prisoners, resolving claims they were …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Corizon Bankruptcy Threatens $6.4 Million Award to Family of Michigan Prisoner Whose Five-Day Jail Term Turned Into Death Sentence by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On December 5, 2022, a jury in federal court for the Western District of Michigan awarded $6.4 million to the estate of Wade Jones, 40, …
Publication • 2023
Smoke Screen-Experiences With the Incarcerated Grievance Program in New York State Prisons, Oct. 2023 INDEPENDENT PRISON OVERSIGHT SINCE 1844 September 2023 October 2023 Findings from a Systemwide Survey of the Incarcerated Grievance Program September 2023 Findings from aExperiences Systemwide “Smoke Screen”: Survey the Incarcerated with the of Incarcerated Grievance Program …
Publication • 2023
Filed under: Costs
Audit Report on Capital Projects at the Dept of Criminal Justice, March 2023 An Audit Report on OVERVIEW Page |1 Capital Projects at the Department of Criminal Justice Lisa R. Collier, CPA, CFE, CIDA  The Department of Criminal Justice (Department) had strong processes for monitoring capital projects, including projects …
Publication • 2023
Loyola University - Access Denied-Public Records and Incarcerated People, 2023 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS COLLEGE OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES PAPER NUMBER 2023-05 Access Denied: Public Records and Incarcerated People Andrea Armstrong, Dr. Norman C. Francis Distinguished Professor of Law 19 U. St. Thomas L.J. 220 (2023) This …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Malpractice, Settlements
$32,500 Medical Malpractice Award to Ohio Prisoner for Ripped-Out Catheter by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On February 28, 2022, Judge Patrick E. Sheeran of the Ohio Court of Claims approved a settlement under which the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) agreed to pay a prisoner $32,500 to …
Oklahoma County Pays $1.1 Million After Jail Guards Fatally Beat Detainee by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 1, 2022, the federal courtfor the Western District of Oklahoma granted dismissal to plaintiffs in a suit against Oklahoma County, after they agreed to a $1.1 million settlement in the death …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$4.25 Million Paid by King County for Two Jail Beatings By Improperly Housed Mentally Ill Detainees by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 29, 2022, the federal courtfor the Western District of Washington approved a $3 million settlement between King County and a mentally ill man who suffered a …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Eighth Circuit Affirms Over $278,000 Awarded to Minnesota Jail Detainee Held on Bad ICE Referral Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 30, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a $30,001 jury award and a fee award over $248,000 to a Minnesota …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Montana Pays $2,500 to Settle Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 9, 2022, Montana prison officials paid $2,500 to settle a federal suit alleging that they failed to protect a state prisoner from a known threat of brutal beating by other prisoners. Andrew Yellowbear, Jr., …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of $700,000 Award to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 13, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to review its dismissal of an appeal …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Nebraska Pays $479,000 for Restrictive Housing Prisoner’s Murder While Double-Celled by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On May 10, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nebraska granted dismissal to the estate of a prisoner murdered by his cellmate, while the two were double-bunked despite being classified for restrictive …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$2.4 Million Judgment Against Michigan Jail Doctor Convicted of Sexually Abusing Three Prisoners by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 8, 2022, the federal court forthe Eastern District of Michigan awarded $2.4 million in compensatory and punitive damages to three prisoners sexually abused in 2018 by a former physician …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$20,000 Settlement for Ohio Prisoner’s Slip-and-Fall Injury by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 23, 2021, Magistrate Scott Sheets presiding in the Ohio Court of Claims approved a settlement, under which the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) agreed to pay $20,000 to a former state prisoner who …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On July 15, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nevada awarded $560,587.50 in fees to attorneys representing a state prisoner who earlier settled his medical neglect claim against …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$1.3 Million Paid to Transgender Woman Held Five Months in Atlanta Jail on Bogus Charges by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 3, 2023, the Atlanta City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 22-O-1891, clearing the way for the city to pay $1.3 million to settle claims by a Black transgender …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Grievances
Fifth Circuit Finds “Opaque” Mississippi Prison Grievance System “Incapable of Use” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that grievance procedure rules which the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC) published online – but which were not given …
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