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Article • June 15, 2022
Filed under: Resources
Book Review: The PLRA Handbook by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Understanding how the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) impacts prisoner civil rights litigation can be a time intensive undertaking. John Boston’s new book, The PLRA Handbook, makes that undertaking a simple task and answers virtually any question one …
Article • June 15, 2022
Connecticut Supreme Court Requires Special Credibility Instruction for Jailhouse Informant Even If Defendant Allegedly Confessed Elsewhere by Douglas Ankney By Douglas Ankey In a decision released on December 1, 2020, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that a special credibility instruction is required for a jury when hearing testimony from …
Brief • June 10, 2022
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Frakes (NDOC), NE, Settlement, Censorship, 2022 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (hereafter "Settlement and Release") is entered into between Plaintiff Human Rights Defense Center (Plaintiff) and Defendant Scott Frakes, in his individual capacity and his official capacity as Director of the Nebraska Department of …
Brief • June 9, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Rivas v. Jennings, Order Granting Motion for Fees and Costs Settlement, Covid-19, 2022 Case 3:20-cv-02731-VC Document 1257 Filed 06/09/22 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ANGEL DE JESUS ZEPEDA RIVAS, BRENDA RUBI RUIZ TOVAR, LAWRENCE KURIA MWAURA, LUCIANO GONZALO MENDOZA JERONIMO, …
Brief • June 9, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Rivas v. Jennings, Order Granting Motion for Equal Access to Justice Act Fees and Costs, Covid-19, 2022 Case 3:20-cv-02731-VC Document 1258 Filed 06/09/22 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ANGEL DE JESUS ZEPEDA RIVAS, BRENDA RUBI RUIZ TOVAR, LAWRENCE KURIA MWAURA, …
Brief • June 9, 2022
Filed under: Strip Searches
Rogers v. DCYF, WA, Settlement, Strip Search, 2022 1 2 3 4 5 The Honorable RICHARD A. JONES U.S. Magistrate Judge MICHELLE L. PETERSON 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 MICHAEL ROGERS, et. al., 10 11 12 CASE NO. 3:21-cv-05248-RAJ-MLP Plaintiffs, vs. …
Publication • June 9, 2022
Filed under: Criminal Justice
CJARS -Measuring Intergenerational Exposure, June 9, 2022 Measuring Intergenerational Exposure to the U.S. Justice System: Evidence from Longitudinal Links between Survey and Administrative Data Keith Finlay Michael Mueller-Smith† Brittany Street‡§ U.S. Census Bureau University of Michigan University of Missouri June 9, 2022 Abstract Intergenerational exposure to the justice system is …
Brief • June 8, 2022
Richard v. Pfister, IL,Settlement, Denial of Medical Care, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 V. D istrict Judge Thomas M. Durkin RAND Y PFISTER, et al., D efendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE Th.is …
Article • June 6, 2022
Alabama Prisons Still Lethal, Record Another Seven Deaths in May 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott Seven prisoners held by the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) died during May 2022. One of the seven was murdered. One most likely died of a drug overdose, authorities said, given …
Article • June 6, 2022
Michigan Guard Arrested for Killing the Service Dog He Adopted at His Prison by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott A former guard employed by the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO), was fired and arrested on April 25, 2022, for allegedly torturing …
Article • June 6, 2022
Four Suspected Drug Overdoses in D.C. Jail in One Week of May 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott At the jail in Washington, D.C., two prisoners died and two more were hospitalized during the third week of May 2022 from suspected overdoses. The first victim, Ramone O’Neal, …
Article • June 6, 2022
Filed under: Internet, Racial Profiling
New York Prison Guard Suspended After “Despicable” Facebook Post Mocking Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott Gregory C. Foster II, 46, a guard at New York’s Attica Correctional Facility, was suspended without pay on May 18, 2022, after posting a meme on Facebook that …
Brief • June 3, 2022
Salazar v. Centurion Detention Health Services, LLC, et al., NM, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2022 Centurion 002679 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FILED 2ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Bernalillo County 6/3/2022 5:05 PM CLERK OF THE COURT Marissa Marquez ANNA SALAZAR, Personal Representative to …
Brief • June 2, 2022
Filed under: Sexual Assault
Batchelor v. Rolston, FL, Order Granting in Part Motion to Dismiss, Sexual Assault, 2022 Case 4:21-cv-00232-AW-MAF Document 31 Filed 06/02/22 Page 1 of 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION CONNIE BATCHELOR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 4:21-cv-232-AW-MAF PAUL ROLSTON and …
Locked Up and Left to Die by Michael Barajas, Sophie Novack, In Texas, dying in jail is “par for the course.” by Michael Barajas and Sophie Novack, Texas Observer Armando Carrillo had been waiting outside the Nueces County Jail for hours when he heard sirens approaching in the middle of the night …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was indicted on April 22, 2022, for assaulting three prisoners and then filing a false report to cover it up, the Associated Press reported. The guard, Lorenzo Mills, 55, was charged with beating three male prisoners with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional …
After 49 Years in Prison for a Murder in Which He Didn’t Pull the Trigger, Former Black Liberation Army Member Sundiata Acoli Wins Parole by Chuck Sharman On May 10, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed a state parole board decision and granted release to Sundiata Acoli, whose involvement …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For all the talk of criminal justice reform. the reality of daily life for millions of caged American prisoners is amply summed up this month’s cover story reprinted from the Texas Observer which reports on the death toll of jail prisoners …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Claim Despite Prison Disciplinary Conviction Issued for the Same Incident by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In its decision 28 years ago in Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a prisoner’s claims affecting the duration of his …
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Suit Dismissed on Heck Grounds, Holds Related Disciplinary Convictions Don’t Absolutely Bar Excessive Force Claims by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 17, 2021, the same day it explained that a Louisiana prisoner’s civil rights claims are not necessarily barred by related prison disciplinary …
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