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Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$500,001 Settlement Against Guard Who Groped Delaware Prisoner With Long History of Lost Cases by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On December 16, 2021, a federal jury awarded Delaware prisoner DeShawn Drumgo $500,001 in damages after concluding a prison guard had inappropriately fondled him. This was the same prisoner who …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Kansas Appeals Court Vacates Prison Dentist’s Conviction for Sexually Abusing Prisoner, Says Touching Wasn’t “Lewd” by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Not all touching is lewd, even when committed with sexual intent,” the Kansas Court of Appeals declared on December 23, 2021, vacating a former prison dentist’s conviction for sexually …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Hepatitis, Settlements
Settlement Finally Reached in Prisoners’ Hep-C Class-Action Against Connecticut DOC by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Nearly four years after a group of Connecticut prisoners sued the state Department of Corrections (DOC) for denying treatment for their infection with the Hepatitis-C virus (HCV)—and a year after the parties reached a …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Mobile Correctional Facility Robots by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton by Cooper Quintin and Beryl Lipton There are too many people in U.S. prisons. Their guards are overworked, underpaid, and prone to human errors, and they require work breaks and food, paychecks and sick days. Plus, …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$275,000 Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Attempted Suicide at Illinois Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In April 2021, Illinois’ DuPage County Jail (DCJ) and its Psychiatric Services Medical Director agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by detainee Dean Fuerstenberg, who attempted suicide at the jail …
Washington Pays $3 Million to Murdered Prisoner’s Family After Overriding Single-Cell Recommendation for Violent Cellmate by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On November 19, 2021, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $3 million to a murdered prisoner’s family for overriding recommendations to house his violent cellmate in …
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules ‘Incarceration Fees’ May Not Be Collected After Charges Are Dismissed by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On October 28, 2021, the Supreme Court of Kentucky unanimously ruled that when criminal charges are dismissed, a detainee then released is not required to pay costs associated with …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Prison Phone Giant GTL Cuts Prices in Miami-Dade Jails, But Only After County Taps COVID-19 Relief Funds to Replace Forfeited Kickbacks by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye When prison telecom company Global Tel*Link (GTL) agreed to slash the price for calls that it charges detainees held by the Miami-Dade Department …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$250,000 Paid to Woman Forced to Give Birth in California Jail Cell by Guards and CFMG Nurses by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye A woman who gave birth in a cell in 2017 at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, has been awarded $250,000 to settle a lawsuit she …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Suit of Epileptic Illinois Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Top Bunk by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On October 26, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the decision of a federal district court in Illinois to dismiss a suit brought …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Good Time Credits
Sacramento Shooting Stokes Debate Over CDCR Rule Changes on Good Conduct Credit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After a shootout between rival gangs in downtown Sacramento left six dead and 12 injured—many of them bystanders—on April 3, 2022, one of three suspects apprehended was Smiley Martin. Martin, 27, had …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
U.S. Prison and Jail Populations Flat or Rising Again After 2020 Decline Spurred by Pandemic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After they were slashed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, U.S. prison populations have leveled off and jail populations appear to be rising again, according to research …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$7,000 Default Judgment Awarded in Failure to Protect Suit Against Former Arkansas Jail Guard by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On November 23, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas awarded $7,000 in compensatory damages to a state prisoner who, while held in a Pine Bluff …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Georgia Sheriff Victor Hill Facing Criminal Trial for Using Restraint Chair to Punish Jail Detainees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Victor Hill, Sheriff of Georgia’s Clayton County, will face a jury trial on September 26, 2022, on seven federal charges of violating the civil rights of jail detainees …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Illinois Department of Corrections Cancels Contract with Canteen Provider Keefe by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On December 14, 2021, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) canceled its contract with the Keefe Group as provider of prison commissary items. The next day, the state’s chief procurement officer, Ellen Daley, released …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor
Ineffective Mississippi Prison Industries on the Chopping Block After Scathing Report by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye On April 18, 2022, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed House Bill 863, legislation that will repeal the 32-year-old law creating the Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation (MPIC), a non-profit entity tasked with providing …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor
Illinois Inspector General Finds Prisoner Labor Used to Benefit DOC Employees by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In a report released on October 24, 2021, the Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General (OIG) found that state prisoners had been improperly used to wash cars, shine shoes, give haircuts …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Texas Sheriff Who Rehired Abusive Jailer Who in Turn Again Abused a Detainee by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that by rehiring a jailer who previously abused detainees at the …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$45,000 Paid by Idaho Jail to Settle Censorship Suit Filed by HRDC by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In an agreement executed on February 7, 2022, Canyon County, Idaho, agreed to pay $45,000 to settle censorship claims made by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the nonprofit publisher of PLN …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Sixth Circuit Revives Tennessee Detainee’s Suit, Holds Lower Court Not Required to Retain Jurisdiction of State Law Claims After Dismissing Federal Claims by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 22, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit extended the life of civil rights claims brought under …
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