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Michigan Warden Barred from Prison After Most Recent Prisoner Homicide
Article • November 5, 2022
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
Michigan Warden Barred from Prison After Most Recent Prisoner Homicide by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 18, 2022, the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) placed Warden George Stephenson of the Macomb Correctional Facility (MCF) in Lenox Township on “stop order” – meaning he is barred from …
Missouri Jail Guard Charged With Helping Teen Son Escape Juvenile Detention
Article • November 5, 2022
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes, Juveniles
Missouri Jail Guard Charged With Helping Teen Son Escape Juvenile Detention by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 25, 2022, a guard at the St. Louis County Justice Center (SLJC) was charged with shattering a window at the building to help her son and another teen escape …
Former Pennsylvania Jail Guard Sentenced for Shocking His Kids With Electric Dog Collar
Article • November 5, 2022
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Abuse
Former Pennsylvania Jail Guard Sentenced for Shocking His Kids With Electric Dog Collar by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 24, 2022, a now-fired guard at Pennsylvania’s Somerset County Jail (SCJ) was sentenced for abusing his five children with a dog shock collar. John Wesley Bailey, 35, …
“I Fucked Up”: Retired Arizona Prison Guard and GOP Candidate Allegedly Caught Masturbating Near Preschool
Article • November 5, 2022
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Guard Misconduct, Sex Offender Registration
“I Fucked Up”: Retired Arizona Prison Guard and GOP Candidate Allegedly Caught Masturbating Near Preschool by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A 27-year veteran prison guard retired from the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) suspended his run for the Maricopa Community College District Governing Board on October 20, …
Owens v. Aiken County Sheriff's Office, SC, Verdict, Excessive Force, 2022
Brief • November 4, 2022
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings
Owens v. Aiken County Sheriff's Office, SC, Verdict, Excessive Force, 2022 STATE OF SOUTH CAROU A COUNTY OF AIKEN ) ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Otis Owens, ) ) CASENO.: 20 17-CP-02-014 13 Plai ntiff, vs. Michael Hunt, in his official capacity as Sheriff of …
Jaramillo v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2022
Brief • November 3, 2022
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Jaramillo v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2022 Centurion 003052 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is executed this~ day of l\A]Alh'V\X)f.,( 2022, by Michael Jaramillo (hereafter, "Plaintiff') individually and on behalf of …
Estate of Lara v. County of Monterey, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022
Brief • November 2, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Lara v. County of Monterey, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2022 DocuSig n Envelope ID: D35184 7B-40C3-464D-B 1GA-19161OB29798 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This is a SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE of all claims ("AGREEMENT") by and between Defendants COUNTY OF MONTEREY, SHERIFF STEPHEN BERNAL, JAMES BASS, JOHNATHAN THORNBURG, RAY …
Webb v. The City of Maplewood, MO, Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Settlement, False Imprisonment, 2022
Brief • November 1, 2022
Filed under: False Imprisonment
Webb v. The City of Maplewood, MO, Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Settlement, False Imprisonment, 2022 Case: 4:16-cv-01703-CDP Doc. #: 261 Filed: 11/01/22 Page: 1 of 8 PageID #: 7391 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION CECELIA ROBERTS WEBB, et al., Individually and on behalf of …
COVID-19 Injunction Lapses in Oregon, Another Fails in Massachusetts
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19, Injunctions
COVID-19 Injunction Lapses in Oregon, Another Fails in Massachusetts by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On June 21, 2022, a preliminary injunction granted by the federal court for the District of Oregon expired, ending its mandate that state prison employees comply with the COVID-19 masking policy of the state Department …
Unending ‘Crisis’ in San Diego County Jails: Hundreds Dead, Millions in Legal Payouts
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Unending ‘Crisis’ in San Diego County Jails: Hundreds Dead, Millions in Legal Payouts by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When the men and women incarcerated in San Diego County jails awoke on October 6, 2022, the biggest news was also the grimmest: Nothing had changed. A fellow detainee …
From the Editor
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Most of PLN’s prisoner readers are housed in state or federal prisons and serving a sentence after being convicted of a crime. On any given day at least 500,000 people are being held in jails around the country, operated by cities, …
Maine Caps Price of Phone Calls in State Prisons and Jails
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Maine Caps Price of Phone Calls in State Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On April 15, 2022, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) approved H.P. 853, a new law capping the cost of calls in state prisons and county jails. Effective October 1, 2022, calls may not …
San Diego County Pays $250,000 After Detainee Suicide in County Jail
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
San Diego County Pays $250,000 After Detainee Suicide in County Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On March 29, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of California approved a settlement between the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSD) and the widow of a 21-year-old U.S. Marine who …
New Federal ‘Fresh Start’ Student Loan Policy May Help Prisoners in Default
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Education
New Federal ‘Fresh Start’ Student Loan Policy May Help Prisoners in Default by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced a new “fresh start” policy for people whose student loans are in default, and it may help prisoners who would otherwise …
Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings
Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On September 2, 2021, the federal court for the District of Maryland denied a motion for summary judgment made by a state prison guard who is the defendant in a case brought by a prisoner who …
Mississippi Attempts to Offload Prisoner Healthcare Costs Onto Medicaid
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems, Health Care Fraud
Mississippi Attempts to Offload Prisoner Healthcare Costs Onto Medicaid by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On April 21, 2022, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed H.B. 936, a new law creating “special care facilities” to house and provide healthcare for about 600 “medically frail” state prisoners eligible for parole …
Wisconsin High Court Admits Into Evidence Secret Tape of Prisoner Made by Fellow Prisoner
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Informants, Tape Recordings
Wisconsin High Court Admits Into Evidence Secret Tape of Prisoner Made by Fellow Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 1, 2022, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin decided that just because a jailhouse snitch used a government-provided device to tape incriminating statements made by a fellow pretrial …
$2.1 Million Settlement for Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide in Scandal-Plagued Ohio Jail
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$2.1 Million Settlement for Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide in Scandal-Plagued Ohio Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 5, 2022, Ohio’s Cuyahoga County agreed to pay $2.1 million to the estate of a mentally ill detainee arrested on bogus charges who was then left to …
Alabama Prisoner Who Escaped With Jail Guard Lover Charged in Her Death on the Run
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Escapes, Murder by Escapees
Alabama Prisoner Who Escaped With Jail Guard Lover Charged in Her Death on the Run by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On July 12, 2022, the District Attorney (DA) for Alabama’s Lauderdale County announced murder charges against a former detainee in the county jail who escaped with the help …
Experimenting on Prisoners: New California Lawsuits Reveal Old Abuses
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Medical Treatment/Expenses
Experimenting on Prisoners: New California Lawsuits Reveal Old Abuses by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD The City of Philadelphia formally apologized on October 6, 2022, for medical experiments conducted on some 300 men — mostly Black, many of them pretrial detainees — incarcerated at the now-shuttered Holmesburg Prison …
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