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Article • October 5, 2020
PrimeCare, Berks County Prisoner Who Loses Leg Agree to $850,000 Settlement by PrimeCare Medical agreed to an $850,000 settlement in a civil rights action alleging it failed to provide care for a prisoner at Pennsylvania’s Berks County Prison (BCP). The prisoner suffered amputation of her left leg below the knee. …
Article • October 5, 2020
$2,500 Settlement for Failure to Treat Broken Arm and Shoulder Injury by Corizon Health agreed to pay $2,500 to a prisoner for failing to treat his broken arm. The complaint alleged other claims against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) and its agents that were not relevant to the settlement. …
Article • October 5, 2020
192,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Seeking Pay for Uncompensated Work from Corizon by A $192,368 settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging Corizon Health deducted meal break times from employee pay even when the employee worked through the break. The lawsuit was filed as a class action on November 11, 2012. …
Article • October 4, 2020
$2,500 Settlement in Failure to Protect Prisoners During Jail Fire in Indiana by A pretrial detainee received a $2,500 settlement in a civil rights action alleging jail officials failed to evacuate detainees during a fire and did not treat their injuries. The lawsuit stemmed from a fire in a cellblock …
Article • October 4, 2020
$37,500 Settlement in Discrimination Suit Against Corizon Health by Corizon Health agreed to pay $37,500 to a former employee who alleged she was discriminated against based on race and was subjected to a hostile work environment. Laurie Astern was hired by Corizon on August 11, 2014, to work as a …
$350,000 Settlement in Florida Detainee’s Suicide by Corizon Health agreed to pay $350,000 in a lawsuit that alleged it failed to provide mental health care to a pretrial detainee who committed suicide at Florida’s Charlotte County Jail. Victor H. Ackers was arrested on May 21, 2013, for domestic violence and …
Article • October 4, 2020
$47,000 Settlement in Detainee’s Overdose Death Claim by Corizon Health agreed to pay $47,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it negligently failed to assure street drugs did not enter its Jail Alternatives to Substance Abuse (JASA) program. Brian G. Brewer was transferred from Florida’s Polk County Jail on May 12, …
$50,000 Settlement with Corizon in Failure to Treat Suit in Florida by Corizon Health agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to provide a Florida prisoner with medication for his heart and blood pressure. He also alleged that he was not provided postoperative dental care or …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
The Toughest Love by Julia Lurie For Nearly 50 Years, the Delancey Street Foundation Has Offered an Alternative to Prison. But Does the Celebrated Program Really Work? by Julia Lurie, Mother Jones The headquarters of the Delancey Street Foundation occupies a piece of prime real estate near the base of San …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story reports on Delancey Street, the Bay Area Foundation that has gained fame for its programs that rehabilitate prisoners. Its success has allowed it to grow into a large operation with facilities in six cities. Readers can make …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
$400,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Kentucky Prisoner’s Starvation Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2020, WDRB News revealed a previously undisclosed $400,000 settlement paid by the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) to the family of a state prisoner who starved to death while in segregation at the …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Why Did 77 Ohio Prisoners Die of COVID-19, but Just 10 in Pennsylvania? by Cid Standifer, Brie Zeltner A look at how overcrowding and poor design contributed to two of the worst national outbreaks by Cid Standifer and Brie Zeltner, Eye on Ohio, Aug. 21, 2020 This article was provided …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
New York Jail Accused of Discrimination by Female Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss n March 2020, the Oneida County Correctional Facility in New York was accused of discrimination against the women who are housed there. Two months prior to that, all the women were moved from pods that …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
BOP Inspector General Rips State for Failure to Control COVID-19 at Lompoc in California by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz has issued a report itemizing the multitude of mistakes and mismanagement that aggravated the troubled agency’s response to the COVID-19 …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Theft, Lies and Bribes Force California Warden’s Early Retirement, $11,500 Monthly Pension by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson A longtime California prison war­den abruptly retired during an investigation into alleged theft, lying and bribery. Joe Lizarraga began working for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) in 1986. He …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
$420,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Opioid Withdrawal Death in Georgia Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Wilkinson County, Georgia, agreed on January 2, 2020 to pay $420,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the son and estate of a woman who died five years earlier of apparent prescription opioid …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Seventh Circuit Protects Guards Who Allegedly Failed to Protect Wisconsin Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 6, 2020, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment to guards who allegedly failed to protect a Wisconsin prisoner. The court agreed that the prisoner …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Bloomberg Allies Make $20 Million Push to Help Enfranchise 30,000 Florida Ex-Felons by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Deep-pocketed friends and foundations associated with business mogul Michael Bloomberg are planning to spend around $20 million to pay the outstanding fines and court debts of former state felons in Florida, obligations …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Mental Health and Prison Systems in Major Need of Reform by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An article in the Harvard Political Review by Jenna Bao published March 9, 2020, reported that the movement to deinstitutionalize mental health facilities and save costs, which began in the 1950s, has resulted in …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
NYC Floating Jail May Finally be Closed by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx was emblematic of the Big Apple’s rotten core in the 1990s, an area saturated with drugs, homelessness and prostitution. Facing an influx of inmates from rising crime rates, the city …
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