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Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Eighth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Private Companies Providing Missouri Prisoner’s Health Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that private companies providing health care for prisoners are not entitled to assert qualified immunity or appeal …
$14.3 Million in Costs, Attorney Fees and Interest Awarded Against GEO Group in Suits for Not Paying Minimum Wage to Immigrant Detainee Workers in Washington by Matthew Clarke Brings total the firm is ordered to pay to $37.6 million by Matt Clarke On December 14, 2021, a Washington federal court …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry, jobs
$1.1 Million Colorado Initiative Set to Assist Prisoners With More Employment Opportunities Upon Release by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Individuals leaving prison often face obstacles securing basic necessities like employment, housing, and health care. This can make reintegration into society exceedingly difficult. The restrictions and limited opportunities that ex-prisoners …
Prison Telecom Giant GTL Agrees to $67 Million Settlement in Class-Action Over Inactive Account Seizure Policy by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Prison phone services provider Global*Tel Link (GTL) agreed to a settle a long-running class-action on December 20, 2021, with changes to company policies and up to $67 …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
No Charges So Far Against Former Arizona Corrections Director After Boozy Standoff with Police by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Before an armed standoff with Tempe police on January 6, 2022, former Arizona prisons chief Charles Ryan had been home drinking tequila. A lot of tequila. “Half a …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Vermont Hep-C Settlement Agreement Provides Direct-Acting Antivirals to Infected Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement agreement setting out guidelines for care that the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) will provide to prisoners with Hepatitis-C was finalized on May 14, 2021, calling for enhanced screening of incoming …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$1.5 Million Awarded for Failure to Protect Rikers Jail Prisoner Who Was Attacked Repeatedly by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 2, 2021, a federal jury in New York City ruled in favor of a prisoner at the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, deciding the city and …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
California Supreme Court Reclassifies Clemency Records, No Longer Confidential by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On May 26, 2021, the Supreme Court of California filed en banc a new administrative order changing the Court’s published Internal Operating Practices and Procedures regarding the confidentiality of clemency records. The Court had previously …
$170,000 in Attorney’s Fees, Solitary Confinement Reforms Achieved in Settlement of Maine Prisoner’s Lawsuits by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2021, the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) settled state and federal lawsuits brought by a prisoner kept in solitary confinement for 22 months without seeing any evidence of …
Private Prison Firm Revenues Soar on “Tailwind” of Immigrant Detainees by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a filing with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 5, 2022, Florida-based GEO Group—the nation’s largest private prison operator—laid bare its strategy to keep federal dollars flowing into the company’s …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Ninth Circuit Overturns California Law Banning Private Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On October 5, 2021, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck down a California statute, Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), barring private companies from entering new contracts with any …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Tenth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Colorado Prison Officials Who Shut Down Native American Religious Activities by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On July 21, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the ruling of a lower court in Colorado that denied a motion by state …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$199,000 Awarded to California Detainee Assaulted by Santa Clara County Jail Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 13, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California awarded a former Santa Clara County pretrial detainee $11,000 in damages for injuries received when he was assaulted …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$781 Settlement Paid to Oregon Prisoner Over Censorship of ‘Sexually Explicit’ Text Message by On July 21, 2021, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a suit filed by a state prisoner whose private text message to his intimate partner was flagged for violating prison policy because it contained the …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Right to Exercise
Ninth Circuit: California Jail Prisoners Have No Constitutional Right Per Se to Outdoor Recreation and Direct Sunlight by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 26, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a district court’s decision not to expand a preliminary injunction issued on behalf …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$170,000 Damages and Fees As New Jersey Prisons Settle Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins As of June 29, 2021, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) has changed its policy of housing prisoners according to their gender assignment at birth, regardless of whether they …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Federal Court Sanctions Wexford for Discovery Abuse in Illinois Prisoner’s Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 3, 2021, a federal court in Illinois granted a state prisoner’s motion for sanctions against Wexford Health Sources for responding to a specific discovery request by providing 272,000 pages of documents …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: PLRA, Dismissal
Third Circuit Says Mixed Dismissal of Civil Rights Action Not a Strike Under PLRA by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a ruling on September 27, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a “mixed dismissal” of a Pennsylvania prisoner’s civil rights action does …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
$325,000 Paid by Colorado County to Jail Detainee Brutalized by Guards Equipped with Controversial Training by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On October 28, 2021, a Colorado man dismissed his suit against Weld County after agreeing to accept a $325,000 settlement for injuries allegedly inflicted on him by guards at …
Brief • April 1, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Maney v. State of Oregon, OR, Opinion and Order, Covid-19, 2022 Case 6:20-cv-00570-SB Document 377 Filed 04/01/22 Page 1 of 54 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PAUL MANEY; GARY CLIFT; GEORGE NULPH; THERON HALL; DAVID HART; SHERYL LYNN SUBLET, and FELISHIA RAMIREZ, a personal …
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