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Article • September 7, 2022
Four Prisoners Murdered at Three California Prisons Within Eight Days by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Within eight days spanning the end of April and beginning of May 2022, four prisoners were murdered in separate incidents at three California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisons. At least eight prisoners …
Article • September 7, 2022
Oregon DOC Auctions Land Possibly Containing Native American Burial Mounds by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett Second-round bidding closed on August 4, 2022, for the 390-acre site of the now-shuttered Mill Creek Correctional Institution (MCCI) owned by the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC). But a 98-year-old grandson of the land’s …
Article • September 7, 2022
Seventh Circuit Lets Wexford Skate from “Appalling” Treatment of Illinois Prisoner With Painful Anal Abscess and Fistula by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss After an Illinois prisoner developed a painful anal abscess and fistula, his medical care was “appalling” and the prison healthcare system was “dysfunctional.” But that’s just …
Article • September 7, 2022
Meth “Kiss of Death” Kills Tennessee Prisoner; Girlfriend Charged with Murder by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On August 13, 2022, special agents of the Tennessee Department of Corrections (DOC) and deputies from the Dickson County Sheriff’s Department arrested Rachel Dollard, 33, on charges of second-degree murder and …
Brief • September 6, 2022
Filed under: Method of Execution
Owens v. Stirling, SC, Order Granting Injunctive Relief, Methods of Execution, 2022 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTY OF RICHLAND FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Freddie Eugene Owens; Brad Keith Sigmon; Gary Dubose Terry; and Richard Bernard Moore, Civil Action No. 2021CP4002306 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF …
Brief • September 6, 2022
Filed under: Protests, Excessive Force
Casablanca-Torres v. The City of New York, NY, Declaration of Gideon Oliver, Excessive Force, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-10832-LAK Document 56 Filed 09/06/22 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DECLARATION OF GIDEON ORION OLIVER IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS FRANCISCO JAVIER CASABLANCATORRES, …
Brief • September 6, 2022
Filed under: Protests, Excessive Force
Casablanca-Torres v. The City of New York, NY, Memo of Law, Excessive Force, 2022 Case 1:21-cv-10832-LAK Document 57 Filed 09/06/22 Page 1 of 58 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FRANCISCO JAVIER CASABLANCA-TORRES Plaintiff, 21-cv-10832 (LAK) v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK., ET AL., Defendants PLAINTIFF’S MEMORANDUM …
Article • September 2, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
“Unconscionable and Unacceptable” Conditions in Georgia DOC With 57 Prisoners Murdered in Two Years by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian In August 2022, during their federal civil rights trial for running down and fatally shooting an unarmed jogger, Ahmaud Arbury, in Brunswick in February 2020, attorneys for father and son …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Texas Prisoners’ Challenge to Pandemic Prison Conditions for Failure to Exhaust by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 9, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of pandemic precautions taken by the …
$1.1 Million Settlement Paid by Michigan County to Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide at Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 7, 2021, the Board of Commissioners of Michigan’s Macomb County agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims by survivors of a detainee who hanged …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Name Changes, Transgender
Oregon Appeals Court Okays Legal Change of Transgender Prisoner’s Name and Sex by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 2, 2022, the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon held that a lower court erred in denying a state prisoner’s petition for change of legal name or sex …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Nebraska Prison Staffing Crisis Sees Supervisors Take Demotions to Get Hourly Overtime Pay by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Despite a watchdog report finding state prisons so short-staffed that some guard supervisors sought demotions to take advantage of ballooning hourly overtime pay, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS) …
Fourth Circuit Says Virginia May Require Muslim Prisoner to Purchase Prayer Oil From Vendor Also Selling Pork and “Idols” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) did not violate the …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Prison Mail
Florida Now Digitizing Incoming Mail for State Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Starting from a four-prison pilot launched on January 18, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) has now banned state prisoners at all 128 of its facilities from receiving any tangible routine mail. Instead they …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
California Appeals Court Says Prop. 57 Doesn’t Require In-Person Parole Hearings by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On March 28, 2022, the California Court of Appeals for the Third Appellate District ruled that a new “paper review” process for parole consideration did not violate the equal protection or due …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct
Senators Spank BOP Director on Last Day Before Replacement by Former Oregon DOC Director by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On August 2, 2022, the federal Department of Justice introduced its pick to helm the nation’s Bureau of Prison (BOP): Collette Peters, the director of Oregon’s Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Impact of Felons’ Voting Minimal, MIT Researchers Find by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Mass incarceration disenfran­chises millions in America, especially the economically disadvantaged who make up the majority of those incarcerated. Though the rationale for barring felons from voting is multifaceted, one argument is that a bloc of voting …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff, Brawling Over Closing Decrepit Jail, Accused of Ignoring Deputy “Gangs” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Forced into a November 2022 runoff by a close primary vote, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva came out swinging at the Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) the very next …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Pennsylvania County Pays $147,500 to Jail Detainees Held in Solitary for Refusing To Cut off Dreadlocks by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2022, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) announced a settlement had been reached in a lawsuit filed for a trio of its clients, who were …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Media, Federal Funds
California Sheriff’s Pay-to-Play Scandal Reflects Nationwide Corruption Potential Documented in Watchdog Report by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Engulfed in a campaign finance probe that has snagged ten others on corruption and bribery charges in an alleged “pay to play” scheme, the Sheriff of California’s Santa Clara County, Laurie Smith, …
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