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Villalobos v. Smith, NY, Complaint, Failure to Protect (Staff), 2020
Brief • November 19, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Protect (Staff), Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Villalobos v. Smith, NY, Complaint, Failure to Protect (Staff), 2020 Case 1:20-cv-09736-PKC Document 1 Filed 11/19/20 Page 1 of 29 Jaehyun Oh, Esq. (5668512) THE JACOB D. FUCHSBERG LAW FIRM, LLP 3 Park Avenue, 37th Floor New York, NY 10016 (212) 869-3500 Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR …
News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: The Birmingham News reported that an Alabama prison guard had been arrested for drug trafficking after a search of his vehicle when he arrived for work at the St. Clair County prison turned up 138 grams of methamphetamine and 16 grams of heroin. Ivan Caldwell, …
Second Circuit: Denial of Exercise Over Four Months Defeats Summary Judgment
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Exercise, Summary Judgment
Second Circuit: Denial of Exercise Over Four Months Defeats Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 18, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to prison officials in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging the officials’ failure to clear …
Rikers Island Death Case Against City of New York Settles for $5.5 Million
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medication, Wrongful Death
Rikers Island Death Case Against City of New York Settles for $5.5 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A wrongful death action filed by the decedent’s estate of a Rikers Island prisoner against the City of New York, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., Prison Health Services, …
New York City BOP Prisoner Dies After Being Pepper-Sprayed
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)
New York City BOP Prisoner Dies After Being Pepper-Sprayed by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Jamel Floyd, a 35-year-old Black male held at the federal Bureau of Prison’s (BOP) Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, died after being pepper sprayed by guards June 3, 2020. Floyd was serving a 12- …
Violence at New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Increasing Even as Population Falls
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Staffing, Excessive Force
Violence at New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Increasing Even as Population Falls by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For decades, New York City’s Rikes Island Jail Complex (RIJC) has been the largest urban lock-up in the United States. It has also been infamous as among the most violent jails …
Doe v. NYPD, NY, Amended Complaint, Restraints on Pregnant Prisoners, 2020
Brief • October 27, 2020
Filed under: OB/GYN, Restraints, Restraints While Giving Birth, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment
Doe v. NYPD, NY, Amended Complaint, Restraints on Pregnant Prisoners, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01344-ARR-LB Document 25 Filed 10/27/20 Page 1 of 35 PageID #: 149 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JANE DOE, on her own behalf and on behalf of her minor son, BABY DOE, Plaintiff, No. …
Nunez v. City of New York, NY, 10th Monitor Report, Covid Response, 2020
Brief • October 23, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Nunez v. City of New York, NY, 10th Monitor Report, Covid Response, 2020 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 360 Filed 10/23/20 Page 1 of 296 Tenth Report of the Nunez Independent Monitor Tenth Monitoring Period January 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 360 Filed 10/23/20 Page 2 of 296 …
American Council of the Blind v. City of New York, NY, Opinion & Order, ADA Compliance, 2020
Brief • October 20, 2020
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act
American Council of the Blind v. City of New York, NY, Opinion & Order, ADA Compliance, 2020 Case 1:18-cv-05792-PAE Document 126 Filed 10/20/20 Page 1 of 67 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OF NEW YORK, INC., MICHAEL GOLFO, and CHRISTINA CURRY, …
New York Jail Accused of Discrimination by Female Prisoners
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women
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 …
NYC Floating Jail May Finally be Closed
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Rural Prisons, Prison Conditions
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 …
Ford Foundation President’s Support to Replace Rikers With Other Jails Criticized
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Transfers, Conditions of Confinement
Ford Foundation President’s Support to Replace Rikers With Other Jails Criticized by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Ford Foundation President Darren Walker published a blog titled, “In Defense of Nuance” in the fall of 2019. A larger portion of the missive supported the building of four smaller detention centers to …
New York Governor Cuomo Creates Prison Nursing Home During Pandemic
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
New York Governor Cuomo Creates Prison Nursing Home During Pandemic by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A recent report by The Interceptoutlined New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan to move elderly prisoners to an “isolated” upstate prison to allegedly protect them during the pandemic, and how this plan may …
Letter to Governors Cuomo and Hutchinson Regarding Affordable Prison Communication Services
Publication • September 22, 2020
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Letter to Governors Cuomo and Hutchinson Regarding Affordable Prison Communication Services September 22, 2020 The Honorable Andrew Cuomo Governor of the State of New York and Chair of the National Governor’s Association The Honorable Asa Hutchinson Governor of the State of Arkansas and Vice Chair of the National Governor’s Association …
Bobbit v. Marzan, et al., NY, order, strip search, ADA, 2020
Brief • September 21, 2020
Filed under: Medication, Strip Searches, Eighth Amendment, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act
Bobbit v. Marzan, et al., NY, order, strip search, ADA, 2020 Case 1:16-cv-02042-AT-OTW Document 260 Filed 09/21/20 Page 1 of 34 Case 1:16-cv-02042-AT-OTW Document 260 Filed 09/21/20 Page 2 of 34 et seq., the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., and New York state tort law, …
New York State Police, Trooper Thomas S. Victor Letter of Censure, 2020
Publication • September 11, 2020
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police/Govt Misconduct
New York State Police, Trooper Thomas S. Victor Letter of Censure, 2020 4 w RK ATE State Police ANDREW M. CUOMO KEITH M. CORLETT Governor Superintendent September 11, 2020 Trooper Thomas S. Victor New York State Police Middletown, NY LETTER OF CENSURE Dear Trooper Victor: On April 7, 2020, you …
Jones v. Stanford, NY, Memorandum and Order, Social Media Ban, 2020
Brief • September 9, 2020
Filed under: Internet
Jones v. Stanford, NY, Memorandum and Order, Social Media Ban, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-01332-RJD-SJB Document 37 Filed 09/09/20 Page 1 of 20 PageID #: 417 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------X VERNON JONES, VLADIMIR KRULL, THOMAS MITCHELL, COMPTON MOHABIR, and CORYDON UMBER, Plaintiffs, -againstTINA M. STANFORD, Esq., …
Jones v. Stanford, NY, Memorandum and Order, Social Media Ban, 2020 (1)
Brief • September 9, 2020
Filed under: Internet
Jones v. Stanford, NY, Memorandum and Order, Social Media Ban, 2020 (1) Case 1:20-cv-01332-RJD-SJB Document 37 Filed 09/09/20 Page 1 of 20 PageID #: 417 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------X VERNON JONES, VLADIMIR KRULL, THOMAS MITCHELL, COMPTON MOHABIR, and CORYDON UMBER, Plaintiffs, -againstTINA M. STANFORD, …
Ellis v. City of Buffalo, NY, Complaint, Personal Injury-Motor Vehicle, 2020
Brief • September 8, 2020
Filed under: Police
Ellis v. City of Buffalo, NY, Complaint, Personal Injury-Motor Vehicle, 2020 !FILED: ERIE COUNTY CLERK 09/08/2020 04:19 Pij NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 INDEX NO. 809973/2020 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/08/2020 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT : COUNTY OF ERIE BRANDON P. ELLIS as Guardian of the Person and Property of CHELSEA …
Consultants Advising Rich on Prison Life
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Shock Incarceration
Consultants Advising Rich on Prison Life by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Even before he was found guilty in New York on two counts of rape on February 24, 2020, Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein hired a prison consultant – Craig Rothfeld, CEO of Inside Outside Ltd. – to teach …
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