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Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$4.25 Million Paid by King County for Two Jail Beatings By Improperly Housed Mentally Ill Detainees by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 29, 2022, the federal courtfor the Western District of Washington approved a $3 million settlement between King County and a mentally ill man who suffered a …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Arizona Prisoner Condemned Again for Cellmate’s Murder by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On April 17, 2023, Arizona prisoner Jasper Rushing, 43, was again sentenced to death for the grizzly murder of his cellmate. He was first condemned for the killing in 2015, but the state supreme court tossed that …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Montana Pays $2,500 to Settle Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 9, 2022, Montana prison officials paid $2,500 to settle a federal suit alleging that they failed to protect a state prisoner from a known threat of brutal beating by other prisoners. Andrew Yellowbear, Jr., …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Census, Rural Prisons
Montana Becomes 13th State to End Prison Gerrymandering by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman On February 14, 2023, Montana joined a dozen other states to end prison gerrymandering, the practice of having census takers count prisoners where they are incarcerated, rather than in their hometowns. It is also the …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Fifth Circuit Again Revives Muslim Texas Prisoner’s Suit Over Halal Meals Denied During Hurricane Evacuation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a district court erred when it tossed a Muslim prisoner’s lawsuit over denial of …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$20,000 Settlement for Ohio Prisoner’s Slip-and-Fall Injury by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 23, 2021, Magistrate Scott Sheets presiding in the Ohio Court of Claims approved a settlement, under which the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) agreed to pay $20,000 to a former state prisoner who …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Detainee Allegedly “Eaten Alive” by Vermin in Overcrowded Atlanta Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A detainee found dead in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) on September 13, 2022, was “eaten alive” by insects, according to an attorney hired by the dead man’s family. Michael Harper said his clients …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Dogged by Racist Comments, North Carolina Sheriff Resigns – Again by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 4, 2023, Jody Greene (R) resigned as Sheriff of North Carolina’s Columbus County – for the second time in just over two months. First elected in 2018, he had earlier …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
L.A. County Jails: Leading in All the Wrong Ways by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Calling conditions in Los Angeles County jails “abhorrent,” attorneys representing a group of incarcerated plaintiffs appeared before a federal judge on April 19, 2023, asking him to hold the county in contempt of a recently …
Brief • April 7, 2023
Filed under: Staffing
Jensen v. Thornell, AZ, Order and Permanent Injunction, Staffing Conditions, 2023 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4410 Filed 04/07/23 Page 1 of 67 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Shawn Jensen, et al. Plaintiffs, 10 11 v. …
Publication • April 3, 2023
Filed under: Staffing
Status Report on DOC's Action Plan by the Nunez Independent Monitor, April 2023 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 517 Filed 04/03/23 Page 1 of 246 Status Report on DOC’s Action Plan by the Nunez Independent Monitor April 3, 2023 Case 1:11-cv-05845-LTS-JCF Document 517 Filed 04/03/23 Page 2 of 246 THE NUNEZ MONITORING …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Toilets
Seventh Circuit Revives Claim of Wheelchair-Bound Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Access to Handicapped Toilet by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a civil rights complaint filed by a former Wisconsin prisoner, who alleged that …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Indiana Will Now Send Low-Level Felons to Prison Instead of Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On July 1, 2022, Indiana House Enrolled Act No. 1004 took effect, amending sections of the state code governing parole, supervised release, and placement in community corrections programs in ways that primarily …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
U.S. Response to Haitian Crisis: Fund More Prisons by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Haiti’s recent history reads like an endless tragedy of natural disasters and political upheavals. In between devastating hurricanes and earthquakes, a presidential assassination and gang wars paint a picture of a failed state. Violence regularly halts …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Sixth Circuit Revives Claim Over Michigan Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose on Allegedly Smuggled Fentanyl by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to employees of the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Santa Clara County Sheriff Accused of Coverup After $10 Million Payout to Mentally Ill Detainee Who Severely Injured Himself During Jail Transport by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart An October 2022 report by the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement (OCLE) in California’s Santa Clara County faults the county Sheriff’s …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
BOP Revives Plans for Controversial Prison in Kentucky by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On December 8, 2022, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) released a summary of the Public Scoping Meeting held in Whitesburg, Kentucky, regarding its proposed bid to build a $500 million federal prison on top …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Jail Detainee’s Urine Not a ‘Noxious or Filthy Substance’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In an opinion issued on November 22, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that urine is not a “noxious or filthy substance.” Therefore, the Court affirmed dismissal of …
Brief • March 20, 2023
Ronduen v. The GEO Group, CA, Complaint, Toxic Chemicals, 2023 Case 5:23-cv-00481 Document 1 Filed 03/20/23 Page 1 of 53 Page ID #:1 1 8 SOCIAL JUSTICE LEGAL FOUNDATION Maria del Pilar Gonzalez Morales (SBN 308550) pgonzalez@socialjusticelaw.org Vanessa M. Domenichelli (SBN 326867) vdomenichelli@socialjusticelaw.org Alyssa Martinez (SBN 342466) amartinez@socialjusticelaw.org Amelia Piazza …
Carty v. Bryan, VI, Order, Inhumane Prison Conditions, 2023 Case: 3:94-cv-00078-RAM-RM Document #: 1385 Filed: 03/15/23 Page 1 of 1 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN LAWRENCE CARTY, et al., Plaintiff, v. ALBERT BRYAN, et al., Defendant. ) ) ) ) …
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