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Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Santa Clara County Settles Lawsuit, Makes Jails Handicapped Accessible by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In November 2018, the parties in a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California agreed to settle the case in the form of a consent decree. The suit centered …
Illinois DOC Permanently Enjoined From Neglecting Prisoners’ Mental Health by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On October 30, 2018, a federal judge entered a permanent injunction that enjoined the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) from violating the Eighth Amendment and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with respect to mental health …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Freedom
Eighteen Years After its Passage, Prisons and Jails Continue to Violate RLUIPA by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After decades of complaints by prisoners that corrections officials frequently denied them the right to practice their religion, Congress took action and passed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Without Interpreters, California’s Deaf Prisoners are Getting Stuck Behind Bars by Samantha Michaels “It’s the utmost violation of due process I can think of.” by Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones In 2016, a prisoner in Corcoran, California faced a dilemma. The parole board wanted to know whether he’d completed any self-help …
Sims v. Pfister, IL, Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2019 Case: 1:18-cv-03842 Document#: 26 Filed: 03/04/19 Page 1 of 14 PagelD #:251 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - EASTERN DMSION BLANTON SIMS, Plaintiff, v. SHERWIN MILES, RANDY PFISTER, JEREMIAH DALY, TROY JOHNSON, MARLENE HENZE, GHALIAH OBAISI, …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Illinois DOC Settles Lawsuit Filed by Deaf, Hard of Hearing Prisoners by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has settled a class-action suit brought by deaf and hard of hearing prisoners who said they were denied sign-language interpreters for what was called “high-stakes interactions” with …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
New Trial on Causation Required in Illinois Jail Detainee’s Suicide by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 10, 2018 that an Illinois federal district court erred in granting judgment as a matter of law on the issue of causation in …
PREA Audit at Montana Women’s Prison Amid Sexual Misconduct Complaints by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A June 2017 audit at the Montana Women’s Prison (MWP) found the facility was not in full compliance with 20 of 43 standards promulgated under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), enacted in 2003. …
Harvey v. Duncan, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS In full and complete consideration of the payment by Coverys Specialty Insurance Company of the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I, Bryant Harvey, Jr. (the …
Lawsuits Filed Over South Dakota Replacing Prison Law Libraries with Tablets by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Two federal lawsuits were filed by South Dakota prisoners in May and June 2018 against the state Department of Corrections (DOC) over the introduction of tablet computers to replace prison law libraries and …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Seventh Circuit Vacates ADA Summary Judgment Against Cook County Sheriff by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On July 30, 2018, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a partial summary judgment order issued by a district court that found the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois liable for various violations of …
Brief • December 29, 2018
Nash v. Cook County, IL, Settlement, Jail Beating, 2018
Brief • December 28, 2018
Roe v. Snyder, MI, Reply Brief, Sex Offender Registration, 2018 Case 2:16-cv-13353-MAG-DRG ECF No. 101 filed 12/28/18 PageID.1583 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION __________________________________________________________________ MARY ROE, Plaintiff, Case No. 16-cv-13353 v. RICHARD SNYDER, et al., Hon. Mark A. Goldsmith Mag. Judge …
Article • December 18, 2018
$11,428 in Costs Awarded For Failure to Provide Sign Language Interpreter; Attorney Fees Denied by A Louisiana federal district court denied an award of attorney fees where the plaintiff was only awarded nominal damages. However, the court awarded $11,428.06 in costs. After Nelson Arce, who was deaf, pleaded guilty to …
Trueblood, et al. v. WA State Department of Social and Health Services, judgment, class action, mental health services, 2018 Case 2:14-cv-01178-MJP Document 624 Filed 12/12/18 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE CASSIE CORDELL TRUEBLOOD, et al., Plaintiffs, JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE …
New York Federal District Court Allows Prisoner’s § 1983 Action to Proceed by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A New York state prisoner’s civil rights case proceeded to trial in federal district court after the judge denied the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s motion for summary …
BJS Report Finds Prisoner Sexual Abuse Allegations Continue to Rise by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A July 2018 report by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) found the number of alleged incidents of sexual victimization among state and federal prisoners increased 180 percent from 2011 to 2015. …
Rodriguez-Pena v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, ADA Compliance, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made as of the 5th day of December, 2018, by and between Adan Rodriguez-Pena ("Plaintiff') and the County of Santa Clara ("County") in recognition of the …
Geissler, et al. v. Stirling, et al., SC, Partial Consent Decree, Prisoner Hep C Testing, 2018 4:17-cv-01746-MBS Date Filed 12/04/18 Entry Number 136 Page 1 of 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FLORENCE DIVISION RUSSELL GEISSLER, BERNARD BAGLEY, AND WILLIE JAMES JACKSON, individually …
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