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Lawsuits Filed Over Withheld Pain Medications That Left Ailing New York Prisoners in Agony by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Two suits playing out in federal court in New York in mid-2022 will determine whether the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is held to account for a …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat
$3.8 Million Paid for Michigan Detainee’s Death from Alcohol Withdrawal After Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Summary Judgment to Jailers for Deliberate Indifference by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 7, 2022, a federal court approved a $3.8 million settlement between a Michigan county and the estate of a …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Class Certified in Discrimination Suit by Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Georgia Prisoners by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On December 29, 2021, a federal court in Georgia granted a group of deaf and hearing-impaired state prisoners class certification in their suit against state prison and parole officials, challenging the adequacy of …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
“Join Me in Holding Your Nose” Federal Judge Reluctantly Okays $750,000 Settlement in Ohio Pre-Trial Detainee’s Excessive Force Suit by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On December 6, 2021, the Board of Commissioners of Clermont County, Ohio, voted to pay $750,000 to settle a suit brought by a former pretrial …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Mental Health
Court Bars Electroshock Therapy for Incompetent California Prisoner Without Considering Whether He Would Consent If Competent by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On January 11, 2022, the Court of Appeal for the State of California, Fourth District, vacated a lower court’s authorization of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for a state prisoner, …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Guards Saluting Fascism on the Job—Literally by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Prison guards in Arizona, Utah and West Virginia have recently been reported indulging white supremacist and anti-prisoner views on the job. Most recently, members of the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) Special Tactics and Operations team proudly sported …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Criminal Sexual Abuse
$805,000 Paid by Washington to Former Detainees at Juvenile Camp, But Sex Abuse Charges Dropped against Counselor by Between May and July 2021, the state of Washington paid a total of $805,000 to settle a quartet of sexual abuse claims brought by former detainees at the state’s Naselle Youth Camp. …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Russia Drops Charges Against Prison Torture Whistleblower by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Here’s a story with a familiar ring to it: A massive prison bureaucracy, which regularly clears its staff when prisoners are brutally abused, is forced by leaked video to finally hold someone to account—so it goes after …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Eligibility for Parole
California Supreme Court Rules Proposition 57 Early Parole Review May be Denied for Any Violent Felony Conviction, Even If Not “Primary Offense” by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 3, 2022, the Supreme Court of California held that the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) did not abuse …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Florida Detainee’s Excessive-Force Claim Against Cop Who Sucker-Punched Him in Cell by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On November 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overturned a lower court’s decision to rule there was sufficient evidence requiring a jury finding in a …
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Mission Creep: Prison Telecoms Scramble to Extend Their Reach by Alan Prendergast by Alan Prendergast In a news cycle dominated by reports of war, plague and insurrection, a single press announcement from Global Tel*Link (GTL) managed to convey some of the oddest news of all. Flash: The creators of the …
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright PLN has been reporting on the prison phone industry for at least the past 30 years, from its inception to its current stranglehold on most means of human contact between prisoners and the outside world. This month’s cover story by Alan …
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
U.S. Marshals Service Inspectors Find D.C. Central Jail Not Meeting Federal Detention Standards by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian For decades, prisoners held by the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) have complained of inhumane conditions and mistreatment. Criticism of the 45-year-old main jail facility has also come from lawyers …
$405,000 Paid to Prisoner Disabled and Left Untreated at LaSalle-Managed Louisiana Jails by Anthony W. Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A man disabled in a Louisiana jail privately operated by LaSalle Corrections has settled claims of neglect and mistreatment he suffered there and at another lockup the firm ran, accepting …
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions
Maryland Strips Governor’s Power to Overturn Parole Decisions by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye On December 7, 2021, Maryland lawmakers voted to override the governor’s veto and take away his power to overrule parole recommendations for state prisoners serving a life sentence. After the bill, SB 202, passed earlier in …
Brief • July 13, 2022
Tardif v. City of New York, NY, Order, Battery, 2022 Case 1:13-cv-04056-KMW-KNF Document 551 Filed 07/13/22 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------X USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: __________________ DATE FILED: 7/13/2022 MARY TARDIF, Plaintiff, 13-CV-4056 (KMW) -v- ORDER CITY OF …
Brief • July 13, 2022
Gomez v. The GEO Group, CA, Complaint, Forced Labor, 2022 Case 1:22-cv-00868-BAK Document 1 Filed 07/13/22 Page 1 of 50 1 GAY C. GRUNFELD – 121944 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 MICHAEL FREEDMAN – 262850 JESSICA WINTER – 294237 3 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 101 Mission Street, Sixth …
Brief • July 12, 2022
Estate of Moore v. Cumberland County, NJ, Complaint, Suicide- Inadequate Medical Care, 2022 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS The SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS ("Agreement") is being entered into among and between ESTATE OF MEGAN MOORE BY AND THROUGH ITS ADMINISTRATOR AD PROSEQUENDUM CHRISTINE B. MOORE …
Brief • July 12, 2022
Estate of Williamson v. Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc, FL, Complaint, 2022 Filing # 153167753 E-Filed 07/12/2022 02:17:23 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA 1''1.KST J Ulllt;IAL t;IKt;UlT CIVIL DIVISION BOBBY JAMES WILLIAMSON, JR., individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of MISTY …
Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint by David Reutter David M. Reutter For prison officials and healthcare providers who refused to grant an Illinois prisoner an exemption from wearing “black box restraints” during medical transport, a federal district court …
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