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Newby v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC, TN, Order, Wrongful Death, 2022
Brief • July 15, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)
Newby v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC, TN, Order, Wrongful Death, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION G. MARIE NEWBY, Individually, and as Administratrix of THE ESTATE OF TERRY CHILDRESS Plaintiffs, ) ) ) ) ) v. ) ) CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, …
Boiling Behind Bars In Sweltering Texas, Prisons Without Air Conditioning Are About to Get a Lot Hotter
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Exposure to Heat, Americans with Disabilities Act, Prison Conditions
Boiling Behind Bars In Sweltering Texas, Prisons Without Air Conditioning Are About to Get a Lot Hotter by Alleen Brown by Alleen Brown This article was originally published by The Intercept on February 12, 2022. It is reprinted here with permission. The original, along with photos and maps, may be …
$1 Million Settlement Reached in Suicide of Mentally Ill Detainee at San Diego Jail
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
$1 Million Settlement Reached in Suicide of Mentally Ill Detainee at San Diego Jail by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders   People incarcerated at the San Diego County Jail have been suffering through a raging public health crisis. Unfortunately, this crisis has been as lethal or more so than COVID-19. …
Lawsuits Filed Over Withheld Pain Medications That Left Ailing New York Prisoners in Agony
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Need for Medical Consensus
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 …
$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
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 …
Class Certified in Discrimination Suit by Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Georgia Prisoners
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act
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 …
“Join Me in Holding Your Nose” Federal Judge Reluctantly Okays $750,000 Settlement in Ohio Pre-Trial Detainee’s Excessive Force Suit
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings
“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 …
Court Bars Electroshock Therapy for Incompetent California Prisoner Without Considering Whether He Would Consent If Competent
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, …
Guards Saluting Fascism on the Job—Literally
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Failure to Protect (Staff)
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 …
$805,000 Paid by Washington to Former Detainees at Juvenile Camp, But Sex Abuse Charges Dropped against Counselor
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. …
Russia Drops Charges Against Prison Torture Whistleblower
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Whistleblowing, Guard Brutality/Beatings
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 …
California Supreme Court Rules Proposition 57 Early Parole Review May be Denied for Any Violent Felony Conviction, Even If Not “Primary Offense”
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 …
Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Florida Detainee’s Excessive-Force Claim Against Cop Who Sucker-Punched Him in Cell
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Excessive Force (Police)
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 …
Mission Creep: Prison Telecoms Scramble to Extend Their Reach
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Telephone Rates, Global Tel*Link Corp
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 …
From the Editor
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Censorship
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 …
U.S. Marshals Service Inspectors Find D.C. Central Jail Not Meeting Federal Detention Standards
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Sewage, Sanitation, Prison Conditions
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
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, LaSalle Management Company, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat
$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 …
Maryland Strips Governor’s Power to Overturn Parole Decisions
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 …
Tardif v. City of New York, NY, Order, Battery, 2022
Brief • July 13, 2022
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct
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 …
Gomez v. The GEO Group, CA, Complaint, Forced Labor, 2022
Brief • July 13, 2022
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Detention - Generally
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 …
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