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Vermont Supreme Court Keeps State Prisoner’s Challenge Alive to DOC’s Use of Expunged Convictions in Classification Decision by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 21, 2022, the Vermont Supreme Court remanded a case to the state Department of Corrections (DOC) so that it could respond on the record to …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DUI
Oregon Prison Superintendent Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving and Interfering With Arrest by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas In Oregon Circuit Court for Deschutes County on November 16, 2021, the newly appointed Superintendent of the state’s Deer Ridge Correctional Institution (DRCI), Randy Ray Gilbertson, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Interest
Celebrity Prisoners Profit from NFT Sales of Their Work While Incarcerated by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Two high-profile prisoners made nonfungible token (NFT) sales of some prison memorabilia in December 2021, adding to both the notoriety and bottom line of Michael Cohen, one-time personal lawyer to former President Donald …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
HRDC Sues Centurion for Records Related to Vermont Prisoner Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Fresh off a court victory that held “state contracts with a public entity” require private firms hired by the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) to release records relating to legal actions and settlements, …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$350,000 Paid to Victim Beaten in Jail by California Sheriff’s Deputy by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On August 18, 2018, Milan Jackson was riding on Caltrain near the rail system’s stop in Redwood City, California. At some point Jackson, who suffers ADHD and autism, lay down on the train …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Kentucky Judge Gives Ex-Jail Guard Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Prisoner Chance to Re-Enlist in Army to Avoid Jail Time by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders As a federal lawsuit proceeds against Kentucky’s Franklin County filed by a former jail detainee forced into sex by a former guard, a state court …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Self Incrimination, Miranda
Oregon Court Rules Prisoner’s Admissions in Disciplinary Hearing Violate Miranda, But Harmlessly by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 9, 2021, the Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed the assault conviction of a prisoner based on statements he made during a jail disciplinary proceeding, agreeing with him that they were …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Florida and California Experiments Use Direct Cash Assistance to Newly Released Prisoners to Combat Recidivism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Guaranteed income is a wayto recognize everyone’s inherent dignity,” declared an op-ed in Florida’s Gainesville Sun on November 5, 2021. Penned by Mayor Lauren Poe (D) and Kevin Scott, …
$35,000 Settlement Paid by California County After Jail Death of Elderly, Mentally Ill Detainee by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart California’s San Luis Obispo County reached a settlement on February 10, 2021, agreeing to pay $35,000 to resolve wrongful death claims filed by the widow of an elderly man with …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$177,500 in Settlements Reached with Detainees Assaulted by Guards at Pennsylvania Jail by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye Settlement agreements totaling $177,500 were approved in the winter of 2021-22 by the Board of County Commissioners of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, resolving claims by a pair of former detainees at the …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 3, 2022, a guard was arrested for having sex with a prisoner at Alabama’s Pickens County Jail, according to a report by WTVA in Tupelo, Mississippi. The guard, Marquita Booker, 28, was fired after her arrest, which followed an investigation that earlier in …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Final Settlement Agreement Approved in COVID-19 Class Action at California Immigration Detention Center by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 10, 2022, a final settlement agreement was approved in a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the safety from COVID-19 of detainees held for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Standing, Suicides
Reinstating Suit by Louisiana Detainee’s Mother Over His Jail Suicide, Fifth Circuit Schools Lower Court in Meaning of “Standing” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated the claim of a woman whose son fatally hanged himself in …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Tenth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner’s Claim Against BOP Over Denial of Muslim Group Prayer Five Times a Day by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 9, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reinstated the claim of a Muslim federal prisoner allegedly frustrated in his attempts …
$1.4 Million Paid by King County, Washington to Settle Juvenile Solitary Confinement Class Action by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 18, 2022, the federal court for the Western District of Washington approved a class-action settlement awarding 76 juvenile offenders a total of $1,357,665, or $500 a day for …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
After $10 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Mugshot Class-Action, Fewer-Than-Expected Claims Leave Windfall for Expungement Program by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In September 2021, after closing out a $10 million settlement in a class-action suit alleging its county jail violated the privacy rights of detainees by making their …
Eleventh Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Jail Guards Who “Did Nothing” in Face of Florida Detainee’s Suicide Threats by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding that two guards at Florida’s Bay County Jail (BCJ) did “essentially nothing to prevent” a pretrial detainee from committing suicide, the U.S. Court of …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
A First Glance in Rear-View Mirror at Pandemic by Kevin Bliss, Matthew Clarke, Ashleigh Dye, Keith Sanders by Kevin W. Bliss, Matt Clarke, Ashleigh N. Dye and Keith Sanders As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes from the headlines, its full effect on prisoners and detainees is coming into clearer view. One …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
New York OIG Report Reveals 1,600 State Prisoners Punished Over Faulty Drug Tests by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the State of New York released a report on January 4, 2022, concluding its “Investigation of New York State Department of Corrections …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Seventh Circuit Affirms Use Of “Some Evidence” Standard in Reviewing Federal Prisoner’s Disciplinary Violations by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In an opinion reached on December 6, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court’s ruling that a federal prisoner’s disciplinary sanctions were …
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