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Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Nevada: Muslim Prisoner Awarded $39,260 in Damages Plus Attorney’s Fees by A Nevada federal jury initially awarded $28,800 to a state prisoner after finding that officials at the Southern Desert Correctional Center had violated his religious and equal protection rights, and one guard used excessive force. Prisoner Reginald C. Howard …
Alabama DOC Refuses Muslim Spiritual Adviser in Execution Chamber by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray, 42, was put to death by lethal injection at Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility on February 7, 2019, after his request to have his Muslim spiritual adviser, Imam Yusef Maisonet, …
Love v. Franklin County, KY, Opinion and Order, Deliberate Indifference, 2019 Case: 3:18-cv-00023-GFVT Doc #: 16 Filed: 03/27/19 Page: 1 of 16 - Page ID#: 172 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT KELSEY LOVE, Plaintiff, V. FRANKLIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) …
Grima v. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, CA, Complaint, Employment Discrimination - Age & Disability, 2019 M,4,TËRf; l"A.W üROUP, F{": M Al-I'lt Elv i . h..1 À lïitt l.l { ss}i I 5 t}?-'}s } ? JûSr{U,4 U. 8{]XI3R iSBF{ ??*?12} l?l{i Ï{.*s**r;¡¡r$ ,{v$ilu*, $uit* 2*{l J fuf¿nhatt;:¡r $e*ch, C¡\ …
Cole, et al. v. County of Santa Clara, et al., CA, judgment, prisoners with mobility disabilities, 2019 Case 5:16-cv-06594-LHK Document 87 Filed 03/21/19 Page 1 of 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOSE DIVISION United States …
Cole, et al. v. County of Santa Clara, et al., CA, order granting final approval of class settlement and motion for attorney fees; barriers to prisoners with mobility disabilities, 2019 Case 5:16-cv-06594-LHK Document 86 Filed 03/21/19 Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES …
Article • March 15, 2019
Texas Female Prisoners Denied Equal Academic and Vocational Training by Depending on whose figures are relied on, Texas has either the largest or second-largest prison system in the United States. Ninety-one percent of Texas’ 150,000 prisoners are men. For the 12,500 female Texas prisoners, the list of career training offered …
Williams v. City of Long Beach, CA, Third Amended Complaint, Racial Profiling and False Arrest, 2019 1 2 3 4 LISA HOLDER (State Bar No. 212628) LAW OFFICE OF LISA HOLDER lisaholder@yahoo.com P.O. Box 65694 Los Angeles, California 90065 Telephone: (323) 683-6610 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 …
Wallace v. Lamb, IL, Complaint, 2019 Case 3:17-cv-00487-NJR-GCS Document 61 Filed 03/07/19 Page 1 of 8 Page ID #163 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS GREGORY WALLACE, #R 18196, Plaintiff, vs. NICHOLAS LAMB, LT. MATTHEW MC CARTHY, LT. EARL DIXON, and LT. JOHN BACH, …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
North Carolina Prison Guard Sues Over Religious Discrimination by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin As PLN has reported numerous times, before the Supreme Court’s ruling in Holt v. Hobbs, 135 S.Ct. 853 (2015) [PLN, Aug. 2015, p.50], Muslim prisoners were routinely denied their right to grow a beard as required …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
California Prison Psychologist Blows Whistle on LGBTQ Harassment, Settles Lawsuit for Retaliation by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A prison psychologist who filed a complaint under the California Whistleblower Protection Act alleging blatant abuse by state prison guards against LGBTQ prisoners has agreed to settle her lawsuit and resign. Dr. …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
$150,000 Settlement after Michigan DOC Discriminates Against HIV Positive Prisoner by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss John Dorn sued the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) for subjecting him to harsher disciplinary penalties than other prisoners simply because he was HIV positive.  Represented by attorneys Chris E. Davis and Mark A. …
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 …
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 …
Brief • February 21, 2019
Rinkel v. MN Department of Corrections, MN, Complaint, Disability Access, 2019 62-CV-19-1165 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 2/21/2019 2:42 PM STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case Type: Other Civil Brian Rinkel, Eric Jaeger, Michael Sherman, Kevin Adams, and Tiffany Gagner, Civil File …
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 York City Pays $280,000 to Settle Suit after Visitor Assaulted by Jail Guards by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On May 19, 2014, Thomas Hamm went to the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City to visit his same-sex domestic partner, identified as P.F. Hamm and P.F., who …
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. …
Thompson v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2019 Case: 1:19-cv-00722 Document#: 1 Filed: 02/04/19 Page 1 of 12 PagelD #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DMSION MS. KESHA THOMPSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ~ ) ) ) 19-C-00722 No. _ _ _ _ …
Brief • January 11, 2019
Liebich v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2019 Case: 1:19-cv-00242 Document#. 1 Filed: 01/11/19 Page 1 of 24 PagelD #.1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISON RANDY R. LIEBICH, Plaintiff, v. Case No. - - - - - - ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF …
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