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Oregon Court Holds Prison Litigation Reform Act Exhaustion Tolls Statute of Limitations by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 25, 2020 an Oregon federal court held that the statute of limitations for filing a federal civil rights action is tolled during Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) exhaustion. Anthony Sam …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Reviews, Databases
Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct Is an Invaluable Resource for Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell I have to admit that the idea of a citebook in the age of searchable databases was a little lost on me. “Who needs a citebook these days,” I …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Bad Behavior: Key to Getting Promoted for Alabama Prison Officials by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell It seems the best way to move up through the ranks within the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is to be a problem child. Personnel records reviewed by Injustice Watch show that prison guards …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
San Quentin Had Zero COVID-19 Cases Until California Officials Sent Infected Prisoners, Triggered Wildfire by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to a June 30, 2020, report from The New York Times, until recently San Quentin had zero cases of COVID-19. However, officials from the California Department of Corrections and …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Due to Steps Taken by New Mexico Officials, Only Sex Offenders Present When Prison Overwhelmed by COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke New Mexico’s Otero County Prison Facility is unusual in that half of it is used by the federal government and half by the New Mexico Department of …
Darren Rainey Died in Scalding Prison Shower Eight Years Ago Today, Still No Charges Filed by Jessica Lipscomb by Jessica Lipscomb, originally published in Miami New Times, June 23, 2020 Eight years ago, today, Florida prison guards locked 50-year-old Darren Rainey inside a shower room, set the water temperature to …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
$135,000 Settles Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit by Former Michigan Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 10, 2019, a former Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) prison guard, who is Hispanic and openly gay, settled a lawsuit over her discriminatory treatment at a DOC prison for $135,000. Twelve …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign Files Suit Seeking to Sever University’s Financial Ties With Prison Industrial Complex by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 25, 2020, student members of the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) filed suit in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, seeking to force the …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
$122,000 Payout as Utah Settles Suits Claiming Daggett County Jail Torture by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On November 15, 2019, the Utah Department of Corrections (DOC) settled lawsuits with four former prisoners who were tortured at the hands of Daggett County Jail guards, agreeing to pay out a total …
Eleventh Circuit Holds Trafficking Victims Protection Act Applies to CoreCivic “Voluntary Work Program” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 28, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589(a), 1595, or TVPA, applies to privately operated immigration detention centers. …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Alabama Says It Will Reform Prisons, the Nation’s Deadliest by Bill Barton by Bill Barton According to Department of Justice (DOJ) statistics, Alabama’s prisons have the highest homicide rate among U.S. state prison systems, and it appears that rate is continuing to rise. A 2019 DOJ report said, “An excessive …
New York: Prisoner Kills Himself After Brutal Beating by Guards by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On February 24, 2020 lawyers filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Dante Taylor’s estate after he was found dead in his prison cell at Wende Correctional Facility. The lawsuit alleges that prison guards …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2018
$12.5 Million to Settle Class Action Suit Over Strip Searches of NYC Jail Visitors by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso New York City agreed to pay victims $12.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit on October 18, 2019, brought by visitors to New York City jails at the Brooklyn, …
Article • July 30, 2020
Quarantine Fatigue vs. Escalating Prison Lockdowns (During COVID-19 & Black Lives Matter Protests) by Ava Martoma KidsMates, Inc. Blog Post By Ava Martoma, Age 13 Like much of America, I’m feeling quarantine fatigue. On the upside, I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on … well, everything. Lately, George …
Article • July 20, 2020
Vt. Supreme Court Holds Complainant Has No Right to Psychologist’s Response to Disciplinary Complaint Unless Disciplinary Charges Are Filed by The Vermont Supreme Court recently held that a prisoner who filed a disciplinary complaint against a prison psychologist alleging the psychologist falsified a risk assessment extending his incarceration by 14 …
Article • July 13, 2020
Seventh Circuit Upholds Summary Dismissal of Fired Wisconsin Guard’s Sex-Discrimination Claims by On June 26, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court’s summary dismissal of a lawsuit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title VII claiming gender discrimination in the firing of …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Former Prisoners Shut Out of Coronavirus Loans by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The first phase of economic relief stemming from the COVID-19 crisis included $350 billion in loans aimed at keeping U.S. small businesses afloat. The CARES Act, as approved by Congress, offered hope of surviving the pandemic to …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
HRDC Prevails in Censorship Suit Against Kentucky Prison System, Wins $104,711 by David Reutter by David R. Reutter A Kentucky federal district court awarded the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) and its co-counsels $104,711.37 in attorney fees and costs in a lawsuit alleging the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC) censored …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Connecticut City Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Suicide for $1,393,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 10, 2019, the City of Meriden, Connecticut, settled for $1,393,000 a lawsuit brought by the estate, minor son, and minor daughter of a woman who committed suicide while being held at the Meriden …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Education
COVID-19 Changes the Face of Education in the Nation’s Prison Systems by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The COVID-19 pandemic has forced prisons across the country to alter the educational programs they offer. The change has highlighted the inequality in available technology between different state prison systems and revealed …
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