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Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Anyone who has been arrested by the federal government can attest to the experience of being held in custody by the U.S. Marshals Service. While the federal Bureau of Prisons operates a few pretrial detention centers (aka jails) in large cities, …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Electric Fences
Lethal Prison Electric Fences May Violate International Law by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A solicitation of bids last Novem-­​­ber to refurbish a “non-lethal/lethal” electric fence surrounding a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prison in Tucson, Arizona, resulted in three offers between $3.3 million and $3.8 million and some questions …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Immigration
Inside the US Marshals’ Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire by Seth Freed Wessler They’re supposed to safeguard pretrial detainees. But America’s oldest law enforcement agency is suffering from a massive dereliction of duty. by Seth Freed Wessler, Mother Jones A large rectangle of red dirt on the flat expanse of West …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Prisoners at ASPC-Douglas, just north of the Mexican border, had to drink bottled water and use portable toilets in early June 2019 after a dry well and a leak caused a water system failure. Cochise County supplies water to the prison, which shares the system …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
Oklahoma County Settles Jail Death Lawsuit for $3.2 Million by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The family of a man who was neglected to the point that he died in jail in Carter County, Oklahoma has settled a lawsuit against the county for $3.2 million, plus interest, after new and …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Taft Correctional Institution Scheduled to Close in 2020 ... Maybe by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In October 2019, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced that it planned to close the Taft Correctional Institution (TCI) by January 31, 2020. The prison in California has had an increasing number of infrastructure …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Hepatitis
Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks Hepatitis C Treatment for Texas Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas prisoner has filed a federalclass-action lawsuit seeking the current standard of care for treatment of hepatitis C. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisoner Matthew Roppolo, 53, has the hepatitis C virus, …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Terminal Texas Prisoner’s Morphine Withdrawn After He Filed Sexual Harassment Complaint by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas prisoner with a rare and virtually untreatable form of leukemia filed a sexual harassment complaint against a medical provider. Then the morphine he was being given for the pain caused by …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
New York City Department of Correction Attempts to Humanize Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss New York City Department of Correction (DOC) Chief of Department Hazel Jennings issued an order to all employees on October 8, 2019 that “prohibited [referring] to persons in ... custody using terms such as …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
State of New York 50 Percent Liable for Prisoner’s Injury Sustained from Table Saw by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 31, 2019, a New York State Court of Claims found the state 50 percent liable for the injuries that prisoner Ralph Whedon sustained when operating a table saw …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Orange County Pays $299K to Settle Claim that Deputy Forbade Nurse to Treat Prisoner by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 13, 2019, the Orange County Board of Supervisors approved a $299,000 settlement in a suit brought by a jail nurse who alleged a deputy refused to allow her …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Exonerated Kentucky Man’s High Bail Prevented His Release for Six Years by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter After nearly six years of languishing in jail because he could not afford a quarter-million dollar bond, a jury in Jefferson County, Kentucky acquitted Eugene “Red” Mitchell. The jury’s September 18, …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
$102,500 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Alaska DOC’s Discrimination Against Muslims by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 3, 2019, the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a lawsuit brought by two Muslim prisoners who had been given inadequate food or no food during the fast of Ramadan, were denied …
Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
Washington State Prisoner’s Suicide Leads to $350,000 Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Shannon Rose Jefferson, a Native American, was a frequent resident at the Whatcom County Jail (WCJ) in Washington State. During the last 16 years of her life, Jefferson was held at the WCJ over 20 times. …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded in HRDC Suit Against Juvenile Solitary Confinement by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court has awarded $420,683.53 in attorney fees and costs in a class-action suit challenging the use of solitary confinement and lack of educational opportunities for juvenile …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Oregon Prison Guard, Guilty of Pocketing $10,811 in Falsified Overtime, Sues for Racism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An Oregon prison guard’s 37-year career came to an inglorious end when he was caught stealing $10,881 from the Department of Corrections by falsifying his time cards. After a failed attempt …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
California County Settles Failure to Protect Lawsuit for $90,000 by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Contra Costa County has settled a lawsuit filed in federal court by Suneel Kumar, agreeing to pay him $90,000 after guards at the county jail allowed another prisoner to attack him while he was performing …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
$45,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner Subjected to Excessive Force by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County Prison (LCP) has paid $45,000 to settle a civil rights action alleging a guard used excessive force on a prisoner. Multiple guards approached prisoner Marquice Gatewood on December 9, 2017, …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Maryland to Pay $1.4 Million Settlement and Provide Assistance to Blind Prisoners by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 5, 2019, the State of Maryland agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by current and former blind prisoners housed at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI). The …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
New Mexico Prison Guards Win $700,000 Age Discrimination Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Several long-time employees of the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) filed age discrimination and retaliation complaints against that agency with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Senior Warden Anthony Romero was 38 years old …
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