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Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
U.S. Prison and Jail Populations Flat or Rising Again After 2020 Decline Spurred by Pandemic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After they were slashed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, U.S. prison populations have leveled off and jail populations appear to be rising again, according to research …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$7,000 Default Judgment Awarded in Failure to Protect Suit Against Former Arkansas Jail Guard by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On November 23, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas awarded $7,000 in compensatory damages to a state prisoner who, while held in a Pine Bluff …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Georgia Sheriff Victor Hill Facing Criminal Trial for Using Restraint Chair to Punish Jail Detainees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Victor Hill, Sheriff of Georgia’s Clayton County, will face a jury trial on September 26, 2022, on seven federal charges of violating the civil rights of jail detainees …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Illinois Department of Corrections Cancels Contract with Canteen Provider Keefe by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On December 14, 2021, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) canceled its contract with the Keefe Group as provider of prison commissary items. The next day, the state’s chief procurement officer, Ellen Daley, released …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor
Ineffective Mississippi Prison Industries on the Chopping Block After Scathing Report by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye On April 18, 2022, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed House Bill 863, legislation that will repeal the 32-year-old law creating the Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation (MPIC), a non-profit entity tasked with providing …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Prison Labor
Illinois Inspector General Finds Prisoner Labor Used to Benefit DOC Employees by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In a report released on October 24, 2021, the Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General (OIG) found that state prisoners had been improperly used to wash cars, shine shoes, give haircuts …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Texas Sheriff Who Rehired Abusive Jailer Who in Turn Again Abused a Detainee by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that by rehiring a jailer who previously abused detainees at the …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$45,000 Paid by Idaho Jail to Settle Censorship Suit Filed by HRDC by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In an agreement executed on February 7, 2022, Canyon County, Idaho, agreed to pay $45,000 to settle censorship claims made by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the nonprofit publisher of PLN …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Sixth Circuit Revives Tennessee Detainee’s Suit, Holds Lower Court Not Required to Retain Jurisdiction of State Law Claims After Dismissing Federal Claims by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 22, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit extended the life of civil rights claims brought under …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
$6,500 Settlement After Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Florida Jail Officials Who Repeatedly Opened Detainee’s Legal Mail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 12, 2021, a settlement was reached under which four officials at the Duval County Jail (DCJ) in Jacksonville agreed to pay …
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Doe v. Golightly - USDC (N.D. Fla.), Case No. 4:21-cv-00402 - 2022
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Reichert v. Rapid Investments, Inc. - 56 F.4th 1220 (9th Cir. 2022) - 2022
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Freitag v. Bucks Cty - USDC (E.D. Pa.), Case No. 2:19-cv-05750 - 2022
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Pfaller v. Amonette - 55 F.4th 436 (4th Cir. 2022) - 2022
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Parker v. LeBlanc - 73 F.4th 400 (5th Cir. 2023) - 2022
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Matzell v. Annucci - 64 F.4th 425 (2nd Cir. 2023) - 2022
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Allen v. Sec’y John Wetzel - 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 212223 (W.D. Pa.) - 2022
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Fortune Soc., Inc. v. iAfford N.Y., LLC - USDC (E.D.N.Y.), Case No. 1:22-cv-06584 - 2022
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Edwards v. White - 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168661 (W.D. Va) - 2022
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