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Americans for Immigrant Justice v. US Dept of Homeland Security, DC, Order Granting and Denying Motion to Sever and Transfer Venue, Conditions of Confinement, 2023

Brief • July 6, 2023

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Telephone Access, Detention - Generally

Americans for Immigrant Justice v. US Dept of Homeland Security, DC, Order Granting and Denying Motion to Sever and Transfer Venue, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 1:22-cv-03118-CKK Document 102 Filed 07/06/23 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE, et al., …

News in Brief

Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: On March 26, 2023, a former state prison guard at Easterling Correctional Facility was arrested for taking bribes to smuggle contraband into the lockup. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Quindarius Thagard, 27, was fired and charged with use of office for personal gain and promotion …

Polling Stations Inside Jails Combat Voter Disenfranchisement

Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023

Filed under: Felon Disenfranchisement Statute

Polling Stations Inside Jails Combat Voter Disenfranchisement by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders America’s carceral system strips millions of people of many privileges as citizens. Even when released, some of those privileges are not regained. Take voting, for instance. Felons – with rare exceptions in a couple of states – …

FTC-Unfair of Deceptive Fees ANPR, Feb. 2023

Publication • February 8, 2023

Filed under: Money/Property, Telephone Rates

FTC-Unfair of Deceptive Fees ANPR, Feb. 2023 February 8, 2023 Via regulations.gov Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex B) Washington, DC 20580 Re: Unfair or Deceptive Fees ANPR, R207011 The undersigned civil rights, consumer rights, faith-based, criminal justice, and reentry organizations respectfully …

News in Brief

Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …

D.C. Jail Guard Arrested for Stealing Union Funds to Finance Lavish Entertainment

Article • January 4, 2023

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Money/Property

D.C. Jail Guard Arrested for Stealing Union Funds to Finance Lavish Entertainment by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A guard at the jail in Washington, D.C., was arrested on December 17, 2022, on federal charges he embezzled funds from the union representing him and other guards to buy himself …

D.C. Circuit Grants BOP Medical Director Qualified Immunity in Suit Over Delayed Treatment of Prisoner’s Hepatitis C

Article • December 12, 2022

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified

D.C. Circuit Grants BOP Medical Director Qualified Immunity in Suit Over Delayed Treatment of Prisoner’s Hepatitis C by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the medical director of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …

News in Brief

Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: A detainee assaulted aguard at the Calhoun County Jail on August 6, 2022, the Anniston Star reported. Sheriff Matthew Wade blamed an ongoing staffing shortage, which has typically left three guards on duty to supervise 300 detainees. One of them, Jacob Hammett, was out of …

Settlement Reached in COVID-19 Class Action Against DC Jail

Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022

Filed under: COVID-19, Class Actions

Settlement Reached in COVID-19 Class Action Against DC Jail by Kevin Bliss, Jayson Hawkins by Kevin W. Bliss and Jayson Hawkins On April 12, 2022, the federal court for the District of Columbia approved a settlement agreement to resolve a class-action lawsuit which challenged conditions of confinement during the COVID-19 …

Advocates Insist Migrant Detainees “Don’t Have to Die” in Custody – So ICE Releases Them First

Article • November 29, 2022

Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Immigration Law/Offenses

Advocates Insist Migrant Detainees “Don’t Have to Die” in Custody – So ICE Releases Them First by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins After Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old Brazilian immigrant, hanged himself at the Torrance County Detention Facility in Albuquerque on August 24, 2022, his death became one of four reported …

BOP-Trust Fund

Publication • July 18, 2022

Filed under: Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

BOP-Trust Fund U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Central Office 320 First St. , NW Washington, DC 20534 July 18, 2022 Jason Wojdylo Federal Managers Association U.S. Marshals Service Chapter 373 Request Number: 2022-04342 Dear Mr. Wojdylo: This is in response to the above referenced Freedom of Information …

News in Brief

Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by   Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …

U.S. Marshals Service Inspectors Find D.C. Central Jail Not Meeting Federal Detention Standards

Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Sewage, Sanitation, Prison Conditions

U.S. Marshals Service Inspectors Find D.C. Central Jail Not Meeting Federal Detention Standards by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian For decades, prisoners held by the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) have complained of inhumane conditions and mistreatment. Criticism of the 45-year-old main jail facility has also come from lawyers …

Environmental Justice for Unaccompanied Migrant Children—Response to Request for Information (RFI): 2022 HHS Environmental Justice Strategy and Implementation Plan Draft Outline (Document No. 2022-075...

Publication • June 17, 2022

Filed under: HRDC Sign on Letters, Offenses Involving the Environment, Immigration Law/Offenses

Environmental Justice for Unaccompanied Migrant Children—Response to Request for Information (RFI): 2022 HHS Environmental Justice Strategy and Implementation Plan Draft Outline (Document No. 2022-07514) Earthjustice · American Friends Service Committee Florida · Hispanic Federation Respond Crisis Translation · Alianza Nacional de Campesinas · GreenLatinos Farmworker Association of Florida · National …

Four Suspected Drug Overdoses in D.C. Jail in One Week of May 2022

Article • June 6, 2022

Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Four Suspected Drug Overdoses in D.C. Jail in One Week of May 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott At the jail in Washington, D.C., two prisoners died and two more were hospitalized during the third week of May 2022 from suspected overdoses. The first victim, Ramone O’Neal, …

“Jailhouse Politician” Withdraws from Indiana Race, But Another Wins in DC

Article • May 23, 2022

Filed under: Elections, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry

“Jailhouse Politician” Withdraws from Indiana Race, But Another Wins in DC by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott On May 18, 2022, an Indiana jail detainee who had advanced in the GOP primary for the Clinton Township Board—while being held in the Boone County Jail without bond—signed to formally …

News In Brief

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News In Brief by Arizona: After two escaped prisoners were recaptured and returned to the Arizona State Prison in Florence on January 31, 2021, Phoenix station KNXV reported that at least part of the blame for their escape was assigned to short-staffing of guards at the state Department of Corrections …

Congress of the US-Letter Private Prisons, March 2022

Publication • March 10, 2022

Filed under: Private Prisons

Congress of the US-Letter Private Prisons, March 2022 <!tongre.s.s of tt1e lltnitl?ll §tales fflasfiington , ilC! 2D515 March 10, 2022 The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security 3801 Nebraska Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20016 Mr. Tae D. Johnson Acting Director U.S. Immigration and Customs …

La Palma OIG Report, Feb 2022

Publication • February 17, 2022

Filed under: Administrative Detention/Segregation

La Palma OIG Report, Feb 2022 (Congress nf t11e 11tnite~ §fates IDnslJittgton, il<C 20515 February 17, 2022 The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security 3801 Nebraska Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20016 Mr. Tae D. Johnson Acting Director U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 500 12th …

Banks v. Booth, Washington DC, Memo of Points and Support of Joint Motion for Preliminary Order of Approval and Settlement, Covid 19 Response, 2022

Brief • February 14, 2022

Filed under: COVID-19

Banks v. Booth, Washington DC, Memo of Points and Support of Joint Motion for Preliminary Order of Approval and Settlement, Covid 19 Response, 2022 Case 1:20-cv-00849-CKK Document 177-1 Filed 02/14/22 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EDWARD BANKS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil …