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No Hearing Required for Emergency Dose of Antipsychotic Medication for Mississippi Prisoner

Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023

Filed under: Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Involuntary Treatment/Drugging

No Hearing Required for Emergency Dose of Antipsychotic Medication for Mississippi Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Mississippi prisoner’s claim that his due process rights were violated when a doctor dosed …

News in Brief

Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …

Former BOP Guard Gets Light Sentence for COVID-19 Fraud

Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, COVID-19, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Fraud and Deceit

Former BOP Guard Gets Light Sentence for COVID-19 Fraud by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 17, 2023, a former guard at the Federal Correctional Complex in Yazoo City, Mississippi, got a light sentence for defrauding the U.S. of $12,586 in loans she swindled from the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection …

Citing Improvements at Mississippi State Prison at Parchman, Rappers Drop Suit

Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Media, Tapes/Music

Citing Improvements at Mississippi State Prison at Parchman, Rappers Drop Suit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In January 2023, rappers Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims agreed to dismiss the lawsuit they had brought on behalf of 227 prisoners challenging conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. …

News in Brief

Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: According to WSFA in Montgomery, a guard at the Montgomery County Detention Center was charged on July 18, 2023, with conspiracy to provide contraband to a prisoner as well as bribing a public official. Timothy Bernard Summerlin, 33, had worked at the lockup for roughly …

News in Brief

Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was arrested on June 10, 2023, for allegedly smuggling drugs, including meth, to a prisoner at Kilby Correctional Facility, 1819 News reported. Charlie Townsend, 28, resigned from his position upon his arrest by the Law Enforcement Services Division. …

News in Brief

Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: A guard with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was indicted on April 27, 2023, on charges he sexually abused two prisoners at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Aliceville, according to a report by the Birmingham News. Robert D. Smith allegedly had sexual intercourse …

News in Brief

Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023

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News in Brief by Arizona: A private prison guard in Arizona was picked up on drug charges in California on April 18, 2023, as he made his way back from Mexico with his wife and kids – along with almost 53 pounds of meth and heroin stashed in the gas …

Former Mississippi Sheriff Indicted for Bribery After Allegedly Allowing Detainee Rape at County Jail

Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Bribery/Extortion/Theft

Former Mississippi Sheriff Indicted for Bribery After Allegedly Allowing Detainee Rape at County Jail by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi Three years after retiring, and 16 years after the first rape allegations surfaced at Mississippi’s Noxubee County Jail (NCJ), former Sheriff Terry Grassaree has been indicted on federal charges. On …

Four Escape Troubled Mississippi Jail After Fifth Circuit Postpones Federal Receivership

Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023

Filed under: Escapes

Four Escape Troubled Mississippi Jail After Fifth Circuit Postpones Federal Receivership by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Two of four detainees have been recaptured after escaping from jail in Mississippi’s Hinds County on April 29, 2023. The other two are dead. Meanwhile control of the Raymond Detention Center (RDC) remains …

Fifth Circuit Finds “Opaque” Mississippi Prison Grievance System “Incapable of Use”

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

Filed under: Grievances

Fifth Circuit Finds “Opaque” Mississippi Prison Grievance System “Incapable of Use” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that grievance procedure rules which the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC) published online – but which were not given …

News in Brief

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

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: WBAM in Birmingham reported that a guard at the Blount County Jail was taken into custody and fired on January 31, 2023. Joseph Snow, 43, was charged with second-degree assault for injuring a detainee during an incident captured on surveillance video. Sheriff Mike Moon called …

News in Brief

Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023

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News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: On January 9, 2023, the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) arrested a guard at the city jail for an alleged off-duty assault, the Birmingham News reported. It’s unclear who filed the misdemeanor complaint against Reba Foulks, 36; MPD didn’t begin its investigation until …

News in Brief

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

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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 …

Fifth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Mississippi Sheriffs in Suit Over Mentally Ill Man’s Years-long Unlawful Detention

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

Filed under: Overdetention, Involuntary Treatment/Drugging, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified

Fifth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Mississippi Sheriffs in Suit Over Mentally Ill Man’s Years-long Unlawful Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a district court’s denial of qualified immunity (QI) to the current and former …

Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Mississippi Cops Who Let Injured Hemophiliac Bleed Out in Jail

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

Filed under: Blood, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified

Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Mississippi Cops Who Let Injured Hemophiliac Bleed Out in Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Mississippi jailers accused of ignoring the injuries …

Under New Mississippi Law, State Chooses Execution Method

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

Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row

Under New Mississippi Law, State Chooses Execution Method by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Mississippi law that became effective on July 1, 2022, gives the state Department of Corrections (DOC) the discretion to choose the method of execution for a condemned prisoner. In addition, it added nitrogen hypoxia, …

Brister v. Cain, MS, Stipulation of Dismissal, Prison Conditions, 2023

Brief • January 13, 2023

Filed under: Prison Conditions

Brister v. Cain, MS, Stipulation of Dismissal, Prison Conditions, 2023 Case: 4:20-cv-00007-SA-JMV Doc #: 396 Filed: 01/13/23 1 of 2 PageID #: 12018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI GREENVILLE DIVISION PLAINTIFFS PITRELL BRISTER, et al. NO. 4:20-CV-7-SA-JMV V. DEFENDANTS NATHAN BURL CAIN, et …

Brister v. Cain, MS, Order, Prison Conditions, 2023

Brief • January 13, 2023

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Sanitation, Prison Conditions

Brister v. Cain, MS, Order, Prison Conditions, 2023 Case: 4:20-cv-00007-SA-JMV Doc #: 395 Filed: 01/13/23 1 of 1 PageID #: 12017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI GREENVILLE DIVISION PITRELL BRISTER, et al. PLAINTIFFS V. NO. 4:20-CV-7-SA-JMV NATHAN BURL CAIN, et al. DEFENDANTS ORDER …

Mississippi Reopens Walnut Grove Prison Just in Time for Prison Population Explosion

Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023

Filed under: Overcrowding, Rural Prisons

Mississippi Reopens Walnut Grove Prison Just in Time for Prison Population Explosion by Harold Hempstead byHarold Hempstead In October 2022, the Mississippi Corrections and Criminal Justice Oversight Task Force reported there were 2,192 more state prisoners than the year before. That pushed the state Department of Corrections (DOC) close to …