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News in Brief
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 24, 2024, Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith told the Birmingham News that county jail guard Tony Dewayne Jackson, 29, had been arrested for smuggling “non-­drug” contraband into the lockup. Jackson was no longer working at the jail, but Smith didn’t say how or …
Fourth Circuit Revives Claim Over North Carolina Jail Suicide
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Filed under: State Law Claims, Suicides, Deliberate Indifference
Fourth Circuit Revives Claim Over North Carolina Jail Suicide by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In an important decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on December 8, 2023, that pretrial detainees no longer need show that a detention official “knew of and disregarded a substantial …
North Carolina’s Largest City Elects First Ex-Prisoner to Council
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: Elections, Rehabilitation/Recidivism
North Carolina’s Largest City Elects First Ex-Prisoner to Council by On December 3, 2023, Tiawana Brown became the first ex-prisoner sworn in to serve on the city council of Charlotte, North Carolina. In September 2023, the self-described “survivor of incarceration” won the Democratic primary in the city’s District 3, her …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024
Filing • May 20, 2024
Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and official capacities; DARCELL CARTER, …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024
Brief • May 20, 2024
Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and official capacities; DARCELL CARTER, …
Fourth Circuit Moves North Carolina Prisons Closer to Recognizing Nation of Gods and Earths
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Religious Discrimination, RLUIPA, Religion Defined, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Free Exercise Clause
Fourth Circuit Moves North Carolina Prisons Closer to Recognizing Nation of Gods and Earths by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a group of North Carolina prisoners can be treated like adherents of a religion even …
North Carolinian Left in Jail Awaiting Trial for 11 Years
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Competency, Competence of Defendant
North Carolinian Left in Jail Awaiting Trial for 11 Years by On December 14, 2023, over a decade of pre-trial detention finally came to an end for a Charlotte murder suspect. Devalos Perkins, 37, pleaded guilty in Mecklenburg County District Court to voluntary manslaughter in the 2005 slaying of Justin …
HRDC Wins Summary Judgment in North Carolina Prison Censorship Case
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship, Articles About PLN, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation
HRDC Wins Summary Judgment in North Carolina Prison Censorship Case by On March 27, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina granted in part and denied in part the Human Rights Defense Center’s (HRDC) motion for summary judgment in a civil rights action it filed …
North Carolina Court of Appeals Reinstates Parolee’s Parental Rights, Says Parole Conditions Barred Him from Visiting Minor Daughter
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Filed under: Parole Conditions, Fathers in Prison, Parental rights, Conditions of
North Carolina Court of Appeals Reinstates Parolee’s Parental Rights, Says Parole Conditions Barred Him from Visiting Minor Daughter by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 5, 2023, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina reinstated a parolee’s parental rights that had been stripped for lack of contact with his …
With Push to Empty North Carolina’s Death Row Comes Another to End Life Without Parole
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Filed under: Life without Parole (LWOP), Death Penalty/Death Row
With Push to Empty North Carolina’s Death Row Comes Another to End Life Without Parole by Leaving office at the end of 2024, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) faces pressure from a coalition of 22 nonprofits to commute the sentences of all 136 prisoners on the state’s death row …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting in Part Motion for Summary Judgment, 2024
Filing • March 27, 2024
Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting in Part Motion for Summary Judgment, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION NO. 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting in Part Motion for Summary Judgment, 2024
Brief • March 27, 2024
Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting in Part Motion for Summary Judgment, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION NO. 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and …
North Carolina Prison Official Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Program Fraud
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Filed under: Government Misconduct, COVID-19, Fraud and Deceit, Fraud and Theft Loss
North Carolina Prison Official Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Program Fraud by On August 15, 2023, the Associate Warden for Programs at North Carolina’s Bertie Correctional Institution pleaded guilty to COVID-19 program fraud. The state Department of Adult Correction (DAC) confirmed that Sean Tracy Dillard, 55, admitted scamming the North Carolina …
Long v. City of Concord, NC, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023
Brief • January 5, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Long v. City of Concord, NC, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 Sl~TTLiii\·U:NT AGRRRi\,U.~NT AND Rm,liAsl~ KNOW ALL ?vlEN BY THESE PRESENTS that I, the unckrnigncd. RONNIE WALLA.Cg or th~ sum of TWENTYTWO J\,IJLLION AND N0/100 DOLLARS ($22.000,000.00) lo h1.~ paid as SJk'cilkd in Exhihit A whkh is ullached herdo and i111.~oq)ornkd …
North Carolina Jail Deaths Double in 6 Years
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides
North Carolina Jail Deaths Double in 6 Years by In the early morning hours of May 3, 2022, Kyle Kepley, 35, used a bedsheet to hang himself at the Rockingham County jail. An electrician who worked part-time and struggled with bipolar disorder and drug addiction, he had been detained when …
No Compassionate Release for Bank Robber Turned Angel of Mercy at North Carolina BOP Lockup
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Cancer, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Compassionate Release
No Compassionate Release for Bank Robber Turned Angel of Mercy at North Carolina BOP Lockup by As reported by the Atavaist on May 31, 2023, Gary Settle, a federal prisoner in North Carolina, has outlived his 18-month diagnosis with terminal prostate cancer—and is still in prison. Settle is serving an …
North Carolina Supreme Court Affirms Class Certification Denial in Prisoners’ Challenge to Solitary Confinement
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Class Actions
North Carolina Supreme Court Affirms Class Certification Denial in Prisoners’ Challenge to Solitary Confinement by On November 4, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court refused to overturn a lower court’s decision denying class certification in a challenge brought by state prisoners to the use of solitary confinement. In its ruling, …
News in Brief
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
HRDC Wins Motion to Compel North Carolina Prison Officials to Answer for Censorship Policy
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: New Trial Motions, Censorship, HRDC Litigation
HRDC Wins Motion to Compel North Carolina Prison Officials to Answer for Censorship Policy by On April 7, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of North Carolina granted a motion by PLN’s publisher, theHuman Rights Defense Center (HRDC), to compel the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) “to …
North Carolina Prisoner Recovers $500 for Injuries in Shower Slip and Fall
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
North Carolina Prisoner Recovers $500 for Injuries in Shower Slip and Fall by On December 7, 2022, North Carolina prisoner Vinson Shane Hill prevailed in a negligence tort claim he filed with the state Industrial Commission (NCIC) over an injury he suffered while incarcerated at Scotland Correctional Institution in July …
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