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Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
The Grift That Keeps on Giving: $33 Million for State Prisons Generated by Seized Native Land by In 2024, land trusts in 10 states generated an estimated $33 million in revenue for their prison systems. The figure was estimated from reports by Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, …
‘Eye Opening’ Self-Harm Found in Washington DOC Solitary Confinement by A report released in September 2024 by the Washington Corrections Ombuds found that incidence of self-harm was particularly high among state Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoners held in solitary confinement. The report was the second by the Ombuds Office since …
Washington Prisoner Sues Jail Where Assault Left Him Comatose, DOC Guard Who Then Sexually Abused Him by In July 2024, 37-year-old Nathaniel Woods filed lawsuits against the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Pierce County Jail for an assault he suffered there and sexual abuse by a DOC guard …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Biometric Monitoring Comes to Washington Jail by In July 2024, Kittitas County Jail (KCJ) became the first in Washington to implement OverWatch, a wearable device produced by 4Sight Labs that monitors detainee vital signs and alerts jailers to medical emergencies. Jail officials claim it will prevent deaths, but critics say …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
News in Brief by Alabama: Clarke County Jail guard Larissa Thompson was arrested on December 5, 2024, for plotting to smuggle drugs into the lockup, the Thomasville Times reported. An investigation by state law enforcement, the office of County Sheriff DeWayne Smith, and Jackson Police uncovered evidence that Thompson planned …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
$9.9 Million Paid to Washington Prisoner Whose Misdiagnosed Cancer Is Now Terminal by On January 31, 2024, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay a former prisoner and her family $9.9 million for failing to diagnose and treat her uterine cancer, leaving the disease to spread and become …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Washington DOC Physician Assistant Surrenders Medical License in Wake of Malpractice Allegations by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford On July 18, 2024, a physician assistant employed by the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) complied with an order to surrender his medical license by the state’s medical commission, which accused him …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Washington Spends Only Fraction of Fund to Improve Prisoner Welfare by On October 25, 2024, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that it tapped $1.3 million from its Incarcerated Individual Betterment Fund (IIBF)—money that had not been spent, the agency added. Funded 90% by kickbacks from prisoner phone calls …
Brief • January 31, 2025
Estate of Shelly Monahan v. Clark County, WA, Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion to Dismiss, Wrongul Death-Denial Medical Care, 2025 Case 3:24-cv-05392-TMC Document 49 Filed 01/31/25 Page 1 of 40 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
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News in Brief by Australia: Brisbane Correctional Center prisoner Jack James Peterson, 29, was sentenced to an additional 18 months in January 2023 for assaulting a guard with a squash racket, the Courier reported. Peterson struck the unnamed 34-year-old during a confrontation involving a riot response team, leaving him with …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
With HRDC Amicus Brief, Survivor of Dead Washington Prisoner Wins Public Records Case by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford On April 11, 2024, the Supreme Court of Washington held that the one-year statute of limitations (SOL) for bringing a lawsuit under the state Public Records Act (PRA), RCW 42.56.001, et …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Securus/JPay Video Calling Service Potentially Threatened by New Rate Caps by On November 19, 2024, prison telecom Securus Technologies, Inc., along with subsidiary JPay, notified users of services provided by the firms at prisons and jails of steps being taken to comply with a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order. …
Washington Prisoners Prep for Firefighting Career After Release by A new program is preparing some Washington state prisoners to become wildland firefighters after release. Though launched only recently, ARC 20 traces its roots to “honor camps” that state lawmakers established in 1939 to clear and maintain land owned by the …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Former Tacoma Reentry Center Severs Washington DOC Contract by Progress House Association (PHA), the sole reentry center in Washington’s Pierce County, ended its contract with the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) on June 30, 2024. Founded by the late Rev. Leo C. Brown Jr., PHA served the formerly incarcerated for …
Filing • December 30, 2024
Human Rights Defense Center v. Pacific County, et al., WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-06068 Document 1 Filed 12/30/24 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, No. 9 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT 10 …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Pacific County, et al., WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-06068 Document 1 Filed 12/30/24 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, No. 9 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT 10 …
Washington Court of Appeals: No Reimbursement for Community Service Performed for Vacated Conviction by In a pair of cases decided in October 2024, the Court of Appeals of Washington held that defendants are not entitled to reimbursement for community service work that they performed in lieu of paying cash to …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
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News in Brief by Alabama: Wiregrass Daily News reported that Mobile Metro Jail guard Timothy Lee Scarbrough, 39, was arrested on September 9, 2024, and charged with first-degree sodomy for the alleged sexual assaulting of a detainee who was still under the effects of anesthesia after eye surgery. Scarbrough had …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Washington State Patrol Accused of Confusing Driver’s Brain Bleed for DUI by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 17, 2024, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) was accused of negligently arresting and jailing a woman for suspected DUI when in fact she was suffering a life-threatening brain bleed. Beyond the …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Washington Appellate Court: “Some Evidence” Standard for Prison Discipline “Is Not Illusory” by In an unpublished opinion issued on May 2, 2024, the Court of Appeals of Washington ruled that a prisoner found guilty of possessing a weapon was denied due process because the disciplinary finding was not supported even …
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