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Seventh Circuit Avoids Deciding Whether Wisconsin Statute of Limitations Tolls from Prisoner’s Incident or Grievances

Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024

Filed under: Grievances, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches

Seventh Circuit Avoids Deciding Whether Wisconsin Statute of Limitations Tolls from Prisoner’s Incident or Grievances by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 5, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated dismissal of a Wisconsin prisoner’s civil rights action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, …

USA v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Disability Discrimination, 2024

Brief • September 30, 2024

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act, Need for Medical Consensus

USA v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Disability Discrimination, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT DJ # 204-85-131 I. BACKGROUND & JURISDICTION 1. The parties (“Parties”) to this Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) are the United States …

Contractor Fined $300,000 for Illegal Asbestos Dumping at Wisconsin Federal Prison

Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Asbestos, Rural Prisons

Contractor Fined $300,000 for Illegal Asbestos Dumping at Wisconsin Federal Prison by On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin filed criminal charges against Texas-based Brazos Urethane, Inc. for conspiracy to defraud the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at a lockup it operates in …

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 …

$275,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Heart Infection

Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

$275,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Heart Infection by As the bankruptcy of private jail medical provider Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc. wound down on October 23, 2023, the firm sold off its one remaining asset, a contract to provide medical services to prisoners at Texas’ Nueces …

Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024

Filing • August 2, 2024

Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation

Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff, Case No. v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN; DENITA R. BALL, Sheriff, individually and in her official capacity; and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-10, Staff, …

Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024

Brief • August 2, 2024

Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Litigation

Human Rights Defense Center v. Milwaukee Cnty., WI, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff, Case No. v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN; DENITA R. BALL, Sheriff, individually and in her official capacity; and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-10, Staff, …

Warden, Eight Employees Arrested After Four Deaths at Wisconsin Prison in Eight Months

Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024

Filed under: Guard Misconduct

Warden, Eight Employees Arrested After Four Deaths at Wisconsin Prison in Eight Months by Just days before he was set to retire from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI) Warden Randall Hepp was arrested on June 5, 2024, along with eight other staffers charged in the …

$700,000 Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Due Process in Disciplinary Hearing

Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024

Filed under: Work Release, Hearing Officers, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Escapes, Damages

$700,000 Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Due Process in Disciplinary Hearing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 27, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied state prison officials’ motion for new trial. That left standing a jury verdict finding that …

$32,000 Settlement for Failure to Provide Insulin to Diabetic Wisconsin Prisoner

Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024

Filed under: Medication, Failure to Treat

$32,000 Settlement for Failure to Provide Insulin to Diabetic Wisconsin Prisoner by In federal court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on October 6, 2023, state prisoner Carl F. Self stipulated to dismissal of his medical neglect claims against the state Department of Corrections (DOC), after he accepted a $32,000 …

$125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing

Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliatory Segregation, Prison Gangs, Failure to Protect (General)

$125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing by David Reutter

Months-Long Wisconsin Prison Lockdown Prompts Lawsuits

Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Overcrowding, Staffing, Lockdowns

Months-Long Wisconsin Prison Lockdown Prompts Lawsuits by A federal lawsuit filed on October 26, 2023, seeks class-action status for a group of Wisconsin prisoners challenging poor healthcare and conditions of confinement in the state Department of Corrections (DOC), resulting from “a prolonged, unnecessary and unexplained lockdown” that has so far …

$9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-Related Illness Suit

Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Exposure to Heat, Discovery, Deliberate Indifference

$9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-Related Illness Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 3, 2023, the Wisconsin Department of Justice sent a check for $9,000 to a state prisoner in settlement of his claims that he suffered a heat-related illness, fell and injured himself after state Department …

Seventh Circuit Reinstates Wisconsin Prisoner’s ADA Claim for Untreated Knee Injury

Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Bedding, Complaints, Americans with Disabilities Act, Sufficiency of Pleadings, Deliberate Indifference

Seventh Circuit Reinstates Wisconsin Prisoner’s ADA Claim for Untreated Knee Injury by Matthew Clarke Matt Clarke On August 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstated a Wisconsin prisoner’s claim that officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) violated Title II of the Americans with …

Seventh Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Challenge to Seized $10,000

Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Hearing Officers, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Seventh Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Challenge to Seized $10,000 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 7, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed summary judgment for Defendant Wisconsin prison officials in a prisoner’s lawsuit that alleged a due process violation when he was deprived …

Estate of Dean Hoffmann v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death- Inadequate Medical Care, 2024

Brief • February 19, 2024

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Suicides

Estate of Dean Hoffmann v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death- Inadequate Medical Care, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ______________________________________________________________________________ MEGAN HOFFMANN KOLB, as Personal Administrator for the Estate of DEAN HENRY HOFFMANN, Deceased, Plaintiff, Case No.: 2:24-cv-00160 v. WISCONSIN …

Estate of Dean Hoffmann v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024

Brief • February 6, 2024

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Estate of Dean Hoffmann v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ______________________________________________________________________________ MEGAN HOFFMANN KOLB, as Personal Administrator for the Estate of DEAN HENRY HOFFMANN, Deceased, Plaintiff, Case No. v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; …

Jones v. Marwitz, WI, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024

Brief • January 16, 2024

Filed under: Excessive Force

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Braithwaite v. Wisconsin Dept of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2024

Brief • January 11, 2024

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)

Braithwaite v. Wisconsin Dept of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2024 STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 17 W. Main Strnet P.O. Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707-7857 www.doj.state.wi.us Josh Kaul Attorney General Gesina S. Carson Assistant Attorney General carsongs@doj.state. wi. us 608/266-1672 . FA,"'C 608/294-2907 January 9, 2024 VIA …

Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing

Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024

Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Credits

Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 14, 2023, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that a state prisoner must be given jail time credit on his sentence when the charge resulting in …