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Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Searches, Exposure to Cold
New York: $775,000 Judgment for Prisoners Searched in Freezing Weather by On August 14, 2018, a ruling by the New York State Court of Claims addressed ten consolidated claims that arose from an incident in which 15 to 20 prisoners were searched outdoors in windchill temperatures between -10 and -13 …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
New York City Pre-trial Detainees Exposed to Freezing Temperatures at Federal Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York, a 1,654-bed facility operated by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that houses defendants awaiting trial, was without main and generator-supplied electricity between …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Alaska Prisoners Stripped, Paraded on “Dog Leashes,” Held Naked for 12 Hours by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Twelve prisoners at the maximum-security Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, Alaska were stripped, searched, restrained, attached to “dog leashes,” paraded in front of female staff members and then left in cells …
Louisiana Prison Officials Sued for Trying to Block Investigation into Abuse of Disabled Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Alleging a “culture of cover-up and excessive force,” the MacArthur Justice Center and the Advocacy Center of Louisiana (ACL) filed a class-action lawsuit in February 2018 against officials at …
The Campaign to Close the Workhouse and Promote a New Vision for St. Louis, 2018 -EXECUTIVE SUMMARY- The City of St. Louis condemns hundreds of mostly poor and Black people to suffer in unspeakably hellish and inhumane conditions at the “Workhouse,” officially known as the Medium Security Institution. Over 95% …
Article • December 13, 2017
Prisoner Settles Conditions of Confinement, Excessive Force Lawsuit with Nevada County Jail by In October 2015, Washoe County officials and a former jail prisoner settled a lawsuit which had alleged numerous constitutional violations, including unlawful conditions of confinement, use of excessive force, medical indifference, and due process violations. The amount …
State of Alaska Ombudsman - Investigative Report, Complaint A2013-1560, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Investigative Report Ombudsman Complaint A2013-1560 Finding of Record and Closure September 19, 2017 (The summary has been edited and redacted to remove information made confidential by Alaska Statute and to protect the privacy interests of the citizens involved.) …
State of Louisiana - Security & Contract Compliance Review, CCA, 2014 BOBBY JINDAL jAMES M. Le B L\NC Governor Secretary Department of Public Safety and Corrections December 31, 2014 Harley Lappin, Executive Vice·President CCA - Winn Correctional Center 10 Burton Hills Boulevard Nashville, TN 37215 Dear Mr. Lappin: I appreciate …
Seventh Circuit Remands Untimely Appeal for Rule 4(a) Extension by On April 29, 2016, the Seventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a civil detainee’s untimely appeal with instructions to treat a pro se post-judgment motion as a request for an extension of time under Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(5). In 2006, Timothy Bell …
Brief • March 13, 2017
Burley v. Miller, MI, Opinion, Inhumane Conditions, 2017 Case Number 15-12637 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Burley v. Miller 241 F. Supp. 3d 828 (E.D. Mich. 2017) Decided Mar 13, 2017 Case Number 15–12637 DAVID M. LAWSON, United States District Judge 03-13-2017 Edward BURLEY, Plaintiff, …
Incarceration, Justice and the Planet: How the Fight Against Toxic Prisons May Shape the Future of Environmentalism by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisons inspire little in terms of natural wonder. It might be a weed rises through a crack and blooms for a moment. It might be a prisoner notices. But prisoners, …
Kirk v. Foster, NV, Report and Recommendation of Judge, Pretrial Detainment Conditions, 2014 ::'• --· -· 'J Case 3:13-cv-00296-RCJ-WGC Document 51 Filed 09/29/14 Page 1 of 23 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 DEREK KIRK, 7 Plaintiff, •8 9 3:13-cv-00296-RCJ-WGC v. REPORT & …
Second Circuit: Federal Prisoner States Conditions of Confinement Claim by David Reutter Second Circuit: Federal Prisoner States Conditions of Confinement Claim   by David Reutter   The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a federal prisoner sufficiently stated a claim alleging the conditions of his confinement violated …
Former Detainee Alleges Unconstitutional Conditions at Illinois Jail, Accepts $7,501 Judgment by On April 24, 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former pretrial detainee at the Edgar County Jail (ECJ) in Illinois stated a claim concerning unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the facility. The appellate court …
Benjamin v. Schriro, NY, Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Motion, Conditions of Confinement, 2013 Case 1:75-cv-03073-HB Document 579 Filed 06/25/13 Page 1 of 10 Case 1:75-cv-03073-HB Document 579 Filed 06/25/13 Page 2 of 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Authorities.............................................................................................................ii STATEMENT OF THE CASE............................................................................................1 ARGUMENT THE COURT HAS POWER TO …
Report Cites Rising Violence, Other Problems at Illinois Maximum-Security Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report by the John Howard Association of Illinois (JHA) found that overcrowding and understaffing at the Menard Correctional Center (Menard) has resulted in an “alarming” increase in staff and prisoner assaults. Opened …
Article • September 15, 2011
Texas Prisoner States Arguable 1983 Claim by Asserting That He Was Forced to Walk to Shower Undressed in Winter by John Michael Withrow, a Texas state prisoner was forced to walk 400 feet to the shower, wearing only his underwear during the winter months. He filed suit in federal district …
Judge Declines to Terminate Orders Requiring Air-conditioned Housing for Heat-sensitive Prisoners by Brandon Sample New York U.S. District Court Judge Harold Baer, Jr. has declined to terminate a series of orders requiring New York City jail officials to house “heat-sensitive” prisoners in air-conditioned cells when temperatures reach 85 degrees Fahrenheit …
California Prison Officials Pay $10,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Retaliation, Conditions Suit by In April 2010, California state prisoner Charles Chatman accepted an offer of judgment from the defendant prison officials he had sued in federal court for allegedly retaliating against him in violation of the First Amendment because he filed …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
$240,001 Verdict in Boston Jail Beating Suit by Brandon Sample On February 23, 2009, a federal jury returned a $240,001 verdict in favor of a man who was violently beaten by a guard at the Suffolk County House of Correction (SCHC). Rodney Chaney ended up at the SCHC in August …
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