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Six Set Themselves on Fire at Virginia Prison in 2024 by Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoners Ekong Eshiet, 28, and Trevaun Brown, 23, lit themselves on fire at Red Onion State Prison on September 15, 2024, demanding an end to deprivations including lengthy solitary confinement. Both were transferred to …
Shrewd Federal Prisoner Salvages $5,000 from Suit Against Arkansas Jail Where He Was Held Pre-Trial by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Randall Morris was held in Arkansas’ Miller County Detention Center (MCDC) from January 20, 2020, until he was transferred to Saline County Detention Center (SCDC) on March 24, …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
$23,138 Plus Out-Of-State Transfer for Virginia Prisoner Who Accused Guards of Excessive Force and Altering Video by On March 25, 2024, Virginia prisoner Steven Allen Riddick, 50, agreed to accepted $23,138 from the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to settle claims made in several civil rights cases filed in federal …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Unintended Consequence of Texas Prisoner Tablets: Retaliation from Fellow Prisoners by As prisons and jails make services available to prisoners via electronic tablets, they report generally positive results, especially the easy access to information that the systems provide. But in an essay published by Prison Journalism Project on March 19, …
Florida Jail Chief’s Firing Upheld, Retaliation Lawsuit Headed to Trial by On February 2, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida scheduled trial to begin two years later on the claim of former Volusia County Corrections Director Mark Flowers, 60, that he was fired in retaliation …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Retaliation Claim By Federal Prisoner Against Guard in Illinois Lockup Who Saw Grievance Against Him by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   On November 28, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit declined to let a federal prisoner sue officials with the …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Sixth Circuit Revives Ohio Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim That Guards Got Him Kicked Out of Religious Group by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed dismissal of an Equal Protection Clause claim by Ohio prisoner Lyle Heyward …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Cleveland Jail Warden Dismissed After Asking for More Reentry Assistance for Detainees by According to a report on December 7, 2023, when Warden Jeremy Everett sounded the alarm two months earlier over insufficient reentry assistance at Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County Jail, the administration of County Executive Chris Ronayne demanded Everett resign.   …
Lawsuit Over Mailroom Abuses by Washington DOC Leads to Policy Changes by A settlement reached on November 1, 2023, between the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and current or former state prisoners resulted in changes to prison mail policies. While incarcerated at Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC), Adam Bauer, David Cochran, …
Wilson-Brady, State of Iowa, IA, Verdict, Retaliation, 2024 E-FILED 05771 LACL153625 - 2024 MAY 03 01:15 PM POLK CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT Page 1 of 2 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY JENNIFER WILSON-BRADY, Case No. LACL153625 Plaintiff, V. STATE OF IOWA, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS VERDICT FORM …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Dismissal Affirmed of Florida Prisoner’s Claim for Exposure to Human Waste by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 11, 2023, the Supreme Court of the U.S. declined to issue a writ of certiorari to hear a Florida prisoner’s appeal to a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals …
$500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Forced to Defecate in Bucket for 12 Days by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 14, 2023, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve a state prisoner’s allegation that his Eighth Amendment guarantee of freedom from cruel and …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Was There a Plot to Discredit Former Missouri Sheriff Investigating Corruption? by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Jeff Burkett resigned as Sheriff of Missouri’s Iron County on January 31, 2024, saying if he stayed to defend a civil suit filed to remove him from office, his testimony might undermine his …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
$7,500 Settlement Reached After Georgia Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment by Just 10 days after the federal court for the Middle District of Georgia denied them summary judgment on July 31, 2023, officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a prisoner’s retaliation claim for $7,500. The case …
$125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing by David Reutter
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
$19.3 Million Awarded to Former Illinois Prisoner Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted by Prison Counselor by by Matt Clarke On September 22, 2023, a jury in federal court for the Central District of Illinois awarded a total of $19.3 million to a former state prisoner who was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a …
Ninth Circuit Says Federal Prisoner in California May Have Bivens Claim for Delays in Medical Care Allegedly to Cover Up Assault by BOP Guard by by David M. Reutter On August 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal of an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference …
At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed by On March 11, 2024, FBI agents raided the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Dublin, California, the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lockup plagued by staff sexual assaults on prisoners—so many that it has become known as …
Brief • April 1, 2024
Wilson v. Plante, OR, Settlement, Retaliation, 2024 Case 6:21-cv-01606-SI Document 92-1 Filed 04/01/24 Page 1 of 10 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This action is currently pending in U.S. District Court Case Number 6:21-cv-01606-SI ("Action"). The parties to this Action are Mark Wilson, represented by Juan Chavez and Benjamin …
California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Et Al v. U.S.A, CA, Order Granting the Motion for Class Certification, Solitary Confinement, 2024 Case 4:23-cv-04155-YGR Document 222 Filed 03/15/24 Page 1 of 45 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 Case No.: 4:23-cv-4155-YGR 4 5 CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR WOMEN …
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