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Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Police Field Reports
Erie County Sheriff Settles AG Lawsuit for Violating New York Reporting Directives by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A suit against Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard was settled in June 2021. The New York State Commission of Correction (Commission) filed the suit  against the Eric County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) for …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
California Slashes High Call Rates in Prisons and Jails by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On the heels of a May 2021 decision by federal regulators that sharply lowered rates prisoners and their loved ones pay for interstate calls, the California Public Utilities Commission (CAPUC) adopted a rule on August …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Mailbox Rule Inapplicable to Prisoners Represented by Counsel by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that “in the context of civil complaints, the prison mailbox rule applies only to prisoners who are not represented by counsel and are proceeding pro se.” The court’s February 17, 2021, opinion was issued …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Federal New York City Jail Made Infamous by Jeffrey Epstein Death Closed Due to Persistent Problems and Incompetence by In late August, 2021, the federal Bureau of Prisons announced what is likely a temporary closure of its Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), located in lower Manhattan. It has been cited for …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Voting, Rural Prisons
New Connecticut Law Eliminates Prison Gerrymandering by On May 26, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed S.B. 753, Public Act 21-13, which created a new statute requiring the state to count most imprisoned persons as residents of the district where they were living before they were imprisoned for purposes of …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
$56 Million Settlement in CoreCivic Securities Violation Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Private prison operator CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), paid $56 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it violated securities laws that resulted in a loss to stock holders. The …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Eleventh Circuit Grants Prisoner with Hep C Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, held a prisoner who had symptoms of fibrosis from Hepatitis C (HCV) and claimed prison officials refused to treat him was sufficient to satisfy that he …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Judge Orders COVID Emergency Release Procedures at Lompoc Federal Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In July 2020, Judge Consuelo Marshall of the U.S. District Court for Central California granted class certification to a group of prisoners at Lompoc federal prison, granting in part and denying in part their …
Washington DC Jail’s Suicide Proof “Safe Cell” Use Not Safe for Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Washington, D.C.’s jail safe cell use has been under scrutiny since 2013 when a rash of suicides prompted the jail to hire Lindsay Hayes, a nationally renowned jail and prison suicide prevention …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Iowa County Wants to Use COVID-19 Relief Money to Build New Jail by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On June 8, officials in Woodbury County, Iowa, voted unanimously to approve the use of money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to help fund the construction of a new $65 …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
File a CFPB Complaint for Unfair Money Transfer Fees by Prison Legal News (PLN) is encouraging our readers to file complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) if you feel you are being made to pay expensive rates to transfer money to your loved one in jail or prison …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Sacramento Sheriff Used Prisoner Welfare Fund for Trips, Salaries and Equipment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to the Sacramento Bee, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office employees used money from a fund paid for by profits from the prisoners’ commissary purchases and phone calls to pay for airline fares, hotel …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Hunger Strike, Ceiling Collapse, Lawsuit Spotlight Deteriorating Conditions at Women’s Prison in Illinois by Brian Dolinar, Panagioti Tsolkas by Brian Dolinar and Panagioti Tsolkas "I’ve been incarcerated since the age of 18, I grew up in the penal system,” shares Mishunda Davis. “I went from the Cook County jail, to …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Fourth Circuit Rules Prisoner Sex Offender has No Right to In-Person Visitation with His Minor Children by Douglas Ankney by Doug Ankney James Desper is a convicted sex offender incarcerated at the Augusta Correctional Center in Craigsville, Virginia. For six years, Desper received visits from his minor child without incident. …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Cell Searches
Virginia Department of Corrections Confirms Visitation Not Primary Means of Contraband Introduction by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Virginia Mercury reported this year that the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that a vast majority of contraband being introduced into the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has not been coming from …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Seven Former GEO Employees Plead Guilty in Federal Texas Private Jail Bribery Scheme by On July 6, 2021, Veronica Ortega, 45, a former medical assistant at the GEO-owned and -operated East Hidalgo Detention Center pleaded guilty to bribery after admitting she received cash to smuggle marijuana into the jail. She …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Indiana DOC Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over Ban on Incoming Mail Except That in White Envelopes Using White, Lined Paper by On August 9, 2019, an Indiana federal court memorialized the stipulations in a private settlement agreement between the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) and a class of prisoners subject to …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Supreme Court Reverses Qualified Immunity Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In December 2016, Prince McCoy Jr. was confined in a segregation cell at the Darrington Unit in Rosharon, Texas. The prisoner in the cell adjacent to McCoy’s threw water on Officer Tajudeen …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Local Pennsylvania Voters Ban Solitary Confinement and No-Knock Warrants by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Residents of Allegheny County voted to restrict the use of solitary confinement. The ballot measure was overwhelmingly approved during a May 18, 2021 election. PLN has previously reported on the brutalizing by guards and …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Absent Expert Medical Testimony, Deliberate Indifference Tough to Prove in Medical Cases by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment for the defendants in a civil rights lawsuit alleging they were deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s serious medical needs. …
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