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Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$110,000 Settlement for Outed Wisconsin Prisoner Informant by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Regular readers of Prison Legal News may remember the April 2019 article (page 61) chronicling the story of Wisconsin prison guard Sergeant Robert Wilcox. Wilcox placed images of a rat, signifying an informant, next to the names …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
Muslim Georgia Prisoner Wins RLUIPA Reversal in 11th Circuit Over Vegetarian Meals by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, reversed the dismissal of a Georgia prisoner’s First and Eighth Amendment damage claims that alleged he was denied a vegan diet …
$70,000 Settlement For Oregon DOC Prisoner Dying from Flu by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Oregon citizen Tina Ferri began serving a 70-month sentence for felony assault and methamphetamine possession at the Oregon Department of Corrections’ (ODC) Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) for women in October of 2017. In March …
$1.5 Million Settlement in Georgia Youth’s Rape at Juvenile Detention Center by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) agreed to a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging a 14-year-old was the target of several beatings and attacks and was raped in a …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Opioid Epidemic Keeps Climbing at California Prisons, and Claiming Lives of Released Prisoners as Well by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins With opioid overdoses claiming the lives of over 68,000 Americans annually, detention facilities have reported a corresponding rise in drug-related deaths among those incarcerated or recently released. (See PLN, …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$1.25 Million Jury Award to Rikers Prisoner Over Jail Beating by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In January 2018, Jose Guadalupesettled a lawsuit for a total of $1,250,000 for a “severe beating” he suffered at the hands of jailers in the city’s notorious Rikers Island complex. He would eventually net …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Are Prison Law Libraries Adequate? by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell If you’ve ever had to rely on a prison law library to research for a court filing, you know just how sorely lacking they can be. And that’s if you were even able to access the law library. Many …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
PrimeCare Medical Pays Bulk of $252,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $252,000 settlement was reached in October 2019 in a lawsuit brought by the estate of a pretrial detainee who hanged himself at Pennsylvania’s Northampton County Prison (NCP). Kyle A. Flyte, …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against Wisconsin Prisoner’s Medical Negligence Claim by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on October 29, 2019 that there was a rational basis for the jury to determine that nurse Angela McLean and guard Joseph Cichanowicz did not …
Article • March 15, 2020
Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Prisoner's Non-Prison Lawsuit Under PLRA's 3-Strikes Rule, Even Though Unrelated to Prison Conditions by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a Native American prisoner’s lawsuit against the United States involving Indian affairs, citing …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: Alaska Department of Corrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom told legislators in October 2019 that Alaska would move forward with plans to ship prisoners to prisons in the Lower 48, after reinstating tougher criminal sentences caused a sharp spike in Alaska’s prison population. The Legislature had approved …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Public Relations Firm Terminates Contract With GEO Group by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer GEO Group, a private prison company, had hired Edelman, the world’s largest public relations firm, to improve its public image. But Edelman found itself with a PR problem of its own because of its ties to …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN Awarded Injunction in Arizona Prison Censorship Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In November, 2019, PLN was awarded injunctive relief in a lawsuit challenging the Arizona Department of Corrections’ (ADC) “policy prohibiting sexually explicit material” as a violation of the First Amendment. As we previously reported, …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
$10 Million Post-Appeal Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Death Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After having most of its defenses rebuked by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, opted to settle for $10 million a lawsuit brought by the estate of a jail prisoner who …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
$850,000 Settlement in Florida DOC Prisoner’s Gassing Murder by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) agreed to pay $850,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards murdered a prisoner at Franklin Correctional Institution (FCI). The suit stemmed from the September 19, 2010, death of …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
Get Celebrity Endorsement and Get Pardoned by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney President Trump purchased an ad during the February 2 Super Bowl directed at African American voters that depicted black grandmother Alice Johnson in tears, saying, “I’m free to hug my family. I’m free to start over. This is …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption
18-Month Prison Sentence for Former Alabama Sheriff in Food Bank Scam by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The former sheriff of Alabama’s Pickens County was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for a scam to defraud a food bank and his church, and pocketing leftover funds to …
Court Holds Federal Tort Claim Against BOP Can Proceed in MCC Beating Death by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The United States Southern DistrictCourt of New York ruled that Nicole Morrison could proceed with her claim against the U.S. for its negligence in the death of Roberto Grant while in …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Settlements
Sacramento County Jail Settles Solitary Confinement Class Action Suit by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Sacramento County has two jails, which together house about 3,800 people at any one time. A July 2018 complaint filed in federal court by Lorenzo Mays, Ricky Richardson, Jennifer Bothun, Armani Lee, Leertese Beirge, Cody …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Santa Rita Sheriff’s Office Says Prisoners Not Being Maltreated; Prisoners’ Protest Says Otherwise by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Detainees and prisoners at the Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) in Dublin, California, participated in a peaceful protest over the unsanitary and unconstitutional conditions in the jail. Beginning October 30, 2019, between …
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