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Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
$350,000 Settlement for New Mexico Pretrial Detainee in ‘Failure to Protect’ Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter New Mexico’s Lea County paid $350,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at the Lea County Detention Center (LCDC) failed to protect a pretrial detainee. John Cordova was housed at LCDC …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
The Killing Fields: Three Alabama State Prisoners Murdered in Five Days by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On May 8, 2021, 32-year-old prisoner Regial Ingram died at Alabama’s Bullock Correctional Facility. On May 6, 2021, 58-year-old prisoner Jody Potts died at Alabama’ s Limestone Correctional Facility. On May 4, 2021, …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
New Mexico Jail Sued For Allowing Woman Prisoner to Die of Infections by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 25, 2021, the estate of Carmela DeVargas, who died while in custody at the Santa Fe County Detention Center, filed a federal lawsuit against the Santa Fe County Board of …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former guard at the Mobile Metro Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on May 19, 2021, after being indicted for his role in an alleged scheme to smuggle cellphones into the Alabama lockup in exchange for bribes. According to a report by local TV …
Beating Death in Oahu Jail Ends With Acquittal of Mentally Ill Killer by Kevin Dayton by Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Civil Beat A jail prisoner who admitted to the fatal beating of another prisoner in 2019 has been acquitted of murder, concluding a case that triggered scrutiny of the state’s practice …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
$2.1 Million Awarded in Beating Ordered by Kentucky Jail Guard by On July 9, 2021, a federal jury awarded $2.1 million in damages to an alleged Kentucky shoplifter who was beaten by fellow prisoners at the Shelby County Detention Center on the orders of a jail guard. According to the …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Medical, COVID-19
Louisiana Bars Problem Doctors from Practicing Medicine in Most Hospitals. So They Treat Incarcerated People Instead. by Addy Baird Ten of Louisiana’s 12 prison physicians have had their medical licenses restricted or suspended at some point. The state’s incarcerated people have nowhere else to turn during a pandemic. by Addy Baird, …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
California Female Prisoners Used as Honey Trap Bait for Rapist Guard by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 29, 2021, Los Angeles attorney Jennifer A. Bandlow filed a federal civil rights lawsuit urging four causes of action on behalf of two unnamed female prisoners who suffered actual sexual assaults …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story on prison’s using doctors with revoked or suspended medical licenses is an ongoing story for PLN readers. Given the six figure salaries prison doctors are paid it seems odd that the government can’t find any medical staff …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Human Rights Defense Center Prevails in Censorship Lawsuit Against Napa County Jail, California by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent company of Prison Legal News (PLN), entered into a stipulation and consent decree involving Napa County, California’s jail, on June 11, 2020, settling a …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
California State Auditor’s Report Faults Counties for Waste and Poor Oversight of State Funds Used in “Public Safety Realignment” by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A report by the California State Auditor found that Los Angles, Alameda, and Fresno counties have failed to properly account for funds provided to them …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Modest Decline in Prison and Jail Populations in Spring 2021 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2021, the Vera Institute of Justice issued a report entitled People in Jail and Prison in Spring 2021, detailing the changes in jail and prison populations through the end of March 2021. …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
FCC Takes Further Action on Prison and Jail Phone Rates by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A review of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report and adopted order on rates for interstate inmate calling services (ICS), released May 24, 2021. When this rule takes effect—90days after its release—ICS interstate call …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Seventh Circuit: PLRA Mandates Dismissal for Deceit on IFP Application by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that when a prisoner deliberately misrepresents their financial status when seeking in forma pauperis (IFP)status, the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) requires dismissal. In another case …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Federal BOP Overwhelmingly Denies Compassionate Releases During COVID by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Throughout the pandemic, The Marshall Project (TMP) has done thorough and comprehensive reporting about the impact of COVID in prisons and on prisoners. Staff writers Joseph Neff and Keri Blakinger recently looked at the …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
HRDC Sues Florida DOC Over Censorship, for the Third Time in 18 Years by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The publisher of Prison Legal News(PLN)and Criminal Legal News (CLN)filed a federal lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) on August 10, 2021, for “ongoing censorship” of both monthly publications …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Privacy Act
Fourth Circuit: No Privacy Expectation Exists for Prisoner in Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner does not have a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in his HIV status while in a prison medical unit. The …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Pandemic Medical Update: The Delta Surge by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen MD The U.S. is experiencing the worst increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths since last winter. As I write in mid-August there are more than 150,000 new cases per day and over 1,000 daily …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
These Meds Prevent Overdoses. Few Federal Prisoners Are Getting Them by Beth Schwartzapfel Three years after the First Step Act required the Bureau of Prisons to treat more people with medications for opioid addiction, only a tiny fraction are receiving them. by Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project In 2018, Congress …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Massachusetts Cop Indicted for Lying About Checking Cell of Prisoner Who Died of Drug Overdose by In May 2021, a former Brockton, Massachusetts police officer was indicted for allegedly lying about performing checks on a man in police custody who died in his cell of a drug overdose. Alfonso Brandao, …
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