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Illinois Prisoner Loses Medical Indifference and Malpractice Claims by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  On September 16, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuitissued an opinion affirming a district court’s summary judgment against Dennis Davis on his medical indifference and malpractice suit against prison doctor Francis Kayira. Davis …
Article • October 12, 2019
Filed under: Pain, Eighth Amendment
Seventh Circuit Affirms District Court Order Granting Summary Judgment In Eighth Amendment Medical Case by Chad Marks by Chad Marks  Jeremy Lockett, a prisoner at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), brought a lawsuit arguing that prison medical staff nurse practitioner (NP) Tanya Bonson and nurse Beth Edge were deliberately …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: On January 31, 2019, dramatic footage was released of a two-hour hostage incident in the library at ASPC-Lewis in Buckeye. The video shows a librarian working alone when prisoner Timothy Monk enters, closes the door, bends over, then grabs the librarian by the neck with …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Alaska Pays $400,000 to Settle Jail Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 18, 2019, the state of Alaska agreed to pay $400,000 to John Green, the father of Kellsie Green, to settle his lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections over his daughter’s death …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Food, Jail Specific
Report: Summit Food Services Provides Inadequate Nutrition at Missouri Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Attorney and retired judge Gary Oxenhandler conducted a study in 2017 on the prisoner population at the Boone County Jail (BCJ) in Columbia, Missouri. He reported that prisoners were complaining about the quality and …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
Maricopa County Pays $300,000 to Settle Lawsuit Over Arpaio-Era Prisoner Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 23, 2018, Maricopa County, Arizona agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a prisoner at the Maricopa County Jail while self-styled “America’s Toughest Sheriff” Joe Arpaio …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Mississippi Prison Deaths Spike for Second Year; Disturbing Photos Revealed by Matthew Clarke, David M. Reutter by Matt Clarke & David M. Reutter In July 2019, seven prisoners died in facilities operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC). The deaths followed a similar spate in August 2018, when 16 …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Illinois DOC Interferes with Prisoners’ College Program by Removing Books by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For over a decade, the Education Justice Program (EJP), an extension of the University of Illinois, has taught classes at the Danville Correctional Center (DCC), a facility in the east-central part of the state …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Voting, Voting Rights Act
Lawsuits Challenge Florida Law that Undermines Voting Rights Ballot Initiative by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Organizations that supported Amendment 4 – a 2018 ballot initiative to amend the Florida Constitution to restore voting rights to most people with felony convictions – have sued to block a new …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Third Circuit Affirms Refusal to Appoint Successive Counsel in Prisoner’s Civil Rights Case by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In a precedential ruling, on June 19, 2019, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court did not abuse its discretion when it declined to appoint …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Oregon Sheriff Places Own Head on the Chopping Block for Budget Cuts by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Harney County, Oregon expects an $800,000 budget shortfall in the next fiscal year. Nonunion employees and elected officials in the county are already being furloughed 10 hours a month to help make …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
$2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over California Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In March 2019, Kern County, California agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents and estate of a man who committed suicide at the county’s jail. The suit alleged …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs
California Court of Appeal Reverses Convictions for Possession of Marijuana in Prison by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Overturning the convictions of five defendants, the Third Appellate District Court of Appeal in Sacramento, California held on June 11, 2019 that Proposition 64’s decriminalization of possession of less than an ounce …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Mental Health
Second Circuit: Discharge Health Plan Part of In-Custody Mental Health Treatment When Pretrial Detainees Released by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In what it called “a legal question of first impression” within its jurisdiction, on May 24, 2019 the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the lack of a …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Videotaping
Oregon Supreme Court Reverses Course: Secretly Taping Prisoner’s Statements Does Not Violate Right to Counsel by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson In a 4-to-3 ruling, departing from its previous recent decisions, the Oregon Supreme Court held on May 23, 2019 that secretly recording a prisoner’s solicitation of another prisoner to …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Arizona DOC Publishes, Then Rescinds, Prison Tour Policy that Excluded Public Officials and Media by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) generated a media storm when, on July 22, 2019, it published a draft of a new department order that excluded elected officials and the …
Denver Tries to End Private Prison Companies’ Halfway House Contracts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2019, thanks to the efforts of newly elected Denver, Colorado councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, the city council declined to renew contracts worth a total of $10.6 million with GEO Group and Core­Civic (formerly …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical
Lawsuit: Woman Gave Birth Alone in Colorado Jail Cell by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Diana Sanchez gave birth to her son on July 31, 2019 at the Denver County Jail (DCJ), with no assistance from the medical staff. Guards and medical personnel watched from a remote location through a …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Education
Connecticut Prison Writing Program Leads to Lawsuits by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Wally Lamb was an English teacher when he published his first novel, She’s Come Undone, in 1992. It became a huge hit after Oprah Winfrey selected it for her book club. In 1999, Lamb began …
Third Circuit: Showers Part of Prison Operations for ADA and RA Purposes by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 8, 2019 that the provision of showers “is a part of the programs, activities, or services” referred to by the Rehabilitation …
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