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Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Some Convictions of Four Georgia Prison Guards for Drug Smuggling; Reverses Others for Retrial by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 17, 20201, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the convictions of two former Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) prison guards …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Law Review States Prisons Better Off With Public Health Care Rather than Private by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Expansion of the prison industrial complex over the past decades has included the privatization of health care which has come at the detriment to those inside, according to a recent study. …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Virginia Votes to Abolish Death Penalty by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The use of DNA testing to overturn hundreds of wrongful convictions in the U.S. has revealed deep racial inequalities in the criminal justice system. Emboldened by victories at the polls in 2018 and 2020, Democrats are calling for …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Second Circuit Holds Connecticut Can’t Indemnify Guard in Assault Case Then Seek Cost of Incarceration; $650,000 Awarded in Failure to Protect Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that Connecticut was preempted under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 from indemnifying a guard and …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Georgia Sheriffs Entitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity When Setting Jail Policies That Lead to Prisoners Being Sexually Abused by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights complaint against a Georgia Sheriff. The Court held the Sheriff was entitled …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Architects Question Whether Building “More Humane” Prisons is Possible by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Does more fresh air, sunlight, and space for rehabilitative programs mean a prison or jail is more humane? That’s the question many architects are struggling with as expensive new facilities are built around …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Settlements
$54,000 Award of Attorney Fees to Enforce Settlement Agreement on Behalf of Deaf Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order granting attorney’s fees after it found the Illinois Department of Correction (IDOC) was in “substantial noncompliance” with a …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
En Banc Eleventh Circuit Holds Prisoners Can Seek Punitive Damages Without Physical Injury by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a reversal of its own precedent, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(e) permits claims for punitive damages without a showing of physical injury. …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Retaliation Suit by Pro Se Michigan Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a grant of summary judge to a prison official in a lawsuit alleging a prisoner was retaliated against for filling a grievance. It also …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
From a Picture Grew Thousands of Words by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon When Minnesota state prisoner C. Fausto Cabrera was transferred to the Rush City Correctional Facility (RCCF), he came across a photo by acclaimed photographer Alec Soth on a book cover of a poetry collection. It was of …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Holds Courts Have Authority to Enjoin DOC from Unconstitutional Segregation Practices by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 5, 2020, the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (SJC) held that a trial court had the authority to enjoin the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) from engaging …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
$200,000 Settlement for Kentucky Woman in Jail Childbirth Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 17, 2021, a Kentucky federal court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a woman who was abandoned by jailers while a pretrial detainee and forced to give birth alone in a cell. The lawsuit …
Loury v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2021 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ESTATE OF PIERRE LOURY, Deceased, by Tambrasha Hudson, Adrninistrator ) ) ) Plaintiff, , ) ) ) ) V. The CiLy of Chicago, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER SEAN …
Brief • July 1, 2021
Allen v. Williams, IL, Settlement, Religious Worship, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 17-1900 17-CV-1900 Filed Case Name Allen, Keith #M21830 v. Godinez, et al. Status Received 4/4/17 6/13/17 closed -----·Plaintiffs: -------------------------------Defendants: Date Served Class Action D I0OC# ·-· Opposing Counsel: Institutions: OnAppeal D Spears D …
Abu-Jnaed v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, False Arrest & Imprisonment, 2021 DocuSign Envelope ID: 5EEB32D4-8A21-4854-94C4-E6DE13F04C78 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION MALIKA ABU-JNAED, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO Illinois, a municipal corporation, QUINCY JONES (#9709), BRIANA BRYD (#6802), ANDREW MORGAN (#1801), ROBERT …
Kickback publication • July 1, 2021
Illinois DOC - Securus Contract Renewal 2021-2022 ϭ͘ DESCRIPTION OF CONTRACT BEING RENEWED: The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology and Securus Technologies, >> are renewing Contract # CIT9331500 for phone services for the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Human Services incarcerated persons and …
Doe v. Washington Dept of Corrections, WA, Order Implementing Class Notice, Public Records Request, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-05059-TOR ECF No. 88 filed 06/30/21 PageID.1177 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 8 JOHN DOE 1, JOHN DOE 2, JANE …
Brief • June 30, 2021
Davis v. Abdeljaber, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This General Release of All Claims ("Release"), dated June 212, 2021, arises out of litigation in the Federal District Court for the Northern District oflllinois, entitled ChristopherDavis v. Richard Ligenza, et. al., 16-CV-10763 and ChristopherDavis v Rame …
Brief • June 30, 2021
Davis v. Leginza, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This General Release of All Claims ("Release"), dated June 2l2., 2021, arises out of litigation in the Federal District Court for the Northern District oflllinois, entitled Christopher Davis v. Richard Ligenw, et. al., 16-CV-10763 and Christopher Davis …
Navar v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Y ARITSSA NA VAR, Plaintiff, V. CITY OF CHICAGO and CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER DANIEL P. GOLDEN (Star #10964), Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
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