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Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
State of New York 50 Percent Liable for Prisoner’s Injury Sustained from Table Saw by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 31, 2019, a New York State Court of Claims found the state 50 percent liable for the injuries that prisoner Ralph Whedon sustained when operating a table saw …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Filed under: Settlements
New York City Prisoner Shackled While Giving Birth; $610,000 Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A New York City resident, identified as Jane Doe in a lawsuit, gave birth on February 8, 2018 at 6:14 a.m. Although ordinarily not an unusual event, the circumstances leading up to and subsequent …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
Prosecutors Get Real Look at Life After Prison by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A dozen prosecutors and other criminal justice workers got a real life look at what it’s like to re-enter society after being in prison – ­­and every one of them failed to get everything done as …
Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020
New York County to Pay $440,000 Settlement in Wrongful Jail Death Suit by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Onondaga County, New York agreed to a $440,000 settlement in a wrongful death claim filed by attorney Richard Priest on behalf of Rebeka Kwiatkowski after her daughter, Chanel Lakatocz, died at the …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Rikers Prisoner Smuggles DNA Evidence of Rape Out of Jail; $500,000 Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A female Rikers Island prisoner who was raped by a guard had to sneak DNA evidence of the sexual assault out of the jail to get anyone to believe her story. As …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
New York Court of Claims Orders DOCCS to Turn Over OSI Report, Guards’ Personnel Files by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The New York Court of Claims ordered the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to produce records in two cases where prisoners filed claims alleging excessive force by …
Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
New York Closes Two More Prisons, Scaring Corrections Workers by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss New York legislators and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo agreed that the state’s 2019-2020 budget will include provisions to shut down two prisons, the Lincoln Correctional Facility in Manhattan and the Livingston Correctional Facility in Sonyea, …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Three Strikes
New York District Court Erred in Applying “Three Strike” Rule to Dismissals by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 12, 2019 that William Escalera, Jr. was not barred from proceeding in forma pauperis and filing a complaint after a New York district …
Brief • December 18, 2019
American Council of the Blind v. City of New York, NY, Reply Memo in Support of Plf Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, ADA Compliance, 2019 Case 1:18-cv-05792-PAE Document 111 Filed 12/18/19 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs, Probation
New York Stops Testing Probationers for Marijuana Use by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The New York City Council voted in April 2019 to stop testing probationers for marijuana use. The move was a step toward reducing re-incarceration of probationers and parolees, and may be a foreshadowing of the legalization …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Medication
New York State Prisoners Sue to Get Their Pain Medications Back by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Eighteen prisoners filed suit against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) on September 2, 2019, alleging denial of access to vital pain medication necessary for the treatment of …
Article • December 9, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Expected to Close by 2026 by Chad Marks by Chad Marks The Rikers Island jail complex, one of the largest urban lockups in the United States, will soon be closing its doors if New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has his way. Operating …
Worth Rises: Paying for Jail - How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities, 2019 PAYING FOR JAIL How County Jails Extract Wealth from New York Communities DE C EMBE R 2 01 9 C O- PUBL IS H E D BY: WO RTH RISES Worth Rises is a …
Article • November 19, 2019
New York Prisoner Wins Claim for Excessive Confinement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  While Terrell Hales was imprisoned at the Cayuga Correctional Facility (CCF) of New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DCCS), he was charged with drug misuse. On April 15, 2013, he filed a Freedom of …
Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
New York: Prisoners Have No Expectation to Privacy During Jail Phone Calls by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In 2012, Emmanuel Diaz found himself in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction (DOC). While housed at the Rikers Island jail complex on multiple counts of burglary and …
Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Violence, Cover-ups at Rikers Island Jail by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A former guard at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City has filed a lawsuit in state court exposing misconduct and cover-ups by staff. A subsequent report by the city’s Department of Investigation …
Grottano et al. v. The City of New York, et al., NY, order granting preliminary approval of class action settlement, strip searches of jail visitors, 2019 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 Filed 10/30/19 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 Filed 10/30/19 Page 2 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 …
Bunn v. City of New York, NY, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2019 Case 1:19-cv-04667-RRM-RLM Document 12 Filed 10/22/19 Page 1 of 48 PageID #: 65 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------------------JOHN BUNN, Plaintiff, AMENDED COMPLAINT AND JURY DEMAND - against Dkt. No. 19-cv-04667 CITY OF NEW YORK, …
Grottano, et al. v. The City of New York, et al., settlement and order, strip searches of jail visitors, 2019 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 251-3 Filed 10/21/19 Page 2 of 41 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DANA GROTTANO; N.D.; A.R.; and D.M., individually and on behalf of …
Washington v. City of New York, NY, Settlement, Inmate Abuse, 2019 Case 1:18-cv-12306-CM Document 168 Filed 10/21/19 Page 1 of 16 Case 1:18-cv-12306-CM Document 166 Filed 10/18/19 Page 2 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- X DA VON WASHING TON, et. al., Plaintiffs, STIPULATION …
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