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Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: War on Drugs, Boot Camps
New York Closes Moriah ‘Shock Camp’ by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) shuttered its upstate “shock camp” on March 10, 2022. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced in her 2022 budget the closing of several prisons including the Moriah Shock …
Ninth Circuit Terminates Idaho Prison Conditions Lawsuit After 40 Years of Litigation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed termination of all prospective relief in a long-running class action alleging unconstitutional conditions at the Idaho State …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Death and Inhumane Living Conditions Persist in Nation’s Worst Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Crisis conditions continue at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex, where 13 deaths have been recorded through the first eight months of 2022. Given a population of some 5,700 prisoners and detainees …
Article • September 29, 2022
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Staffing
Five Hospitalized After Prisoner Take-Over Put Down at Short-Staffed New Orleans Jail by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On Sunday, August 14, 2022, barely one hundred days into her tenure as New Orleans Parish Sheriff, Susan Hutson was confronted with a prisoner takeover of a cellblock in the …
Brief • September 27, 2022
Rutherford v. Villanueva, CA, Preliminary Injunctions, Jail Conditions, 2022 Case 2:75-cv-04111-DDP Document 351 Filed 09/27/22 Page 1 of 13 Page ID #:6204 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION 11 12 13 14 DENNIS RUTHERFORD, et al., …
Article • September 21, 2022
TDCJ Driven Batty Over Demolition Plans by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A colony of 750,000 bats has upended plans by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to demolish an abandoned warehouse next to the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville. The massive building, occupying an entire city …
Article • September 16, 2022
Guard Held Over His Shift at Short-Staffed Montana Prison Files Kidnapping Charges by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On July 28, 2022, Montana State Prison (MSP) Anthony Cotton filed a complaint with local law enforcement accusing two prison supervisors of a “forced holdover,” after he was allegedly locked …
Article • September 16, 2022
$6,500 Paid by Illinois DOC to Settle Three Prisoner’s Mistreatment Claims by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Proving that even a small victory is still a victory, a trio of Illinois prisoners accepted a total of $6,500 to settle separate claims they were mistreated while in custody of the …
Article • September 2, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
“Unconscionable and Unacceptable” Conditions in Georgia DOC With 57 Prisoners Murdered in Two Years by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian In August 2022, during their federal civil rights trial for running down and fatally shooting an unarmed jogger, Ahmaud Arbury, in Brunswick in February 2020, attorneys for father and son …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Texas Prisoners’ Challenge to Pandemic Prison Conditions for Failure to Exhaust by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 9, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of pandemic precautions taken by the …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Name Changes, Transgender
Oregon Appeals Court Okays Legal Change of Transgender Prisoner’s Name and Sex by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 2, 2022, the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon held that a lower court erred in denying a state prisoner’s petition for change of legal name or sex …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Nebraska Prison Staffing Crisis Sees Supervisors Take Demotions to Get Hourly Overtime Pay by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Despite a watchdog report finding state prisons so short-staffed that some guard supervisors sought demotions to take advantage of ballooning hourly overtime pay, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS) …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff, Brawling Over Closing Decrepit Jail, Accused of Ignoring Deputy “Gangs” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Forced into a November 2022 runoff by a close primary vote, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva came out swinging at the Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) the very next …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Pennsylvania County Pays $147,500 to Jail Detainees Held in Solitary for Refusing To Cut off Dreadlocks by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2022, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) announced a settlement had been reached in a lawsuit filed for a trio of its clients, who were …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
California Jail Enters Settlement Agreement Resolving DOJ Investigation into ADA Violations by David Reutter by David M. Reutter California’s San Luis Obispo County entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 23, 2021, resolving alleged violations at the county jailof the Americans with Disabilities …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Federal Court Puts Troubled Mississippi Jail in Receivership by David Reutter, Keith Sanders by David Reutter and Keith Sanders On July 29, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Mississippi took the dramatic step of placing Hinds County’s Raymond Detention Center (RDC) under federal receivership. A series of …
Article • August 30, 2022
Arizona DOC Director Admits State Economy Would “Collapse” Without Cheap Prisoner Labor by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott During testimony before Arizona’s Joint Legislative Budget Committee on July 14, 2022, state Department of Corrections (DOC) Director David Shinn admitted that communities in the Grand Canyon State would “collapse” without cheap …
Brief • August 26, 2022
Parker v. Slaughter, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 4:22-cv-00065-BMM Document 13 Filed 08/26/22 Page 1 of 12 Timothy M. Bechtold BECHTOLD LAW FIRM, PLLC 317 East Spruce Street P.O. Box 7051 Missoula, MT 59807 406-721-1435 tim@bechtoldlaw.net Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT …
Brief • August 17, 2022
Mays v. County of Sacramento, CA, Filing of Environment of Care Expert Report, Conditions of Confinement, 2022 Case 2:18-cv-02081-TLN-KJN Document 157 Filed 08/17/22 Page 1 of 35 1 2 3 4 5 LISA A. TRAVIS, County Counsel RICK HEYER, Supervising Deputy County Counsel [State Bar No. 216150] COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO …
Article • August 5, 2022
Despite $200 Million Bond Sale Shortfall, Alabama Moves Forward with New Prison Construction by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  On June 30, 2022, Alabama officials announced they were proceeding with plans to build two “mega” prisons for $1.2 billion despite being falling $200 million short in a bond …
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