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Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
After Backlash, Tennessee State University President Reverses Decision to Join CoreCivic Board by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Opposition by community leaders forced the president of the historically Black Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville to change her decision to join the board of directors of the private prison company …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
“We Want Court dates!” by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders According to the protestors, conditions at the local lockup have become intolerable. On April 4, 2021, at approximately 8:30 p.m. detainees at the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) covered security cameras, smashed windows, threw furniture out onto the street …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Transfer Lawsuit by Suicidal Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On October 15, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a prisoner who had consented to being transferred to a psychiatric unit after a suicide attempt could not sue …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Ohio County Executive and Underlings Under Investigation for Jail Corruption and Deaths by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Usually the highest elected official of a county in the U.S. is the sheriff. In Ohio, the highest elected county official in the state’s counties is the county executive. That position is …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Coronavirus Lockdowns in Prisons Test Limits of Colorado’s Rules on Solitary Confinement by John Herrick by John Herrick, The Colorado Trust Last summer, Matthew Harter, a 50-year-old from Lakewood, Colo., was incarcerated at Centennial Correctional Facility South, a prison in Cañon City, when he started to have trouble breathing. Harter …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Guard “Justified” in Shooting Death of Elderly Woman in Spokane County Jail Lobby by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Nancy King, a 70-year old woman with a history of mental health issues, was shot and killed at the Spokane County Jail (SCJ) December 4, 2020, after entering the lobby carrying …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Wisconsin Prisoner In Vegetative State After Suicide Attempt Wins New Trial on Jury Instruction Error by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a jury’s judgment in a civil rights action alleging guards at Wisconsin’s Madison County Jail (MCJ) were deliberately indifferent to …
After DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions for Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary, Massachusetts Experiments with Monitoring Gadget by Kevin Bliss, Keith Sanders by Kevin Bliss and Keith Sanders Six months after the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a highly critical report accusing the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MADOC) of violating the …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Illinois Prisoner’s Negligence Lawsuit Alleging Injuries from Wart Treatment Timely Filed by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of state law negligence claims based upon a prisoner being forced to self-apply a medication that was not supposed to be dispensed …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
District Court Certifies Class Status in Louisville Jail Overdetention of Prisoners’ Suit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky granted plaintiffs’ motion seeking class certification in a suit alleging the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) holds people after their court-ordered …
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 …
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