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Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Ohio Guard Killed by Prisoner in Christmas Day Attack by On December 25, 2024, Ohio prisoner Rashawn Cannon, 27, was accused of killing Ross Correctional Institution guard Andrew Lansing, 62. Annette Chambers-Smith, Director of the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), said that Cannon veered off from a group …
Former South Carolina Jailer Spared Prison After Testimony Fails to Convict Former Sheriff by A former South Carolina jailer who cut a plea deal and testified against his former boss is now the only one of the two to be convicted. But David Andrew Cook, 30, will not spend any …
Florida to Trans Prisoners: We’re Coming for Your Bras by The Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) incarcerates more people—nearly 87,000—than all but two other states. Yet only 100 of them have been identified as transgender and provided hormone therapy. So it was unclear what motivated the announcement of a major …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Rikers Island Continues Long Practice of Denying Education to Young Adults by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney As PLN reported 25 years ago, the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) was accused in a suit filed by attorneys with the Legal Aid Society of denying educational opportunities to young …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Presumption of Innocence Not Violated by Jail Courtroom by On November 20, 2024, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned a lower appellate ruling that found holding a jury trial in a jail courtroom violated a defendant’s right to a presumption of innocence. The Court …
New York Governor Orders Firing of 13 Guards, Nurse in Prisoner’s Fatal Beating by On December 22, 2024, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) ordered 13 state prison guards fired, along with a nurse, all of whom were involved in the fatal beating of state prisoner Robert Brooks, 43. Five …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Historic $7 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Beating by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 20, 2024, the Wayne County Commission in Detroit approved a $5 million payment on top of $2 million paid by the County’s insurer to settle a lawsuit brought by the …
Federal Prison Oversight Act Becomes Law by On July 25, 2024, Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) signed into law the Federal Prison Oversight Act, now codified at 5 U.S.C. § 413. The law takes effect 90 days after appropriations are made available by Congress to implement and carry out the …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Biometric Monitoring Comes to Washington Jail by In July 2024, Kittitas County Jail (KCJ) became the first in Washington to implement OverWatch, a wearable device produced by 4Sight Labs that monitors detainee vital signs and alerts jailers to medical emergencies. Jail officials claim it will prevent deaths, but critics say …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
San Francisco Supervisor Calls for “Mass Arrests” and Compulsory Addiction Treatment in “Drug Jails” by In a letter of inquiry submitted on January 3, 2025, San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey (D) called for “mass arrests” of addicts and their incarceration in “drug jails,” where they would be forced …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Despite Prevalence, Most ADHD Behind Bars Goes Undiagnosed and Untreated by In an interview on September 27, 2024, former New Zealand prisoner Ricky Wakelin, 42, described the “lightbulb moment” when he learned about Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD)—intense anger, shame and anxiety triggered by real or perceived criticism—that often accompanies Attention …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Fifth Circuit Revives Texas Prisoner’s Sleep Deprivation Claim—Again by Texas prisoner Michael Garrett has been fighting the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for a good night’s sleep since 2013. His case has twice gone before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, after the district court …
Eleventh Circuit Tells BOP Prisoner in Georgia: Bivens Is On “Endangered Species List” by On October 3, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit told a federal prisoner in Georgia that he could not hold the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) liable for damages caused by …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The City of Philadelphia agreed on November 3, 2023, to pay $9.1 million to settle a wrongful conviction lawsuit brought by Walter Ogrod, 59, a former state prisoner exonerated of murder and released …
USDC (D. Oregon), Case No. 6:22-cv-00451 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 5, 2024, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) filed a notice of settlement in court indicating that it paid $135,000 to settle a prisoner’s lawsuit accusing a guard of intentionally allowing other prisoners into his cell …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
$220,000 Settlement After Woman Dies in Ohio Jail From Drug Withdrawal by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso With signing of a settlement agreement on September 11, 2024, Ohio’s Richland County was on the hook for $220,000 to the estate of detainee Maggie Copeland, who died while experiencing withdrawal symptoms …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Legal Gaffe Prolongs Case of Former St. Louis Detainee Held Eight Months After Dismissal of Charges by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Thomas Clarke On June 17, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit decided a civil rights complaint brought by former St. Louis jail detainee Michael Jones, …
New Mexico Corrections Department Continues Pattern of Abuse With Contract Medical Provider Wexford Health Sources by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford As PLN reported, the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) has for many years outsourced its constitutional obligation to provide healthcare to those it confines, contracting the service from private, …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
News in Brief by Alabama: Clarke County Jail guard Larissa Thompson was arrested on December 5, 2024, for plotting to smuggle drugs into the lockup, the Thomasville Times reported. An investigation by state law enforcement, the office of County Sheriff DeWayne Smith, and Jackson Police uncovered evidence that Thompson planned …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
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From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright The December 2024 issue of PLN reported on litigation payouts by New Mexico medical contractor Centurion and detailed the 13 prisoners who died at their hands as well as the dozens more who were seriously injured from denials of medical care. …
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