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Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Ninth Circuit Strikes Nevada Ban on Muslim Prisoner’s Scented Prayer Oil, Allows Conditions-of-Confinement Claim Also to Proceed by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 26, 2022, a Muslim Nevada prisoner notched his second victory in as many months against state prison officials at the U.S. Court of Appeals for …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Nakamoto Group Accused of Rubber-Stamping ICE Facility Inspections by Alan Gaynor by Alan Gaynor Mary Shelly’s first novel, Frankenstein, describes how one man creates a biological monster from parts of other creatures. Dr. Frankenstein, its creator, realizes his mistake and makes its destruction his mission. The sprawling network of detention …
L.A. Juvenile Detention Center Remains “Unsuitable for the Confinement of Minors” by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On July 15, 2022, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for California’s Los Angeles County reported that the county’s juvenile detention facilities remain out of compliance with the requirements of a settlement …
Article • July 30, 2022
Prisoner’s TikTok Videos Expose Problems in Her Florida Prison by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye “Hey guys, this is Kay coming from Lowell CI, where the day is as dark as black coffee.” So begins each video in a series recorded by a woman while she was incarcerated at Lowell …
$150,000 Class-Action Settlement Reached Over Massive Scabies Outbreak at CoreCivic Tennessee Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett CoreCivic, the nation’s second-largest for-profit private prison operator, settled a class-action suit filed by former prisoners at the company’s Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility (MDDF) in Nashville on November 30, 2021. After deductions …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
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Nebraska Prison Staffing Crisis Sees Supervisors Take Demotions to Get Hourly Overtime Pay by Kevin Bliss by Kevin 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) will …
Eighth Circuit Reinstates Arkansas Prisoner’s Claim Over DOC’s Failure to Maintain Hearing Aids by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that an Arkansas prisoner had not failed to state an actionable claim against prison medical officials when …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Suit Over California Detainee’s Suicide Survives Corporate Shell Game by Wellpath and HIG Capital by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On February 7, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of California allowed claims to proceed against Nevada County and a group of its jail guards for the 2019 …
Seventh Circuit Reiterates That Threats and Withholding Grievance Forms Render Administrative Remedies Unavailable to Prisoner by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s suit and remanded the case to the district court, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
After Lengthy HRDC Litigation, GEO Group Gives Up Documents Revealing $10 Million Settlement for Death of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 8, 2022, PLN finally obtained documents revealing that private prison operator GEO Group, Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp., paid $10 million to …
Brief • July 15, 2022
Miller v. Bedford County, PA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2022 fl' LL AND FINA L RR LEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, JEFFREYS. MILLER, being of full legal age and of sound mind, for and in consideration of the sum of SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS 00/100 ($60,000.00), lawful …
Article • July 14, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Boiling Behind Bars In Sweltering Texas, Prisons Without Air Conditioning Are About to Get a Lot Hotter by Alleen Brown by Alleen Brown This article was originally published by The Intercept on February 12, 2022. It is reprinted here with permission. The original, along with photos and maps, may be …
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
U.S. Marshals Service Inspectors Find D.C. Central Jail Not Meeting Federal Detention Standards by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian For decades, prisoners held by the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) have complained of inhumane conditions and mistreatment. Criticism of the 45-year-old main jail facility has also come from lawyers …
Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint by David Reutter David M. Reutter For prison officials and healthcare providers who refused to grant an Illinois prisoner an exemption from wearing “black box restraints” during medical transport, a federal district court …
Brief • July 5, 2022
Bartman v. Slaughter, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 4:22-cv-00063-BMM-JTJ Document 1 Filed 07/05/22 Page 1 of 13 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 • July 5, 2022
Snorsky v. Raemisch, CO, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case No. 1:18-cv-03025-KAS Document 178 filed 07/05/22 USDC Colorado pg 1 of 73 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-03025-KLM JOHN SNORSKY, Plaintiff, v. LESLIE BEELER, NAMON CHASE, AUSTIN CHRESTENSEN, DANIEL DENT, SIMON …
Brief • June 30, 2022
Walls v. State of Oregon DOC, OR, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 6:22-cv-00943-SI Document 1 Filed 06/30/22 Page 1 of 12 J. Ashlee Albies, OSB No. 051846 Email: ashlee@albiesstark.com Maya Rinta, OSB No. 195058 Email: maya@albiesstark.com Albies & Stark LLC 1 SW Columbia St. Suite 1850 Portland, Oregon 97204 …
Washington Pays $3 Million to Murdered Prisoner’s Family After Overriding Single-Cell Recommendation for Violent Cellmate by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On November 19, 2021, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $3 million to a murdered prisoner’s family for overriding recommendations to house his violent cellmate in …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Suit of Epileptic Illinois Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Top Bunk by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On October 26, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the decision of a federal district court in Illinois to dismiss a suit brought …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
U.S. Prison and Jail Populations Flat or Rising Again After 2020 Decline Spurred by Pandemic by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After they were slashed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, U.S. prison populations have leveled off and jail populations appear to be rising again, according to research …
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