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U.S. Supreme Court: Prisoners Must Exhaust “Available” Administrative Remedies by Derek Gilna Shaidon Blake, a Maryland prisoner, claimed that he was punched in the face and had his head slammed into a wall by guard James Madigan while handcuffed during a move to a segregation cell – an assault that …
Shoatz v. Wetzel et al, PA, Settlement, 8th Am escape prolonged isolation, 2016
U.S. Prisons Filled with America’s Mentally Ill by Derek Gilna In April 2014, the National Sheriffs’ Association and Treatment Advocacy Center released a comprehensive joint report titled “The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey.” Authored by both experts in mental illness and law …
No Place for Old Men by Texas prisons are filling up with the old and the ill — at enormous expense. by Dick J. Reavis, Texas Observer Benito Alonzo is a short, 140-pound 80-year-old. His quiet-spoken manner, drooping jowls and gray hair, trimmed in a buzz, give him the appearance …
Prisoners Protest Solitary Confinement at Illinois Facility by Joe Watson More than two dozen prisoners at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois protested conditions in the prison’s high security unit (HSU) by staging a series of hunger strikes, most of them sustained for weeks. The protests at the Menard facility, …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
UK Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Solitary Confinement by Christopher Zoukis On July 29, 2015, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled against prison officials in an action brought by prisoners Kamal Bourgass and Tanvir Hussain concerning their prolonged solitary confinement. According to British laws related to solitary, …
Publication • June 3, 2016
Invisible in Isolation - The Use of Segregation and Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention, HA NIJC PHR, 2012 The Use of Segregation and Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention ~ HEARTLAND ALLIANCE National Immigrant Justice Center PHR Physicians for Human Rights September 2012 About the Authors Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice …
Coleman v. Vinson, IL, Amended Complaint, Medical Neglect and Retaliation, 2016 •• Case 3:15-cv-00898-SMY-RJD Document 16 Filed 06/03/16 Page 1 of 12 Page ID #61 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DWAINE COLEMAN, Plaintiff, vs. LT. VINSON, LT. MITCHELL, LT. HARRISON, and C/O BLESSING, …
Colorado Office of the State Auditor - DOC Behavioral Health Programs Audit, 2016 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS NOVEMBER 2016 PERFORMANCE AUDIT THE MISSION OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR IS TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE Representative Dan Nordberg – Chair Representative …
Publication • 2016
The Prison Journal - Examining Jail Isolation What We Don’t Know Can Be Profoundly Harmful, Haney et al., 2016 605491 research-article2015 TPJXXX10.1177/0032885515605491The Prison JournalHaney et al. Article Examining Jail Isolation: What We Don’t Know Can Be Profoundly Harmful The Prison Journal 2016, Vol. 96(1) 126­–152 © 2015 SAGE Publications Reprints …
American Constitution Society - How the ADA Regulates and Restricts Solitary Confinement, 2016 Issue Brief May 2016 How the ADA Regulates and Restricts Solitary Confinement for People with Mental Disabilities By Margo Schlanger In a landmark decision two decades ago, United States District Judge Thelton Henderson emphasized the toxic effects …
U.S. Dept of Justice-Restrictive Housing in the U.S. Issues, Challenges, and Futures Directions, Nov. 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice Restrictive Housing in the U.S. Issues, Challenges, and Future Directions U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 810 Seventh St. N.W. Washington, …
Publication • May 26, 2016
The FBOP Abuses of Solitary Confinement, WLC, 2014 THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS’ ABUSES OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Written Testimony of Deborah M. Golden Project Director D.C. Prisoners' Project Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs submitted to REASSESSING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT II: THE HUMAN RIGHTS, FISCAL, AND PUBLIC SAFETY …
DOJ Closing Letter to PA DOC re Use of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners with Mental Illness or Intellectual Disabilities, April 14, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530 APR 14 2016 The Honorable Tom Wolf Office of the Governor 225 Main Capitol Building …
Publication • May 26, 2016
Entombed - Isolation in the U.S. Federal Prison System, Amnesty International, 2014 ENTOMBED IsolAtIon In the Us fedeRAl pRIson systeM Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists in more than 150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human …
Solitary Confinement Increases Risks of Self-Harm in NYC Jails, Study Says by Joe Watson A study of self-harm cases in New York City jails published in the March 2014 issue of the American Journal of Public Health found that prisoners placed in solitary confinement are almost seven times more likely …
ACLU Report: Women Uniquely Harmed by Solitary Confinement by Matthew Clarke In April 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report on the use of solitary confinement for women prisoners in the United States. The report concluded that while solitary was an extreme punishment that should not be …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
UK Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Solitary Confinement by Christopher Zoukis On July 29, 2015, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled against prison officials in an action brought by prisoners Kamal Bourgass and Tanvir Hussain concerning their prolonged solitary confinement. According to British laws related to solitary, …
Warden’s Decision to Quarantine Handicapped Person in Unaccommodated Cell Actionable; $200,000 Settlement by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a warden who placed a double amputee prisoner with MRSA in a segregation unit without handicap accommodations was not entitled to qualified immunity. When Martinique Stoudemire, 23 at the …
Article • May 5, 2016 • from PLN May, 2016
Why is California Thumbing its Nose at a Federal Court? by Caleb Mason The Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution provides that the government can’t retroactively increase the penalty for criminal conduct. It applies not just to initial sentence length but also to potential “good-time credit” prisoners can earn …
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