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Maricopa County Jail's Prisoner Health Care Still Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke With assistance from American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project (NPP) attorneys, plaintiffs were able to fend off an attempt to terminate a 37-year-old class-action civil-rights lawsuit challenging the provision of medical and mental health services to pretrial detainees …
Jail Officials Compelled to Provide Medical Reports in Wrongful Death Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has ordered the defendant in a lawsuit stemming from the beating death of a prisoner to provide county morbidity and mortality reports to the plaintiff …
Article • October 25, 2016
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Pretrial Detainee's Lawsuit for Unsanitary Conditions, Due Process Violations by Lonnie Burton On August 29, 2016, a three-judge panel of the Eleventh CircA.t U.S. Court of Appeals upheld an order of a federal district court in Alabama which dismissed the lawsuit of a pretrial detainee …
Article • October 25, 2016
Filed under: Jail Specific, Education
CA: Home School District of Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities Required to Pay for Their Education by Lonnie Burton The California Supreme Court has ruled that the home school district of an incarcerated youth in need of special education services is obliged to bear the cost of that student's education while …
Hemstad v. Smith, LA, Complaint, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-15706-MVL-KWR Document 1 Filed 10/19/16 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA BRYCE HEMSTAD * * * VERSUS * * RANDY SMITH, * ST. TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFF; * JACK STRAIN, FORMER * ST. TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFF; * DEP. …
Florida Jail Policy Changes, but Housing Naked Suicidal Detainees Together Continues by The rape of a pretrial detainee and a subsequent lawsuit forced Florida’s Duval County Jail (DCJ) to change its policies in housing. Advocates, however, argue the new policy is still “incredibly ill-advised.” Mark Baker, 35, was arrested for …
Jane Doe v. City of New York, NY, Third Amended Complaint, Inmate Rape, 2016 Case Case1:15-cv-00117-AJN-KNF 1:15-cv-00117-AJN-KNF Document Document84-1 93 Filed Filed10/17/16 10/06/16 Page Page11ofof61 61 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------X JANE DOE, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK …
Brief • October 5, 2016
Llamas v. DuPage County, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-09501 Document #: 1 Filed: 10/05/16 Page 1 of 4 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CHRYSTIL LLAMAS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 16-cv-9501 ) vs. ) Judge ) Magistrate Judge DUPAGE …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Alabama Public Service Commission Enacts Prison, Jail Phone Reforms by David Reutter Over the past several years, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a series of orders that revise an October 2013 order related to rule changes for Inmate Calling Services (ICS). The PSC issued its most recent …
Federal Court Finally Ends Oversight at Fulton County Jail by David Reutter Three years ago, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) moved to dismiss its federal contempt of court proceeding that cited staff shortages, broken locks and an overcrowding problem that resulted in prisoners sleeping on the floor at …
South Carolina Sheriff Fires Whistleblower Instead of Jailer Who Assaulted Prisoner by Matthew Clarke After a guard at a South Carolina jail repeatedly struck a prisoner who was being strapped into a restraint chair, York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant took decisive action. He fired the jailer who told a television …
Los Angeles County Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $1.6 Million by Almost two years after a prisoner committed suicide at the Los Angeles County Jail, the county settled a lawsuit brought by his parents for $1.6 million. [See: PLN, March 2016, p.1]. Austin Losorelli hung himself at the jail despite …
Brief • September 30, 2016
Hoffman v. DuPage County, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2018 Case: 1:16-cv-09411 Document #: 1 Filed: 09/30/16 Page 1 of 11 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION RENEE HOFFMAN, Plaintiff, v. DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SHERIFF ZARUBA, individually and in his official …
Brief • September 29, 2016
Gallardo v. Ventura, CA, Class Action Complaint, Jail Phone Rates, 2016
Article • September 9, 2016
Yakima County (WA) Voters Reject Tax Hike to Pay for Empty Jail by For the right reasons—say, funding for education, children's healthcare, or effective law enforcement—voters will support tax increases, even in the hyperbolic throes of a so-called fiscal crisis. Voters in Yakima County, Wash., however, were not inspired on …
Corizon Sued Over Death of Prisoner in St. Louis Jail by Matthew Clarke The St. Louis Lawyer's Group is helping the family of a man who died five days after arriving at the St. Louis Justice Center sue the jail's private medical services provider, Corizon. The suit alleges denial of …
GA: Calls for Better Prenatal Care in Jails After Pregnant Mom Loses Baby by A recent lawsuit filed against Clayton County, Georgia, and Sheriff Kem Kimbrough has prompted human rights organizations and Georgia lawmakers to clamor for set guidelines for county jails across the state regarding the proper treatment of …
Texas Juveniles Endangered in Jail or in Prison by Matthew Clarke A recent study by the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Policy showed that Texas juveniles who were being held in adult jails while awaiting trial as adults are often isolated with no access to education …
Article • September 8, 2016
Some Small Town Private Prison Bonds in Default by Matthew Clarke The Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia is an example of everything that is wrong with small-town private-prison development. It's a story of local government officials seeking to make their community profit off the misery of others, …
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