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Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Prison Visitors Have Fourth Amendment Right to Refuse Strip Search and Option to Leave Prison by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a strip search of a prison visitor without first giving them the option of the leaving the prison was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The court, …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Drug Testing, junk science
Unreliable Drug Tests Standard for Law Enforcement and Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Illicit drugs pose a serious problem for both prisoners and officials inside America’s prisons and jails. To combat smuggling, many state and federal prisons use field test kits to evaluate substances introduced into the facilities. …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Massachusetts Prisons Pledge to End Solitary by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) surprised many critics with a June 2021 announcement of its intent to eliminate solitary confinement as it currently exists in the state prison system. State Public Safety and Security Secretary Thomas Turco …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
$405,794 Paid by California Prison System for Prisoner Killed by Aryan Brotherhood Cellmate by On November 1, 2021, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to a settlement under which the state agreed to pay $405,794.06 to the mother of a state prisoner murdered by his cellmate after …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Public Records
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Sanctions and Award of $118,458 in Attorney Fees Against DOC for Withholding Documents Requested Under Right-to-Know Law by On December 22, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a decision of a lower court finding the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) acted in bad faith in responding …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Texas County Jail Cited for Neglecting the Needs of a Pregnant Prisoner by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders In December, 2020, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) issued a Special Inspection Report detailing the Brazoria County jail’s failure to attend to the nutritional needs of a pregnant prisoner. The …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Salvation Army Sued for a Failing to Pay Wages to Drug Program Participants by A class action lawsuit alleges that the Salvation Army’s adult drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and adult rehabilitation programs violate California law by failing to treat participants in those programs as employees. The civil complaint was …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
$170,000 Settlement and New Policy on Gender Identity from Lawsuit Against New Jersey DOC by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The New Jersey Department of Corrections had a policy of housing prisoners according to their gender assignment at birth, regardless of whether they are transgender or of any non-binary sexual …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: Settlements, Censorship
Sherburne County, MN, Settles with HRDC for $98,000 Plus New Jail Publications Policy by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A settlement was reached on May 11, 2021, in a censorship complaint filed in August 2020 against Sherburne County, Minnesota, and its Sheriff, Joel Brott, by the Human Rights Defense Center …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
New Jersey Women’s Prison to Close After Latest Abuse Debacle by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On the night of January 20, 2021, as the nation was buckling beneath the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a cascade of violence was unfolding inside a women’s prison in New Jersey. Prisons …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Delaware Mother Jailed for Not Paying $177 in Fines, Dies in Custody, Nurse Convicted by Jayson Hawkins Tiffany Reeves, a mother of three, was arrested in October 2018 on two outstanding warrants and detained at the Sussex Correctional Institution, an all-male facility, to await hearings before two judges. One of …
Brief • December 1, 2021
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Estate of Rios v. Richland County Risk Sharing Authority, OH, Settlement Agreement, 2022 FILED - JOURNALIZED HURON CO OHIO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PROBATE DMSION HURON COUNTY, OHIO In The Matter Of The Estate of Alexander Jose Rios TO: l JUN -9 2021 PROBATE COURT TIMOTHY L CARDWELL, JUDGE …
Brief • December 1, 2021
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Estate of Rios v. Richland County Risk Sharing Authority, OH, Statement in Support of Proffered Settlement, 2021
Brief • December 1, 2021
Estate of McVay v. Ohio Dept. Of Rehabilitiation and Correction, OH, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2021 STATE OF OHIO COURT OF CLAIMS E STATE OF D EWEY C. M C V AY , J R ., By Ronald B. Noga, Special Administrator, c/o Friedman Gilbert + Gerhardstein 441 Vine Street, Suite …
In-the-News Article • November 30, 2021
The staggeringly high price of a prison phone call Nov. 30, 2021 Articles about PLN Litigation Washington Post As families gather this holiday season, it’s a heartbreaking time of year for those with incarcerated relatives. Not only are they deprived of seeing their loved ones in-person, but also they’re often …
Brief • November 30, 2021
Estate of Watson v. Cumberland County, NJ,Settlement, Suicide-Inadequate Medical Care, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY THE ESTATE OF JON LEON WATSON : by and through its Administrator ad Prosequendum, HELEN RAY LLOYD, : and HELEN RAY LLOYD, in her own right, : Plaintiffs, Hon. Joseph H. …
Friedmann v. Parker, TN, Preliminary Injunction Ruling, Solitary Confinement, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION ALEXANDER FRIEDMANN, Plaintiff, v. TONY PARKER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) NO. 3:21-cv-00721 MEMORANDUM OPINION Alexander Friedmann is a pretrial detainee who has …
Friedmann v. Parker, TN, Order, Solitary Confinement, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION ALEXANDER FRIEDMANN, Plaintiff, v. TONY PARKER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) NO. 3:21-cv-00721 ORDER For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, Plaintiff …
In-the-News Article • November 21, 2021
Group Says NC Kept Magazines from Inmates Nov. 21, 2021 Articles about PLN Litigation Chapelboro A human rights group is suing the North Carolina Department of Public Safety alleging its staff censors magazines inmates receive by mail, especially those with articles about prison misconduct. Human Rights Defense Center in Florida …
In-the-News Article • November 19, 2021
White supremacists working at Florida prison near Alabama line accused of beating inmates Nov. 19, 2021 Articles with PLN Quotes Al.com In June, three Florida prison guards who boasted of being white supremacists beat, pepper sprayed and used a stun gun on an inmate who screamed “I can’t breathe!” at …
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