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Edwards v. Hooks, NC, Complaint, Shackling Pregnant Prisoners, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA TRACEY EDWARDS, Plaintiff, v. ERIK HOOKS, in his official capacity as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, BENITA WITHERSPOON, in her personal capacity, CLAUDETTE EDWARDS, in her …
Tenth Circuit Rejects Government’s Appeal Over Recorded Attorney Calls and Visits at Private Prison in Leavenworth by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Over five years ago, federal prosecutors in Kansas used recordings of attorney visits and phone calls to obtain convictions in numerous criminal cases. The recordings were made by …
Attorney Fees Awarded Against CoreCivic After Defamation Suit Dismissed by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A California federal district court held that CoreCivic, Inc., must pay attorney fees in a defamation lawsuit. The court held the calculation of fees in abeyance until the resolution of appeals related to the …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Prisoner’s Suicide in Sherburne County Minnesota Jail Results in $2.3 Million Settlement by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders A recent investigation by KARE 11, a Minnesota-based NBC news affiliate, has brought much-needed attention to systematic failures at jails throughout Minnesota. Many local and state correctional facilities in that state, according …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules on Medical Parole Despite Death of Prisoners Who Sought Judicial Review by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 19, 2021, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled on three questions relating to medical parole despite the two prisoners who filed for judicial review having …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
$30,001 Jury Verdict Over Discriminatory ICE Notification Policy By Minnesota Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Myriam Parada was awarded $30,001 from the Minnesota District Court January 28, 2021 for false imprisonment in the Anoka County Jail. The county’s unwritten policy was to contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
US DOJ Finds California Alameda County Jail in Violation of Constitution and ADA by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 22, 2021, the Civil Rights Division (CRD) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a notice to Alameda County, California and its Santa Rita Jail, finding that both …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Ohio Guard Added to Sex Offender List and Sent to Prison for Sex with Detainee by A former guard at the Highland County jail in Ohio was sentenced to 24 months in prison and lifelong registration as a Tier III sex offender for engaging in sexual activity with a female …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Report Shows COVID-19 Reduced Life Expectancy for Prisoners in Florida, Same Likely for Other States by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Prisoners have faced a “substantially elevated total mortality risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the elevated risk for COVID-19 infection found in previous studies,” concluded a …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
$350,000 Settlement for New Mexico Pretrial Detainee in ‘Failure to Protect’ Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter New Mexico’s Lea County paid $350,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at the Lea County Detention Center (LCDC) failed to protect a pretrial detainee. John Cordova was housed at LCDC …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
The Killing Fields: Three Alabama State Prisoners Murdered in Five Days by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On May 8, 2021, 32-year-old prisoner Regial Ingram died at Alabama’s Bullock Correctional Facility. On May 6, 2021, 58-year-old prisoner Jody Potts died at Alabama’ s Limestone Correctional Facility. On May 4, 2021, …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
New Mexico Jail Sued For Allowing Woman Prisoner to Die of Infections by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 25, 2021, the estate of Carmela DeVargas, who died while in custody at the Santa Fe County Detention Center, filed a federal lawsuit against the Santa Fe County Board of …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former guard at the Mobile Metro Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on May 19, 2021, after being indicted for his role in an alleged scheme to smuggle cellphones into the Alabama lockup in exchange for bribes. According to a report by local TV …
Beating Death in Oahu Jail Ends With Acquittal of Mentally Ill Killer by Kevin Dayton by Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Civil Beat A jail prisoner who admitted to the fatal beating of another prisoner in 2019 has been acquitted of murder, concluding a case that triggered scrutiny of the state’s practice …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
$2.1 Million Awarded in Beating Ordered by Kentucky Jail Guard by On July 9, 2021, a federal jury awarded $2.1 million in damages to an alleged Kentucky shoplifter who was beaten by fellow prisoners at the Shelby County Detention Center on the orders of a jail guard. According to the …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Medical, COVID-19
Louisiana Bars Problem Doctors from Practicing Medicine in Most Hospitals. So They Treat Incarcerated People Instead. by Addy Baird Ten of Louisiana’s 12 prison physicians have had their medical licenses restricted or suspended at some point. The state’s incarcerated people have nowhere else to turn during a pandemic. by Addy Baird, …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
California Female Prisoners Used as Honey Trap Bait for Rapist Guard by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 29, 2021, Los Angeles attorney Jennifer A. Bandlow filed a federal civil rights lawsuit urging four causes of action on behalf of two unnamed female prisoners who suffered actual sexual assaults …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story on prison’s using doctors with revoked or suspended medical licenses is an ongoing story for PLN readers. Given the six figure salaries prison doctors are paid it seems odd that the government can’t find any medical staff …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Human Rights Defense Center Prevails in Censorship Lawsuit Against Napa County Jail, California by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent company of Prison Legal News (PLN), entered into a stipulation and consent decree involving Napa County, California’s jail, on June 11, 2020, settling a …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
California State Auditor’s Report Faults Counties for Waste and Poor Oversight of State Funds Used in “Public Safety Realignment” by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A report by the California State Auditor found that Los Angles, Alameda, and Fresno counties have failed to properly account for funds provided to them …
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