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Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Prison Officials Actions to Correct Inhumane Cell Conditions Merit Judgement in Their Favor by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an Illinois district court’s summary judgment dismissal of a prisoner’s claim that he was subjected to inhumane conditions and denial of medical care. The Court’s ruling found that the …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Broward County Florida Sheriff Rejects Independent Reviews of Detainee’s Death by Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) has refused overtures to allow an independent investigation into the death of a pretrial detainee. Kevin Desir, 43, lost consciousness during a January 17, 2021, confrontation with guards at the Broward County Jail …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Religious Grooming
Forced Shaving of Muslim Colorado Prisoner’s Beard Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Colorado prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging a guard violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by forcing him to shave off his …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Fifth Circuit Holds Defendants Entitled to Sovereign Immunity For Denial of Sex-Reassignment Surgery to Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 30, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated orders denying sovereign immunity to some defendants in a lawsuit brought by a …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Lawsuit Over Denial of Medical Treatment for Painful Erection Causing Impotence in Oklahoma County Jail Reinstated by Tenth Circuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 19, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a county sheriff and three jail guards were not …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed for Murder of Oregon DOC Director, But State Wants Him Back In Prison by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "The State can no longer afford to manufacture a case built on lies and half-truths,” wrote Patrick and Kevin Francke in their letter to a federal judge …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright After editing PLN for over 31 years now, it seems like all 370-plus issues of the magazine kind of blend together in my mind like one big, long magazine. A lot of stories don’t have a beginning, middle or an end …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Indiana DOC Settles HRDC Mail Censorship Suit by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 21, 2021, the Indiana Department of Corrections (INDOC) agreed to a slate of policy reforms embodied in a consent decree to settle a censorship lawsuit filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), publisher of …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
HRDC Represents Wrongfully Convicted Florida Man Who Spent 37 Years in Prison for a Rape Murder He Did Not Commit by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A Florida man who spent 37 years in prison on a wrongful rape murder conviction filed a federal lawsuit on October 4, 2021, against …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Fifth Circuit Overturns Permanent Injunction Requiring Texas Prison to Observe COVID-19 Precautions by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 26, 2021, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals overturned a permanent injunction that required a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison to observe certain precautions against the spread of …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
$750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 17, 2021, Southern Health Partners paid $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging it failed to take proper steps in caring for a pretrial detainee who entered South Carolina’s Marlboro …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Arizona Auditor’s Report Finds Underfunding of DOC’s Capital Funding Requests and Unreconciled Prisoner Trust Fund Accounts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In October 2020, the Arizona Auditor General’s Office published a report on a performance audit of the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (DOC). The audit reviewed the …
Brief • November 1, 2021
Georgia Advocacy Office v. Patrick Labat, GA, Settlement Agreement, Lack of Mental Care, 2021 Case 1:19-cv-01634-WMR Document 328-1 Filed 11/01/21 Page 1 of 32 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION GEORGIA ADVOCACY OFFICE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PATRICK LABAT, et al., Defendant. …
Brief • November 1, 2021
USA v. Connections Community Support, DE, Consent Judgment, Narcotics Fraud, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00514-MN Document 34 Filed 11/01/21 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 163 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ____________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Civil Action No. 21-514-MN Plaintiff, ) ) …
Brief • October 30, 2021
Filed under: Medical
Parsons v. Shinn, AR, Declaration, Lack of Medical Care, 2021 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 4120 Filed 10/30/21 Page 1 of 97 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Victoria López (Bar No. 330042)* Jared G. Keenan (Bar No. 027068) ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA …
Brief • October 29, 2021
USA v. Connections Community Support, DE, Consent Judgment, Medicare Fraud, 2021 Case 1:19-cv-00475-CFC Document 55 Filed 10/29/21 Page 1 of 4 PageID #: 1190 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE, ex rel. MALIKA SPRUILL and DOUGLAS …
Brief • October 29, 2021
State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 2, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05769-RJB Document 519 Filed 10/29/21 Page 1 of 1
Brief • October 29, 2021
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Bolden v. City of Chicago, IL, Minute Entry Re Jury Verdict, Wrongful Conviction, 2021 Case: 1:17-cv-00417 Document #: 615 Filed: 10/29/21 Page 1 of 1 PageID #:16702 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE Northern District of Illinois − CM/ECF LIVE, Ver 6.3.3 Eastern Division Eddie L. Bolden, et al. Plaintiff, …
Settlement Agreement Between USA and VT Dept of Corrections Under the ADA 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, DJ # 204-78-44 I. BACKGROUND & JURISDICTION 1. The parties (“Parties”) to this Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) are the …
Brief • October 27, 2021
State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 1, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05769-RJB Document 508 Filed 10/27/21 Page 1 of 1
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