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EPA Slams GEO Over Disinfectant Use at Private Prison, Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction to Stop It by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Environmental Protection Agency issued a report and warning in March 2021 to GEO Group for misuse and abuse of a disinfectant at its ICE Processing Center …
$750,000 Settlement in South Dakota Pretrial Detainee’s Overdose Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $750,000 settlement was reached in the methamphetamine overdose death of a female South Dakota pretrial detainee. The lawsuit brought claims against two separate county jails, state troopers, and guards at the jails. Sarah …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Criminal Justice System Encourages Racism According to MIT Study by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Michigan Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Economics professor Peter Temin released a report last April titled “Mass Incarceration Retards Racial Integration.” He says that it was systemic racial prejudice which initiated the move toward …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
US Marshalls Terminate Contract with GEO Snitch Camp at Queens NY Detention Facility by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On March 16, 2021, the Queens Daily Eagle reported that the federal government had declined to renew a contract with for-profit prison contractor GEO Group to operate the Queens Detention Facility …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Rural Prisons
Florida’s Brutal Prison System Will Continue to Subsidize Rural Economies, With No Meaningful Reform in Sight by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When the Florida Legislature opened for its annual 60-day session in March 2021, hopes were high that at least some of the criminal justice reform bills would …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Transfers, Transgender
California Begins Transfer of Prisoners to Facilities Consistent with Prisoners’ Gender Identity by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In 2020, California enacted Senate Bill No. 132, the Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act (SB 132). SB 132 requires, inter alia, that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) house …
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Bivens Action Challenging Due Process in 280-Day SHU Stay and Alleging Retaliation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 2, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s claims of insufficient due …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Lawsuit For CoreCivic Causing BOP Detainee’s Prolonged Detention Without Court Appearance or Attorney by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 28, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Corrections Corporation of America (now known as CoreCivic) was …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Food, Vermin
Lawsuit Filed Over Rodent Infestation at New Mexico Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For many years, the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (WNMCF) has had a “horrific and widespread” rodent infestation that makes the prison “a dangerous place.” Those allegations form the basis for a lawsuit filed …
District Court Extends Armstrong Order to Five Additional California Prisons by Derek Gilna, Douglas Ankney Judge Orders Facilities Housing Disabled Prisoners to Install Surveillance and Body Cameras by Derek Gilna and Doug Ankney On March 11, 2021, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in the Northern District of California ordered the California Department …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Illinois Prison Guard Charged for Assaulting a Prisoner by On Monday, October 5, 2020, prison guard Chris Koziol allegedly severely assaulted an unnamed prisoner at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois.        The assault was investigated by the Illinois State Police’s (ISP) Division of Internal Investigation (DII). On May …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Decapitated Prisoner Shows CDCR Safety Standards Still Headed in the Wrong Direction by Matthew Clarke California Inspector General’s office issues another reports highly critical of  health care at Corcoran and statewide prison employee disciplinary process by Matt Clarke In April 2021, the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: EP2P Software
The U.S. Department of Justice Creates Risk Assessment Tool to Help Determine Who is Eligible for Early Release Under First Step Act by   The U.S. Department of Justice created the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (“PATTERN”) to help determine who is eligible to earn credits for …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
California Appeals Court Holds Habeas Action Over Censorship of Tattoo Magazine Mooted By Delivery by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 8, 2021, a California court of appeals held that a prisoner’s habeas corpus challenging San Quentin State Prison’s withholding of eight issues of Artists Magazine was mooted when …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 5, 2021, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals reversed the dismissal of a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a Texas state prisoner who alleged an assistant warden failed to protect him from …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Two Albuquerque Jailers Indicted for Killing Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 18, 2021, two jail guards at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico were indicted for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the asphyxiation death of a prisoner at the jail in 2019. Video …
Townsend v. County of Santa Cruz, CA, Order, Inadequate Medical Care, 2021 Case 5:19-cv-00630-BLF Document 130 Filed 09/01/21 Page 1 of 29 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 SAN JOSE DIVISION 8 9 ANTONIO NEAL TOWNSEND, through his Conservator and Guardian …
Brief • September 1, 2021
Filed under: Medical
Townsend v. County of Santa Cruz, CA, Order Granting and Denying in Part Motion for Summary Judgment, Lack of Medical Care, 2021 Case 5:19-cv-00630-BLF Document 130 Filed 09/01/21 Page 1 of 29 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 SAN JOSE DIVISION …
Brief • September 1, 2021
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Padilla v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Complaint, Medical Malpractice, 2021 Centurion 002098 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 9/1/2021 7:11 PM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Johnny Enriquez-Lujan STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT €ttttse …
Brief • August 31, 2021
Filed under: Criminal Sexual Abuse
C.H. V. State of Washington, Wa, Settlement Agreement, Sexual Abuse, 2021 (Christy) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIM CH, et. al. v. State o_fWashington Dep 't ofSocial & Health Services, et al. Pierce County Cause No. 18-2-12594-0 FOR AND INCONSIDERATION of the sum ofF01ty-Five Thousand and Noll 00 Dollars ($45,000.00), …
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