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Brief • February 8, 2021
Van Pelt v. Butler, IL, Settlement, Right to Religious Worship, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 17-1226 17-CV-1226-SMY Plaintiffs: Opposine Counsel: Institutions: IDOC# Filed Case Name Received Van Pelt, Ronald M. #R00514 v. Butler, et al. 11/ 9/ 17 Defendants: Date Served Status closed 2/16/18 Class …
Brief • February 5, 2021
Roppolo v. Linthicum, TX, Settlement, HepC Treatment, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI DIVISION MATTHEW ROPPOLO, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. C.A. No. 2:19-CV-00262 DR. LANNETTE LINTHICUM, ET AL., Defendants. PRIVATE COMPROMISE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Subject to Final Approval, the following is …
Disability Rights Connecticut v Connecticut Department of Correction, CT, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-00146 Document 1 Filed 02/04/21 Page 1 of 60 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT DISABILITY RIGHTS CONNECTICUT, INC., on behalf of its constituents, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 3:21-cv-_________ v. CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; COMPLAINT …
Brief • February 2, 2021
Walters v. Jones, OH, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2021 Case: 1:21-cv-00073-JPH Doc #: 3 Filed: 02/02/21 Page: 1 of 3 PAGEID #: 20 I COURT OF COMMON PLEAS HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO .. Co-qrtney Walters, cfo Robert Newm 215 E. 9th St. Ste. 650 Cincinnati, OH 45202 I ! I 0130925085 Case …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Florida State Prisons Scrub Key COVID Data From Website, Obscuring Magnitude of Inmate Deaths and Infections by Laura Cassels by Laura Cassels, Florida Phoenix, January 5, 2021 With nearly 200 inmates killed by COVID-19, Florida’s state prison system is now ranked the deadliest in the nation for coronavirus deaths. But …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
No-Show Prison Workers Cost Mississippi Taxpayers Millions by Joseph Neff, Alysia Santo Prisoners, guards face danger from chronic understaffing by MTC by Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo, The Marshall Project This article was published in partnership with The Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi Today and The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. When Darrell …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
DOJ Report: Carceral Population Falls, 2017-2018 by Matthew Clarke By Matt Clarke According to a report by the United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics published in August 2020, the number of people in the U.S. under carceral supervision—prison, jail, probation, or parole—declined 2.1% from 2017 to 2018. …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Sixth Circuit Affirms Tennessee DOC’s Hepatitis C Treatment Due to Lack of Funds by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s grant of judgment for prison officials in a class action that alleged that the Tennessee Department of Corrections’ (TDOC) Hepatitis …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Afghanistan: As fighting continued between Taliban forces and the Afghan military on September 3, 3020, both parties announced they had nearly completed a prisoner exchange negotiated the previous February. According to a report by Japan’s public broadcasting company, HNK, the Taliban said all 1,000 Afghan prisoners …
The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken by Shannon Heffernan Prisoners rely on grievances as an early-warning system for dangerous conditions, from poor medical care to abuse. But in Illinois, experts say the system is sputtering, with little oversight, resulting in injuries to prisoners. …
How a Private Prison Company’s Defamation Suit Against One of Its Critics Backfired by Madison Pauley A judge finds that CoreCivic played a role in the family separation crisis. by Madison Pauley, Mother Jones, December 11, 2020 he mother who would end the Trump administration’s family separation policy arrived at …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Victims, Juveniles
Child Sexual Abuse: It’s Never Too Late to Speak Out by Darrell Cochran by Darrell Cochran According to the Prison Policy Initiative, nearly 2.3 million people are incarcerated in the United States right now, the largest per capita prison population in the world. But how do people get there? There …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
After $625,000 Settlement, Oregon Deputy Charged in Assault of Prisoner by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On June 30, 2020, an Oregon county agreed to pay Albert Molina $625,000 to settle his claim that a jail guard fractured his skull in an unprovoked 2018 attack. Two days later, county prosecutors …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Collateral Consequences of Mass Incarceration by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A study released September 15, 2020 by New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice shows that when it comes to employment and housing having a criminal record in the U.S. makes an enormous difference on the outcomes a person …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Pandemic Update: News on Vaccines and Prison and Jail Staffing by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. Widespread community transmission of COVID-19 disease continues in the U.S. New records have been set daily for numbers hospitalized, numbers in ICU and deaths. Total U.S. deaths were over 400,000 …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Almost 300,000 Fell Ill and 2,000 Died from COVID-19 in U.S. Jails, Prisons by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Health experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) agree that keeping people from coming in close contact with one another through social distancing is the most reliable …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Urgent Need for Vaccine Administration in Prisons, Jails and Detention Centers by Sharon Dolovich, Aaron Littman, Maya Chaudhuri by Maya Chaudhuri, Sharon Dolovich, and Aaron Littman The UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project collects and reports on the rates of COVID-19 in prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers across …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Federal Educational Aid Restored for State and Federal Prisoners by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Need help paying for college while in prison? Getting financial aid in prison for college got easier on December 20, 2020. That’s when Congress passed a $1.4 trillion government spending bill for 2021 that included …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright For decades, prisoncrats have claimed that if they were given an opportunity to rectify complaints by prisoners there would be no need for litigation. Everyone involved knows that is a lie. Since the passage of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) in 1996, prisoners …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
California Loses Round in Legal Fight to Deny Parole Based on Gang Affiliation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a ruling August 3, 2020, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals encouraged a lower court to extend its supervision over a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit brought …
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