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Federal Court Allows Menard Prisoner’s Lawsuit for Loss of Legal Papers, Retaliation to Proceed by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Staci M. Yandle, in the Southern District of Illinois, ruled on May 22, 2018 that a civil rights suit filed by Mickey Mason, incarcerated at the …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
$650,000 Settlement in Oregon Jail Wrongful Death Claim by The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to settle a wrongful death claim filed by the estate of a woman who died while imprisoned at the Oregon county’s jail. In November 2014, Samantha Jeanne Robinson, 42, was sick with bacterial pneumonia …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Texas Couple Wrongly Convicted in “Satanic Panic” Receive $3.4 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An Austin, Texas couple wrongly convicted of sexually abusing a child at the day-care center they ran in the 1990s has been declared innocent and received over $3.4 million in compensation from the state. …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
HRDC Receives $25,000 Judgment in North Carolina Jail Censorship Case by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, obtained a civil judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in a lawsuit filed against …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
California Prison Psychiatrist Faces Harassment, Retaliation from State Officials by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Psychiatrist Anthony Coppola, employed in California’s prison system, was a warden’s dream employee. He often worked overtime and on his days off when his primary job at a prison in Tracy, California was short staffed. …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Lawsuit Against Private Prison Firm Over Prisoner’s Death at Texarkana Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke The family of a prisoner who died at the Bi-State Jail in Texarkana has filed a federal civil rights suit alleging his death resulted from inadequate medical care. The jail is unique in …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Arizona Man Falsely Arrested, Prosecuted by Iowa Officials Accepts $285,000 Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Early on January 1, 2017, Tristan Hermanson was with a woman in his apartment in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Two men entered, assaulted him and stole money and his cell phone. The woman, Elizabeth …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Arkansas and Oklahoma Rehab Programs Sued for Using Court-ordered Defendants for Forced Labor by David Reutter by David Reutter A federal lawsuit filed in October 2017 accuses an Arkansas-based drug rehab center of “human trafficking and forced labor” for abusing a court-ordered pre-trial diversion program. The rehab center reportedly compelled …
Private Prison Firms Use Revolving Door Lobbying, Generous Campaign Donations by Steve Horn by Steve Horn It’s an even-numbered year, which makes sense because, as is the norm, what’s going on in our nation’s capital is anything but odd. That is, big money once again is flowing into Congressional campaign …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Suicides
Colorado Prison Gang Leader Commits Suicide at Wyoming Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On August 26, 2017, Benjamin Davis, 42, the founder and leader of a white supremacist prison gang called the 211 Crew, was found hanging in his cell at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. Davis …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Pennsylvania: Settlement Changes Jail’s Policy for Treatment of Pregnant Prisoners by A settlement agreement has been reached that improves the conditions of confinement for pregnant women held at the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The agreement ends the routine placement of pregnant prisoners into solitary confinement. The civil …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
New Jersey Jail Scrutinized after Suicides; Guards Charged, Families Sue by Edward Lyon by Edward B. Lyon, Jr. The Cumberland County jail in Bridgeton, New Jersey, parts of which are nearly 80 years old, is scheduled for replacement in 2020. Meanwhile, the facility has been plagued with a high prisoner …
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For anyone who has done time, the obscene prices at the prison or jail commissary are always a source of complaint and wonder. Complaint because they are so high, and wonder because they are so untethered from any reasonable level of …
Article • August 4, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: An internal investigation was launched by the Alaska Department of Corrections after five female prisoners at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River overdosed on an unknown substance over a two-day period. DOC spokeswoman Megan Edge said four of the prisoners were transported to …
Article • August 4, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Prison Food and Commissary Services: A Recipe for Disaster by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Food plays an integral role in our lives. It not only provides the nutrition necessary to sustain our existence, it feeds the sense of community we all crave. Social bonds are made as we …
Article • July 27, 2018
$330,000 Awarded to Brooklyn Woman and Minor Nephew over False Arrest and Two Years of Malicious Prosecution by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A Brooklyn woman and her 16-year-old nephew, who were charged with harassing a police officer and obstruction, then compelled to attend around 20 court appearances over two …
Federal Jury Awards Michigan Woman $1,048,000 over Retaliatory Arrests by Christopher Zoukis A Michigan woman who police arrested twice on charges of filing a false police report of rape was awarded just over $1 million after a federal jury found that the arrests were in retaliation for her criticism of …
Article • July 27, 2018
Federal Jury Awards Texas Man $169,128 in Excessive Force Claim Against Sheriff’s Deputy by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zouki Richard Uekert, who suffered a fractured nose and teeth from a San Patricio County sheriff’s deputy, was awarded $169,128 by a federal jury after it determined that the deputy used excessive …
Article • July 27, 2018
New York Man Falsely Arrested and Maliciously Prosecuted Settles Suit with Nassau County Officials by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A New York man—whose partner reported to police that he made threats on her life and who was subsequently arrested and jailed before the charge was dismissed— agreed to a …
Article • July 27, 2018
Massachusetts Settles Claim by U.S. over Gender-Biased Prison Guard Exam by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The state of Massachusetts agreed to stop using the Caritas physical abilities test in the selection process of its prison guards upon a judicial finding that it negatively discriminated against women — and it agreed …
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