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Wardens “Retire” from Two California Women’s Prisons by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) called the July 29, 2016 “retirement” of wardens at two state women’s prisons a “coincidence.” However, Colby Lenz, a legal advocate with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, commenting on the abrupt departures of …
Tennessee District Attorney Ends Sterilization in Plea Bargains; Prosecutor Fired by David Reutter The District Attorney for Davidson County, Tennessee has banned the practice of seeking sterilization as part of plea bargains in criminal cases. The policy was implemented after an assistant prosecutor refused to discuss a plea unless a …
Corizon, CCA Settle Lawsuit Over Solitary Confinement of Elderly Woman by Matthew Clarke Corizon Health and for-profit prison firm Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) have settled a lawsuit over the solitary confinement of a then-70-year-old prisoner following an alleged false positive drug test caused by Zantac, a heartburn medication. Carol …
More Suicides, Overdoses and Murders in California Prisons, According to Death Review Report by Joe Watson While California’s prison population is down, homicides among state prisoners in 2013 were up sharply over previous years. Deaths from drug overdoses in California prisons were up, too, and the suicide rate among state …
Moreno v. Benton County, WA, Claim, Jail Dehydration Death, 2016 RE CEIVED NOV 29 2016 STANDARD TORT CLAIM FORM ::.:: N : ~ .' l CG Ut. TY c i:; r .''. ~ ·s i i:: "i 3' ::?S Gene ral Liability Claim form #SF 210 Pursuant to Chapter 4.96 …
Robertson v. Contra Costa County, CA, Settlement, Solitary Confinement, 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release of all Claims ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between Randy David Ray Robertson ("ROBERTSON") and the County of Contra Costa, (the "COUNTY"). Whereas, ROBERTSON was incarcerated at Martinez …
Braggs v. Dunn, AL, Class Certification Opinion, Mental Health Treatment, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 1013 Filed 11/25/16 Page 1 of 144 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION EDWARD BRAGGS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, in his official capacity …
Brief • November 16, 2016
Matysik v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 5:16-cv-06223-LHK Document 15 Filed 11/16/16 Page 1 of 14 2 3 4 5 Walter A. Haynes IV SBN 244776 Albert G. Stoll, Jr. SBN 164649 ALBERT G. STOLL, JR. | A LAW CORPORATION 55 Francisco …
Prisoner Deaths Continue To Rise by Christopher Zoukis For the third year in row, the number of prisoners who died in America's prisons and jails rose. Some 4,446 prisoners died in 2013, a two percent increase over 2012, continuing an upward trend, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office …
Indiana Woman Spared Death Penalty and Eventually Released Takes Own Life by Derek Gilna Paula Cooper, convicted for participating in a murder of an elderly grandmother in Indiana in 1984, when she was 15, was sentenced to death before eventually having her sentence  commuted  in 1989 to 60 years in …
When Prison is Not Enough: The Rise (and Perhaps the Fall) of the Supermax Prison by by Keramet Reiter In 1986, the Security Management Unit opened in Florence, Arizona. It was a new kind of prison designed for long-term, total isolation, for prisoners whom prison officials said simply could not …
Article • November 8, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016
Ohio Federal Court Dismisses Suit Against Doctor Over Prisoner’s Suicide by On September 4, 2015, an Ohio federal district court dismissed a lawsuit brought against a former prison doctor following the suicide of a prisoner under his care. Ohio prisoner Gregory Stamper was in extreme pain due to damage to …
Canadian Solitary Confinement Deaths Result in Rare Lawsuits, Eventual Reforms by Mark Wilson Deaths in Canadian federal prisons associated with the prolonged placement of prisoners in solitary confinement, as well as challenges to the use of segregation in provincial jails, have resulted in some limited reforms. Ashley Smith was sentenced …
Article • November 8, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016
Federal Judge Sanctions Idaho DOC for Misleading Special Master in Balla Case by Matthew Clarke On August 11, 2015, an Idaho federal court ordered sanctions against the State of Idaho and its prison system in a blistering ruling that found prison officials had intentionally misled a court-appointed special master regarding …
Wisconsin: Prison Hunger Strike Reaches Crisis Point by According to an August 22, 2016 report from Workers World, an ongoing hunger strike at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin has reached a crisis point. A group of at least eight prisoners at Waupun and the Columbia Correctional Institution began refusing …
Tenth Circuit: No Summary Judgment on Official Capacity Claims by Mark Wilson The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s denial of summary judgment on individual capacity claims against an Oklahoma sheriff related to a prisoner’s suicide. The appellate court held it lacked jurisdiction to consider official capacity …
ACLU Sues California as Incompetent Defendants Wait in Jail for Mental Health Treatment by Joe Watson The ACLU filed a lawsuit last year on behalf of defendants declared incompetent to stand trial who languish in county jails across California while they await transfers to state mental health facilities. When the …
Alaska Prisons and Jails Filled with Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter Correctional facilities in Alaska are confronted with a record number of prisoners with mental illnesses. In February 2016, KTUU reported that 65% of Alaskan prisoners suffered from some form of mental health problem while 80% had drug or …
Class-action Certified in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Mississippi Prisoners by David Reutter In September 2015, a Mississippi federal district court certified as a class-action a lawsuit challenging the treatment and conditions afforded mentally ill prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The court further held that the …
Akers v. Prummell, et al., FL, settlement, suicide, 2015
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