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Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
$11 Million Settlement in Illinois for Three Men Freed From Prison in Wrongful Convictions by Anthony Accurso by Anthony A. Accurso The City of Rockford, Illinois, settled a lawsuit on March 2, 2020 brought by three men who were wrongfully convicted and spent 10 years in prison after police used …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Activists Call to Shut Down Illinois Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Over 1,000 people signed a letter that urges the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to evacuate Vienna Correctional Center (VCC) “until it can be renovated or shut down completely.” The letter was sent to IDPH …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
California Jail Prisoner Loses Limbs, but Faces Setback in Lawsuit Alleging Medical Neglect by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On June 12, 2020, a former California prisoner suffered a setback in his legal battle to hold San Bernardino County accountable for the loss of his hand and legs due to …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Suicides in New York SHUs Surge to Epidemic Levels by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders After being placed in solitary confinement at New York State’s Fishkill Correctional Center in 2014, 21-year-old Ben Van Zandt, a former honors student who struggled with an undiagnosed mental health condition, begged his family to …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: State Actors
Teen Spends 17 Months in Mississippi Jail Without Indictment by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A 16-year-old in Mississippi has spent almost a year and a half in an adult jail without being indicted, according to a July 30, 2020, article in The Appeal. And his case is …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19 Strikes Alaskan Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A major outbreak of COVID-19 has hit Alaska’s biggest prison. Nearly 300 prisoners out of about 1,300 inmates at the Goose Creek Correctional Center near Wasilla tested positive for COVID-19, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) reported in late November. …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
California First State to Eliminate Post-Prison Fees by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins California became the first state in the nation to roll back laws that allowed for the collection of fees and fines from people released from prison or jails. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Families Over Fees Act …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Bill of Costs
Families Must Pay for Cremation Bill of Loved Ones Who Die in Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Melford Henson, a 65-year-old California resident serving time at the California Institute for Men (CIM) for a DUI, died May 6, 2020 of COVID-19. His wife, Tracy Henson, was informed that …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Jail Suicide Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 12, 2020, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit against four Texas police department employees alleging they knew a prisoner was suicidal when they gave him a blanket, failed to remove the blanket …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Alleging Dental Care Negligence by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed June 18, 2020 the grant of summary judgment for defendants in a prisoner’s lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference to his dental infection. …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Former Transgender Prisoner Fights for LGBTQ Rights in Massachusetts Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Angelina Resto filed suit against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) in 2017, claiming discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. She won her case in 2018 and was the first transgender prisoner in …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Third Circuit Reinstates Claims by Immigration Detainee in GEO-Operated Prison Seeking to Marry U.S. Citizen by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 11, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated some of the claims brought by a couple seeking permission to marry, one of whom is …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Iowa Prisoner’s ADA Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the dismissal of an Iowa prisoner’s lawsuit alleging violations of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). Newton Correctional Facility (NCF) former prisoner Michael T. …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Nebraska Supreme Court Rules Execution Drug Documents Subject to Disclosure by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 15, 2020, the Nebraska Supreme Court held that documents related to the procurement and use of drugs used in executions by lethal injection are subject to disclosure and such documents containing the …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
DC Circuit Court: “Three Strike” Prisoners Must Show Imminent Danger to File Lawsuits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that to proceed under the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s (PLRA) three-strikes exception, the three-strike prisoner must demonstrate that he or she faced imminent …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
New Documentary Released on Forced Sterilizations of Female Prisoners by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon When many people think about eugenics, visions of a former European fascist regime trying to build a master race or science fiction stories come to mind. Attempts to purge societies of humans whose existence trouble …
Whistleblower Claims Female Detainees at Privately Run Georgia ICE Facility Had Forced Hysterectomies by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A whistleblower at a privately operated federal detention center in Georgia prompted a joint complaint filed in September 2020 with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Maine Superspreader: Few Masks at Wedding Lead to Big Problems at Prison by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins An August 2020 wedding in Millinocket, Maine, turned into the state’s largest super spreader event for the coronavirus. Within the next two months, over 170 cases and eight deaths could be traced …
Walker v. Raible, PA, Complaint, Excessive Force - Beatings, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-01868-LPL Document 1 Filed 12/01/20 Page 1 of 40 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA APRIL WALKER, LAVONNA DORSEY, and ALEXUS DIGGS; Plaintiffs, v. JOHN RAIBLE, Sergeant; ORLANDO HARPER, Warden of Allegheny County …
Publication • December 1, 2020
Dept. of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics - Federal Deaths in Custody and During Arrest, 2016-2017 - Statistical Tables, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2020, NCJ 252838 Connor Brooks and Kevin M. Scott, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians Anthony Whyde, former BJS …
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