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Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Dismissal
Third Circuit: District Court Erred in Ruling Against Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Civil Rights Complaint by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on April 27, 2020 that a district court erred when ruling against a Pennsylvania prisoner’s civil rights complaint and allowed the case to …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons, COVID-19
Two-Thirds of Nevada Prisoners Confined in Arizona Private Prison Test Positive for COVID-19 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "We said since day one, prisons, especially private prisons shielded from transparency and oversight, are a hot spot for COVID-19 transmission.” That’s what the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
New Jersey Guard Acquitted in Sex Scandal by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A New Jersey prison guard was acquitted on charges of official misconduct and conspiracy to commit sexual assault. It is the second acquittal for guard Brian Y. Ambroise, who worked at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, New …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut
Lives at Stake as Pennsylvania County De-privatizes Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In March 2020, Florida-based GEO Group formally asked the government of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to terminate a five-year, $264 million contract, which it signed in 2018 to manage the county’s George W. Hill Correctional Facility …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Coronavirus: A Second Wave of Infection by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. It may be useful to know some more about the words epidemiologists use to describe disease statistics. Incidence refers to the number of new infections. Prevalence or “active cases” refers to the number currently …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Voting, Election Laws
Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Another Arizona Republican Primary by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The once self-styled “Toughest Sheriff in America” has lost a bid to reclaim the office of Maricopa County sheriff. He was defeated in the Arizona Republican primary on August 4, 2020. The controversial Joe Arpaio …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Eleventh Circuit Vacates COVID-19 Injunction Against Miami Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Just because prisoners get sick with COVID-19 in a jail too crowded to practice safe social distancing does not make jail officials liable because so long as they say they are doing “their best,” they …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Overcrowding
Nebraska Declares Overcrowding Emergency in State Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) was forced to declare an overcrowding emergency on July 1, 2020. Capacity in the state’s 10 prisons was at 151%, exceeding the 2015 mandated 140% threshold. In an effort to help …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates
$225,000 Windfall in Lehigh County, Pa. But Officials Don’t Cut Jail Phone Costs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Renegotiation of its jail telephone contract netted Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County an unbudgeted $225,000 windfall. Mark Pinsley, the county comptroller, urged county officials to put that “revenue back into efforts to …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons, Lobbying
Private Prison Industry Ramped Up Campaign Contributions, Favoring Republicans by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The volatile 2020 presidential election campaign led private prison operators, dominated by CoreCivic and GEO Group, to open their wallets, with a vast percentage of their approximately $2 million in combined contributions going to the …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Pennsylvania Prisoner Loses Part of Leg, Wins Appeal in Precedential Grievance Process Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, issued a precedent-setting ruling that clarified when a “misrepresentation” to a prisoner renders a …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Florida Spent $1.7 Million, and Counting, to Impede Felon Voting Rights by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s legal battle to defend a 2019 law that requires felons to pay all “legal financial obligations” (LFOs) to be eligible to vote has cost taxpayers over $1.7 million, according to state …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Corizon
Investment Firm Buys Corizon by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 30, 2020, Flacks Group, a Miami-based global investment firm, announced that it had purchased Brentwood, Tennessee-based Corizon Health, one of the nation’s largest private providers·of health care services in prisons and jails. The purchase price was not disclosed. …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
$1.25 Million Settlement Against Tennessee County Over Sheriff’s Violations of Labor Law by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 10, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee approved a class action settlement in which Madison County agreed to pay $1.25 million over claims alleging that …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Ankle Monitor Shortage at Chicago Jail Put Prisoner Releases During COVID in Limbo by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Chicago’s Cook County Jail expanded its electronic monitoring program (EM) and moved detainees to home confinement in response to COVID-19. As officials ran out of ankle monitors, at least 10 …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Staffing, Excessive Force
Violence at New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Increasing Even as Population Falls by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For decades, New York City’s Rikes Island Jail Complex (RIJC) has been the largest urban lock-up in the United States. It has also been infamous as among the most violent jails …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
North Carolina Temporarily Closes Three Prisons for Lack of Guards; Final One Reopens During COVID-19 Pandemic by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The North Carolina Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice (DACJJ) has been in a severe crisis mode regarding prison guard understaffing. The …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Dismissal of Connecticut Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 15, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s granting of summary judgment to prison officials in a Connecticut prisoner’s lawsuit over their failure to protect him from retaliation …
Article • October 29, 2020
$75,000 Settlement in Florida Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide Death by Corizon Health, Inc. paid $75,000 to settle a claim that it failed to provide proper medical care to a pretrial detainee who was suffering from a psychiatric emergency. Mariangela Woycenko suffered a psychotic episode at St. Lucie Hospital on April 11, …
James v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement - Yard Restrictions, 2020 Information Case# Official Case# 16-4237 CD 16-CV-4237 Plaintiffs: IDOC# Sheet for Case Number Case Name Filed James, Eddie #R10418 v. Pfister, et al. Defendants: 9/26/17 Date Served Received Status 10/30/17 closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: …
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