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Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
$150,000 Settles Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Sexual Assault Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In January 2017, Otero County, Colorado paid $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a jail prisoner who was sexually assaulted by a former guard. Jennifer Hernandez, a mother of two, was booked into the Otero …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
“Start by Believing” Initiative Creates Controversy by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a December 15, 2016 news report, Debbie Moak, then-director of the Arizona Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family, issued a letter of guidance recommending that criminal justice agencies not adopt policies supported by Start by …
Department of Justice Releases Reports on Prison and Jail Deaths by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In December 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released two reports on deaths in state and federal prisons and local jails, covering more than a decade of mortality data …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Attica Medical Experiments Exposed by Greg Dober by Greg Dober On November 19, 2017, Heather AnnThompson, a professor of history at the University of Michigan, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times in which she described medical experiments that took place at the Attica Correctional Facility in the early …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
$3.6 Million: California Prisoner Killed by Guards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Santa Clara County, California has agreed to pay $3.6 million to the family of a mentally ill man who was beaten to death by guards in the county’s San Jose jail. The three guards who killed him, …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Jail Specific
$1.23 Million Settles Indiana Jail Conditions Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Officials in Floyd County, Indiana agreed on July 24, 2017 to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that alleged jail officials kept prisoners in padded cells, “deprived [them] of clothing, bedding, and hygiene products,” and tased and pepper-sprayed …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Report Slams Takeover of Washington DOC Food Services by Correctional Industries by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In October 2016 report by Prison Voice Washington detailed the adverse effects of a takeover of food services in Washington state prisons by Correctional Industries (CI). The report, titled “Correcting Food Policy in …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Pennsylvania Class-action Targets Company Providing Inaccurate Background Checks by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Helen Stokes, a 65-year-old Pennsylvania woman with no criminal record, was nonetheless continually denied credit due to inaccuracies in her background report that a property credit reporting company refused to correct. Consequently, she filed a class-action …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Arkansas Supreme Court: Religious Freedom Preliminary Injunction Requires Hearing by The Arkansas Supreme Court held on March 16, 2017 that a lower court abused its discretion by denying a prisoner’s motion for a preliminary injunction without holding a hearing. Arkansas prisoner Malik Muntaqim is a member of the Nation of …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Seventh Circuit: Court Erred in Dismissing Prisoner’s Suit for Failure to Include Trust Account Ledger by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 7, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s civil rights lawsuit that was brought in forma …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Solitary to the Streets: Studies Find Such Releases Result in Higher Recidivism Rates, Violent Behavior by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton Several studies have shown that prisoners released directly to the streets from solitary confinement are more likely to reoffend, commit new crimes sooner and exhibit violent behavior after release. …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Palestinian Prisoners Stage Hunger Strike by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Around 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails launched a hunger strike on April 17, 2017, a date also known as Palestinian Prisoners Day. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies, the strike was meant to protest the …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
National Registry of Exonerations Report: Blacks Suffer More False Convictions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On March 7, 2017, the National Registry of Exonerations published a report that found African-Americans are much more likely than whites to be wrongfully convicted and spend more time in prison before being exonerated. …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Sexual Assault
$8.4 Million Judgment in Defamation Suit by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A retired Army colonel who was denied a promotion due to a rape accusation has been awarded $8.4 million in a defamation lawsuit filed against his accuser. Col. David “Wil” Riggins, a highly-decorated veteran of both Iraq and …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Utah Settles Federal Suit Alleging Delays in Competency Treatment for Pre-trial Detainees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On June 14, 2017, Utah officials entered into a settlement to resolve a federal class-action lawsuit that alleged the state failed to provide timely and proper mental health competency evaluations and treatment …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
New York State Prisoner’s Administrative Charges Dismissed by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On March 16, 2017, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court dismissed all administrative charges against state prisoner Lawrence George Wilson, who was accused of violating prison disciplinary rules under CPLR article 78. Wilson had …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Environmental Law, Water
Federal Correctional Complex at the Center of City’s Water Debacle by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas Any attention that Florence,Colorado receives from the world outside its rural and mountainous borders tends to involve the federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) supermax facility, built near the city 25 years ago. And news …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2018. By the time you read this we should be moved into our new office in Florida. I would like to thank everyone who donated to help us with the unexpected expense of …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Prison Labor
Multiple Lawsuits Allege “Slave Labor” Under Guise of Drug Treatment by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Following an investigative report by Reveal, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting, at least four federal lawsuits were filed against Christian Alcoholics and Addicts in Recovery (CAAIR) and Simmons Foods, Inc. in …
Article • January 3, 2018
Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat
$99,000 Settles Federal Prisoner's Deliberate Medical Indifference Suit by Cameron Craven fractured his ankle while being arrested by DEA agents. He was taken to a hospital. A doctor recommended surgery in three to four days. Instead, he was placed in the MCC in San Diego, California where his repeated requests …
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