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Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
11th Circuit Rules Florida Prisoner Claiming Sexual Assault by Guard Can Proceed With Cruel and Unusual Punishment Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights action alleging a guard sexually assaulted and …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Lawsuit Over Conditions at BOP’s New York City Prison Continues as COVID-19 Spreads by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A prison health expert report found that Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) is “not prepared to effectively contain any outbreak of COVID-19 and its practices put detainees and staff at …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Oklahoma Jail Sued for Mocking Prisoner as He Died by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Surveillance video released in January 2020 from the Ottawa County Jail in Miami, Oklahoma, provides graphic evidence of the neglect and abuse suffered by detainee Terral Ellis at the hands of jail staff in the …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Orleans Parish Sheriff, Wellpath, Sued Over Louisiana Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The mothers of three children of a prisoner who died of an overdose of fentanyl while incarcerated at the Orleans Justice Center, the Parish’s jail, have filed a lawsuit against employees of the …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Advocacy, Bail Bonds
Interview: Alec Karakatsanis of the Civil Rights Corps on Money Bail and Debtors’ Prisons by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Alec Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Civil Rights Corps. He previously worked as a civil rights lawyer and public defender with the Special Litigation …
Indiana Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Illegal Solitary Confinement Settled for $425,000 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Taxpayers of the state of Indiana will pay $425,000 to prisoner Jay Vermillion as the result of an agreement reached on October 21, 2019, between him and employees of the Indiana Department of Correction …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Policy Change Leads to Gang Riot at Utah Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 11, 2020, a group of about a dozen protesters gathered outside the administrative offices of the the Utah Department of Corrections (UDOC) in Draper. They were there to express their anger over …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Pennsylvania Judge Verdict: A Potential Death Sentence for Shoplifting Conviction by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Thirty-six-year-old Ashley Via Menser of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, is battling both cervical and ovarian cancer from prison after being convicted and sentenced in January 2020 for shoplifting $109.63 worth of groceries. As her case progressed …
NaphCare, Oregon Jail’s Private Healthcare Provider, Required to Disclose Records in Detox Death Suit by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An Oregon federal court in January 2020 compelled NaphCare, Inc., the private medical care provider for the Washington County Jail (WCJ) in Hillsboro, to disclose lawsuits and financial records in …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
New Jersey Jail Detainee Dies While Reportedly Begging for Water by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Forty-one-year-old Atlantic County jail detainee Mario Terruso, Jr. died after coughing up blood and begging for water, according to a report in nj.com in September 2019. Alan Wright, who knew Terruso for about 15 …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Report: JailCore Left Prisoners’ Data Unprotected Online by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 10, 2020, cybersecurity research team vpnMentor reported the discovery of an unsecured cloud storage server containing data from JailCore, an online management and compliance application used by jails to streamline functions like logging prisoner checks. …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Ninth Circuit Announces New Rule on Eighth Amendment Violation Due to Sexual Assault by Montana Prison Staffer by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced a new rule on January 16, 2020 concerning what constitutes a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Federal Court Allows Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault of Female Connecticut Prisoner to Proceed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 8, 2019, a federal court denied summary judgment on some claims against seven Connecticut Department of Corrections (DOC) supervisory personnel who Cara Tangreti, a former prisoner at the state’s …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Maine Court Rules Prisoner’s Rights Violated by 22 Months in Segregation Without Meaningful Review but Awards No Damages by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 24, 2019, a Maine state court found that a state prisoner’s rights were violated when he was held in segregation for 22 months without …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
$1 Million Payout to Family of Man Who Died After Seizures in Montana Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The family of Roger Lee Wells will receive $1 million in compensation for his death on March 10, 2018, after he suffered several consecutive seizures without ever receiving proper treatment …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Florida Guards and Prisoners Fear COVID-19 Infection by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Much has been made of essential employees as the economy shut down in an effort to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus has been on the bravery of health-care workers in hospitals and …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
COVID-19 and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”That’s a famous quote from Luke Skywalker, a character in 1977’s Star Wars, as his Millennium Falcon spacecraft emerges from faster-than-light speed only to find Alderaan, its destination planet, has …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
The Popularity of YouTube Prison Lifestyle Videos by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso With prison reform a hot topic that has gained nationwide attention over the last decade, prison lifestyle videos on YouTube offer a window into the prison experience for many Americans. Collectively, the four most popular prison …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in California Sexual Harassment Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 31, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment in a civil rights action alleging a guard at California’s Kern County Jail (KCJ) made sexual comments …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
California Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Challenge to Excessive Jail Phone Rates as Unconstitutional Tax by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 28, 2020, a California court of appeal affirmed the judgment of a lower court sustaining the demurrer of nine counties that were sued by jail prisoners …
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