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Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Federal Court Holds PLN Lawsuit Challenging ADX Censorship Not Moot by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 14, 2017, a Colorado federal district court vacated its prior order granting a motion to dismiss filed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and held that a lawsuit filed by Prison …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Seventh Circuit: No Summary Judgment for 11-Year ACL Surgery Denial by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a summary judgment order in favor of three prison doctors and a warden who denied a prisoner ACL surgery for over a decade. Illinois state prisoner Herbert Diggs injured his right …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
HRDC Files Class-action Suit Over CDCR Debit Release Cards by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, filed a complaint on January 12, 2018 seeking class-action status in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Kentucky County Jail Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $75,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On June 16, 2017, Dianna Reynolds, a former employee at the Boyd County Detention Center in Kentucky, settled her lawsuit against jailer Joe Burchett over sexual harassment by a supervisor. The county agreed to pay …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story delves into the sexual harassment of Missouri DOC employees by their co-workers. As we see from recent news reports, relatively powerful men in the media and entertainment industry resign or get fired because they either can’t or …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Sexual Harassment Lawsuits, Settlements Rock Missouri Department of Corrections by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC), roiled by a series of lawsuits and settlements related to workplace sexual harassment of female employees, has been called “dysfunctional” by a special state legislative committee investigating DOC operations. …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
News in Brief by Alabama: If you’re running a check forgery ring, it’s not a good idea to pass fake checks from the bank account of a law enforcement agency. Several defendants learned that the hard way after they operated a check cashing scheme that targeted the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s …
Prison Broke: The Missouri Department of Corrections Can’t Escape its Own Worst Habits by Karen Dillon by Karen Dillon, The Pitch Each day, as she prepared herself to work another shift at the Missouri Department of Corrections prison, Lashonda Reid knew to expect one thing. It would be bad. Reid …
Article • January 16, 2018
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Wisconsin Property Claim by Edward Lyon by Edward Lyon Wisconsin prisoner Christopher Streckenbach submitted two boxes of personal property for his son to pick up at a visit. The son never came within the policy's 30 day period. The property was weighed for mailing by …
Article • January 16, 2018
Texas Prisoner Prevails in Federal Court on Motion to Compel by by Edward Lyon Texas prisoner Shellye Wright filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and Texas Tech (TT) concerning the "referral or failure of …
Article • January 16, 2018
Fifth Circuit Dismisses Louisiana Prisoner's § 1983 by Edward Lyon by Edward Lyon Prisoner James Davis claimed injuries resulting from a traffic accident to an Avoyelles Parish transport van he was riding in. He sued the deputy driver, a jail captain he alleged ordered a city policeman to falsify facts …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
They Thought They Were Going to Rehab. They Ended up in Chicken Plants by Amy Julia Harris, Shoshana Walter by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter, Reveal The worst day of Brad McGahey’s life was the day a judge decided to spare him from prison. McGahey was 23 with dreams of …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
News in Brief by Australia: According to a June 2017 news report, a GEO Group-run prison in Queensland was busted for dumping raw sewage. The waste was threatening a creek near the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre, according to an anonymous source inside the facility who said, “A sewage truck pumped …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Florida Guard Gets 21 Months for Attacking Prisoner, Planting Weapon by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On December 14, 2017, former Floridaprison Sgt. Willie L. Walker was sentenced to almost two years in federal prison for attacking a prisoner and then planting a weapon to justify the beating. In March …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
OIG Report Slams CoreCivic’s Management of Leavenworth Prison by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An April 2017 report by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) strongly criticized private prison company CoreCivic (formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America), which operates the Leavenworth Detention Center (LDC) …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
$160,000 Settles New Jersey Jail Class Action Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After eleven years of litigation and five failed consent decrees, Camden County, New Jersey corrections officials have finally agreed to pay $160,000 to settle a federal civil rights suit that alleged severe overcrowding, sanitation, poor nutrition …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Private Prison CEO Heads Search for United Way Leader by Until recently, Damon Hininger, president and CEO of CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), served as chairman of the Board of Trustees for the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville (UWMN). CoreCivic is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. After UWMN CEO …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
North Carolina Reforms Solitary Confinement Policies Following Vera Report by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The non-profit Vera Institute of Justice, funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, published a report in December 2016 that detailed excessive use of solitary confinement in North …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Retaliation
Assaultive Behavior by Michigan Prisoners Subject to Aggressive Prosecution by To stop Michigan state prisoners from throwing food, feces or bodily fluids on guards--or exposing themselves--a new Officer Dignity Initiative has been created through a partnership between the Prosecuting Attorney Association of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), the …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Sentencing, Overdetention
Sentencing Project Report Examines Increasing Number of Life Sentences by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The non-profit Washington, D.C.-based Sentencing Project released a report in May 2017, titled “Still Life: America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences,” that explores the high number of prisoners serving life sentences despite declining …
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