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Eighth Circuit Reverses Finding of Due Process Violations in Minnesota Civil Commitment Program by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 3, 2017, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an opinion that reversed a district court’s finding of substantive due process violations in a civil rights complaint brought …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Crime, War on Drugs, Telephones
Georgia Prison Contraband Investigation Nets 130 Arrests, Guilty Pleas by David Reutter by David M. Reutter About 130 people have been arrested following a joint two-year investigation by the FBI and the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC). Indictments for 75 of the arrestees were announced in September 2015; another 46 …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Missouri Has Difficulty Retaining Provider for Execution Drugs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Missouri Department of Corrections ran afoul of the state’s public records laws when it tried to withhold its source of propofol, a lethal injection drug, a state court judge ruled. That’s when the drug’s …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
$6.5 Million to Family of Wash. Diabetic Prisoner Who Died by In April 2015, a jury in Spokane, Washington awarded $8 million to the family of a 57-year-old prisoner described as a “brittle diabetic” who was allowed to die when state prison guards, rather than seeking medical attention, restrained him …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Sexual Harassment
Wife of President Trump’s Ethics Attorney Caught Having Sex with Prisoner by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin The wife of an attorney who serves as an ethics advisor to President Donald Trump’s revocable trust – an entity intended to separate Trump’s business and political activities – was arrested on September …
Lawsuit Over 22 Years of Continuous Segregation Reinstated by Second Circuit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On January 24, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a ruling by a New York federal district court that dismissed a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had challenged …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
$100,000 Damages Award in Jail Slip-and-Fall Upheld by Matthew Clarke
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
$250,000 Paid By Virginia Jail to Settle Deaf Prisoner Suit by In December 2016, a $250,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by a deaf prisoner who was effectively unable to communicate during a six-week stay at a jail in Arlington County, Virginia. The suit pushed the sheriff’s office …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Obama Publishes Commentary on Criminal Justice Reform in Harvard Law Review by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Barack Obama made history by becoming the first president to contribute to legal scholarship by having an article published in a law journal while in office. The article, titled “The President’s Role in …
Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deaf Prisoner’s Civil Rights Claim by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Thomas Heyer, who is completely deaf, was initially convicted of possessing child pornography, then violated his supervised release and was imprisoned for eighteen months in 2007. Before he was released from federal prison, prosecutors …
Oregon Prison Guard Freed on Sex Charge, Victim Detained as Material Witness by "She was in chains,” said Betsy Rawls, an attorney representing a former prisoner who was incarcerated as a material witness against the prison guard who sexually abused her. “Belly chains and shackles. And she’s the victim.” The …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
$1.2 Million to Settle with Rikers Island Rape Victims by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In May 2017, the City of New York agreed to pay $1.2 million to two female prisoners to resolve claims of rape and sexual assault by a male guard at the city’s Rose M. Singer …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Former Sheriff Arpaio Guilty of Criminal Contempt, Receives Presidential Pardon by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Former Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio’s words, rather than his misdeeds, finally landed him on the verge of going to prison – but he was pulled back from the brink after receiving a …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Nevada Supreme Court Holds Habeas Petition Not Mooted by End of Sentence by In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Nevada held that a state habeas corpus action filed while a person was incarcerated was not mooted by his subsequent release from all forms of custody. In …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Attorneys, Guards/Staff
Westboro Baptist Church Members Continue to Work in Corrections by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Fred W. Phelps, Sr., 85, was widely known as the founder and leader of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas – a cult-like group that practices hate speech at the most inappropriate venues, including …
Colorado Narrowly Rejects Ballot Measure to End Slavery as Punishment for Crime by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 8, 2016, Colorado voters rejected a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to remove 140-year-old language allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime. The removal …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Filed under: Bail, Money/Property, Bail Bonds
Community Funds, Federal Legislation Challenging Bail System from Different Angles by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Kalief Browder was a 16-year-old arrested in New York City in 2012 on charges of stealing a backpack. The charges were later dismissed, but not before he sat in jail on Rikers Island for …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Lawsuit Alleges Four Oregon Prisons Served Food “Not for Human Consumption” by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On May 9, 2017, attorney Leonard R. Berman filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon on behalf of three prisoners who claim they were forced to eat fish …
DOJ Applauds Pennsylvania’s Commitment to Treatment for Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has ended its investigation into the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ (PDOC) use of solitary confinement for prisoners with serious mental illness or intellectual disabilities (SMI/ID). PLN reported …
The Elusive Dream: Closing Rikers Island by David Reutter, Matthew Clarke by David M. Reutter and Matt Clarke New York City’s Rikers Island, one of the nation’s largest jails, has a notorious history of violence – both by guards and prisoners. City leaders have long sought to solve the problem …
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