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Article • October 1, 2025 • from PLN October, 2025
Ninth Circuit Springs California Prisoners from “Catch-­22” Reading of PLRA by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel Catch-­22, WWII airmen faced a conundrum: They could be relieved from duty for insanity, but any request to be relieved was treated as evidence that they were sane. The …
Article • October 1, 2025 • from PLN October, 2025
How Nepotism in New York Prisons Cost Prisoners Their Lives by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Martuscello family, a practical dynasty within New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), manipulated the system to take power and avoid accountability while overseeing a system that perpetuated physical and sexual …
Date of Firing Squad Execution Vacated for Utah Prisoner with Dementia by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman With just a week to go before his scheduled execution by firing squad, attorneys for Utah prisoner Ralph Menzies, 67, won a stay from the state Supreme Court on August 29, 2025, after …
Nevada Court of Appeals Revives Detainee’s Failure-­to-­Protect Claim Against CoreCivic by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 24, 2025, the Nevada Court of Appeals reversed the state district court’s dismissal of pretrial detainee David North’s claim that CoreCivic, the private prison operator, violated his due process rights under the …
Article • October 1, 2025 • from PLN October, 2025
Jail Roster Goes Online for Ohio’s Second-­Largest County by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman No more waiting on someone to pick up the phone at Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Jail. As of June 23, 2025, to find out if someone is incarcerated in the Cleveland lockup, you can consult an online …
Article • October 1, 2025 • from PLN October, 2025
Angola Prison Re-Opens Area Once Called “The Dungeon” to Hold Immigrants by The Louisiana State Penitentiary, the notorious maximum-security prison known as Angola, is now also holding immigrants who have been detained as part of Pres. Donald Trump’s crackdown. The detention center was established in a previously-closed area of the …
Article • October 1, 2025 • from PLN October, 2025
Inspectors Urge New Jersey to Demolish Old, “Inhumane” Prison by The New Jersey State Prison is the oldest operating prison in the country, with some of its buildings constructed nearly 200 years ago. Many prisoners at the facility’s West Compound are jammed in cells measuring as little as 28 square …
Florida Appeals Court Finds Rationale for “Sexual Predator” Label on Former Prisoner’s Drivers License by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Prisoners released from terms for violent sexual offenses may find that Florida is not “the free state” that it claims to be. In an en banc ruling on August 15, …
Article • October 1, 2025 • from PLN October, 2025
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright In the course of publishing PLN we file a lot of public records requests with local jails, state prisons and federal law enforcement agencies—hundreds every year. These requests result in the news coverage you are reading now as well as reports, …
Seventh Circuit Revives Disabled Prisoner’s Claims Related to Missing 600 Meals in a Year by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Court” or “Seventh Circuit”) revived former prisoner Carl Joseph McDaniel’s suit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections …
Second Circuit Revives Former New York Prisoner’s Claim for Ignored Prostate Cancer by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of a former New York prisoner whose prostate cancer should have been diagnosed by medical personnel …
Jail-­Based IGNITE Program Found to Reduce Recidivism by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A study analyzing the effects of a new jail-­based rehabilitation program shows significant reductions in recidivism, and is upending the previous correctional mindset of “nothing works.” Nearly 600,000 people are incarcerated in jails in the United …
Brief • September 30, 2025
Estate of Christian Black v. Montgomery County, OH, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Medical Negligence, 2025 - 0 2 -14 -3 ...02, RE OLl ION A HORIZlNG PAYME T BY \\'ARRA IN THE AMOU OF 7t000t000 ( EVEN MILLIO DOLL RS) UPON BEHALF O THE ESTATE OF CHRISTIAN BLACK ACCORDING TO THE, TERl\·IS …
Brief • September 29, 2025
Estate of Shelly Monahan v. Clark County, WA, Ex 3 Plf's Response Court Suppl Order Motion Seal, Wrong Death-Denial of Medical Care, 2025 Case 3:24-cv-05392-TMC Document 82 Filed 09/22/25 Page 1 of 11 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 …
Brief • September 22, 2025
Estate of Shelly Monahan v. Clark County, WA, Supplemental Order on Motion to Seal, Wrongul Death-Denial Medical Care, 2025 Case 3:24-cv-05392-TMC Document 82 Filed 09/22/25 Page 1 of 11 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 8 DALYNNE SINGLETON et …
Estate of Tony Garcia v. Franke, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Denial of Medical Care, 2025 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims (“Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between Plaintiffs Patricia Garcia and Anthony Garcia, individually and as successorsin-interest to Tony …
Brief • September 17, 2025
Mercado v. Noem, NY, Opinion, Immigration-Inhumane Conditions, 2025 Case 1:25-cv-06568-LAK Document 96 Filed 09/17/25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------x SERGIO ALBERTO BARCO MERCADO, etc., Page 1 of 84 USDSSDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC#: _ _ _ _ __ DATE FILED: 9/17/25 Plaintiff, -against- 25-cv-6568 (LAK) …
Brief • September 17, 2025
Mercado v. Noem, NY, Preliminary Injunction, Immigration-Inhumane Conditions, 2025 Case 1:25-cv-06568-LAK Document 97 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------x SERGIO ALBERTO BARCO MERCADO, etc., Filed 09/17/25 Page 1 of 6 USDCSDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC#: DATE FILED: ~ _ ''\ -~ / I 7I ?I Plaintiff, …
Brief • September 17, 2025
Estate of Christian Black v. NaphCare, Inc, OH, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Negligence, 2025 ELECTRONICALLY FILED COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Wednesday, September 17, 2025 11:05:46 AM CASE NUMBER: 2025 CV 05216 Docket ID: 982359417 Mike Foley CLERK OF COURTS MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO IN THE COMMON PLEAS COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO …
Article • September 15, 2025 • from PLN October, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alaska: Alaska Public Media reported that former Anchorage Police Department Off. Nathan Keays, 45, convicted of conspiring with a ConocoPhillips employee to embezzle over $3 million from the firm, is seeking a new trial, alleging his conviction was tainted by a secret romantic relationship between two …
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