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For Delay in Summoning Medical Care for Detainees, Alabama Jailers Granted Immunity But California Trooper Headed to Trial by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Two federal appeals courts recently considered cases involving delays in summoning care for detainees in medical distress. In one, the Administrator of Alabama’s Clarke County Jail …
Securus Loses Bid to Dismiss HRDC Price-Fixing Suit by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 11, 2025, Securus Technologies was denied a motion to dismiss claims filed against the prison telecom giant and its JPay subsidiary, alleging they colluded with competitor Global*Tel Link (GTL), now known as ViaPath Technologies, …
$2.4 Million Paid to Indiana Prisoners Sickened With Legionnaire’s Disease by Contaminated Water by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a letter dated September 10, 2025, attorneys for a group of more than 500 prisoners at Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility announced a $2.4 million settlement of claims arising from an …
Seventh Circuit Rules Against Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Over Wexford Health’s Poor Psychiatric Care by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Cordell Sanders spent eight years in segregation housing at the Pontiac Center in Indiana after committing multiple disciplinary offenses. While being held apart from others, he suffered from severe mental …
CoreCivic Pays $82,500 for First COVID-19 Death at San Diego ICE Lockup by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman   Back in January 2020, Carlos Escobar Mejia, 57, was in a car in San Diego when he was pulled over by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents. Though he …
Article • November 1, 2025 • from PLN November, 2025
Filed under: Work Conditions/Safety
Body-Worn Camera Program for Guards Expands to all Maryland Prisons by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Expanding on a pilot program begun in February 2025, Maryland lawmakers have moved to require a body-worn camera (BWC) for use by all guards in the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services …
FCC Issues Proposed Rule Permitting Cellphone Jammers in Prisons and Jails by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on September 30, 2025, to issue a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to relax the current ban on using cellphone “jamming” technology in prisons and jails. …
Preliminary Injunction Halts Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill Prisoners at New York Lockup Where Wildcat Guard Strike Began by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 15, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction ordering the state Department of Corrections and …
$5.5 Million Paid for Two Withdrawal Deaths at Washington Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The small Seattle suburb of Issaquah (pop. 39,664) paid a whopping $5.5 million for a pair of withdrawal deaths at the city lockup, according to settlement agreements completed in September and October 2024. The …
Nearly $528,000 Paid by Kansas Jail to Detainees Raped by Guards by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman   Two suits filed by victims of guard rapes at Kansas’ Sedgwick County Adult Detention Center were concluded in April 2025, with three women taking $527,979.50 from Sheriff Jeff Easter for the …
Eleventh Circuit Declines to Extend to Summary Judgment Proceedings a Rule Requiring District Courts to Notify Pro Se Litigants by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 13, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit declined to extend to summary judgment proceedings based on Bank v. Pitt, …
$4 Million Verdict Returned in Colorado Jail Suicide Case by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado returned a verdict on April 9, 2025, awarding $4 million to the Estate of Jackson Maes, a detainee whose cries for help allegedly …
$950,000 Awarded to Trans Maryland Prisoner Dropped on Her Face by Guards by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Between 2022 and 2025, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) held between 17,164 and 18,476 prisoners and detainees, according to data from the agency’s website. During that same …
Brief • October 30, 2025
Filed under: Criminal Sexual Abuse
J.M. V. USA, CA, Complaint, Sexual Assault and Battery, 2025 Case 1:25-at-01011 Document 1 Filed 10/30/25 Page 1 of 50 1 2 CO ELLY - - LAWOFF I Es.- - 3 4 5 Colin G. Prince John B. McEntire, IV 2301 North 30th Street Tacoma, Washington 98403 253.593.5100 Attorneys for …
Brief • October 21, 2025
Moore v. LaSalle Corrections, Inc., LA, Jury Verdict-Punitive Damages, Wrongful Death, 2025 Case 3:16-cv-01007-TAD-KDM Document 670 36634 Filed 10/21/25 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MONROE DIVISION ERIE MOORE JR ET AL CASE NO. 3:16-CV-01007 VERSUS JUDGE TERRY A. DOUGHTY LASALLE CORRECTIONS …
Brief • October 20, 2025
Moore v. LaSalle Corrections, Inc., LA, Jury Verdict, Wrongful Death, 2025 Case 3:16-cv-01007-TAD-KDM Document 664 36616 Filed 10/20/25 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: RECEIVED USDC, WESTERN DISTRICT OF LA DANIEL J. McCOY, CLERK UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA MONROE DIVISION ERIE MOORE JR ET AL CASE …
Albert v. GLOBAL TELLINK CORP, MD, Memorandum Opinion, Telephone Rates, 2025 Case 8:20-cv-01936-LKG Document 487 Filed 10/15/25 Page 1 of 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ASHLEY ALBERT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORP., et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • October 1, 2025 • from PLN October, 2025
Filed under: Death Penalty, Death Row
In the Killing Chamber by Doran Larson by Doran Larson The Texas state death house in Huntsville is a squat brick building fronted by a few square yards of struggling grass and knee-­high shrubs. Gleaming chain link fencing surrounds a concrete ramp that rises to the door to accommodate shackled …
Ousted BOP Director Appointed Receiver for CDCR Mental Health Care by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Making good on a 30-­year-­old threat, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California placed the mental health care system for state prisoners in receivership on August 27, 2025. The Court-­appointed Receiver …
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 …
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