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Beating Death in Oahu Jail Ends With Acquittal of Mentally Ill Killer by Kevin Dayton by Kevin Dayton, Honolulu Civil Beat A jail prisoner who admitted to the fatal beating of another prisoner in 2019 has been acquitted of murder, concluding a case that triggered scrutiny of the state’s practice …
Brief • July 13, 2021
Chatman v. Otani, HI, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction, Covid Response, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00268-JAO-KJM Document 37 Filed 07/13/21 Page 1 of 69 1236 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII ANTHONY CHATMAN, FRANCISCO ALVARADO, ZACHARY GRANADOS, TYNDALE MOBLEY, and JOSEPH DEGUAIR, individually and on behalf …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
When Prisoners Die, Hawaii Keeps it Secret by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon What happens when a state prisoner or jail detainee dies in Hawaii’s custody? Few people know because prison officials do not tell anyone. Well, hardly anyone. A heavily redacted report goes to the state’s governor, who supposedly …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Two Alabama jail guards were arrested in just two months for allegedly smuggling cellphones to inmates. In February 2021, 27-year-old D’Mario Jones was fired and charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband at the Lee County Detention Center in Opelika where he worked. According …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: Videotaping
Hawaii Fails to Provide Video of Two Prison Disturbances by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Around 3 p.m. on March 11, 2019, prisoners at the Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) rioted. Some started a fire, some broke fire-suppression sprinklers, while others smashed fixtures. Outside, police were called in to help …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Hundreds of Virginia Inmates Await Parole Consideration Under New Law by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen In 1995, during a tough-on-crime era across the country, Virginia abolished parole entirely, along with several other states. But it wasn’t until 2000 that jurors sentencing defendants were told of that change. …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Afghanistan: As fighting continued between Taliban forces and the Afghan military on September 3, 3020, both parties announced they had nearly completed a prisoner exchange negotiated the previous February. According to a report by Japan’s public broadcasting company, HNK, the Taliban said all 1,000 Afghan prisoners …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 21, 2020, Sylvester Hartley became the seventh prisoner to die of complications from COVID-19 at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to a report in the St. Clair News-Aegis. The 60-year-old, who was serving a life-without-parole sentence for three counts of first-degree kidnapping, …
Brief • September 21, 2020
Nash v. Ige, HI, Class Action Complaint, Covid Response, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00398 Document 1 Filed 09/21/20 Page 1 of 20 PageID #: 1 ERIC A. SEITZ ATTORNEY AT LAW A LAW CORPORATION ERIC A. SEITZ 1412 GINA SZETO-WONG 10515 JONATHAN M.F. LOO 10874 KEVIN YOLKEN 10987 820 Mililani Street, Suite …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19 in Hawaii’s Lockups: Still a Success Story but Cracks Starting to Show by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On August 7, 2020, Hawaii’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced that a prisoner at the Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) had tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. …
Brief • August 16, 2020
Filed under: Medical, COVID-19
In The Matter Of Individuals In Custody Of The State Of Hawaiʻi, order, pretrial releases due to COVID, 2020 Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-20-0000509 16-AUG-2020 06:14 PM SCPW-20-0000509 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI IN THE MATTER OF INDIVIDUALS IN CUSTODY OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ORIGINAL …
Brief • August 14, 2020
IN THE MATTER OF INDIVIDUALS IN CUSTODY OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI, HI, INTERIM ORDER, 2020 Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-20-0000509 14-AUG-2020 06:25 PM SCPW-20-0000509 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI IN THE MATTER OF INDIVIDUALS IN CUSTODY OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ORIGINAL PROCEEDING INTERIM ORDER …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Visitor Searches
Hawaii Institutes Non-Contact Visits at Another Prison to Control Contraband by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Hawaii’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) has now banned contact visits at three of the state’s correctional institutions: Oahu Correctional Community Center (OCCC), Maui Correctional Community Center (MCCC), and Halawa Correctional Facility (HFC). The …
Brief • April 13, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
USA v. Ben-Yhwh, HI, Order re Emergency Motion, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 1:15-cr-00830-LEK Document 206 Filed 04/13/20 Page 1 of 19 PageID #: 953 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF HAWAII UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CR. NO. 15-00830 LEK Plaintiff, vs. YAHOSHUA BEN-YHWH, Defendant. AMENDED ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND …
Brief • April 9, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Office of the Public Defender v. Connors, HI, Report and Recommendations of the Special Master, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-20-0000200 09-APR-2020 11:36 AM SCPW-20-0000200 and SCPW-20-0000213 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I SCPW-20-0000200 OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Petitioner, vs. CLARE E. CONNORS, Attorney …
Brief • March 30, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
In re Order Authorizing the Use of Telephonic Hearings, HI, Order, COVID-19, 2020
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Prison Rebellion
Hawaii Prisoners Rebel Over Prison Conditions, Fined For Damages by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Prisoners of the Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) rioted March 11, 2019, over unstable, inhumane and unconstitutional living conditions. Complaints about broken telephones, uncollected mail, overcrowding, shortened visits and other problems resulted in prisoners from …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Settlements
Former Hawaii Prisoner’s Sexual Assault Lawsuit Settles for Paltry $10,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Christina C. Riley was a model prisoner at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Hawaii, and thus was allowed to participate in a work-release program. Parking her car at the jail, she left for …
Steep Cost for Sending Hawaii Prisoners to Mainland Facilities by Hawaii has long been considered a tropical paradise, but those who run afoul of the law on the islands stand a good chance of being exiled. Over a third of Hawaii’s prisoners are shipped to a privately-operated facility in Arizona …
$100,000 Settlement for Suicide of Mentally Ill Prisoner Repeatedly Raped by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 27, 2019, the State of Hawaii and a prison medical contractor agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Helen Coma, the mother of 32-year-old Jonathan Ibana.  Ibana, incarcerated at …
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