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Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
“Night of Terror” in Indiana Jail Sees Detainees Assaulted by Fellow Prisoners Who Purchased Cell Keys From Guard by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss An Indiana jail guard and a jail detainee are headed to trial in the summer of 2023 on charges that the guard sold the detainee …
Schizophrenic Detainee Dies after 20 days in Solitary Confinement in Indiana Jail by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A lawsuit filed on April 12, 2023, accuses the jail in Indiana’s Jackson County of deliberate indifference to the serious medical need of a detainee who had been held in …
Brief • April 12, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Estate of Joshua McLemore v. Jackson County, IN, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 4:23-cv-00057-TWP-KMB Document 1 Filed 04/12/23 Page 1 of 47 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA NEW ALBANY DIVISION THE ESTATE OF JOSHUA A. McLEMORE, by and through its Administrator, Melita …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WBAM in Birmingham reported that a guard at the Blount County Jail was taken into custody and fired on January 31, 2023. Joseph Snow, 43, was charged with second-degree assault for injuring a detainee during an incident captured on surveillance video. Sheriff Mike Moon called …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Indiana Will Now Send Low-Level Felons to Prison Instead of Jail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On July 1, 2022, Indiana House Enrolled Act No. 1004 took effect, amending sections of the state code governing parole, supervised release, and placement in community corrections programs in ways that primarily …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: On January 9, 2023, the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) arrested a guard at the city jail for an alleged off-duty assault, the Birmingham News reported. It’s unclear who filed the misdemeanor complaint against Reba Foulks, 36; MPD didn’t begin its investigation until …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Seventh Circuit Revives Indiana Prisoner’s Claim He Was Wrongfully Fired From Prison Commissary for Attending Religious Service by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed dismissal of an Indiana prisoner’s claim that he was wrongfully terminated from …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Accidents
Another Prisoner Dies in Another Fire at Indiana Prison by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  On January 14, 2023, a fire broke out just before 11:00 a.m. in a cell block at Indiana State Prison (ISP), killing prisoner Michael W. Smith, 48. He was the second prisoner to …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Seventh Circuit: Indiana Prisoner Who Failed to Formalize Grievance Also Failed to Exhaust Remedies by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 17, 2022, an Indiana prisoner learned a painful lesson from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. As PLN has repeatedly warned, courts are empowered …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: Medical, Settlements
Seventh Circuit Trims What Indiana Prisoner Owes Jail Doctor in Lost Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 21, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit modified a judgment against a prisoner in a civil rights lawsuit he filed and lost against a doctor …
Article • December 5, 2022
Seventh Circuit Offers No Relief to Indiana Prisoner Held in Solitary Four Years by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On March 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) defendants in a suit …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A detainee assaulted aguard at the Calhoun County Jail on August 6, 2022, the Anniston Star reported. Sheriff Matthew Wade blamed an ongoing staffing shortage, which has typically left three guards on duty to supervise 300 detainees. One of them, Jacob Hammett, was out of …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Federal Jury Awards $30,501 to Indiana Prisoner in Retaliation Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In October 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Indiana confirmed payment to a state prisoner of $30,501 in damages, which was awarded for retaliation he suffered when seeking protection from …
Brief • November 11, 2022
Estate of Herman Whitfield v. The City of Indianapolis, IN, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Excessive Force, 2022 Case 1:22-cv-01246-SEB-MJD Document 40 Filed 11/11/22 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 175 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION THE ESTATE OF HERMAN WHITFIELD, III, PLAINTIFF, v. THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, …
Brief • September 12, 2022
Karp v. Indiana Dept of Correction, IN, Settlement Agreement, Retaliation, 2022 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 1. This Agreement between Victor Karp [hereinafter referred to as Releasor], and the Indiana Department of Correction, all of the Indiana Department of Correction's present and fol'mer members, officers, agents, employees (including but not limited …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Indiana Caps Phone Rates in State Prisons and Jails by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On July 1, 2022, a new Indiana law took effect that caps the price charged for phone calls in state prisons and jails. With the change, those held by the state Department of Corrections …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 3, 2022, a guard was arrested for having sex with a prisoner at Alabama’s Pickens County Jail, according to a report by WTVA in Tupelo, Mississippi. The guard, Marquita Booker, 28, was fired after her arrest, which followed an investigation that earlier in …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
HRDC Sues Indiana Sheriff Over Censorship at County Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 27, 2022, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the nonprofit that publishes PLN, filed suit in federal court for the Northern District of Indiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, accusing St. Joseph County …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by   Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …
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