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Challenge Survives to Maryland County’s Cash Bond Program

Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023

Filed under: Bail Bonds, Constitutional Challenges/Law

Challenge Survives to Maryland County’s Cash Bond Program by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding that changes in pretrial release procedures of Prince George’s County “may or may not be ameliorative,” the federal court for the District of Maryland on June 7, 2023, refused to dismiss a complaint filed …

News in Brief

Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: According to WSFA in Montgomery, a guard at the Montgomery County Detention Center was charged on July 18, 2023, with conspiracy to provide contraband to a prisoner as well as bribing a public official. Timothy Bernard Summerlin, 33, had worked at the lockup for roughly …

Maryland Sheriff Charged with Illegally Procuring Machine Guns from ATF

Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023

Filed under: Federal Funds, Guns - Type of, Firearms

Maryland Sheriff Charged with Illegally Procuring Machine Guns from ATF by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On April 5, 2023, the Sheriff of Maryland’s Frederick County was charged with using his office to order machine guns from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) that were supposed …

$120,000 Paid to Muslim Detainees for Discrimination by Maryland Jail

Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023

Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Settlements

$120,000 Paid to Muslim Detainees for Discrimination by Maryland Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2023, the federal court for the District of Maryland granted dismissal to a suit by a former detainee at the Prince George’s County lockup, after he and co-Plaintiffs accepted a …

Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of $700,000 Award to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards

Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Appeals

Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of $700,000 Award to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 13, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to review its dismissal of an appeal …

News in Brief

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 …

Brown v. Prince George's County, MD, Settlement, Censorship, 2023

Brief • February 10, 2023

Filed under: Censorship

Brown v. Prince George's County, MD, Settlement, Censorship, 2023 CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION SUBJECT TO FRE 408 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") is made this __ day of February, 2023 by and between Enrico Brown, Kenneth Snowden, Duran Carrington, Michael Harris, David Francis, Darnell Munden, and …

Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives

Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings

Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On September 2, 2021, the federal court for the District of Maryland denied a motion for summary judgment made by a state prison guard who is the defendant in a case brought by a prisoner who …

Deaf Detainee Found Murdered in Baltimore Jail

Article • October 21, 2022

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

Deaf Detainee Found Murdered in Baltimore Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A diminutive detainee who was deaf and communicated by sign language was found unresponsive at Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center early on October 9, 2022. Officials from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services …

Frazier v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum of Law, Injuction, 2022

Brief • July 19, 2022

Filed under: Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's

Frazier v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum of Law, Injuction, 2022 Case 8:22-cv-01768-PJM Document 2-1 Filed 07/19/22 Page 1 of 42 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND GREENBELT DIVISION ROBERT FRAZIER, et al., individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, …

Maryland Strips Governor’s Power to Overturn Parole Decisions

Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022

Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions

Maryland Strips Governor’s Power to Overturn Parole Decisions by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye On December 7, 2021, Maryland lawmakers voted to override the governor’s veto and take away his power to overrule parole recommendations for state prisoners serving a life sentence. After the bill, SB 202, passed earlier in …

University of Maryland-Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes, 2022-03

Publication • 2022

Filed under: Release and Reentry

University of Maryland-Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes, 2022-03 Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes: The Unger Story Michael A. Millemann Jennifer Elisa Chapman Samuel P. Feder University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022–03 ....... ~ ..· IV'ERSITY. of MARYLAN'D …

Canter v. Santana, MD, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022

Brief • April 14, 2022

Filed under: Excessive Force, Transgender, Failure to Protect (Transgender)

Canter v. Santana, MD, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022 Case Case8:19-cv-02395-JKB 8:19-cv-02395-JKB Document Document 63-1 72 Filed Filed 04/14/23 08/31/22 Page Page11ofof26 26 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND NORTHERN DIVISION AMBER M. CANTER c/o Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, P.A. 1 South Street, 30th Floor Baltimore, …

News in Brief

Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: In Mobile on January 21, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama announced that an 18-month federal prison sentence for bribery had been handed down by a federal court to Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 31, a former guard at the Escambia County …

Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate COVID-19 Response at Maryland Jail

Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022

Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19, Settlements

Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate COVID-19 Response at Maryland Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Under a settlement agreement reached on August 23, 2021, officials at the Prince George’s County Jail in Maryland agreed to a raft of safety protocols overseen for at least four months by …

News in Brief

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: According to Birmingham Real-Time News, a kidnapper was recaptured after being erroneously released from jail in Jefferson County, Alabama, on December 17, 2021. The prisoner, Matthew Burke, 35, was apprehended during a traffic stop after being released from the Jefferson County Jail on Dec. 11 …

Suit by HRDC Alleging GTL and Securus Violated Sherman Anti-Trust Act Survives Motion to Dismiss

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Antitrust Offenses, HRDC Litigation, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp

Suit by HRDC Alleging GTL and Securus Violated Sherman Anti-Trust Act Survives Motion to Dismiss by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A suit brought by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) alleging a price-fixing and kickback scheme by prison telephone service providers Global Tel*Link Corp. (now known as ViaPath), Securus …

News in Brief

Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: On August 19, 2021, twoconvicted robbers were convicted of murder in the death of a fellow prisoner they and two others attacked in 2017 at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama. According to a report by Montgomery TV station WSFA, Dominique Covin and Roderick DeLaune …

Albert v. GTL, MD, Order, Price-Fixing, 2021

Brief • September 30, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Bid-Rigging, Price-Fixing, etc.

Albert v. GTL, MD, Order, Price-Fixing, 2021 Case 8:20-cv-01936-LKG Document 96 Filed 09/30/21 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ASHLEY ALBERT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORP., et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …

News in Brief

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: A former guard at the Mobile Metro Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on May 19, 2021, after being indicted for his role in an alleged scheme to smuggle cellphones into the Alabama lockup in exchange for bribes. According to a report by local TV …