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Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Within 48-hours of booking into the Morgan County Jail on August 29, 2023, Miles Rea Batson, 39, had two second-degree assault charges added to his public intoxication charge as well as another for disarming a law enforcement agent. WHNT in Huntsville reported that during booking …
Brief • October 23, 2023
Klenke v. Michigan Dept of Corrections, MI, Complaint, Sexual Harassment, 2023 2nd copy - Plaintiff 3rd copy - Return Original - Court 1st copy - Defendant Approved, SCAO CASE NO. STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT 8th Ionia 23-S- 3lJl \ ~ \ SUMMONS JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY -CD Court telephone no. …
Brief • October 17, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
McCann v. Fuller, MI, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN RAYMONDE. MCCANN, II, Plaintiff No. 1:19-cv-1032 V HON. PAULL. MALONEY BRYAN FULLER; Special Representative for the ESTATE of JAMES BEDELL; MARCUS DONKER; MICHAEL SHANE CRIGER; VILLAGE OF CONSTANTINE; and as-yet UNKNOWN OFFICERS OF THE …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Despite Prior Settlement Agreement, Sick Michigan Prisoners Still Forced to Wait for Medication in Cold and Rain by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Owing in part to the diligent efforts of Michigan prisoner Mark White and a suit he filed in March 2023, it appears that employees of the state …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was arrested on June 10, 2023, for allegedly smuggling drugs, including meth, to a prisoner at Kilby Correctional Facility, 1819 News reported. Charlie Townsend, 28, resigned from his position upon his arrest by the Law Enforcement Services Division. …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
$30,000 Paid by Michigan to Prisoner Wrongfully Classified as Sex Offender by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 6, 2023, a Michigan prisoner dismissed his complaint against officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) after agreeing to accept $30,000 to settle claims that he suffered the “stigmatizing …
Brief • June 26, 2023
Fox v. Washington, MI, Opinion, Religous Discrimination, 2023 RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 23a0136p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT JAMES HARRISON FOX; SCOTT DAVID PERREAULT, Plaintiffs-Appellants, ┐ │ │ > v. HEIDI E. WASHINGTON, Director of the Michigan Department of …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: A private prison guard in Arizona was picked up on drug charges in California on April 18, 2023, as he made his way back from Mexico with his wife and kids – along with almost 53 pounds of meth and heroin stashed in the gas …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Four Michigan Jail Guards Guilty in Detainee Death, Family Paid $2.4 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Just weeks before their trial was to begin on charges of involuntary manslaughter in a detainee’s death, four guards at Michigan’s Muskegon County Jail pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of Willful …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Caves to Criticism, Accepts Resignation of Formerly Incarcerated Clerk by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 5, 2023, new Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Bolden announced she had accepted the resignation of her formerly incarnated clerk, Pete Martel. In doing so, the justice bowed …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Corizon Bankruptcy Threatens $6.4 Million Award to Family of Michigan Prisoner Whose Five-Day Jail Term Turned Into Death Sentence by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On December 5, 2022, a jury in federal court for the Western District of Michigan awarded $6.4 million to the estate of Wade Jones, 40, …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$2.4 Million Judgment Against Michigan Jail Doctor Convicted of Sexually Abusing Three Prisoners by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 8, 2022, the federal court forthe Eastern District of Michigan awarded $2.4 million in compensatory and punitive damages to three prisoners sexually abused in 2018 by a former physician …
Sixth Circuit Won’t Hold Michigan County Liable After Mentally Ill Prisoner Impregnates Another by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On May 3, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment favoring for defendant officials with Wayne County, Michigan, in a complaint filed by one mentally …
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
Sixth Circuit Revives Claim Over Michigan Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose on Allegedly Smuggled Fentanyl by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to employees of the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Polling Stations Inside Jails Combat Voter Disenfranchisement by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders America’s carceral system strips millions of people of many privileges as citizens. Even when released, some of those privileges are not regained. Take voting, for instance. Felons – with rare exceptions in a couple of states – …
Brief • March 14, 2023
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Brief • March 3, 2023
Filed under: Prison Classification
Harper v. Arkesteyn, MI,Settlement, Prison Classification, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION WILLIE E. HARPER, JR. #932428, Plaintiff, NO. 2:19-cv-11106 v HON. GEORGE C. STEER DAVID ARKESTEYN, ADRIANE FOSTER, BRENDA STEVENSON, KELECHI EGBUCHULAM, RACHEL THOMPSON, MICHAEL EAGIN, MELISSA JENNINGS, JEROME WARFIELD SR., ANTHONY KING, SUE …
Article • February 7, 2023
Michigan Prisons Ban 1,000 Books, Most Would Be Considered Harmless by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott  After a review of public records from Michigan, online magazine and video channel Motherboard found that the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) has restricted prisoner access to at least 1,000 books between …
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