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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
White v. Michigan Dept of Corrections, MI, Complaint, ADA Violation, 2023 Case 2:23-cv-10592-DPH-EAS ECF No. 1, PageID.1 Filed 03/14/23 Page 1 of 14 L~ ,J l 'f ~t, :,-r,4n.:° s D t.5~.¼Ltr ca1..xcr (tJ -{"ti£ e:lh,cAJ 10 lS-,illC1." - -:xu[H0u" Dnll ">\l:::N e,..;::- tl,\..l C l-t Uf-!7 w-J M ,Jlll.l …
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 …
Article • January 9, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19, Visiting
Michigan Prisoners Once Again Lose Visitation Due to COVID-19 and Influenza Outbreaks by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Michigan state prisoners are having a grim winter. Quarantine orders are in effect at 11 state lockups suffering outbreaks of the flu and COVID-19. Two prisons, Macomb Correctional Facility (CF) …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On November 2, 2022, a former state prison guard at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham pleaded guilty to federal contraband smuggling charges. The Birmingham News reported that Wilson Brian Clemons, 32, was arrested on November 23, 2021, on state counts of marijuana …
Article • December 27, 2022
Five High-Level Staffers Out of Michigan Prison After State Watchdog Uncovers Anti-Gay Harassment by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Michigan Office of the Executive Inspector General (OIG) released a 50-page report on December 5, 2022, detailing a culture of unprofessional and irresponsible behavior at the management level of …
Brief • December 5, 2022
Jones v. Corizon Health Inc., MI, Judgment, Negligence, 2022 Case 1:20-cv-00036-HYJ ECF No. 244, PageID.5701 Filed 12/05/22 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CHARLES JONES, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:20-cv-36 v. HON. HALA Y. JARBOU CORIZON HEALTH INC., et al., Defendants. ____________________________/ JUDGMENT …
Brief • December 2, 2022
Jones v. Steimel, MI, Verdict, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:20-cv-00036-HYJ ECF No. 243, PageID.5674 Filed 12/02/22 Page 1 of 11 ... UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CHARLES JONES, as Personal Representative of the Estate ofWADE JONES, deceased, Plaintiff, Case No.: 1:20-cv-36 v. Hon. Hala Y. …
Brief • November 17, 2022
Coopwood v. Wayne County, MI, Brief of Amici Curiae, Excessive Force, 2022 Case: 22-1485 Document: 25 Filed: 11/17/2022 Page: 1 No. 22-1485 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT JAQUETTA ANN COOPWOOD, v. Plaintiff-Appellant, WAYNE COUNTY, MI., ET AL., Defendants-Appellees. On Appeal from the United States …
Brief • November 14, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
McCann v. Fuller, MI, Plaintiff's Consolidated Response in Opposition to Dft's Motion for Summary Judgment, Wrongful Conviction, 2022 Case 1:19-cv-01032-PLM-PJG ECF No. 138, PageID.2776 Filed 11/14/22 Page 1 of 81 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN RAYMOND E. McCANN, II, Plaintiff, v. BRYAN FULLER, Special Representative of the …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Michigan Supreme Court Says Prisoner’s Possession of Cell Phone by Itself Doesn’t Show Threat to Security by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 28, 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court held that possession of a cell phone by a prisoner may not justify an enhanced sentence under the state …
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