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Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Plf Exhibits in Support of Response in Opposition, COVID-19 Release, 2021

Brief • July 16, 2021

Filed under: Contagious Disease -- Misc., COVID-19, Failure to Protect (General), Sanitation

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Plf Exhibits in Support of Response in Opposition, COVID-19 Release, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-01526 Document 406 Filed 07/16/21 Page 1 of 362 PageID #: 11149 Dying Inside THE DATA BEHIND JAIL DEATHS IN AMERICA TOPLINE DATA JAIL DEATHS 2008-2019 TOTAL NUMBER OF JAILS SURVEYED* TOTAL AVERAGE INMATE …

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Plf Response to Motion for Protective Order, COVID-19 Release, 2021

Brief • July 15, 2021

Filed under: Contagious Disease -- Misc., COVID-19, Failure to Protect (General), Sanitation

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Plf Response to Motion for Protective Order, COVID-19 Release, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-01526 Document 405 Filed 07/15/21 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 11120 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA JOHN BAXLEY, JR., et al, on their own behalf and …

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Email Exchange Regarding Rule 34 Inspection, COVID-19 Release, 2021

Brief • July 15, 2021

Filed under: Contagious Disease -- Misc., COVID-19, Failure to Protect (General), Sanitation

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Email Exchange Regarding Rule 34 Inspection, COVID-19 Release, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-01526 Document 405-1 Filed 07/15/21 Page 1 of 7 PageID #: 11131 From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Jennifer S. Wagner Valerie H. Raupp; Lydia C. Milnes Anna Casto; Jay Arceneaux; Kaelyn Le-Hue RE: Baxley v. Jividen, …

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Exhibit a - Bragg Facility Inspection & Inmate Interview Protocol, COVID-19 Release, 2021

Brief • 2021

Filed under: Contagious Disease -- Misc., COVID-19, Failure to Protect (General), Sanitation

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Exhibit a - Bragg Facility Inspection & Inmate Interview Protocol, COVID-19 Release, 2021 Case Case 3:18-cv-01526 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-JTA Document 405-3 Document Filed 07/15/21 3098-1 Filed Page 01/21/21 1 of 5 PageID Page #: 1 of 11144 5 EXHIBIT A FACILITY INSPECTION AND INMATE INTERVIEW PROTOCOL 1. Subject …

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Mediation Agreement Pertaining to Discovery, COVID-19 Release, 2021

Brief • 2021

Filed under: Contagious Disease -- Misc., COVID-19, Failure to Protect (General), Sanitation

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Mediation Agreement Pertaining to Discovery, COVID-19 Release, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-01526 Document 410-1 Filed 250-1 07/21/21 1 of 32 PageID #: 11534 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document FiledPage 09/09/15 Page 1 of 32 EXHIBIT A Case 3:18-cv-01526 Document 410-1 Filed 250-1 07/21/21 2 of 32 PageID #: 11535 Case …

News in Brief

Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …

News in Brief

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 …

Administrator of “Whitey” Bulger’s Estate Sues BOP Over His Murder

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Elderly Defendants

Administrator of “Whitey” Bulger’s Estate Sues BOP Over His Murder by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The administrator of the estate of the late James J. “Whitey” Bulger, Jr. filed suit on October 30, 2020, in federal district court in West Virginia, alleging that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) …

News in Brief

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: Chanting “not one more,” about 30 carloads of protesters from “Alabamians Who Care” caravanned to the governor’s mansion in Montgomery on August 1, 2020, protesting a plan by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to build three new “mega-prisons.” According to a report by Montgomery TV station …

News in Brief

Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …

Former Prisoners Are Running for Office In 2020

Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020

Filed under: Prison Reform, Restrictions, discrimination, Voting Rights

Former Prisoners Are Running for Office In 2020 by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen When those who have been incarcerated run for office, they can speak with authority about prison reform. They bring credibility that others simply can’t. In 2020, more ex-inmates than ever are coming out of …

News in Brief

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Daniel Davitt, 60, on January 14,  2020 on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Lower Buckeye Jail guard Gene Lee on October 30. Buckeye Jail video shows Davitt talking to Lee on October 29, then suddenly grabbing …

Prison Postcards: Official Accounts Differ from Prisoner Accounts as the Pandemic Spreads

Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19, Conditions of Confinement

Prison Postcards: Official Accounts Differ from Prisoner Accounts as the Pandemic Spreads by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Ever since the coronavirus epidemic exploded in the United States earlier this year, government officials have reassured the public that they had things tightly under control. On February 26, before anyone in …

USA v. Martin, WV, Emergency Motion, COVID-19 Release, 2020

Brief • May 11, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

USA v. Martin, WV, Emergency Motion, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 1:05-cr-00021-IMK-MJA Document 329 Filed 05/11/20 Page 1 of 19 PageID #: 2161 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA CLARKSBURG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. Criminal No. 1:05-CR-21 GEORGE MARTIN, Defendant. EMERGENCY MOTION FOR COMPASSIONATE …

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Memo Opinion and Order, COVID-19 Release, 2020

Brief • April 8, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

Baxley v. Jividen, WV, Memo Opinion and Order, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 3:18-cv-01526 Document 183 Filed 04/08/20 Page 1 of 19 PageID #: 1432 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA HUNTINGTON DIVISION JOHN BAXLEY, JR., ERIC L. JONES, SAMUEL STOUT, AMBER ARNETT, EARL …

C.H. V. Wilson, WV, Agreed Order of Dismissal, Sexual Assault and Harassment, 2020

Brief • March 24, 2020

Filed under: Sexual Assault

C.H. V. Wilson, WV, Agreed Order of Dismissal, Sexual Assault and Harassment, 2020 Case 5:19-cv-00645 Document 56 Filed 03/24/20 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 328 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA BECKLEY DIVISION C.H., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 5:19-cv-00645 Honorable Frank …

C.H. V. Wilson, WV, Proposed Settlement, Sexual Assault and Harassment, 2020

Brief • March 12, 2020

Filed under: Sexual Assault

C.H. V. Wilson, WV, Proposed Settlement, Sexual Assault and Harassment, 2020 Case 5:19-cv-00645 Document 54 Filed 03/12/20 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 325 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA BECKLEY DIVISION C.H. Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION 5:19-CV-00645 vs. DAVID WILSON, et. al. Defendant, Mediator's Proposed Settlement The …

B.M. V. Wilson, WV, Proposed Settlement, Sexual Assualt and Harassment, 2020

Brief • March 12, 2020

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Prisoner-Staff Assault

B.M. V. Wilson, WV, Proposed Settlement, Sexual Assualt and Harassment, 2020 Case 1:19-cv-00819 Document 33 Filed 03/12/20 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 204 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA BLUEFIELD DIVISION B.M. Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION l:19-CV-00819 vs. DAVID WILSON, et. al. Defendant, Mediator's Proposed Settlement The …

Jail prisoners in West Virginia build flag boxes for families of veterans

Article • January 19, 2020

Filed under: Work, Jail Specific, Veterans

Jail prisoners in West Virginia build flag boxes for families of veterans by Prisoners at West Virginia Northern Regional Jail build flag boxes for families of veterans, but neither the jail nor the court system take the problems of veterans into consideration when prosecuting them. The jail has a woodshop …

State of West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Summary and Memo to Governor, Nazi salute, 2019

Publication • December 27, 2019

Filed under: Failure to Train/Supervise

State of West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Summary and Memo to Governor, Nazi salute, 2019 State of West Virginia OFFICE OF THE SECRET ARY DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SAFETY Building 1, Suite W-400 1900 Kanawha Blvd., East Charleston, West Virginia 25305 Telephone: (304) 5SS-2930 Facsiinile:(304) 55&-6221 …