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Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19, Injunctions
COVID-19 Injunction Lapses in Oregon, Another Fails in Massachusetts by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On June 21, 2022, a preliminary injunction granted by the federal court for the District of Oregon expired, ending its mandate that state prison employees comply with the COVID-19 masking policy of the state Department …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Maine Settles Suit Over COVID-19 Jobless Benefits Seized From Prisoners by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Like many prison systems across America, Maine’s Department of Corrections (DOC) has a work-release program that allows prisoners to hold jobs in local communities while serving their sentence. But when the COVID-19 pandemic struck …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Rifles, Tasers and Jails: How Cities and States Spent Billions of COVID-19 Relief by Anastasia Valeeva, Weihua Li, Susie Cagle by Anastasia Valeeva, Weihua Li, and Susie Cagle President Biden’s signature American Rescue Plan Act gave local governments $350 billion to recover from COVID-19. They spent much of it on …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
$6,000 Sanction for Mississippi Federal Prosecutor Who Lied to Court About COVID-19 Vaccination Status by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 7, 2022, a federal judge for the Southern District of Mississippi levied a $6,000 sanction against a federal prosecutor for lying about his COVID-19 vaccination status. When …
Brief • October 13, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Iowa State Board Claim -Covid Vaccine Overdoses-Oct 13 2022 ACTION BY THE OFFICE OF THE IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CLAIMS T210542 CLAIM No: CLAIMANT: MICHAEL LEE GORDON STATE AGENCY: IOWA STATE PENITENTIARY AMOUNT OF CLAIM: 1 MILLION DATE OF LOSS/INJURY: DATE RECEIVED BY DOM: 04/20/2021 5/21/2021 NATURE OF CLAIM: P_ERSONAL …
Brief • October 11, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Garries v. Miluscnic, CA, Order Re Joint Motion for Settlement, Covid-19, 2022 Case 2:20-cv-04450-CBM-PVC Document 863 Filed 10/11/22 Page 1 of 17 Page ID #:17837 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION 11 RICHARD GARRIES, et al., …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Ninth Circuit Vacates California’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate for Prison Employees by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a lower court’s order that California prison officials implement a mandatory COVID-19 employee vaccination policy. The Court concluded that prison …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
$2.5 Million in Confiscated COVID-19 Relief Funds Returned to Arkansas Prisoners After Court Issues Injunction by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As of June 6, 2022, the Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC) had returned $2,551,198 in confiscated federal relief or stimulus funds to state prisoners, according to Communications Director …
Brief • September 19, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Puente Human Rights Movement v. Penzone, AZ, Reply of MSJ, Covid-19, 2022 Case 2:20-cv-01192-SPL-JZB Document 340 Filed 09/19/22 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 Larry J. Wulkan (Bar No. 021404) ZWILLINGER WULKAN PLC 2020 North Central Avenue, Suite 675 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Telephone: (602) 962-0089 Email: …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Texas Prisoners’ Challenge to Pandemic Prison Conditions for Failure to Exhaust by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 9, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of pandemic precautions taken by the …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19, Official Report
17 States and DC Have Stopped Reporting Active COVID Cases Behind Bars by Victoria Law by Victoria Law This article was originally published at TruthOut.com on August 5, 2022. It is reprinted here with permission. On July 5, Rita Deanda tested positive for COVID while incarcerated at the California Institution …
Brief • August 30, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Garries v. Milusnic, CA, Notice and Motion for Final Approval of Settlement,Covid-19, 2022 Case 2:20-cv-04450-CBM-PVC Document 828 Filed 08/30/22 Page 1 of 27 Page ID #:16373 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Terry W. Bird – Bar No. 49038 …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Final Settlement Agreement Approved in COVID-19 Class Action at California Immigration Detention Center by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 10, 2022, a final settlement agreement was approved in a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the safety from COVID-19 of detainees held for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
A First Glance in Rear-View Mirror at Pandemic by Kevin Bliss, Matthew Clarke, Ashleigh Dye, Keith Sanders by Kevin W. Bliss, Matt Clarke, Ashleigh N. Dye and Keith Sanders As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes from the headlines, its full effect on prisoners and detainees is coming into clearer view. One …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19’s Impact on Prisoners Far Worse Than It Needed to Be by Kevin Bliss, Edward Lyon by Kevin Bliss and Ed Lyon In September 2021, a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonprofit research and advocacy group Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) gave a failing grade to 42 …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Federal Court Upholds and Monitors Requirement for Tennessee Jail to Provide COVID-19 Vaccination for Detainees by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 22, 2022, an inspector appointed by the federal court for the Western District of Tennessee reported that the Shelby County Jail remained understaffed even as …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Massachusetts Supreme Court Continues Trend of Easing Prison COVID-19 Protocols by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Even as the COVID-19 pandemic persisted and more variants appeared in late 2021, courts were steadily easing restrictions to mitigate its spread in prisons. A case in point: Massachusetts, where initially strong rulings by …
Article • July 11, 2022
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Compassionate Release Where One Factor Isn’t Satisfied Even After Assuming Other Factors Were by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   On September 28, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied the appeal of a federal prisoner in Florida, whose application for …
Brief • June 24, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Gray v. County of Riverside, CA, Order Revising Covid-19 Plan, Covi-19 Protocols, 2022 Case 5:13-cv-00444-VAP-OP Document 212 Filed 06/24/22 Page 1 of 6 Page ID #:18093 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 QUINTON GRAY, et al., on …
Brief • June 24, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19
Gray v. County of Riverside, CA, Order, COVID Pandemic, 2022 Case 5:13-cv-00444-VAP-OP Document 212 Filed 06/24/22 Page 1 of 6 Page ID #:18093 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 QUINTON GRAY, et al., on behalf of themselves …
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