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Publication • 2022
Freedom Denied-How the Culture of Detention Created a Federal Jailing Crisis-Oct. 2022 FREEDOM DENIED iii Table of Contents AUTHORS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS P.5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY P.15 CONTEXTUALIZING THE CULTURE OF DETENTION P.53 1. Publicly Available Data Provide Little Insight into the Causes and Contours of the Federal Bail Crisis. 2. The …
California Jail Guard Criminally Charged for Assaulting Detainee with Scalding Water by Edward Lyon By Ed Lyon A Sheriff’s Department deputy in California’s Orange County has forfeited a 20-plus-year law enforcement career by assaulting a mentally ill detainee at the county lockup. The deputy, Guadalupe Ortiz, 47, was fired on …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Eighth Circuit Rules Pretrial Detainees and Prisoners Have Right to Visit Family Members by Eighth Circuit Rules Pretrial Detainees and Prisoners Have Right to Visit Family Members In a precedential ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has held that “prisoners and pretrial detainees have a right …
Publication • March 21, 2022
The Hidden Costs of Pretrial Detention Revisited, March 2022 12.57 200 THE HIDDEN COSTS OF PRETRIAL DETENTION REVISITED 359.08 23.9 005 MARCH 21, 2022 56.10 100 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Any time a person is arrested and accused of committing a crime, a decision has to be made. Will this person be …
Sixth Circuit Holds Subjective Prong of Deliberate Indifference Test Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainee’s Claims; Reinstates Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 22, 2021, in a case with enormous impact on the way jails may treat pretrial detainees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
All Writs Act Provides Authority for Medical-Imaging Transport Order for Condemned Ohio Prisoner Challenging His Conviction; Certiorari Granted by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 26, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed with a district court that an Ohio state prisoner must be …
Washington Can’t Cheat Prisoner of Time Held Out of State on Washington Charges by Jacob Barrett But ICE Makes Sure That It Doesn’t Matter by Jacob Barrett On July 29, 2021 the Supreme Court of Washington ruled that a state prisoner was entitled to credit for all the time he …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Ninth Circuit: Pretrial Detainees Have Right to Direct-View Safety Checks by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to a jail nurse, holding that it was clearly established at the time of the events relevant to the lawsuit under …
Friedmann v. Parker, TN, Preliminary Injunction Ruling, Solitary Confinement, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION ALEXANDER FRIEDMANN, Plaintiff, v. TONY PARKER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) NO. 3:21-cv-00721 MEMORANDUM OPINION Alexander Friedmann is a pretrial detainee who has …
Friedmann v. Parker, TN, Order, Solitary Confinement, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION ALEXANDER FRIEDMANN, Plaintiff, v. TONY PARKER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) NO. 3:21-cv-00721 ORDER For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, Plaintiff …
Brief • September 21, 2021
Hyman v. Lewis, 6th Circuit, Amicus Brief, Excessive Force, 2021 Case: 21-2607 Document: 40 Filed: 09/21/2021 Page: 1 No. 21-2607 ________________________________________________________________________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ________________________________________________________________________________________ VERONICA HYMAN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Deandre Christopher Lipford, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLYDE LEWIS, et al., …
Article • September 15, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Mississippi Supreme Court Applies Pro Se Leniency in Reversing Dismissal of Prisoner’s Lawsuit Challenging Prison Disciplinary Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 29, 2021, the Supreme Court of Mississippi reversed the dismissal of a Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner’s pro se lawsuit challenging a prison disciplinary …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
US DOJ Finds California Alameda County Jail in Violation of Constitution and ADA by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 22, 2021, the Civil Rights Division (CRD) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a notice to Alameda County, California and its Santa Rita Jail, finding that both …
$750,000 Settlement in South Dakota Pretrial Detainee’s Overdose Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $750,000 settlement was reached in the methamphetamine overdose death of a female South Dakota pretrial detainee. The lawsuit brought claims against two separate county jails, state troopers, and guards at the jails. Sarah …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Domestic Violence
Woman Abuse Survivors Sent to Prison for Self-Defense by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders America’s criminal justice system is designed by and for men. It characterizes offenders as violent and victims docile, where offenders kill and victims die. Within this framework, women are often marginalized and unjustly prosecuted, especially victims …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Domestic Violence
Coalition to End Domestic Violence, 30 Years of Domestic Violence Half-Truths, Falsehoods, and Lies, 2021 SPECIAL REPORT Thirty-Years of Domestic Violence Half-Truths, Falsehoods, and Lies Copyright © 2021, Coalition to End Domestic Violence. www.EndtoDV.org A pre-publication copy of this Special Report was provided to the DOJ Office on Violence Against …
USA v. Hill, GA, Indictment, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 1:21-cr-00143-ELR-CCB Document 1 Filed 04/19/21 Page 1 of 12 ORIGINAL FILED IN OPEN COURT U.s.o.c. -Atlanta o, -~~ i APR 19 2021 · ~!..,,, JAMES N. HATTEN Clerk By: ~~ , ~ Deputy Clerk IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR …
Nielsen v. Shinn, AZ, Order, Private Prisons, 2021 Case 2:20-cv-01182-DLR-JZB Document 37 Filed 03/08/21 Page 1 of 26 1 MGD 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Jeffrey Nielsen, et al., 10 11 12 No. CV 20-01182-PHX-DLR (JZB) …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Data: Families of Arizona Prison Guards Suffer High Rates of Domestic Violence by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon About 500 Arizona prison staff were arrested between 2015 and 2019, averaging around 100 per year. Drunken driving charges supposedly top the list of charges, which include sexual assault and human trafficking, …
Tennessee Conference of NAACP v. Lee, TN, Class Action Complaint, Voting Rights for Former Felons, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION TENNESSEE CONFERENCE of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of COLORED PEOPLE, on behalf of itself and its members, and …
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