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Oregon Parole Board Ordered to Consider Sex-Offense-Free Time When Setting Sex Offender Notification Levels by On November 28, 2023, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a determination by the state Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision that denied a former state prisoner relief from registration as a sex offender without …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Hearing-Impaired Massachusetts Prisoners Win ADA Case by On January 17, 2024, the federal court for the District of Massachusetts issued a ruling in a long-running case brought by hearing-impaired state prisoners, finding that the state Department of Correction (DOC) had violated their rights under Title II of the Americans with …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Sixth Circuit Revives Ohio Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim That Guards Got Him Kicked Out of Religious Group by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed dismissal of an Equal Protection Clause claim by Ohio prisoner Lyle Heyward …
Lawsuit Alleges Black ICE Detainee Subjected to Racial Slurs, Choked in Restraint Chair at Pennsylvania Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke   According to a federal civil rights action filed by Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project attorneys Matthew A. Feldman and Evangeline Wright on November 15, 2023, a Black …
U.N. Panel Finds Rampant Racism in U.S. Criminal Justice System by In what will surprise few prisoners, a report by an appointed panel of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) released on September 26, 2023, found “shocking” human rights violations and “staggering” racial disparities in U.S. criminal justice …
Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Dept., NY, Presentation on Excited Delirium, 2024 Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Department Psychological behaviors • Paranoia • Delusional • Agitation • Cannot follow commands • Emotional changes • Disoriented • Hallucinations • Looks like \\just snapped" …
No Human Being Should Be Held There - THE MISTREATMENT OF LGBTQ AND HIV POSITIVE PEOPLE IN U.S. FEDERAL IMMIGRATION JAILS-June 2024 “No Human Being Should Be Held There” The Mistreatment of LGBTQ and HIV-Positive People in U.S. Federal Immigration Jails JUNE 2024 No Human Being Should Be Held There …
Wilson-Brady, State of Iowa, IA, Verdict, Retaliation, 2024 E-FILED 05771 LACL153625 - 2024 MAY 03 01:15 PM POLK CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT Page 1 of 2 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY JENNIFER WILSON-BRADY, Case No. LACL153625 Plaintiff, V. STATE OF IOWA, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS VERDICT FORM …
Fourth Circuit Moves North Carolina Prisons Closer to Recognizing Nation of Gods and Earths by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a group of North Carolina prisoners can be treated like adherents of a religion even …
These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years by Victoria Law by Victoria Law How the criminal legal system slammed two Black men for standing up to white supremacist guards in an Indiana prison. This article was originally published by Truthout on March 12, 2023. It …
$125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing by David Reutter
Sentencing Project Proposes Remedies for Racial Disparities Behind Bars by In a report published on October 11, 2023, the nonprofit Sentencing Project noted that the lifetime risk of incarceration for Black men in the U.S. fell from one in three in 1981 to one in five in 2021. However, all …
Article • April 26, 2024
Filed under: Political Prisoners
Young Hong Kong Protestors Held in “Deradicalization” Camps by Gregory Teixeira by Gregory P. Teixeira   In Hong Kong, young arrestees incarcerated during mass protests four years ago are being held in detention centers where they are subjected to a “deradicalization” program to suppress their political activism and instill outward …
$175,000 Awarded to Former California Detainee Whose Suit Prompted DOJ Investigation and Settlement Requiring Structural Changes at Jail by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2021, former San Luis Obispo County Jail detainee Steven J. York was awarded $175,000 to settle a lawsuit that also prompted an investigation of …
Kansas DOC Claims Discrimination Against Wiccans Was “Inadvertent” by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 27, 2023, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) appeared to back down from a fight over providing state prisoners materials from a Wiccan shop—though it maintained a ban on correspondence from the shop owner …
Third Circuit Revives Disabled New Jersey Prisoner’s Claim for Deprivation of Walking Cane by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed dismissal of prisoner Tremayne Durham’s suit blaming employees of the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) for …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Sentencing Project Finds “Important Inroads” Against Mass Incarceration, Racial Inequality Behind Bars by October 11, 2023, the Sentencing Project reported that the share of Black men who will experience incarceration at some point in life has declined from one in three for those born in 1981 to one in five …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
N.J. Prison Guard Sacked Over Mock George Floyd Killing by On September 20, 2023, the New Jersey Civil Service Commission upheld a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) allowing the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to fire a state prison guard involved in a mock killing of George Floyd …
Brief • March 27, 2024
Filed under: Discrimination
Crawford v. Blair County Prison, PA, Complaint, Discrimination, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-00063-SLH Document 1 Filed 03/27/24 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BRIAN CRAWFORD, Civil Action Plaintiff, No. 24-63 v. BLAIR COUNTY PRISON, Defendant. JURY TRIAL DEMANDED CIVIL COMPLAINT Plaintiff, Brian …
Brief • March 4, 2024
Howard v. The County of Essex, NJ, Complaint, Discrimination, 2024 ESX-L-001515-24 03/04/2024 2:00:00 AM Pg 1 of 26 Trans ID: LCV2024562192 LURETHA M. STRIBLING, ESQ. 1030 South Avenue West, Suite 1A Westfield, New Jersey 07090 (908) 403-0113 Attorney for the Plaintiff Attorney ID No. 008452004 LMStribling@verizon.net IDESHA HOWARD SUPERIOR COURT …
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