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Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Cell Searches, Lockdowns
Two-Week Texas Prison Lockdown Ends With Puny Contraband Haul by After locking down almost 129,000 prisoners for nearly two weeks to search for contraband, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced on September 18, 2023, that “normal operations” had resumed at 64 of its 98 facilities. But prison officials …
Brief • November 9, 2023
Patterson v. Virginia Department of Corrections, VA, Complaint, Gender Discrimination-Strip Search, 2023 Case 3:23-cv-00757-DJN Document 1 Filed 11/09/23 Page 1 of 23 PageID# 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division MALLORY PATTERSON, EMILY COMER, and CARLA MCDOWNEY, on behalf of themselves and …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Court Orders Preliminary Injunctive Relief for Transgender Massachusetts Prisoners by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In consolidated cases, the Massachusetts Superior Court for Suffolk County ordered preliminary injunctive relief on December 30, 2022, for a pair of transgender women incarcerated at the state’s Souza Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC). Each woman …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Congress Forces BOP to Upgrade Security Cameras by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Broken prison camera systems are enabling corruption, misconduct and abuse” within America’s 122 federal prisons, declared U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), when Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) signed Ossoff’s bipartisan Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021 …
Brief • August 28, 2023
Filed under: Videotaping, Video Cameras
Alexa A. V. Edwards, LA, Memorandum in Support of Motion for Spoliation Sanctions Regarding Absence of Body-Worn Camera Footage, Body Worn Cameras, 2023 Case 3:22-cv-00573-SDD-RLB Document 242-1 08/28/23 Page 1 of 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEX A., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civ. Act. …
Brief • August 28, 2023
Alexa A. V. Edwards, LA, Motion for Spoliation Sanctions Regarding Absence of Body-Worn Camera Footage, Body Worn Camera, 2023 Case 3:22-cv-00573-SDD-RLB Document 242 08/28/23 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEX A., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civ. Act. No. 3:22-CV-00573-SDD-RLB JOHN BEL …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$15,001 Verdict Against Delaware Guard for Gaping Prisoner’s Butt During Strip Search by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 6, 2023, Judge Paul Wallace in Delaware Superior Court upheld a jury’s $15,001 award for damages against George Pyle, a guard with the state Department of Corrections (DOC), in a …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Hawaii Guard One of Four Convicted in Smuggling Scheme at Honolulu Prison by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A guard and a prisoner at Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu were among four people convicted on federal conspiracy charges in a drug-and-gun-smuggling scheme at the lockup. All but the guard …
Article • June 1, 2023
Body Cam Video Contradicts Detainee’s Indictment in Scuffle With Chicago Jail Guards by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A long-term civil detainee in Chicago’s Cook County Jail – the only one, in fact – is facing charges of aggravated battery of a guard, although body camera footage of …
Civilian Oversight Commision Special Counsel-Deputy Gangs and Deputy Cliques in the LA Sheriff's Dept-Feb. 2023 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TO SHERIFF CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT COMMISSION REGARDING DEPUTY GANGS AND DEPUTY CLIQUES IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT February 2023 Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission COMMISSIONERS Sean Kennedy, Chair …
Article • May 9, 2023
Filed under: Cell Searches, War on Drugs
Four Charged with Using Drones to Smuggle Drugs into California Prisons by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi In an indictment unsealed on April 13, 2023, four people were accused of using drone aircraft to deliver drugs into California state prisons. The indictment was brought in federal court for the Eastern …
Brief • May 9, 2023
Brewster v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Order Granting Denying in Part MSJ, Impoundment of Vehicle, 2023 Case 5:14-cv-02257-JGB-SP Document 314 Filed 05/09/23 Page 1 of 144 Page ID #:6861 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL Case No. EDCV 14-2257 JGB (SPx) Date May 9, 2023 …
Prisoner Health Update: K2 by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Drugs are ubiquitous behind prison walls, but screening of items sent to prisoners and random drug testing incentivizes the use of substances difficult to detect and easy to conceal. Synthetic cannabinoids, known under numerous monikers such as K2 …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Seventh Circuit Sides With Muslim Prisoner, Bars Strip Search by Transgender Wisconsin Guard by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that forcing a Muslim prisoner “to submit to cross-sex strip searches” by a transgender Wisconsin guard …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Smuggling Ring Busted in Georgia Jail, 11 Arrested Including Four Guards and Former Nurse by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 19, 2022, a six-month investigation into contraband smuggling at the Dougherty County Jail (DCJ) in southwest Georgia resulted in charges against 11 suspects. In a stunning …
Article • February 7, 2023
Welsh Prisoner Used Phone Hidden in Rectum to Snag Guards with “Flirty” Calls by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A former guard and a former nurse at a prison in the United Kingdom – who both fell for “flirty” calls on a contraband cellphone from a “Romeo inmate,” …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Fourth Circuit Reinstates Virginia Prisoner’s Spoliation Motion for Lost Video of His Alleged Assault by Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a district court in Virginia abused its discretion by implicitly overruling a …
Brief • January 23, 2023
Shaw v. Erich, KS, Joint Trial Brief, Unconstitutional Detention, 2023 Case 6:19-cv-01343-KHV Document 385 Filed 01/23/23 Page 1 of 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS BLAINE FRANKLIN SHAW, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 19-1343-KHV-GEB v. HERMAN JONES in his official capacity as the Superintendent …
Brief • December 30, 2022
Filed under: Strip Searches, Transgender
Tibbs v. Morales, MA, Memo and Order, Transgender, 2022 �ll� cl, u/\f \,1� J: II COMMONWEALTH OF MASSAQWSETIS SUP�OR COURT CIVIL ACTION No.1984CV01506 SUFFOLK, ss. JEROME TIBBS a/k/a NINA TIBBS RICHARD L� MORALES & others1 �UPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION No.2184CV00384 SUFFOLK,-ss. JEROME TIBBS aJk!a NINA TIBBS & DARIUS GIBSON CAROL …
Article • December 21, 2022
Two Years After Mentally Ill Detainee Strangled to Death by Guards, Florida Jail Still Refuses to Release Video by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss “They [need] to release the tapes,” Secilia Desir said of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), “so I can see how they killed my son.” …
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