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Jackson v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, 2019 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EAST ST. LOUIS DIVISION MICHAEL JACKSON, #M-15131, Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) -vsWEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, et. al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 15-cv-920-NJR-GCS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE …
Troutwine v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION Donald Wayne Troutwine, (S-09709) Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) V. ) ) Illinois Department of Corrections, ) Dixon Correctional Center, Nedra Chandler,) Lt Kuhse, Sgt. Timothy Fisher, ) Correctional Officer …
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Drug Treatment/Rehab
The Opioid Epidemic in Correctional Facilities, 2019 Sarah Gad Manuscript Draft - 04/19/2019 INTRODUCTION In 2017, drug overdoses became the leading cause of accidental death in the 1 United States, with opioids driving this epidemic. Over the last two decades, there have 2 been nearly half a million deaths attributable …
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Drug Treatment/Rehab
Detection and Prevention of Illicit Drugs in a Correctional Facility, 2019 Detection and Prevention of Illicit Drugs in a Correctional Facility George Brotchi Abstract The purpose of this research was to examine and determine the common types of illicit drugs entering correctional facilities today and the effects these drugs have …
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Mental Health
Harvard Human Rights Journal, People With Mental Health Conditions and Encounters With Law Enforcement, 2019 \\jciprod01\productn\H\HLH\32-1\HLH106.txt unknown Seq: 1 10-JUL-19 12:25 A Use of Deadly Force: People with Mental Health Conditions and Encounters with Law Enforcement Paras V. Shah* Law enforcement officials are trained to de-escalate tensions and refrain from …
Solitary Watch, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Jesuit Social Research Institute: A Report on Lockdown - A Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana State Prisons, With Testimony from the People Who Live It, 2019 Louisiana on Lockdown A Report on the Use of Solitary Confinement in …
Publication • June 1, 2019
The Sentencing Project, Campaign to End Life Imprisonment - Women and Girls Serving Life Sentences, 2019 CAMPAIGN TO END LIFE IMPRISONMENT WOMEN AND GIRLS SERVING LIFE SENTENCES Nationwide one of every 15 women in prison — nearly 7,000 women — is serving a life or virtual life sentence.1 One-third of …
The Untold Stories of Jail Deaths in Washington, Columbia Legal Services, 2019 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN The Untold Stories of Jail Deaths in Washington May 2019 Columbia Legal Services advocates for laws that advance social, economic, and racial equity for people living in poverty. www.columbialegal.org For more information about this …
Publication • June 1, 2019
Not In Isolation, Stop Solitary for Kids, 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT STOP SOLITARY FOR KIDS Stop Solitary for Kids is a national campaign to end solitary confinement of youth in juvenile and adult facilities in the United States. The campaign is a joint effort by the Center for Children’s Law and …
Solitary Confinement: Inhumane, Ineffective, and Wasteful, Southern Poverty Law Center, 2019 SOLITARY CONFINEMENT INHUMANE, INEFFECTIVE, AND WASTEFUL About the Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery, Alabama, is a nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1971 and dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to …
Article • May 28, 2019
Fifth Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment Dismissal in Jail Suicide Case by On April 26, 2019, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals upheld a district court’s summary judgment dismissing a lawsuit over a Texas jail prisoner’s suicide. Early in the morning of February 19, 2016, Jose Luis Garza’s mother called 911 …
Poot, et al. v. San Francisco Sheriff's Department, et al., CA, complaint, sleep deprivation at county jails, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-02722-KAW Document 1 Filed 05/20/19 Page 1 of 30 1 2 3 4 5 LAW OFFICES OF YOLANDA HUANG YOLANDA HUANG, SBN 104543 475 14th Street, Suite 500 Oakland, CA 94612 …
Perkins v. Dorethy, IL, Merit Review, Excessive Force, 2019 1:19-cv-01085-CSB # 11 Page 1 of 4 E-FILED Friday, 17 fv'iay, 2019 11 :45:01 AM UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS CHARLES PERKINS, Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD ) ) Plain tiff, ) ) ) ) v. 19-CV-1085 STEPHANIE …
Article • May 14, 2019
They worked in sweltering heat for Exxon, Shell and Walmart. They didn’t get paid a dime by Amy Julia Harris, Shoshana Walter Constant work leaves little time for counseling or treatment, transforming rehab patients into a cheap, expendable labor pool for private companies. by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter, Reveal, …
Harvard, et al. v. Inch, FDOC, FL, class-action complaint, solitary confinement, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-CAS Document 1 Filed 05/08/19 Page 1 of 90 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD; J.H., a minor, by and through his parent and natural guardian, Valentine Robinson; ANGEL MEDDLER; …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Mental Health
Settlement Provides for Improved Competency Procedures for Jailed Mentally Ill in Washington State by A Washington State federal district court has approved a settlement in the Trueblood case, a class-action lawsuit filed in 2014 to reform Washington’s forensic mental health system. [See: PLN, Aug. 2017, p.22]. The complaint alleged that “individuals …
Continued Problems with Mental Health Care, Suicides in Alabama DOC by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Counting 13 suicides among Alabama state prisoners within a 14-month period ending in early February 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has accused the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) of not …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Judge Initially Plays Pass-the-Buck with Proposal to Hire Suicide Prevention Expert by Eight prisoners have committed suicide at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) since 2016. In response, prisoner advocate Marion Damick asked the county’s nine-member Jail Oversight Board (JOB) to hire a nationally known expert on suicide prevention. “It’s ... …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Suicides
$301,000 Awarded in Lawsuit Over Suicide at Illinois Jail by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In December 2018, a federal jury awarded Dwayne White $301,000 in a wrongful death claim filed on behalf of his brother, Bradley C. Scarpi, against St. Clair County, Illinois. Represented by attorney Vanessa …
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