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In-the-News Article • May 4, 2021
Pushing Back on Prison Labor May 4, 2021 Articles that mention PLN Inside Higher Ed Public institutions often have ties to state-run prison labor companies. Students at one university system are trying to challenge that. By Lilah Burke Lots of furniture at City University of New York institutions is made by …
In-the-News Article • May 4, 2021
FCC Needs More ‘Courage’ in Curbing Prison Phone Costs: Advocates May 4, 2021 Articles that mention PLN The Crime Report By Emily Riley A Federal Communication Commission (FCC) order to cap phone rates for incarcerees is “too little…for too few,” say supporters of the Prison Phone Justice campaign. Calling the April 29 draft …
Brief • May 4, 2021
Austin v. City of Pasadena, TX, Complaint, Excessive Force-Death, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-00774 Document 15 Filed on 05/04/21 in TXSD Page 1 of 77 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION SHAMARIAN AUSTIN, as dependent administrator of, and on behalf of, ILIANA CLAIRE HEJLIK, J.S. #1, …
Brief • May 3, 2021
Filed under: Medical
Townsend v. County of Santa Cruz, CA, Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment or Summary Adj. Of Issues, Lack of Medical Care, 2021 Case 5:19-cv-00630-BLF Document 98 Filed 05/03/21 Page 1 of 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 G. Dana Scruggs, SBN …
Barnett v. Tony, FL, Settlement, COVID Response, 2021 Case 0:20-cv-61113-WPD Document 103-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/03/2021 Page 1 of 20 Exhibit 1 Case 0:20-cv-61113-WPD Document 103-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/03/2021 Page 2 of 20 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This Settlement Agreement is entered into between the Settlement Class defined in …
Lippert v. Durrett, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 18-1891 18-CV-1891 Plaintiffs: OpfJo sing Cou11sel: Institutions: Case Name Filed Lippert, Don #B74054 v. Tomaras, et al. IDOC# Defendants: x/x/xx Date Served Received Status 2/4/19 closed Class Action r On Appeal L Spears …
Hartfield v. Baldwin, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# Filed Case Name 17-CV-1538-SEM-TSH Hartfield, John #A08064 v. Baldwin, et al. 17-1538 Plaintiffs: Opposing Cou nsel: Institutions: IDOC# Defendants: Date Served Received Stat us Close d 1/22/18 1/23/18 Class Action On Appea l …
Brief • May 3, 2021
Filed under: Hepatitis
Barfield v. Semple, CT, Proposed Settlement Agreement, HepC Treatment, 2021 Case 3:18-cv-01198-MPS Document 151 Filed 05/03/21 Page 1 of 23 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ___________________________________________ ) ROBERT BARFIELD, et al ) Plaintiffs ) ) V. ) ) ANGEL QUIROS ) Defendant, in his official capacity ) As …
In-the-News Article • May 2, 2021
COVID-19, Rodents, Unpaid Labor: A Year In The Allegheny County Jail Kitchen May 2, 2021 Articles that mention PLN Pittsburgh Current By Brittany Hailer In many ways, the kitchen is the heartbeat of the Allegheny County Jail.  Forty workers at a time prepare food for more than 1,600 hungry men and …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
The Punishment Economy: Winners and Losers in the Business of Mass Incarceration by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen “This is an industry that profits from human suffering.” —David Fathi, Director, ACLU’s National Prison Project Starting with math may be a bad idea, but numbers help tell this story: …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This issue of Prison Legal News marks our 31st anniversary since we first began publishing in May, 1990. During that time period we have witnessed many changes in the criminal justice system, pretty much all of them negative for prisoners and …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Use of Solitary Confinement During Pandemic Detrimental To Prisoners and Not Slowing Spread of COVID-19 by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Prisons have been locking prisoners in cells for up to 22 hours a day, and in some cases 24 hours a day, as the virus has swept through the …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Repairing Credit After Release from Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss After spending time in prison, rebuilding your credit can be a difficult but important task, and even more so if your credit score suffered because you couldn’t pay your debts while in prison.  Nick Cesare, a staff writer …
Report: Border Patrol Misappropriated Funds and Failed to Provide Proper Medical Care to Accurately Report Migrant Deaths by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney As a surge in migrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border made headlines in March 2020, the federal agency in charge was still trying to address deficiencies uncovered …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Art
Banksy Artwork Appears on Jail in England by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Artwork that appeared on the side of Reading Prison in Berkshire, England, according to curator Vince John, appears to be a “new Banksy.” The painting shows a prisoner in stripped garb escaping on a rope made …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
COVID-19 Kills Jeffery Epstein’s Former Cellmate by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On November 27, 2020, Efrain “Stone” Reyes died in his mother’s Bronx, New York apartment from COVID-19 he contracted while at the Queens, New York Correctional Center (QCC). He was 51. Prior to his stay at the Queens …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Narrowing the Remedial Gap: Damages for Disability Discrimination in Outsourced Federal Programs by Margo Schlanger by Margo Schlanger, University of Chicago Law Review Online, March 5, 2021 I. Introduction Kamyar Samimi, a sixty-four-year-old legal permanent resident from Iran, died in U.S. immigration detention in December 2017. After more than four …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Federal Legislation
Biden’s Justice Department Nomination Faces Aggressive Opposition From Senate Republicans by Juliette LaMarr by Juliette LaMarr Kristen Clarke is President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). As evidenced by her April 14, 2021 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, many Republicans …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Lawsuit Over Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Fatal Asthma Attack Allegedly Triggered by Excessive Use of Pepper Spray by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The estate of a Philadelphia man who died of asthma in a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the DOC and officials …
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