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Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Seventh Circuit Holds Illinois Prisoners Retain Fourth Amendment Rights to Bodily Privacy, Overruling Circuit Precedents by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 11, 2020, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that prisoners retain Fourth Amendment rights to bodily privacy requiring that physical and visual strip searches be reasonable. …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Food, Water
Georgia Prisoners Lacked Food, Water, Leading to Melee by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A violent disturbance was reported inside Georgia’s Ware State Prison in early August 2020. A prisoner reporting from inside the prison on an illegal cellphone cited health issues, three meals a day consisting only of cheese …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: Rural Prisons
Some Prisons Bear Names of Enslavers, Oppressors, Racists and Segregationists by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Questions are currently being raised about the historic figures in whose honor statues were erected and schools and streets were named. Names include those of segregationists, slave owners and racists. Now, attention is being …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Juvenile Prisons
COVID-19 Hits Fairfax, Virginia Juvenile Detention Center by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An outbreak of COVID-19 began September 29, 2020, at the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in Fairfax County, Virginia, with eight staff and six juveniles testing positive over the next 10 days for the novel coronavirus that causes …
Federal Class Action Settlement Aims to Eliminate Horrific Conditions at Santa Barbara, California Jails in Three Years by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class action lawsuit filed in December of 2017 alleging numerous humanitarian violations at Santa Barbara County Adult Detention Facilities (County Jail) settled on July 17, …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Almost Half of North Dakota Jail Tests Positive for COVID-19 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Nearly half the population at North Dakota’s Grand Forks County Correctional Center (GFCCC) tested positive for COVID-19 on November 17, 2020. Of the jail’s 20 housing units, there were positive cases in 16 …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: Drug Addiction
Opioid Crisis in Canadian Prisons Needs to be Addressed by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Claire Bodkin, Matthew Bonn and Sheila Wildeman wrote an article in March 2020 for The Conversation addressing the need for more comprehensive opioid testing and treatment programs in Canada’s prisons and jails. The crisis has …
CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 31, 2020, a motion was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri revealing that CoreCivic and Securus Technologies (Defendants) had …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
$2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over N.Y. Prisoner Denied Emergency Eye Surgery Until She Went Blind by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 10, 2020, the U.S. signed off on a settlement of $2 million, including up to 25% in attorney fees, in a lawsuit brought by a federal …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: Cell Phone Access
Scottish Prisoners Issued Mobile Phones During Pandemic by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Lockdowns instituted because of the coronavirus pandemic have had a benefit for Scottish prisoners. The Scottish Prison Services (SPS) spent over 160,000 pounds on mobile phones for prisoners to stay in touch with their families. The SPS …
Annual report • December 31, 2020
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER 2020 Annual Report __________________________________________________________ CONTENTS NOTABLE DEVELOPMENTS 1 THE MAGAZINES PRISON LEGAL NEWS CRIMINAL LEGAL NEWS 1 1 3 BOOK DISTRIBUTION 4 BOOK SALES BOOK PUBLISHING 4 4 HRDC WEBSITES 4 HRDC STAFF 5 HRDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS 5 FUNDING IN 2020 7 ACTIVISM & ADVOCACY …
Brief • December 31, 2020
Estate of Reavis v. Saint Louis County, MO,Receipt and Satisfaction of Partial Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2020 Case: 4:19-cv-02916-MTS Doc. #: 70 Filed: 12/31/20 Page: 1 of 2 PageID #: 393 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI TAMARA REAVIS, Plaintiff, v. SAINT LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, et al. …
Manzo v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, Medical Neglect and Solitary Confinement, 2020 DocuSign Envelope ID: 9929AB54-2A0C-4BF6-A7D5-DA4344220412 7CC9AC6D-B6F7-4CEA-B537-E1BB7A3D4C94 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between Leopoldo Manzo, Jr. ("Plaintiff'') and the County of Santa Clara ("County") in recognition of …
Transgender Georgia Prisoner Files Second Lawsuit Over Lack of Treatment, Sexual Assaults, After Winning $250,000 Settlement for Same Issues by On November 23, 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) helped Ashley Diamond, a Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner who is transgender, file …
Article • December 29, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, PLN related
The State of Covid-19 in Prison as of 12-15-2020 by Dear Human Rights Defender,   As 2020 comes to a close more than 20% of the nation’s prisoners have contracted Covid and thousands have died. The year has been challenging for HRDC on all fronts as we have kept publishing …
Brief • December 29, 2020
Watson v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, False Arrest, 2020 AO 440 (Rev. 05/00) Swnmons in a Civil Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SUMMONS IN A CIVIL CASE Tiffiny Watson, as Next Friend and Mother of A.W., a Minor CASE NillvffiER: V. The City of Chicago, …
Brief • December 29, 2020
Allen v. Inyo County, CA, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 GENERAL RELEASE 1. For the sole consideration of the payment of FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO/lO0THS DOLLARS ($15,000.00), said sum includes all damages, costs and attorney fees claimed to be incurred or suffered, DANIELLE ALLEN ("Releasor"), being of lawful age, …
Brief • December 29, 2020
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Jager v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, 2020 Centurion 003046 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is executed this 29th day of December 2020, by Todd Jager. RECITALS A. Todd Jager filed a Complaint against Centurion …
Brief • December 29, 2020
McCoy v. Alamu, Supreme Court, Reply in Support of Certiorari, Excessive Force - Pepper Spray, 2020 No. 20-31 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States _______________________ PRINCE MCCOY, SR., Petitioner, v. TAJUDEEN ALAMU, Respondent. _______________________ ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS …
Brief • December 29, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Jones v. Hill, GA, Order, COVID-19, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-02791-JPB-CCB Document 130 Filed 12/29/20 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION RHONDA JONES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. VICTOR HILL, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Clayton County, Georgia, et al., CIVIL ACTION NO. …
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