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Six Set Themselves on Fire at Virginia Prison in 2024 by Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoners Ekong Eshiet, 28, and Trevaun Brown, 23, lit themselves on fire at Red Onion State Prison on September 15, 2024, demanding an end to deprivations including lengthy solitary confinement. Both were transferred to …
GOP Michigan County Commissioner Re-elected— and Headed to Federal Prison by Voters in Michigan’s Monroe County returned Mark Brant to the County Commission on November 5, 2024—most not knowing that he was due to report to federal prison. Brant, 68, was sentenced to an 18-month term in federal court for …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Biden Commutes Sentences of Most Federal Prisoners on Death Row by On December 23, 2024, outgoing Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) commuted the sentences of all but three federal prisoners facing execution. The 37 prisoners receiving commutations will now serve life in custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
$1.5 Million Settlement Reached for Oregon Prisoner’s Untreated Traumatic Brain Injury by A report published by Oregon Capital Chronicle on November 11, 2024, noted that former state prisoner Jacqueline Orr, 57, still suffers the effects of a brain injury incurred during her incarceration—walking “gingerly” while “clutching a cane” through a …
Eighth Circuit: Evidentiary Admissibility Is a “Red Herring” At Class Certification of St. Louis Jail Conditions Challenge by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 3, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit declined to join most sister circuits, which admit evidentiary challenges to class certification …
After Florida Appellate Court Holds Crimes of ‘Attempt’ Eligible for Incentive Gain Time, Supreme Court Refuses Review by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On November 14, 2024, Florida’s Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to an appellate court ruling that exempted …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Fines and Fees Destroy the Impoverished and Perpetuate Mass Incarceration by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “I was young. I couldn’t pay for my ankle monitor. I went to jail because I couldn’t pay for my ankle monitor. And then they let me back out again on my ankle monitor …
Brief • January 6, 2025
Trivette v. Tennessee Dept of Corrections, TN, Settlement, Discrimination-ADA Violation, 2025 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE (“Settlement Agreement” or “Agreement”) sets forth the terms of the settlement by and between Alex Gordon Stinnett, Thomas White, Lakeevious Owens, (collectively the “Individual Plaintiffs”), and Disability Rights Tennessee (“DRT”) …
Brief • January 6, 2025
Filed under: Jail Specific
USA v. Fulton County, GA, Consent Decree, Jail Conditions, 2025 Case 1:25-cv-00024-LMM Document 3 Filed 01/06/25 Page 1 of 71 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. FULTON COUNTY AND SHERIFF PATRICK LABAT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, …
Brief • January 3, 2025
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Lech v. Von Goeler, MA, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2025 EGAN FLANAGAN &COHEN John J. Egan Maurice M. Cahillane Thomas E. Day' Timothy J. Ryan Lauren F. Olanoff Michael G. McDonough 0 Kevin D. Withers Katherine A. Day 0 Michael J. Capozza Rachel T. Woods Paul M. Bromwich Kylie P. Brown' …
Shrewd Federal Prisoner Salvages $5,000 from Suit Against Arkansas Jail Where He Was Held Pre-Trial by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Randall Morris was held in Arkansas’ Miller County Detention Center (MCDC) from January 20, 2020, until he was transferred to Saline County Detention Center (SCDC) on March 24, …
Filing • December 30, 2024
Human Rights Defense Center v. Pacific County, et al., WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-06068 Document 1 Filed 12/30/24 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, No. 9 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT 10 …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Pacific County, et al., WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-06068 Document 1 Filed 12/30/24 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 8 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, No. 9 Plaintiff, COMPLAINT 10 …
Brief • December 20, 2024
Filed under: Overdetention
USA v. The State of Louisiana, LA, Complaint, Overdetention, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-01041-BAJ-RLB Document 1 12/20/24 Page 1 of 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. COMPLAINT THE STATE OF LOUISIANA and THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, CIVIL ACTION NO. …
Centurion’s $8 Million Track Record of Abuse and Neglect as New Mexico’s Correctional Medical Provider by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) has long outsourced its constitutional obligation to provide prisoners adequate medical care to private, for-profit corporations with little incentive to do so. Before …
Fourth Circuit Grants Rare Bivens Extension to Federal Prisoner Allegedly Abused by Guards at Virginia Lockup by On July 25, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed that the constitutional tort first recognized in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Narcotics Bur., 403 U.S. …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Trump Outpolled Harris in Pre-Election Survey Behind Bars by A July 2024 survey of 11,500 people held in 542 prisons and jails found that 44% supported the candidacy of former Pres. Donald J. Trump (R), who then went on to win a second nonconsecutive term in the White House. His …
Washington Court of Appeals: No Reimbursement for Community Service Performed for Vacated Conviction by In a pair of cases decided in October 2024, the Court of Appeals of Washington held that defendants are not entitled to reimbursement for community service work that they performed in lieu of paying cash to …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
New York Court of Appeals (Lightly) Slaps State Prison Officials for Holding Sex Offenders Past Release by On April 25, 2024, New York’s highest court took up a challenge brought by sex offenders confined in residential treatment facilities beyond expiration of their prison sentences. The result: A puny demand that …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Filed under: Visiting, Class Actions
Two Michigan Jails Face Class-Action Suits for Banning In-Person Visits by In a disturbing trend, local jails are discontinuing in-person visits in conjunction with adopting fee-based video calling services. Based on 2015 data, the non-profit Prison Policy Initiative found that “74% of jails banned in-person visits when they implemented video …
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