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Colorado Prisoner Dies as Nurse Watches Videotape; $2.45 Million Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In September 2019, the final signature of an Arapahoe County, Colorado official was affixed to a $2.45 million settlement agreement in a civil rights lawsuit over the death of prisoner Jeffrey Scott Lillis. Lillis …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Georgia Prison System Ordered to Amend Policy to Allow Three-Inch Beards by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Georgia federal district court has held that a policy limiting prisoners’ beard length to half an inch without religious exemptions violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
FAMM, Washington Lawyers’ Committee, NACDL Launch Compassionate Release Clearinghouse by The First Step Act paves the way for a massive pro bono effort to represent sick, dying and elderly prisoners in court. WASHINGTON – Thousands of sick, dying and elderly federal prisoners who are eligible for early release will now …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
BJS Report Finds Sex Offenders Among Former Prisoners Least Likely to Re-Offend by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In May 2019 the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) issued a report, titled “Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from State Prison: A 9-Year Follow-Up (2005-14),” that examined 67,966 former prisoners over a …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Judicial Abuse and Law Enforcement Corruption on Trial in Meek Mill Case by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A Pennsylvania appellate court granted Meek Mill (born Robert Rihmeek Williams) a new trial with a different judge following a motion alleging the police officer who testified against him, Reginald Graham, had …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Hernias, Appeals
Illinois Prisoner Wins Partial Victory on Appeal in Hernia Treatment Suit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 26, 2019, a panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court’s judgment as a matter of law against Illinois prisoner Gregory …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Sentencing
Many “Violent Offenders” Actually Committed Non-Violent Crimes by Bill Barton by Bill Barton The conservative Heritage Foundation said in December 2018 that “our federal prisons house thousands of low-level offenders and America must do better.” According to a survey of laws in all 50 states by The Marshall Project, there …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Eighth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Order Requiring Halal Meals by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Abdulhakim Muhammad, a state prisoner in Arkansas, filed suit under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000 cc-1 to 2000 cc-5. He argued …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Over Three Decades Later, Turner v. Safley Still Controls Many Prisoner Lawsuits by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Nebraska officials have prevented a couple from marrying for seven years. Both are state prisoners, and they have filed a lawsuit to force the prison system to let them wed. Oddly enough, …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Three Strikes
Life Sentence for Joyriding Overturned in California by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Kenneth Oliver, 52, was only 29 when he received a life sentence under California’s “three strikes” law for repeat felons. He was arrested while joyriding in a stolen car as a passenger, and a stolen handgun was …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Florida Prisoner Left a Quadriplegic After Brutal Beating by Guards by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 21, 2019, prison guards at the Lowell Correctional Institution (LCI) near Ocala, Florida allegedly beat Cheryl Weimar “to within an inch of her life” because the 51-year-old prisoner – who …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Overzealous Prosecutors Seek to Lock Up Prisoners Released Under First Step Act by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In December 2018, President Trump signed the First Step Act into law. Among other reforms, the legislation reduced some of the penalties for crack cocaine offenses. For many years, there were complaints …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
PLRA Does Not Prevent In Forma Pauperis Appeal of Case that Resulted in Third Strike by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 18, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) does not prohibit a prisoner from being granted in forma pauperis …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Hepatitis
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Virginia Prisoner’s Hep C Lawsuit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 4, 2019 that prison officials responsible for a policy that prevented a Virginia prisoner from receiving treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Consent Decrees
Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Withdrawal of Consent for Magistrate Judge Improperly Denied by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on August 28, 2019 that a California prisoner’s motion to withdraw consent to have a magistrate judge hear his case was improperly denied, and that dismissal …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Prison Labor
Hickman’s Egg Farm Puts Prisoners to Work at High Cost to the Community, Residents Say by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Since 1995, hundreds of Arizona prisoners have held part-time jobs at Hickman’s Family Farms near Arlington, part of an effort by the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to help …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Texas Counties Waste Millions by Jailing Defendants Charged with Citation-Eligible Misdemeanors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2019, social justice advocacy nonprofit Texas Appleseed released an analysis of jail bookings in a dozen of the most populous counties throughout Texas. The study examined the most serious charge that …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Companies Compete to Build New Alabama Prisons by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In the face of a looming federal lawsuit over conditions inside its prison system, Alabama is moving forward with a $900 million plan to build three new men’s facilities. Five companies have submitted a Statement …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific, Suicides
Family Sues New Jersey Jail Over Prisoner Suicide by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Did you hear the one about the prisoner who allegedly hanged himself while restrained in a straitjacket? That isn’t an opening line for a sick joke; rather, it’s the contention of officials in Essex County, New …
Prisoners at Indiana Jail Certified as a Class in Conditions of Confinement Suit by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In June 2019, an Indiana federal district court held that a former jail detainee, Adam Bell, had presented sufficient evidence to fulfill the requirements to certify a class comprised of all …
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