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Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Commissary
Coronavirus Shuts Down Ramen Soup Plant; Prisoners in Michigan Limited on Purchase Amounts by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In any Michigan prison right now, trading a package of ramen soup for just about anything else might be a deal nobody will make. That’s because the COVID-19 pandemic caused by …
Sixth Circuit: Courts Must Construe Pro Se Notice of Appeal as Motion for Extension of Time to Appeal by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell While filing a notice of appeal on time is a mandatory, jurisdictional requirement that may not be waived or ignored, there is a provision that allows …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Kansas Prison Dental Instructor Sentenced to 32 Months for Molesting Female Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A man who taught female Kansas state prisoners how to make dentures was convicted on March 6, 2020 of molesting a prisoner, sentenced to 32 months in prison and required to register …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Michigan Prisoner’s Malicious Prosecution Claim Survives Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 28, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the parties’ conflicting self-serving statements precluded the grant of summary judgement for defendants in a lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution. Before the court was …
Oregon Court Holds Prison Litigation Reform Act Exhaustion Tolls Statute of Limitations by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 25, 2020 an Oregon federal court held that the statute of limitations for filing a federal civil rights action is tolled during Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) exhaustion. Anthony Sam …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Reviews, Databases
Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct Is an Invaluable Resource for Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell I have to admit that the idea of a citebook in the age of searchable databases was a little lost on me. “Who needs a citebook these days,” I …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Bad Behavior: Key to Getting Promoted for Alabama Prison Officials by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell It seems the best way to move up through the ranks within the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is to be a problem child. Personnel records reviewed by Injustice Watch show that prison guards …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
San Quentin Had Zero COVID-19 Cases Until California Officials Sent Infected Prisoners, Triggered Wildfire by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to a June 30, 2020, report from The New York Times, until recently San Quentin had zero cases of COVID-19. However, officials from the California Department of Corrections and …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Due to Steps Taken by New Mexico Officials, Only Sex Offenders Present When Prison Overwhelmed by COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke New Mexico’s Otero County Prison Facility is unusual in that half of it is used by the federal government and half by the New Mexico Department of …
Darren Rainey Died in Scalding Prison Shower Eight Years Ago Today, Still No Charges Filed by Jessica Lipscomb by Jessica Lipscomb, originally published in Miami New Times, June 23, 2020 Eight years ago, today, Florida prison guards locked 50-year-old Darren Rainey inside a shower room, set the water temperature to …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
$135,000 Settles Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit by Former Michigan Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 10, 2019, a former Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) prison guard, who is Hispanic and openly gay, settled a lawsuit over her discriminatory treatment at a DOC prison for $135,000. Twelve …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons
Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign Files Suit Seeking to Sever University’s Financial Ties With Prison Industrial Complex by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 25, 2020, student members of the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) filed suit in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, seeking to force the …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
$122,000 Payout as Utah Settles Suits Claiming Daggett County Jail Torture by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On November 15, 2019, the Utah Department of Corrections (DOC) settled lawsuits with four former prisoners who were tortured at the hands of Daggett County Jail guards, agreeing to pay out a total …
Eleventh Circuit Holds Trafficking Victims Protection Act Applies to CoreCivic “Voluntary Work Program” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 28, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589(a), 1595, or TVPA, applies to privately operated immigration detention centers. …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Alabama Says It Will Reform Prisons, the Nation’s Deadliest by Bill Barton by Bill Barton According to Department of Justice (DOJ) statistics, Alabama’s prisons have the highest homicide rate among U.S. state prison systems, and it appears that rate is continuing to rise. A 2019 DOJ report said, “An excessive …
New York: Prisoner Kills Himself After Brutal Beating by Guards by Chad Marks by Chad Marks On February 24, 2020 lawyers filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Dante Taylor’s estate after he was found dead in his prison cell at Wende Correctional Facility. The lawsuit alleges that prison guards …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2018
$12.5 Million to Settle Class Action Suit Over Strip Searches of NYC Jail Visitors by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso New York City agreed to pay victims $12.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit on October 18, 2019, brought by visitors to New York City jails at the Brooklyn, …
In-the-News Article • August 1, 2020
HRDC's Litigation Project Mentioned ~ Confederate Reckoning: The search for a new home for South’s monuments Aug. 1, 2020 Articles about PLN Litigation Columbia Daily Herald Confederate Reckoning: The search for a new home for South’s monuments By MIKE CHRISTEN mchristen@c-dh.net Posted Aug 1, 2020 at 12:01 AMUpdated Aug 1, 2020 at 2:37 PM Editor’s note: This story is part of …
Brief • August 1, 2020
Scholl v. Mnuchin, CA, Class Action Complaint, Withholding Prisoners' Money, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-05309 Document 1 Filed 08/01/20 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kelly M. Dermody (SBN 171716) Yaman Salahi (SBN 288752) Jallé Dafa (SBN 290637) LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 275 Battery Street, …
Publication • August 1, 2020
Prison Covid News 1-3, 2020   COVID-19 COVID 19 IInformation f i ffor P Prisoners i and d Staff S ff  Volume Volume V l 1, 1 N Number b 3 3 August  A August t 2020 2020  WHY HAS COVID-19 NOT LED TO MORE HUMANITARIAN …
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