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Tougher Than the Rest: No Criminal Justice Reform “Miracle” in Texas by Marie Gottschalk by Marie Gottschalk For more than a decade now, politicians and policymakers — from Barack Obama to Donald Trump — have lauded Texas as a model for criminal justice reform. They have praised the Lone Star …
Sixth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Sheriff in Tennessee Prisoner’s Assault Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on August 10, 2020, reversed a Tennessee federal district court’s order denying defendant’s motion for summary judgment on a claim that a sheriff was deliberately …
Rapper Sues BOP Alleging Torture by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Rapper Kodak Black filed a lawsuit on September 21, 2020, alleging he “is suffering torture and religious persecution” at the hands of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guards and officials. Kodak Black, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
South Florida: Jail Hotline Releases Report on Inadequate Health Care During Pandemic by Saraana Jamraj by Saraana Jamraj As the coronavirus pandemic has continued to devastate people, especially the vulnerable and marginalized, the COVID-19 Hotline for Incarcerated People (CHIP) has brought to light the dangerously insufficient response and deeply inhumane …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Montana Supreme Court: Jail’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Violates Law by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 15, 2020, the Montana Supreme Court reversed the granting of summary judgment in a case challenging a jail’s blanket strip search policy on constitutional and statutory grounds. The court held that the …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
U.S. Prisons Originally Designed to Prevent Spread of Disease Become Breeding Ground During Pandemic by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In precolonial days, U.S. jails and prisons were nothing like today’s in concept, practical use or design. Lengthy sentences and pretrial detentions for those pending trial were the exception rather …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
North Carolina Prisoners at Deadliest Federal Prison File Suit on COVID-19 Response by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 26, 2020, federal prisoners aided by civil rights groups and a major international law firm, filed a class action lawsuit challenging the handling of a COVID-19 outbreak by the Bureau …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
How Jails Became a Breeding Ground for the Coronavirus by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Back in August 2020, “things at Waseca were calm,” recalled Channing Lacy. Like many other women incarcerated in the low-security Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Waseca, Minnesota, the 33-year-old considered herself lucky that the prison …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: Rural Prisons
Urban Redo: Lorton, Virginia Prison Recreated as Liberty Village by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Developers in Fairfax County, Virginia, are remaking the Lorton Reformatory historical landmark into a suburban village. County officials are using the prime real estate just off I-95 with good roads to D.C. and a growing …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
My Ankle Monitor Won’t Let Me Take Out The Garbage by Eleanor Bader While we live under “house arrest” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s a good time to revisit what the real thing is like. by Eleanor Bader, The Indypendent When most of us think about house arrest, ankle monitors …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 27, 2020
Ikharo v. City & County of San Francisco, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2020 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE Case Name: Taulib Ikharo v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Case No.: 19-cv-04138 TSH FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, in the amount of $75,000 (SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND 00/100 Dollars) (the …
Oldaker v. Giles, GA, Class Action Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2020 Case 7:20-cv-00224-WLS-MSH Document 54 Filed 12/21/20 Page 1 of 160 David N. Dreyer GA Bar No. 411322 Dreyer Sterling, LLC 437 Memorial Dr., SE, Ste. A-2 Atlanta, GA 30312 Tel: (404) 234-4447 david@dreyersterling.com Sirine Shebaya (pro hac vice application forthcoming) …
Brief • December 15, 2020
James v. Geo Group, Verified Petition, Covid Response, 2020 CAUTION: THIS DOCUMENT HAS NOT YET BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY CLERK. (See below.) NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 INDEX NO. UNASSIGNED RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/15/2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK In the Matter of the …
Perkins v. Dorethy, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# 19-1085 Official Case# 19-CV-1085-CSB Perkins, Charles #M14294 v. Dorethy, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Filed Case Defendants: 3/12/19 Date Served Received Status closed 6/25/19 Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Cl L U Pro Se …
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