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Brief • November 27, 2024
Nunez v. New York City Dept of Correction, NY, Opinion and Order on Motion for Contempt, Conditions of Confinement, 2024 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK MARK NUNEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, -v- No. 11-CV-5845-LTS NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION and THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendants. …
Brief • November 25, 2024
Filed under: Prisoner-Staff Assault
Barton v. Khan, NY, Complaint, Assault and Battery, 2024 Case 9:24-cv-01433-DNH-ML Document 1 Filed 11/25/24 Page 1 of 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------ - --------------------------X JAMES BARTON, COMPLAINT Plaintiff, PLAINTIFF DEMANDS TRIAL BY JURY - against - CORRECTION OFFICER ROHAlL KHAN, CORRECTION OFFICER MICHAEL …
Filing • November 23, 2024
Filed under: Public Records
HRDC v. Centurion of VT LLC, VT, Settlement, Public Records, 2024 Settlement Agreement and Release NOW COMES the Human Rights Defense Center ("HRDC") and enters this Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") with Centurion of Vermont, LLC ("Centurion") (collectively "Parties") as set forth below: WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit in the …
Brief • November 23, 2024
Filed under: Public Records
HRDC v. Centurion of Vermont LLC, VT, Settlement, Public Records, 2024 Settlement Agreement and Release NOW COMES the Human Rights Defense Center ("HRDC") and enters this Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") with Centurion of Vermont, LLC ("Centurion") (collectively "Parties") as set forth below: WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit in the …
Brief • November 20, 2024
Estate of Daniel James Murray v. Wellpath, LLC, CO, Settlement, Unconsitutional Medical Care, 2024 Steve Schleiker El Paso Countv1 CO 11/20/2024 10:24:35 AM Doc $0.00 20 Illllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll lllll1111111111 11111111 Rec $0.00 Pages 224092550 RESOLUTION NO. 24-455 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF EL PASO, STATE …
Brief • November 18, 2024
Filed under: Excessive Force
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Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Spit Hoods, Modern Legacy of Torture by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Spit hoods are a type of restraint used by prison and jail guards, as well as other law enforcement and custodial healthcare professionals, ostensibly to protect themselves from the bites and spit of detainees. The instructions are …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Eighth Circuit Asked to Block New FCC Rules Capping Prison Phone Rates and Eliminating Ancillary Fees and Kickbacks by In a petition filed on September 30, 2024, the Republican Attorneys General of 14 states asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to block new rate caps on …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Kentucky Prisoners Take Advantage of Securus Software Glitch for $1 Million by On August 24, 2024, Kentucky&rsquo;s Lexington Herald-Leader reported that prisoners at several state prisons took advantage of a software vulnerability in state-&shy;issued Securus Technologies tablets to fraudulently create over $1 million in digital credits. The counterfeit funds were …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Alabama Jail Accused of Granting Detainee’s Medical Bond Just Before Death to Avoid Costly Medical Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Alabama&rsquo;s Dallas County Jail (DCJ) has a &ldquo;scheme&rdquo; of releasing very ill detainees to avoid the cost of their medical care. That explosive allegation lay at the …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
$28.75 Million Settlement Paid by New York City in Suit Alleging Rikers Guards Stood by and Watched Detainee Hang Himself by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 5, 2024, the City of New York agreed to pay $28.75 million to settle a 42 U.S.C. &sect;&nbsp;1983 complaint filed by Madeline …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Former state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Henry Guice, Jr., 46, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison on September 9, 2024, for his role in a drug smuggling conspiracy at Staton Correctional Facility. The Birmingham News reported that a fellow guard was inspecting …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by by Paul Wright Since our inception PLN has reported on the myriad means used to torture American prisoners. Torture and the wanton infliction pain have been an integral part of imprisonment since people first decided to start caging each other. In American history it has been …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Fifth Circuit Revives Texas Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Interference With His Muslim Religious Practice by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found error in a lower court&rsquo;s judgment for Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) officials in a …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Colorado Becomes First State to Require Polling Stations in Jails by On May 31, 2024, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed S.B. 72 into law, making his the first state in the U.S. to require jails to operate in-&shy;person polling stations for eligible detainees to cast a vote. Some 6,000 …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
BOP Ends “Blast” Messages on TRULINCS by On October 8, 2024, federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) spokesman Ben O&rsquo;Cone announced a change to the TRULINCS messaging system used by prisoners: Starting then, no more than 10 prisoners can be addressed in any single message. The move put an end to …
PPI Releases 10th Anniversary Report on Mass Incarceration in the U.S. by On March 14, 2024, the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), a Massachusetts-&shy;based non-&shy;profit known for its data-&shy;driven research on criminal justice, published its 10th annual report detailing how many people are locked up in the U.S. among all the …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Ninth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for California Jail Nurse Who Cleared Detainee for Release Just Before His Suicide by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Los Angeles County Jail nurse Trieste …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Building Carcerality by Dana McKinney White, Lisa Haber-Thomson by Dana McKinney White and Lisa Haber-Thomson Architects and designers must reckon with their role in the past and future of mass incarceration. The U.S. carceral landscape is a loose network of sites of detention that includes jails and prisons, along with …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
San Bernardino Jail Partially Released from Court Monitoring After Paying Another $150,000 in Settlements for Detainee Deaths by On July 15, 2024, the federal court for the Central District of California removed medical care from continued monitoring of conditions at San Bernardino County jails under a 2018 consent decree. The …
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