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Florida: No Qualified Immunity for Jail Medical Staff in Prisoner’s Death by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court has held that a doctor and nurse at the Orange County Jail (OCJ) were not entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit filed by the estate of …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Texas Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Reaction to Prison Blankets Moves Forward by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A lawsuit filed by a Texas prisoner with a wool allergy, who has spent a decade trying to get a blanket that will not cause an adverse reaction, has survived the state’s attempt to …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: Education, International
Federal Government Pays Nation of Islam to Teach BOP Prisoners by According to news reports, the Nation of Islam (NOI) and its leaders have been paid at least $364,500 by the federal government since 2008. The money was to fund NOI religious services, spiritual guidance services, study services and other …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Florida Prisons and Jails Retaliate Against Prisoners Who File Lawsuits by Countersuing for Costs of Incarceration by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell When 48-year-old Michelle Tierney died of an infected wound on her leg while in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in October 2014, her family …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Study Finds More Private Prisons Result in Judges Imposing Slightly Longer Sentences by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  In a report published on March 24, 2019, researchers from Columbia University and UCLA found that “the opening of a private prison increases the length of sentences relative to what the crime’s …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
New Jersey Federal Court Approves $1.5 Million Jail Strip-Search Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On January 31, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Noel L. Hillman approved a $1.5 million class-action settlement in a case against Burlington County, New Jersey, where hundreds of people were improperly strip-searched at the …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Hepatitis
Minnesota Prisoners Win Access to New Hepatitis C Medications by Minnesota prisoners have prevailed in a class-action lawsuit requiring the Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide highly effective but costly direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs to treat hepatitis C infections. Five state prisoners, represented by attorneys Andrew H. Mohring, Peter J. …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Maine: Prosecutorial Misconduct in False Rape Case Results in $2.1 Million in Damages by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Vladek Filler found himself on the wrong side of former Hancock County District Attorney Mary Kellett. In 2007, Filler’s wife, Ligia Filler, made allegations that her husband sexually assaulted her. Kellett …
Michigan Prisoner Dies from Cocaine Overdose, Sergeant and Paramedics Charged, $3.75 Million Settlement by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On December 10, 2017, 35-year-old William Marshall was arrested for possession of cocaine and marijuana in Westland, Michigan. At 7:51 a.m., only a bit more than an hour after being booked …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Texas Bans All Clergy from Death Chamber after Supreme Court Stays Execution by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Texas prisoner Patrick H. Murphy on March 28, 2019, based upon his challenge to a prison policy that effectively allowed only Christian …
Arrestee Dies in a Jail with No Medical Staff; Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 3, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a civil rights case concerning the death of a jail detainee. Almus Taylor, …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Scammers Deprive Prisoners with Legitimate Substance Abuse Problems of BOP Drug Treatment by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney An industry composed of prison consultants charges thousands of dollars to help people prepare for life behind bars. One service they provide is information about the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) offered …
New Bill Restricts Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In April 2019, newly elected New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 364, which limits the use of solitary confinement for certain prisoners housed in New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Interim Attorney Fees Awarded in Kentucky Good Time Lawsuit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In December 2018, a Kentucky federal district court awarded interim attorney fees and costs totaling $228,445.08 in a class-action lawsuit alleging state prisoners were denied Educational Good Time (EGT) credit earned since July …
More States on Track to Restore Voting Rights to Felons, but Not Without Hurdles by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In late May 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed into law a bill that granted automatic restoration of voting rights to former prisoners. State law had already allowed voting by …
Mentally Ill Texas Woman “Ignored to Death” After Five Months in Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Janice Dotson-Stephens, 61, died of natural causes at the Bexar County jail in San Antonio, Texas on December 14, 2018. The circumstances of her death were anything but “natural,” though. She spent …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: Money/Property
Pennsylvania Prisoners’ Cigarette Stashes to Go Up in Smoke by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Effective July 1, 2019, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) banned tobacco use by staff and prisoners at all state prisons. Announced by DOC Secretary John Wetzel in March, the new rule means that cigarettes, …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Monterey County, California Pays $365,000 for Jail Prisoner’s Death by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Officials in Monterey County, California agreed to pay the family of Jacob Parenti $365,000 to settle a lawsuit over his death while he was held at the Monterey County Jail (MCJ). In 2013, Parenti was …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Former Louisiana Warden Nate Cain, Son of Infamous Burl Cain, Pleads Guilty by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter “Yes, sir,” said Nathan Burl Cain II. With that reply in March 2019, the former warden of Louisiana’s Avoyelles Correctional Center, now known as the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center, abruptly …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards
Minnesota Sheriff Hit with Attorney Fees Award in Civil Rights Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Martin County, Minnesota Sheriff Jeffrey Markquart has been ordered to pay $6,075 in attorney fees to former prisoner Erik Daniel Christianson in a federal civil rights action where the district court found Christianson …
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