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Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Efforts to Keep COVID-19 Out of Montana Prisons Fuels Outbreaks in County Jails by Alex Sakariassen by Alex Sakariassen, Kaiser Health News, September 29, 2020 When Joshua Martz tested positive for COVID-19 this summer in a Montana jail, guards moved him and nine other inmates with the disease into a …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
DOJ Finds Frequent Use of Excessive Force in Alabama Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report that found the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) violates prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights by frequently using excessive force. The report found overcrowding and understaffing …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Eleventh Circuit Vacates COVID-19 Injunction Against Miami Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Just because prisoners get sick with COVID-19 in a jail too crowded to practice safe social distancing does not make jail officials liable because so long as they say they are doing “their best,” they …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Overcrowding
Nebraska Declares Overcrowding Emergency in State Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) was forced to declare an overcrowding emergency on July 1, 2020. Capacity in the state’s 10 prisons was at 151%, exceeding the 2015 mandated 140% threshold. In an effort to help …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Ankle Monitor Shortage at Chicago Jail Put Prisoner Releases During COVID in Limbo by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Chicago’s Cook County Jail expanded its electronic monitoring program (EM) and moved detainees to home confinement in response to COVID-19. As officials ran out of ankle monitors, at least 10 …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Staffing, Excessive Force
Violence at New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Increasing Even as Population Falls by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For decades, New York City’s Rikes Island Jail Complex (RIJC) has been the largest urban lock-up in the United States. It has also been infamous as among the most violent jails …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
North Carolina Temporarily Closes Three Prisons for Lack of Guards; Final One Reopens During COVID-19 Pandemic by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The North Carolina Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice (DACJJ) has been in a severe crisis mode regarding prison guard understaffing. The …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Dismissal of Connecticut Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 15, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s granting of summary judgment to prison officials in a Connecticut prisoner’s lawsuit over their failure to protect him from retaliation …
Article • October 29, 2020
$75,000 Settlement in Florida Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide Death by Corizon Health, Inc. paid $75,000 to settle a claim that it failed to provide proper medical care to a pretrial detainee who was suffering from a psychiatric emergency. Mariangela Woycenko suffered a psychotic episode at St. Lucie Hospital on April 11, …
James v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement - Yard Restrictions, 2020 Information Case# Official Case# 16-4237 CD 16-CV-4237 Plaintiffs: IDOC# Sheet for Case Number Case Name Filed James, Eddie #R10418 v. Pfister, et al. Defendants: 9/26/17 Date Served Received Status 10/30/17 closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: …
Green v. Furlow, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# 18-5359 Official Case # 18-CV-5359 Green, Larry #M23778 v. Furlow, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Filed Case Defendants: Status Received closed 11/19/18 2/22/19 Date Served Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se Issues: …
Brief • October 26, 2020
Lippert v. Jeffreys, IL, Def. Response to Motion to Compel Employee Testing, Covid Response, 2020 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 1351 Filed: 10/26/20 Page 1 of 11 PageID #:18190 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DON LIPPERT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. J.B. PRITZKER, et al., …
Gladney v. Shartle, AZ, Order, Failure to Protect - Sexual Assault, 2020 Case 4:17-cv-00427-DCB Document 146 Filed 10/26/20 Page 1 of 14 1 SH 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Edward J. Gladney, 10 11 12 No. …
Dockery v. Cain, 5th Circuit, Appellees Brief, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 Case: 20-60086 Document: 00515613039 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/22/2020 No. 20-60086 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT JERMAINE DOCKERY, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; JOSEPH OSBORNE, on behalf of themselves …
Gully v. Goines, IL, Settlement, Retaliation, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE S()UTHERN DISTRICT .OF ILLINOIS EAST ST. LQUIS DIVISl()N RONNIE GULLY, JR., Plaint\ff, ) ) ~ v. . Case no. 17-211 MAB .) THOMAS HOUSER and DEREK HUNDLEY, Defendan_t(s). ~ I : Honorable Mark Beatty ) …
Brief • October 16, 2020
Parsons v. Shinn, AZ, Ptf. Reply in Support of Motion to Enforce Court Order, Covid Response, 2020 Case 2:12-cv-00601-ROS Document 3781 Filed 10/16/20 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jared G. Keenan (Bar No. 027068) Casey Arellano (Bar No. 031242) ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA …
Dupree v. Locke, IL, Settlement, Strip Searches, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 17-1104 CD 17-CV-1104 IDOC# Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Case Name Filed DuPree, Donna, et al. v. Locke, et al. Defendants: 03/7/17 Date Served Received 9/8/ 17 St atus closed Class Act ion On Appea …
Blackman v. Butler, IL, Settlement, Solitary Confinement, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case # 16-1152 ND 16-CV-1152 Plaintiffs: Opposine Counsel: Institutions: IDOC# Case Name Filed Blackman, Eric #K03118 v. Butler, et al. Defendants: Received x/xx/xx Date Served Status closed 1/3/17 Class Action ...... On Appeal D Spears …
Brief • October 14, 2020
Lippert v. Jeffreys, IL, Motion to Compel Employee Testing, Covid Response, 2020 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 1345 Filed: 10/14/20 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:17991 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DON LIPPERT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ROB JEFFREYS, et al., Defendants. …
Brief • October 13, 2020
McClelland v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Stipulation for Dismissal, Failure to Protect, 2020 Case 2: 9-cv-06755-SVW-JEM Document 25 Filed 10/13/20 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #:108 1 Mark D. Rutter ffBN 058194) 2 f66R[.1&~In1RAve~1~~~~o~ DUMONT, LLP Los Angeles~ CA 90071 3 Phone: (213 228-0400 Fax: (213 228-0401 4 …
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