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Illinois Prison Guilty of Censoring Free Speech Over Facebook Posts by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An Illinois federal district court held on September 9, 2019, that Larry Harris was retaliated against when he was punished and transferred to a less-desirable prison because of what his daughter, Amanda Carrasco, posted …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Artificial Intelligence for Surveillance Spreading to Prisons Around the Globe by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Artificial Intelligence, long thought to be the wave of the future, has become a present reality in prisons around the globe. Facilities in Hong Kong and China have already established themselves on the cutting …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Staffing, Suicides
Suicide Rate of BOP Guards Keeps Increasing, Sets New Record by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The suicide rate among guards in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) keeps increasing, reaching a record high in 2019 for the most suicides in a single year: 14. Top brass at both state …
What’s It Like Inside? Early Snapshots from Prisons During the Coronavirus Pandemic by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein As we are putting together the April issue of PLN, the situation with the novel coronavirus is changing by the hour, if not the minute. In the United States, the number of …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Prosecutors Sue Firm for Selling Bureau of Prisons Adulterated Food, Spices by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) sued a vendor and its owner for scamming over 80 prisons of $530,000 by selling diluted spices and food products. The suit, filed November 1, 2019, was …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Prisons and Jails Are Vulnerable to COVID-19 Outbreaks by Nicole Wetsman by Nicole Wetsman, The Verge Note: This story was originally published March 7. This week, a person incarcerated in King County Jail in downtown Seattle was taken to the hospital after they were suspected of having the new coronavirus. …
1.25 Million Corizon Settlement in Mentally Ill Michigan Prisoner’s Dehydration Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Michigan Department of Corrections and its medical vendor, Corizon Health, agreed in October 2019 to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit involving the death of a mentally ill prisoner who …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Another Settlement in Sexual Assault Case at Pennsylvania Lackawanna County Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Pennsylvania's Lackawanna County paid $1.1 million to settle yet another lawsuit alleging several Lackawanna County Prison (LCP) guards sexually assaulted female prisoners. That brings the total for lawsuits the county has agreed …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
As Coronavirus Spreads, New York Governor Exploits Prison Labor to Produce Hand Sanitizer by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. On March 9, with fears of coronavirus spreading, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York held a press conference to announce the debut of a new hand sanitizer called NYS …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Ninth Circuit Reverses Suit Over Fees Charged Prepaid Debit Cards Given To Released Prisoners by Bob Williams by Bob Williams On March 16, 2020, the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a lower court decision dismissing a suit brought by a released prisoner over the fees charged to use the release …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Restraints
They Went to Jail. Then They Say They Were Strapped to a Chair for Days. by Maurice Chammah Allegations in a Missouri lawsuit shed light on how some jail officials use restraint chairs, which have been linked to dozens of deaths. by Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project, published in partnership …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$110,000 Settlement for Outed Wisconsin Prisoner Informant by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Regular readers of Prison Legal News may remember the April 2019 article (page 61) chronicling the story of Wisconsin prison guard Sergeant Robert Wilcox. Wilcox placed images of a rat, signifying an informant, next to the names …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
Muslim Georgia Prisoner Wins RLUIPA Reversal in 11th Circuit Over Vegetarian Meals by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, reversed the dismissal of a Georgia prisoner’s First and Eighth Amendment damage claims that alleged he was denied a vegan diet …
$70,000 Settlement For Oregon DOC Prisoner Dying from Flu by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Oregon citizen Tina Ferri began serving a 70-month sentence for felony assault and methamphetamine possession at the Oregon Department of Corrections’ (ODC) Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) for women in October of 2017. In March …
$1.5 Million Settlement in Georgia Youth’s Rape at Juvenile Detention Center by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) agreed to a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging a 14-year-old was the target of several beatings and attacks and was raped in a …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Opioid Epidemic Keeps Climbing at California Prisons, and Claiming Lives of Released Prisoners as Well by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins With opioid overdoses claiming the lives of over 68,000 Americans annually, detention facilities have reported a corresponding rise in drug-related deaths among those incarcerated or recently released. (See PLN, …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$1.25 Million Jury Award to Rikers Prisoner Over Jail Beating by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In January 2018, Jose Guadalupesettled a lawsuit for a total of $1,250,000 for a “severe beating” he suffered at the hands of jailers in the city’s notorious Rikers Island complex. He would eventually net …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Are Prison Law Libraries Adequate? by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell If you’ve ever had to rely on a prison law library to research for a court filing, you know just how sorely lacking they can be. And that’s if you were even able to access the law library. Many …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
PrimeCare Medical Pays Bulk of $252,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $252,000 settlement was reached in October 2019 in a lawsuit brought by the estate of a pretrial detainee who hanged himself at Pennsylvania’s Northampton County Prison (NCP). Kyle A. Flyte, …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against Wisconsin Prisoner’s Medical Negligence Claim by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on October 29, 2019 that there was a rational basis for the jury to determine that nurse Angela McLean and guard Joseph Cichanowicz did not …
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