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Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: halfway houses
Private Halfway Houses Plagued with Escapes, Drugs, Sex and Violence by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Halfway houses run by for-profit prison companies CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America) and GEO Group, which are supposed to provide reentry programs and substance abuse treatment for soon-to-be-released prisoners, have been plagued with …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
$625,000 Settlement for Virginia Jail Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by A $625,000 settlement was reached in the death of a pretrial detainee due to an untreated, ruptured ulcer at Virginia’s Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ). The August 6, 2016 death of Henry Clay Stewart, Jr., 60, came almost a …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Oklahoma: Sovereign Immunity Prohibits Lawsuits Over Prisoner Medical Care by Oklahoma’s Supreme Court held on December 4, 2018 that the state is entitled to sovereign immunity to all tort suits, including violations of constitutional rights, arising out of the “operation or maintenance of any prison, jail or correctional facility.” That …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
New York: Liability Established in Claim Over Assault by Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On November 28, 2018, a New York Court of Claims found the state liable in a claim filed by a prisoner over an assault by a prison guard. Roy Harriger, 71, who walked …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Suicides
$301,000 Awarded in Lawsuit Over Suicide at Illinois Jail by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In December 2018, a federal jury awarded Dwayne White $301,000 in a wrongful death claim filed on behalf of his brother, Bradley C. Scarpi, against St. Clair County, Illinois. Represented by attorney Vanessa …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Cell Phones Sold in Commissary at South Carolina Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer There is a surprising item for sale in the commissary at the Union County Jail in South Carolina: cell phones. The $100 phones can be used to text and make calls between the hours of …
Oregon: Knowledge of Injury and Defendants’ Causal Role Required for Accrual of § 1983 Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson A unanimous Oregon Supreme Court held on January 17, 2019 that a claim that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to the risk of sexual abuse by a guard at a …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Search for Mental Health Care Ends Tragically at Florida Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter County jails are ill equipped to care for people with mental health issues. That fact was not known to Vicki Futch, 80, when she called Florida’s Putnam County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) for …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
New Jersey Prisoner Who Suggested Date to Nurse Has Disciplinary Action Reversed by In an unpublished ruling, the Appellate Division of New Jersey’s Superior Court reversed a disciplinary action against a prisoner who had contacted a prison nurse to suggest a date. Shakey Norman was found guilty by a disciplinary …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Illinois Agrees to Sweeping Prison Health Care Reforms by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  In a consent decree filed in federal district court on January 3, 2019, Illinois agreed to overhaul medical care in its Department of Corrections (DOC). The resolution of the nine-year-old litigation was prompted by repeated reports …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC Files Censorship Suit Against Tennessee County Jail by On March 7, 2019, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), PLN’s parent organization, filed suit in federal court against Marshall County, Tennessee, Sheriff Billy Lamb, Jail Administrator Sabrina Patterson and other defendants, raising claims of unconstitutional censorship at the county jail. …
Prisoner’s Death from Methadone Over-Prescription Results in Summary Judgment, Settlement by David Reutter by David Reutter In a November 30, 2018 decision, the Seventh Circuit upheld a summary judgment order in favor of county defendants in a lawsuit alleging they were deliberately indifferent to the medical needs of a pretrial …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Medical, ENT, Settlements
$525,000 Settlement for Loss of Federal Prisoner’s Eye by In August 2018, a former prisoner at USP Lewisburg accepted a $525,000 settlement to resolve a civil rights action alleging guards violated Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy by using excessive force against him, resulting in the loss of an eye. James …
$10 Million Awarded Against Corizon and Oregon County for Jail Detox Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 5, 2018, an Oregon federal court entered a $10 million judgment against Washington County and Corizon Health, Inc. in a lawsuit over the death of a detainee who was detoxing …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Wrongful Death, Whistleblower Suits Filed After Prisoner Dies at New Orleans Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Two lawsuits, one alleging wrongful death and the other a whistleblower claim, were filed in 2018 against Louisiana’s Orleans Parish Jail (OPJ), the Orleans Parish Sheriffs Office (OPSO) and Sheriff …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Searches, Exposure to Cold
New York: $775,000 Judgment for Prisoners Searched in Freezing Weather by On August 14, 2018, a ruling by the New York State Court of Claims addressed ten consolidated claims that arose from an incident in which 15 to 20 prisoners were searched outdoors in windchill temperatures between -10 and -13 …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Education
Cancellation of Illinois Prison Debate Class Debated in Court by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In August 2018, Katrina Burlet brought suit in federal court against John Baldwin, director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), and Assistant Director Gladyse Taylor. The complaint, filed on behalf of Burlet …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Medication, Pain
Washington State: Jury Awards $549,000 to Prisoner Denied Pain Medication by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Etienne L. Choquette, incarcerated in a Washington State prison, suffered from multiple sclerosis. A neurologist prescribed gabapentin – used to control pain and seizures – to address his condition, but Dr. Cris DuVall recommended …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
States Rack Up Tens of Millions of Dollars in Prison Guard Overtime Pay by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  The pressures of mass incarceration, low pay and a tight job market are forcing states to pay tens of millions of dollars in overtime to prison guards – some of whom …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Private Prisoner Transport Firm Closes After Escape; Problems Continue to Plague Industry by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In February 2019, Texas Prisoner Transportation Services (TPTS) informed its customers that it would cease operations that same month. CEO Ryan Whitten blamed the closure on new insurance rates that meant the …
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