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Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Jail Specific
Deaths and Lawsuits Mount at “Disgusting” Atlanta Jail by After a gruesome toll of 10 detainee deaths in 2023, Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) recorded its first fatality of the new year on January 10, 2024. Michael Anthony Holland, 36, was found unresponsive in his cell and later died at …
Multiple Staffers Arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail by Eight employees were arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail in 2023, including guard Jalen Clausel. He was taken in five days after Sheriff Levon Allen said the guard let four detainees assault a fifth on October 28, 2023. None of the …
Eleventh Circuit Addresses First Amendment, Due Process Interests in Georgia Prisoner Emails by New communications technology introduced in prisons and jails has raised questions as to how prisoners’ First Amendment rights are implicated. Such concerns were addressed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 23, …
Brief • December 6, 2023
Doe v. Georgia Dept of Corrections, GA, Complaint, Transgender, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-05578-MLB Document 1 Filed 12/06/23 Page 1 of 85 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA JANE DOE, Plaintiff, v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF Civ. Case No. _________________ CORRECTIONS; COMMISSIONER TYRONE OLIVER, in his official …
Brief • December 6, 2023
Doe v. Georgia Dept of Corrections, GA, Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Transgender, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-05578-MLB Document 2 Filed 12/06/23 Page 1 of 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA JANE DOE, Civ. No. Plaintiff, v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY …
Brief • December 6, 2023
Doe v. Georgia Dept of Corrections, GA, Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Prelim Injunction, Transgender, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-05578-MLB Document 2-1 Filed 12/06/23 Page 1 of 39 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA JANE DOE, Civ. No. Plaintiff, v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Within 48-hours of booking into the Morgan County Jail on August 29, 2023, Miles Rea Batson, 39, had two second-degree assault charges added to his public intoxication charge as well as another for disarming a law enforcement agent. WHNT in Huntsville reported that during booking …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against NaphCare for Wrongful Death of Atlanta Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “This appeal arises from the tragic death of Antonio May,” began the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 7, 2023. As longtime PLN readers …
Brief • November 16, 2023
Estate of Thomas Giles v. Ga Dept of Corrections, GA, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Failure to Protect, 2023 Page 1 of 21 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of payment ~f upfront cash and future periodic payments as outlined in the SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS section below, which together total the sum …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to WSFA in Montgomery, a guard at the Montgomery County Detention Center was charged on July 18, 2023, with conspiracy to provide contraband to a prisoner as well as bribing a public official. Timothy Bernard Summerlin, 33, had worked at the lockup for roughly …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Atlanta Federal Prison Gets Another Reboot by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Thirty years since its last reboot, the troubled U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta has gotten another one, after violence and corruption led the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to transfer most prisoners elsewhere in late 2021. [See: PLN, Jan. …
Prolonged COVID-19 Visitation Restrictions Net Georgia Jails Over $1.5 Million in Telecom Kickbacks by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi According to a report by the Georgia Current on April 14, 2023, jails in several of the state’s coastal counties were still profiting by extending COVID-19 visitation bans, forcing detainees and …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was arrested on June 10, 2023, for allegedly smuggling drugs, including meth, to a prisoner at Kilby Correctional Facility, 1819 News reported. Charlie Townsend, 28, resigned from his position upon his arrest by the Law Enforcement Services Division. …
Brief • August 4, 2023
Jones v. Ward, GA, Settlement, Retaliation, 2023 RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the dismissal of all claims and payment in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($ 7,500.00) to Christopher Lyle Jones (referred to herein as "RELEASOR"), and other good and valuable consideration, the …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A guard with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was indicted on April 27, 2023, on charges he sexually abused two prisoners at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Aliceville, according to a report by the Birmingham News. Robert D. Smith allegedly had sexual intercourse …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Georgia Prison Smuggling Ring Busted, Warden and Former Guard Arrested by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman After Georgia prisoner Nathan Weekes and three others were indicted for murder in April 2022, a smuggling ring they operated at Smith State Prison was busted. That has now led to the arrest of …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Georgia Prisoner Allowed to Proceed on Section 1983 Claim Seeking Execution by Firing Squad by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 30, 2023, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rebuffed Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) officials who wanted to execute …
Brief • July 9, 2023
Oliver v. JPay, GA, Complaint, Scheme to Defraud, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-03031-SEG-CMS Document 1 Filed 07/09/23 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION ANTHONY OLIVER, REGINALD PRIDDY, Case No.: __________________________ Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated. JURY DEMAND Plaintiffs , CLASS …
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