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After 49 Years in Prison for a Murder in Which He Didn’t Pull the Trigger, Former Black Liberation Army Member Sundiata Acoli Wins Parole
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Racial Profiling, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release
After 49 Years in Prison for a Murder in Which He Didn’t Pull the Trigger, Former Black Liberation Army Member Sundiata Acoli Wins Parole by Chuck Sharman On May 10, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed a state parole board decision and granted release to Sundiata Acoli, whose involvement …
Third Circuit Joins Fifth, Tenth and D.C. Circuits in Holding Heck Favorable-Termination Dismissals Are PLRA Strikes
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Consent Decrees - Termination of
Third Circuit Joins Fifth, Tenth and D.C. Circuits in Holding Heck Favorable-Termination Dismissals Are PLRA Strikes by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On October 29, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit handed a New Jersey prisoner a legal defeat. But in the process, it joined the …
Third Circuit Reinstates Suit Filed by Transgender Prisoner Assaulted at New Jersey Federal Prison
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (Transgender)
Third Circuit Reinstates Suit Filed by Transgender Prisoner Assaulted at New Jersey Federal Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 1, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned a lower court’s decision to dismiss the claim of a pre-operative transgender federal prisoner who accused …
New Jersey Sex Offenders Excluded From Programming, Chances for Early Release
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Sex Offender Treatment, Conditions of
New Jersey Sex Offenders Excluded From Programming, Chances for Early Release by Mario Palomo byMario Palomo Prisoners at New Jersey’s Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center (ADTC)—all convicted sex offenders—do not have access to the same programs and benefits that other state prisoners do, according to a letter excerpted in a …
Mentally Ill Detainee Paralyzed in Brutal New Jersey Jail Beating Files Suit
Article • May 31, 2022
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Mental Health
Mentally Ill Detainee Paralyzed in Brutal New Jersey Jail Beating Files Suit by Edward Lyon By Ed Lyon A lawsuit was reportedly filed in New Jersey Superior Court for Essex County on April 26, 2022, on behalf of a mentally ill man left paralyzed from a brutal beating he suffered …
News in Brief
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard in Birmingham was arrested on March 9, 2022, for allegedly beating a prisoner to death, according to the Alabama Political Reporter. As PLN previously reported, prison officials at first insisted no foul play was suspected in the death of Victor …
Guard Arrested for Running “Fight Club” in New Jersey Prison Kitchen
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Guard Arrested for Running “Fight Club” in New Jersey Prison Kitchen by Ashleigh Dye, Jayson Hawkins by Ashleigh Dye and Jayson Hawkins A New Jersey prison guard was arrested on October 1, 2021, on charges he ran a “fight club” in the kitchen he supervised at Bayside State Prison, regularly …
Estate of Conroy v. Cumberland County, NJ, Settlement, Suicide-Failure to Protect, 2022
Brief • April 26, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides
Estate of Conroy v. Cumberland County, NJ, Settlement, Suicide-Failure to Protect, 2022 SJ£TTLEMENTAGIIBEMENI AND GRNF.RAL RJU,RASE OF CLAIMS The SETTLEtvIENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS ("Agreeme)tt") is being entered into among and betweenFSTATF. OF DAVTD B. CONROY ("EST ATE OF DAVID B. CONROY") or(" Releasur") AND IIIS ATTORNEYS CONRAD …
Estate of Watson v. Cumberland County, NJ,Distrubtion Cost, Suicide-Inadequate Medical Care, 2022
Brief • April 13, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides
Estate of Watson v. Cumberland County, NJ,Distrubtion Cost, Suicide-Inadequate Medical Care, 2022 Case 1:16-cv-06578-JHR-AMD Document 190-1 Filed 04/13/22 Page 2 of 5 PageID: 3857 ESTATE OF JON LEON WATSON, et al. v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, et al. DISTTRIBUTION Gross Settlement $200,000.00 Costs $ 74,821.77 Subtotal $125,178.23 Total $ 41,726.07 Net to …
Estate of Lewis v. Cumberland County, NJ, Distribution of Cost, Suicide-Failure to Protect, 2022
Brief • April 13, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides
Estate of Lewis v. Cumberland County, NJ, Distribution of Cost, Suicide-Failure to Protect, 2022 Case 1:16-cv-03503-RBK-AMD Document 182-1 Filed 04/13/22 Page 2 of 3 PageID: 3018 Estate of Lewis v. Cumberland County Jail, et. al. DISTRIBUTION Gross Settlement. ......... , ......................................................... . $157,500.00 Costs ................................................................................ , .. . $67,257.58 Sub …
News In Brief
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News In Brief by Arizona: After two escaped prisoners were recaptured and returned to the Arizona State Prison in Florence on January 31, 2021, Phoenix station KNXV reported that at least part of the blame for their escape was assigned to short-staffing of guards at the state Department of Corrections …
$170,000 Damages and Fees As New Jersey Prisons Settle Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Failure to Protect (Transgender)
$170,000 Damages and Fees As New Jersey Prisons Settle Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins As of June 29, 2021, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) has changed its policy of housing prisoners according to their gender assignment at birth, regardless of whether they …
News in Brief
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In Mobile on January 21, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama announced that an 18-month federal prison sentence for bribery had been handed down by a federal court to Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 31, a former guard at the Escambia County …
Third Circuit: Retroactive Application of Amended New Jersey Parole Guidelines May Violate Ex Post Facto Clause
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Filed under: Ex Post Facto, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release
Third Circuit: Retroactive Application of Amended New Jersey Parole Guidelines May Violate Ex Post Facto Clause by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 22, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a pro se prisoner’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, …
News in Brief
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to Birmingham Real-Time News, a kidnapper was recaptured after being erroneously released from jail in Jefferson County, Alabama, on December 17, 2021. The prisoner, Matthew Burke, 35, was apprehended during a traffic stop after being released from the Jefferson County Jail on Dec. 11 …
Settlement for New Jersey Special Needs Prisoner Students Includes Damages, Fees and Education
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Settlements, Education (Juveniles), Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Class Actions
Settlement for New Jersey Special Needs Prisoner Students Includes Damages, Fees and Education by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On July 15, 2021, a settlement agreement and order was entered in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, putting an end to a four-year-old class action lawsuit against …
Estate of Lewis v. Cumberland County, NJ, Settlement, Suicide-Failure to Protect, 2022
Brief • January 20, 2022
Filed under: Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides
Estate of Lewis v. Cumberland County, NJ, Settlement, Suicide-Failure to Protect, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY THE ESTATE OF ROBERT WAYNE LEWIS, et al., Plaintiffs, HONORABLE JEROME B. SIMANDLE Civil Action No. 16-3503 (JBS-AMD) v. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, CFG HEALTH SYSTEMS, LLC, et …
NJ Supreme Court: Excess Time in Prison Must Be Used to Reduce Parole Period
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: Overdetention, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release
NJ Supreme Court: Excess Time in Prison Must Be Used to Reduce Parole Period by Matthew Clarke “Parole is the legal equivalent of imprisonment” by Matt Clarke On August 3, 2021, the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the time a prisoner spent in prison in excess of that …
News in Brief
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On November 17, 2021, a former Alabama state prison guard was sentenced in federal court in Birmingham to 87 months in prison. As reported by the Birmingham News, a search found the guard, Gary Charles Dixon, Jr., 36, with 497 grams of methamphetamine when he …
Williams v. Essex County Correctional Facility, NJ, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021
Brief • December 27, 2021
Filed under: Excessive Force
Williams v. Essex County Correctional Facility, NJ, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL Hall of Records, Room 535, Newark, New Jersey 07102 973.621.5003 --- 973.621.4599 (Fax) www.essexcountynj.org Jerome M. St. John Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. Essex County Executive Tiffany Hollis foia@humanrightsdefensecenter.org 7542634568 Essex County Counsel May 24, …
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