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Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Virginia Prisoner Wins Habeas Release on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney There was good news and bad news for former Virginia prisoner Jeramiah Chamberlain on December 22, 2021. That’s when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed dismissal of his suit …
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 • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Voting Rights Restoration for Virginia Ex-Felons Once Again Subject to Governor’s Whim by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In a letter to Virginia lawmakers on March 22, 2023, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) took executive action to roll back voting rights restoration to ex-felons. It is the fourth time since …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Filed under: Escapes
U.S. Marshals Pull Out of Virginia Jail After Two Escapes in One Day by After two detainees escaped from Virginia’s Piedmont Regional Jail (PRJ) on April 30, 2022, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announced it was relocating its detainees while the jail “works to improve security measures.” This is bad …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
“Be Christian or Be Penalized”: After Fourth Circuit Revives Muslim Prisoner’s Challenge, Virginia Jail Settles Suit for $30,000 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On May 22, 2023, a $30,000 settlement was reached between officials with a Virginia jail and a Muslim prisoner who objected to its broadcasts of Christian …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Fourth Circuit Revives Virginia Prisoner’s Challenge to DOC Policy Restricting His Religious Headwear by Douglas Ankney   by Douglas Ankney On November 7, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that a district court erred in finding that Virginia prisoner David A. Richardson failed to present …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Fourth Circuit Revives Virginia Prisoner’s Challenge to Discipline for Allegedly Sexually Harassing Guard by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 3, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Virginia prison officials, in a civil rights complaint …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
$1.325 Million Settlement after Virginia Detainee’s Opiate Withdrawal Ignored in Jail by David Reutter by David Reutter On January 31, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia approved a $1.325 million settlement in a suit brought by the estate of Darryl Terrell Becton against the Arlington …
Brief • July 7, 2023
Estate of Robert Lee Boley v. Armor Correctional Health Services, VA, Disbursement Sheet, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 2:21-cv-00197-RCY-LRL Document 219-1 Filed 07/07/23 Page 1 of 1 PageID# 4197 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Norfolk Division JAMES A. BOLEY, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT …
Article • May 19, 2023
Fourth Circuit Refuses Bivens Extension to Allow BOP Prisoner’s Damages Claim for “Degenerate Conditions” at Virginia Lockup by David Reutter by David Reutter Since the 2022 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Egbert v. Boule, 142 S. Ct. 1793 (2022), there has been no expansion …
Article • May 9, 2023
Filed under: Escapes, Food
“Come Hungry, Leave Handcuffed”: Virginia Detainees Who Tunneled Through Jail Wall Recaptured at IHOP by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On March 20, 2023, two detainees escaped from the jail annex in Newport News, Virginia, after tunneling through their cell wall. But their freedom lasted less than a day …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On March 26, 2023, a former state prison guard at Easterling Correctional Facility was arrested for taking bribes to smuggle contraband into the lockup. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Quindarius Thagard, 27, was fired and charged with use of office for personal gain and promotion …
Brief • April 28, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Ghaisar v. USA, VA , Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 1:19-cv-01224-CMH-IDD Document 166 Filed 04/28/23 Page 1 of 3 PageID# 2606 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COU RT FOR TIIE EASTER N DI STR ICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Divis ion JAMES AND KELARA G HAIS/\ R. Individually and as Personal …
Brief • April 21, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Ghaisar v. USA, VA , Proposed Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 1:19-cv-01224-CMH-IDD Document 163-2 Filed 04/21/23 Page 1 of 3 PageID# 2600 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division JAMES AND KELARA GHAISAR, Individually and as Personal Representatives and Co-Administrators of the Estate …
Virginia DOC Resists Prisoner Fee Cuts by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A report released by the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) on October 1, 2022, largely rejected recommendations made by a work group to reduce costs for prisoners in state lockups and their families. Tasked by the state …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Fourth Circuit: Religious Headwear Policy Violated Virginia Prisoner’s Rights by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 7, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a Virginia prisoner successfully pleaded that a policy of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) substantially burdened his religious …
Article • March 21, 2023
Effort Stalls to Help Virginia Prisoners Overcharged for Canteen Sales and Phone Calls by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss When the Virginia House of Delegates’ Public Safety Subcommittee adjourned its meeting on January 19, 2023, it failed to advance several proposals for cutting prison and jail canteen costs, as …
Article • March 8, 2023
Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of “Overbroad” Claim from Federal Prisoner in Virginia, Says Not Allowed Under Bivens by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In an opinion issued on December 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a federal prisoner’s …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: On January 9, 2023, the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) arrested a guard at the city jail for an alleged off-duty assault, the Birmingham News reported. It’s unclear who filed the misdemeanor complaint against Reba Foulks, 36; MPD didn’t begin its investigation until …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$87,000 Paid to Virginia Prisoner Kicked in Testicles by Guard by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On June 22, 2022, an attorney for theVirginia Department of Corrections signed off on an agreement to pay $87,000 to settle a state prisoner’s claims that he was kicked in the testicles by a …
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