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Ninth Circuit Shuts Down Settlement Agreement in Long-Running California Prisoners’ Gang Affiliation Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 24, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s orders granting California prisoners a pair of 12-month extensions to a Settlement Agreement …
Brief • March 1, 2024
Stone v. Mahoning County, OH, Settlement, Sex Based Employment Discrimination, 2024 SETTLEMENT RELEASE The following is a Release of all Claims between Plaintiff, Mary Stone (Pseudonym), and Defendants, Mahoning County, Ohio, William Cappabianca, Kenneth Kountz, and Joseph Hood in Mary Stone (Pseudonym), v. Mahoning County, et al., Northern District of …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Subclass Certified and Settlement Proposed to Address ADA Violations at Long-Plagued San Diego County Jails by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 21, 2023, Judge Anthony J. Battaglia of the federal court for the Southern District of California signed an order in a suit alleging violations at San Diego …
Brief • January 9, 2024
USA v. Franklin County, PA, Complaint, Discrimination-ADA, 2024 Case 1:24-cv-00034-CCC Document 1 Filed 01/09/24 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ) o/a ) FRANKLIN COUNTY JAIL, …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Virginia Leads the Nation in K-9 Attacks on Prisoners by An attack dog bites with enough force to puncture sheet metal. That same bite in human flesh is horrifyingly painful, leaving mental as well as physical trauma. Yet in the prison systems of eight states, attack-trained “K-9” dogs have been used …
West Virginia Pretrial Detainee’s Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse Survives Dismissal Stage by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 9, 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed denial of defendant state prison officials’ motion to dismiss all but a negligent supervision and training claim that arose …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
New Head of “Constitutional Sheriffs” Calls MLK a “Thug” by On June 19, 2023, the 158th anniversary of the “Juneteenth” enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation on the last Texas slavers, Sam Bushman, the owner of Liberty News Radio, used his show to broadcast his belief that the late Rev. Dr. …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Ed Mead: Rest in Power by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Over the years the saddest duty I have as PLN’s editor is noting the passing of our friends and supporters. As PLN gets older, we are entering our 34th year of publishing with this issue, it seems like more …
Hear Us Now? Hearing Impaired Tennessee Prisoners Secure Injunction by Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. ch.126 § 12101 et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., prisoners who are deaf or hard of hearing are entitled to reasonable accommodations so they can communicate and …
153 Killed in Custody in Salvadorian Gang Crackdown by A report by human rights group Cristosal on May 29, 2023, detailed how lethal El Salvador’s war on the Central American country’s gangs has been: 153 people have died in custody since Pres. Nayib Bukele’s campaign began in March 2022. Targeting …
Brief • December 13, 2023
Wood v. Fl Dept of Education, FL, Complaint, Discrimination, 2023 Case 4:23-cv-00526-MW-MAF Document 1 Filed 12/13/23 Page 1 of 61 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION Katie Wood, Jane Doe, and AV Schwandes, Plaintiffs, v. Florida Department of Education; State Board of Education; Monesia …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Report Details “Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline” for Young Women by On April 10, 2023, two advocacy groups for gender equality and justice released a new report arguing that young women—especially young women of color—continue to be punished for violence they endure as victims of sex trafficking. In Criminalized Survivors: Today’s Abuse to …
Brief • November 29, 2023
USA v. Big Sandy Regional Jail Authority, KY, Settlement, Discrimination, 2023 ADA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED ST ATES OF AMERICA AND BIG SANDY REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY DJ No. 204-30-103 BACKGROUND 1. This Settlement Agreement (the Agreement) is entered into by: Big Sandy Regional Jail Authority (hereafter, Big Sandy Authority); …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Political Prisoners
Imprisoned Putin Critic Claims He’s Subjected to “Re-Education” by Alexei Navalny, the incarcerated political rival of Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin, alleged on May 30, 2023, that he was forced to listen to pro-war and anti-Semitic songs as part of “re-education” efforts at the IK-6 prison, where he is serving a …
Fourth Circuit Rebuffs Federal Prisoner’s Attempt to Expand Bivens in North Carolina by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a federal prisoner’s civil rights suit, finding his Fifth Amendment claim did not fit within …
Brief • November 9, 2023
Patterson v. Virginia Department of Corrections, VA, Complaint, Gender Discrimination-Strip Search, 2023 Case 3:23-cv-00757-DJN Document 1 Filed 11/09/23 Page 1 of 23 PageID# 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division MALLORY PATTERSON, EMILY COMER, and CARLA MCDOWNEY, on behalf of themselves and …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State by A divided Washington Supreme Court beat back prejudice with a November 2022 decision admitting a convicted sex offender to the state bar. Zachary LeRoy Stevens was charged as a teenager with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Louisiana Prison Guard Helps Pregnant Prisoner and Learns That No Good Deed Goes Unpunished by When she met a pregnant young prisoner struggling with drug addiction, a guard at Louisiana’s Transition Center for Women (TCW) offered to care for the baby when it was born. On May 17, 2023, the …
Sixth Circuit Revives Blind Tennessee Prisoner’s Suit Against DOC and CoreCivic by On March 22, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit revived a suit filed five years earlier by a Tennessee prisoner who is legally blind. In his March 2018 complaint, Corey Tarvin accused the state …
Brief • September 18, 2023
Stone v. Mahoning County, OH, Complaint, Sex Based Employment Discrimination, 2023 Case: 4:23-cv-01138-JRA Doc #: 15 Filed: 09/18/23 1 of 33. PageID #: 146 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION Mary Stone (Pseudonym) c/o The Chandra Law Firm LLC The Chandra Law …
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