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Adams v. NaphCare, VA, Settlement Agreement, Jail Death, 2019 Case 2:16-cv-00229-RBS Document 291 Filed 03/05/19 Page 1 of 1 PageID# 4148 NR - 5 2019 COWARD ^^ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Virginia Beach Suffolk Chesa|j>eake wvAA'.pendercoward.com March 5, 2019 Jeff W.Rosen,Esq. jrosen@pendercoward.com Direct dial:(757)490-6253 Direct fax:(757)502-7351 222 Central Park Ave.,Suite …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Food
Nevada Prisons Persist in Not Serving Healthy Food by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Previously, Nevada state prisoner Robert Leslie Stockmeier won a case against the prison system over claims involving dietary issues in Stockmeier v. Green, 340 P.3d 583 (Nev. 2014). The Nevada Supreme Court found the state’s Chief …
Article • February 5, 2019
Filed under: Food, Guards/Staff, News
Prison Guards Orchestrate Media Campaign to Complain About Prisoners Getting Edible Food for Christmas by Scott Shackford Federal shutdown politics leads to really bad journalism about exactly two meals. by Scott Shackford, Reason.com Did you hear about the prisoner who ate a steak that one time? It’s all over the news right …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Food
Washington State Prisoners Protest Poor Food by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon During April 2018, prisoners in six housing units at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla participated in a hunger strike that lasted up to 10 days. Over 1,300 prisoners reportedly took part – around half the facility’s …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Food
Alabama Sheriff Pockets Excess Jail Food Funds, Buys Beach House, Loses Re-election Bid by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In June 2018, Sheriff Todd Entrekin withdrew from his re-election campaign in Etowah County, Alabama, conceding to his only opponent, Rainbow City Police Chief Jonathon Horton. Entrekin will serve out …
Publication • January 1, 2019
WA State Office of the Corrections Ombus - Summary Report on the Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey, 2019 Summary Report on the January 2019 Washington State Penitentiary Prisoner Food Preferences Survey Report prepared for the Washington State Office of Corrections Ombuds March 2019 2 Table of Contents Executive …
Clay, et al. v. Cuyahoga County, Ohio, et al., OH, class-action complaint, unconstitutional and deplorable jail conditions, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-02929 Doc #: 1 Filed: 12/20/18 1 of 61. PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION TONYA CLAY, ANTHONY BONNER, JAMES MARTIN, GEORGETTE …
Fricano v. Lane County, Corizon, et al., OR, settlement, failure to treat, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Parties to Agreement. This Settlement Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and entered into on this day of December, 201 8, by and between Angelo James Fricano ("Plaintiff') and Defendant Lane County I. Recitals A. Whereas, …
Federal Judge Orders Washington Prison Officials to Properly Feed Ramadan Participants by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In what could be the fastest injunction ever granted in a prison-related case, U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton issued a temporary retraining order in favor of Muslim prisoners mere hours after they …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Aramark Gets Pennsylvania DOC Food Procurement Contract by In early 2017, Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections (PDOC) entered into an “innovative” agreement with private food service vendor Aramark. State officials claimed the $154 million contract would save taxpayers an estimated $16.6 million over its three-year term. The contract is unique in …
Arabella Advisors: Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex - An Overview for Philanthropists, 2018 Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex An Overview for Philanthropists OCTOBER 2018 UNDERSTANDING AND CONFRONTING THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX A BO UT T H E REPORT As part of its commitment to learning, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Food
Formerly Incarcerated Chef Plans to Revolutionize Ramen by Steve Horn by Steve Horn When Ron Freeman was released from prison in 1998, he returned to doing the two things he enjoyed the most: cooking and eating. He decided, after being incarcerated for nearly three years for drug possession at the …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages: Inside the Booming Market for Food in Pouches by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge, The Marshall Project Ed. Note: PLN’s August 2018 cover story examined prison food and commissary services. This article looks at prison and jail package services supplied by private vendors …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Virginia Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment, Settles Religious Diet Case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Aaron Carter is a Virginia state prisoner; he is also a member of the Nation of Islam. Due to his religion’s dietary restrictions, he was enrolled in the prison system’s Common Fare program (CFP), which …
HRDC Files Suit Against FDOC Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Starvation Death by On August 1, 2018, PLN’s parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the mother of a Florida state prisoner who died of starvation and inadequate medical …
Article • August 23, 2018
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Food
Michigan Department of Corrections Foregoes Privatized Food Services by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After enduring five years of poor service, inadequate staffing and several scandals with its privatized food-service vendors, Michigan has decided to bring its prison services back into government service. “As the contract with Trinity was …
Hill et al. v. County of Montgomery, N.Y., class action, failure to provide nutritional sustenance, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PERRY HILL and JAMES ROGERS, both individually and on behalf of a class of others similarly situated, 9:14-cv-00933 (BKS/DJS) Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, MICHAEL …
Article • August 4, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Prison Food and Commissary Services: A Recipe for Disaster by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Food plays an integral role in our lives. It not only provides the nutrition necessary to sustain our existence, it feeds the sense of community we all crave. Social bonds are made as we …
Brief • August 1, 2018
Teneng v. Trump, CA, Evidence, Conditions of Confinement-ICE, 2018 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1-1 Filed 08/01/18 Page 1 of 7 Page ID #:40 EXHIBIT 1 Ex. 1 038 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1-1 Filed 08/01/18 Page 2 of 7 Page ID #:41 Ex. 1 039 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1-1 Filed 08/01/18 Page …
Article • July 8, 2018
California Prisoner Awarded $500 for Spread of Cancer Due to Medical Indifference by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Armster Hampton, whose cancer potentially spread because prison medical staff failed to initiate any testing or treatment, was awarded $500 in damages by a federal jury.      In 1999 and 2003, while …
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