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New Virginia Law Requires Oversight of Jail Deaths by As of May 2018, Virginia’s Board of Corrections (BOC) had counted 21 jail deaths in the state since the start of the year. But thanks to a new law passed in 2017, the BOC now has authority to review deaths in …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Civil Commitment Used to Imprison Drug Users in Massachusetts by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon While most states have laws allowing the involuntary civil commitment (ICC) of the mentally ill, some states extend such laws to addicted drug abusers. Massachusetts is the only state to specify by statute that people …
Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Fifth Circuit Partially Reinstates Mississippi Prisoner’s Suit Over Inadequate Mental Health Care by On September 29, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated part of a Mississippi state prisoner’s lawsuit complaining of inadequate mental health treatment at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI). Johnny Carl Grogan was incarcerated at …
Publication • July 1, 2018
The PEW Charitable Trusts: State Prisons and the Delivery of Hospital Care, 2018 A report from State Prisons and the Delivery of Hospital Care How states set up and finance off-site care for incarcerated individuals July 2018 Contents 1 Overview 2 States look to hospitals to provide range of services …
Publication • July 1, 2018
U.S. Department of Justice Special Report: Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2012-15, 2018 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics JULY 2018 Special Report NCJ 251146 Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2012-15 Ramona R. Rantala, BJS Statistician I n 2015, correctional …
Article • June 28, 2018
Doctors giving kids psychotropic drugs lost certification by Aura Bogado By Aura Bogado / Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting The psychiatrist who has been prescribing powerful psychotropic medications to immigrant children at a federally funded residential treatment center in Texas has practiced without board certification to treat children and adolescents for …
Gaston v. Ghosh, et al., IL, amici curiae brief, private correctional healthcare malfeasance, 2018 No. 17-3618, 18-1281 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT JAMES GASTON Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PARTHASARATHI GHOSH, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Case No. …
Parsons, et al. v. Ryan, et al., AZ, order, Corizon health care compliance, 2018 Case 2:12-cv-00601-DKD Document 2900 Filed 06/22/18 Page 1 of 14 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Victor Antonio Parsons, et al., …
Brief • June 22, 2018
Parsons, et al. v. Ryan, et al., AZ, Order Re Experts on Health Care, 2018 Case 2:12-cv-00601-DKD Document 2905 Filed 06/22/18 Page 1 of 4 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Victor Antonio Parsons, et …
Mother of Utah Prisoner Who Starved to Death in County Jail Accepts Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The mother and estate of Carlos Umana, a prisoner being held in the Salt Lake County Adult Detention Facility in Utah, agreed to a settlement with state and prison officials after …
Sexton-Pemberton v. Scott County, TN Second Amended Complaint, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE DIVISION DONNA JEAN SEXTON-PEMBERTON, as Administratrix and personal representative of the ESTATE of BENNY SHANE PEMBERTON, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) NO. 3:17-cv-00310-TRM-HBG ) SCOTT COUNTY, Tennessee, …
Nishimoto v. San Diego County, CA, Third Amended Complaint, Jail Suicide, 2018 Case 3:16-cv-01974-BEN-LL Document 52 Filed 06/18/18 PageID.885 Page 1 of 80 5 Christopher S. Morris, Esq., SBN 163188 cmorris@morrislawfirmapc.com Danielle R. Pena, Esq., SBN 286002 dpena@morrislawfirmapc.com MORRIS LAW FIRM, APC 501 West Broadway, Suite 1480 San Diego, CA …
Irizarry v. Ring, OH, Settlement, Illegal Strip Search, 2018 Exhibit A IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION JOSE IRIZARRY, Plaintiff, v. LIEUTENANT RING, et al., Defendants. : : : : : : : : : Case No. 2:17-cv-00744 Judge Michael H. Watson …
Andrews v. Rauner, IL, Response in Opposition to Motion for Dismissal of Counts 2 and 3, Failure to Treat Mental Health, 2018 1:18-cv-01101-SEM-TSH # 21 Page 1 of 12 E-FILED Monday, 18 June, 2018 11:48:22 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF …
Article • June 16, 2018
$12,500 Settlement in Suit Over Ohio Death Row Prisoner's Suicide by In April 2016, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) settled for $12,500 a lawsuit brought by the estate and survivors of a death row prisoner who committed suicide three days before he was scheduled to be executed. …
Article • June 16, 2018
British Columbia Supreme Court Sweeps Aside Solitary Confinement in Province by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A Justice of the British Columbia, Canada Supreme Court has effectively gutted the province's solitary confinement policy as violative of prisoners’ human rights. Portions of the court's order were stayed for one year to …
Wisconsin Settles State Prisoner’s Lawsuits for $13,000 by On February 2, 2017, Wisconsin officials agreed to pay $13,000 to settle two pro se federal lawsuits. Samuel S. Upthegrove, a Wisconsin state prisoner with mental health issues, filed two suits related to conditions of his confinement. One of his complaints alleged …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Hawaii Prison System Failing to Uphold Agreement on Mental Health Care by The suicides of three prisoners over a four-month period in mid-2017 brought new scrutiny to the Hawaii Department of Public Safety (DPS). Coming just two years after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Prisons Don’t Damage Only Prisoners; Guards at Risk of PTSD and Suicide, Too by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In Prison Legal News, much of our reporting addresses the abuses that the U.S. carceral system inflicts on prisoners. But prisoners (and their families) aren’t the only ones whose lives are …
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