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Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Escapes, Qualified Immunity
Guard Who Failed to Prevent Escape Entitled to Qualified Immunity by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 18, 2019 that a guard cannot be held liable under the Constitution for failing to prevent an escape. In an attempt to apparently …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Voting, Statistics/Trends
States Rush to End Prison Gerrymandering Before Districts Are Set For Another 10 years by Aleks Kajstura by Aleks Kajstura, Legal Director, Prison Policy Initiative In January, New Jersey became the 7th state to end prison gerrymandering – the practice of using incarcerated people to inflate the population of rural …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Bail
Court Grants Bail to Ex-Peruvian President Challenging Extradition Due to Solitary Confinement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On October 10, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco granted bail to former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, requiring him to be released on a $1 million bond under …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Habeas Corpus
California: Qualified Attorney Work-Product Protection Applies to Discovery During Habeas Proceedings by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In October 2, 2019, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District ruled that the qualified attorney work-product protection doctrine applies in habeas corpus proceedings. In 1997, a jury convicted Samuel …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Oklahoma Commutations Largest Mass Release in U.S. History by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On November 1, 2019, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt approved commutation for 527 prisoners. The Oklahoma commutation is the largest mass commutation in the history of the nation. The citizens of Oklahoma voted yes on State Question …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
States Move for True Second Chance Opportunities by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Communities and politicians are acting in concerted effort during a brisk economy to reduce the obstacles preventing recently incarcerated citizens from once again becoming productive members of society. States are holding business summits geared at facilitating the …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Death Highlights Need for Change in Texas GEO-Run Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Eagle Pass Correctional Facility (EPCF) have been investigated by the Maverick County, Texas Sheriff’s Office, the Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC), Corizon Correctional Healthcare, and the GEO Group after 56-year-old Kim Sargent Taylor died in …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Seventh Circuit Upholds Denial of Wisconsin Prisoner’s Request to Marry Psychologist by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon John Nigl began his 100-year prison stretch in 2001 at Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin. From April of 2013 until January of 2015, Nigl received psychological counseling from Dr. Sandra Johnston. Their sessions …
Federal Court Orders Videophone Access for Deaf Prisoners in Colorado by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 18, 2019, a federal district court ordered the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide access to videophones for all of its deaf and hard of hearing prisoners and prisoners who wish …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Prison Rebellion
Hawaii Prisoners Rebel Over Prison Conditions, Fined For Damages by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Prisoners of the Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) rioted March 11, 2019, over unstable, inhumane and unconstitutional living conditions. Complaints about broken telephones, uncollected mail, overcrowding, shortened visits and other problems resulted in prisoners from …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
$200,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Louisiana Jail Guard Sexually Abusing Juvenile by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $200,000 settlement was reached to resolve a civil rights action alleging a guard at Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish Jail subjected a 15-year-old detainee to repeated sexual abuse. The complaint stated …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Pennsylvania GEO-Run Jail Boss Resigns After Media Reveals Complaints of Racism, Abuse at Private Prison by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The superintendent of Pennsyl­vania’s George W. Hill Correc­tional Facility, which is run by GEO Group, resigned in November after a media investigation uncovered a buried whistleblower complaint …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Louisiana Sheriff Re-Elected Despite Prisoner Death Toll by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins  Jail conditions are seldom equated to accommodations at a five-star hotel. Even so, there are lockups where the environment threatens a clear and ever-present danger to prisoners and staff alike. Such is the case at East Baton …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Correct Care Solutions
Major Prison Health Care Companies Funnel Campaign Contributions to Sheriffs, Get Rewards by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Campaign contributions from private medical provider Wellpath to Virginia’s Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman may be legal under Virginia law but are raising ethical questions. Wellpath is already under federal …
Green v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 MUTUAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT In exchange for the following full and complete consideration provided by Wexford Health Sources, Inc. ( 11 Wexford 11), on behalf of itself and the Estate of Saleh Obaisi (the "Estate11 and, together with Wexford, the "Wexford …
Publication • March 4, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Proclamation of a State of Emergency, CA, COVID-19, 2020
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
$2.5 Million Settlement Over Prisoner’s Restraint Death in Houston, Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The family of a man who died at a jail in Harris County, Texas while being subjected to a dangerous form of restraint settled for $2.5 million in a lawsuit they brought against …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Corizon, Medical
Neither Fines Nor Lawsuits Deter Corizon From Delivering Substandard Health Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2018, Corizon Health was the largest for-profit provider of prisoner health care in the country. It contracted with 534 correctional facilities in 27 states holding about 15 percent of the nation’s prisoners. …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
$1.15 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Asthma Death by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Pennsylvania’s Erie County agreed to pay $1.15 million to settle a civil rights action alleging the county jail had a policy that “required a non-medical person to make a medical decision about what to …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Education
It’s Time For the Feds To Fund College Education For Prisoners, Again by Anthony W. Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Twenty-five years after the federal government restricted prisoners from obtaining Pell Grants to pay for higher education while incarcerated, bipartisan support for new legislation reinstating access is gaining ground in …
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