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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 …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Oregon Lawmakers Prohibit Prison and Jail Telephone Kickbacks by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson This isn’t just an issue of economics,” said Oregon Senator Sara Gelser, the chief sponsor of a bill prohibiting jail and prison telephone contract kickbacks that passed nearly unanimously. “This is really about the humanity of …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Prison Reform
Biden’s Current Prison Reform Stance Counter to His Abysmal Record by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter After decades of leading the charge during the tough-on-crime era, Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is trying to fashion himself as a champion of prison …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Anyone who has been arrested by the federal government can attest to the experience of being held in custody by the U.S. Marshals Service. While the federal Bureau of Prisons operates a few pretrial detention centers (aka jails) in large cities, …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Electric Fences
Lethal Prison Electric Fences May Violate International Law by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A solicitation of bids last Novem-­​­ber to refurbish a “non-lethal/lethal” electric fence surrounding a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prison in Tucson, Arizona, resulted in three offers between $3.3 million and $3.8 million and some questions …
Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Immigration
Inside the US Marshals’ Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire by Seth Freed Wessler They’re supposed to safeguard pretrial detainees. But America’s oldest law enforcement agency is suffering from a massive dereliction of duty. by Seth Freed Wessler, Mother Jones A large rectangle of red dirt on the flat expanse of West …
Brief • March 3, 2020
Estate of Sutton v. County of San Bernardino, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2020 Case 5:20-cv-00433-JGB-KK Document 9 Filed 03/05/20 Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:40 AO 440 (Rev. 06/12) Summons in a Civil Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Central District of California Estate of Robert V. Sutton, …
Solares v. Diaz, et al., CA, complaint, wrongful prisoner death, 2020 Case 1:20-at-00158 Document 2 Filed 03/02/20 Page 1 of 18 Justin E. Sterling, State Bar No. 249491 1 LAW OFFICES OF JUSTIN STERLING Justin@SterlingDefense.com 2 15760 Ventura Blvd. Suite 700 Encino, CA 91436 3 Tel. (818) 995-9452/Fax. (818) 824-3533 …
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