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Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
New York City Pays $280,000 to Settle Suit after Visitor Assaulted by Jail Guards by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On May 19, 2014, Thomas Hamm went to the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City to visit his same-sex domestic partner, identified as P.F. Hamm and P.F., who …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
$1.6 Million Settlement for Missouri Prison Guard Subjected to Sexual Harassment by The Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) has agreed to a $1.6 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by a female guard who alleged she was subjected to sexual harassment at the Kansas City Reentry Center (KCRC). Tina Gallego …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Connecticut DOC Settles Cancer Misdiagnosis Lawsuit for $1.3 Million by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell After misdiagnosing a prisoner’s skin cancer as psoriasis for years and refusing to perform tests when treatment was not working, the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle the prisoner’s …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Filed under: Appointment of Counsel
Alaska Supreme Court Denies Counsel to State Prisoner in Felony Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a decision that appears to contradict U.S. Supreme Court precedent, not to mention its own, the Supreme Court of Alaska ruled on September 14, 2018 that a prisoner charged with violation of …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
High Risk, Low Pay for California Prisoners Who Fight Fires by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Since the 1940s, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has maintained a firefighting corps composed of prisoner volunteers. In late 2018, when the Camp and Woolsey fires destroyed the town of Paradise …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
What the Government Shutdown Looks Like Inside Federal Prisons by Eli Hager Family visits canceled, guards driving for Uber, rising tensions and more.  by Eli Hager, The Marshall Project The partial U.S. government shutdown is now in its third week [as of January 7, 2019], due largely to President Trump’s …
PREA Audit at Montana Women’s Prison Amid Sexual Misconduct Complaints by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A June 2017 audit at the Montana Women’s Prison (MWP) found the facility was not in full compliance with 20 of 43 standards promulgated under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), enacted in 2003. …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Ohio Prisoner Recovers $2,025 for Leg Injury Caused by Guard’s Pepper Ball by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Ohio state prisoner Kimani Ware won a $2,025 judgment against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) on July 16, 2018. Following a trial, Magistrate Gary Peterson found the DRC was …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Florida Prisoners Get Tablets, Lose $11.3 Million in Digital Music by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In 2011, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) entered into a contract with Access Corrections that allowed prisoners to purchase MP3 players which could be hooked up to a kiosk for music …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
DC Corrections Council Report Slams USP Lewisburg’s “Special Management Unit” by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An April 6, 2018 report published by the District of Columbia’s Corrections Information Council (CIC) criticized the federal Bureau of Prisons’ Special Management Unit (SMU) at USP Lewisburg in Pennsylvania, citing numerous policy violations …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
City of Philadelphia Sinks $5.6 Million into Prison Software Upgrade it Can’t Use by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP) has terminated a contract it established in 2014 with an information technology company, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), to design a new Integrated …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Imprisoning America’s Mentally Ill by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Since the 1962 publication of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a mirror image of the best-selling novel’s plot has played out in U.S. prisons. Author Ken Kasey wrote a work of fiction about a prisoner who was sent to …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Obituary: Rick Anderson, 1941-2018 by Paul Wright by Paul Wright On Christmas Eve 2018, PLN contributing writer Rick Anderson died of congestive heart failure at his daughter’s home. Rick was a long-time journalist. He grew up in Hoquiam, Washington and went to work as a copy boy at the Post-Intelligencer …
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 • from PLN February, 2019
Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of Interviews with Lucasville Prison Riot Participants by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The April 1993 riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville resulted in the deaths of one guard and nine prisoners. Journalists have long tried to interview some of the prisoners involved …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Drafting Error in First Step Act Delays Application of Good Behavior Credits by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The newswire service Reuters has reported that, due to a drafting error in the First Step Act, the increased good behavior credits included in the bill will not be applied until at …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Preliminary Settlement in Class-Action HCV Suit Against Pennsylvania DOC by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A class-action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) over the lack of adequate treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C (HCV) survived a motion for summary judgment, and the parties have reached a preliminary …
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 • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
HRDC Files Suit Against Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority for censoring publications, books and other materials sent to prisoners. …
Article • February 5, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Seventh Circuit: District Court Abused Discretion in Not Seeking Counsel for Pro Se Prisoner by by Dale Chappell In a case where a prisoner filed a civil rights claim against prison doctors but failed to follow proper legal procedures, the district court abused its discretion when it refused to seek …
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