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In-the-News Article • December 12, 2019
PLN reporting mentioned re tattoo removal for prisoners Dec. 12, 2019 Articles that mention PLN The Epoch Times Tattoo Removal Can Give Inmates a New Lease on Life BY ILENE SCHNEIDER   December 11, 2019 Updated: December 11, 2019   Tattoo removal can often make all the difference for an ex-convict landing …
Brief • December 12, 2019
Gardner v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2019 : IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISl'nICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TRA VON GARDNER nnd TREONJA GARDNER, Plalntlffs, ) ) ) No. 18 CV 4251 ) V, The CITY OF CHrCAGO, et al., Defendants, ) ) …
Brief • December 12, 2019
Johnson v. Lashbrook, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 17-193 17-CV-193 Johnson, Tremaine #R15625 v. Lashbrook, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Defendants: Received Filed Case Name 2/22/17 Date Served Status closed 4/6/17 □ Class Action On Appeal D Spears D …
Franklin v. Bebout, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect and Retaliation, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# 18-1963 Official Case# 18-CV-1963-SMY Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Franklin, Martell #M48956 v. BeBout, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Defendants: Received Filed Case Name 10/16/18 Date Served Status closed 10/30/18 Class Action LJ On Appeal D …
Craig v. Schwertz, IL, Settlement, ADA Compliance, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION FLORENCIO CRAIG. Plaintiff. ) ) ) ) ) ) v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. et al. Defendants. No. I 8-cv-1670 No. I 8-cv-0066 Honorable Judge John Z. Lee …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: Pima County jail guard Jason Hubert was back at work as of March 5, 2019, after being placed on administrative leave the previous month. On Valentine’s Day, prisoner David Ray Maxwell, 53, was being disruptive. Hubert attempted to calm him, but a scuffle ensued. According …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Court Denies Arizona DOC’s Motion to Terminate Monitoring of Prisoners’ Out-of-Cell Time by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 16, 2019, federal judge Roslyn O. Silver signed an order that denied, in part, a motion filed by the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) to terminate monitoring of out-of-cell exercise …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Criminal Justice Leaders Reject Attorney General’s “Tough on Crime” Attitude by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter After U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave a speech condemning criminal justice reforms, 70 criminal justice leaders signed a statement rejecting his narrative. The signatories included current and former prosecutors, police chiefs, …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Man Held in Jail Almost Three Months for Possession of ... Honey by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A man sat in jail for nearly three months while the police tried twice at different labs to prove that jars of honey he had in his possession contained liquid methamphetamine. And …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Ninth Circuit Reverses Seizure of Funds from Federal Prisoner for Restitution by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In a case decided on August 28, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s order allowing the federal Bureau of Prisons to seize $6,671.81 from prisoner Lonnie …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Medical, Mental Health Care Lacking at Florida Jail Despite 43 Years of Court Oversight by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Despite oversight by a federal court since 1976, the Broward County Jail (BCJ) in Florida does not provide adequate medical or mental health treatment to prisoners. Since 2018, …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements
Los Angeles County to Pay $53 Million for Strip Searches of Female Prisoners by Chad Marks by Chad Marks In 2010, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of female prisoners at the Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF) in Los Angeles who were forced to undergo humiliating strip and visual …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption
Texas Jail Administrator Fired for Tampering with Government Documents by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Hill County Sheriff’s Office in Texas fired the head of the county jail on June 19, 2019. Jail Captain Sherry “Diann” Hammer, 68, had been on administrative leave since March while Texas Ranger Jake …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Kansas Federal Court Holds U.S. Attorney’s Office in Contempt by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 13, 2019, federal judge Julie Robinson issued a 188-page order holding the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Kansas in contempt of court for its pattern of misrepresentation, obfuscation and lack of cooperation during a …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Civil Commitment
Summary Judgment Affirmed Against Publication in Civil Commitment Facility by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter n August 21, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a grant of summary judgment to officials who had banned a civil commitment detainee’s newsletter and placed page limits on the copying …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Food
Food Survey Reveals Washington State Prisoners’ Concerns and Complaints by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke It might be classified as “better late than never,” but a March 2019 report on a food survey of prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP), undertaken by the state’s Office of the Corrections Ombuds, …
Solitary Confinement for Former Death Row Prisoner Held Unconstitutional by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Connecticut federal district court held on August 27, 2019 that a former death row prisoner who was kept in solitary confinement had been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. The court issued …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs, Probation
New York Stops Testing Probationers for Marijuana Use by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The New York City Council voted in April 2019 to stop testing probationers for marijuana use. The move was a step toward reducing re-incarceration of probationers and parolees, and may be a foreshadowing of the legalization …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Pennsylvania Prisoner Acquitted of Murder After 13-Year Battle – by Defending Himself in Retrial by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Representing himself during a fourth trial on a murder charge, Hassan Bennett was acquitted and released following a 13-year legal fight – an extraordinary feat. Bennett, 36, was serving a …
Article • December 11, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Filed under: False Arrest
Ohio Mother Loses Children and Job Due to False Arrest by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 11, 2019, Ohio police executed an arrest warrant for heroin trafficking in a Target parking lot in Hamilton County. Their target was Ashley Foster, who was in the lot not with a …
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