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Brief • November 11, 2019
Hetes v. Central New Mexico Correctional Facility, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2019 Centurion 003058 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMEN T THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") 1s executed this 1/ day of NNu-Ai? £...e__.2019, by Jade Hetes, as personal representative of the Estate …
In-the-News Article • November 10, 2019
PLN prevails in AZ DOC censorship lawsuit Nov. 10, 2019 Articles about PLN Litigation tucson.com Federal judge says Arizona prisons too broadly censor publications inmates can see By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services   Nov 10, 2019 PHOENIX — State prison officials have been ordered to revise their policy of …
Brown v. Drummond, MO, Order Approving Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019 ( Case: 4:17-cv-01679-SNLJ Doc. #: 49 Filed: 11/07/19 Page: 1 of 11 PageID #: 144 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION MONICA BROWN, Individually and as Heir of Mark A. Jaconski, Deceased, …
Brief • November 7, 2019
Barngetuny v. County of Dauphin, PA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-01927-SHR-WIA Document 1 Filed 11/07/19 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BARBARA BARNGETUNY, Plaintiff :NO. FILED HARRISBURG, PA NOV O7 2019 V. PER Q}W DEPLJCLERK COUNTY OF DAUPHIN d/b/a DAUPHIN COUNTY …
Psarologos v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2019 Case: 1:19-cv-07400 Document #: 1 Filed: 11/07/19 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION SPIROS PSAROLOGOS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) The CITY OF CHICAGO, a …
Doe v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Sexual Assault of a Minor, 2019 Case: 1:19-cv-07375 Document #: 1 Filed: 11/07/19 Page 1 of 18 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ) JANE DOE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) JURY …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In September 2018, Grantt Culliver, then-Associate Commissioner for Operations for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), was placed “on leave” after misconduct allegations surfaced. “Your absence from work is deemed to be in the best interest of the department due to the nature of the …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Media
NBC Sends Anchorman Lester Holt to Prison as Part of its “Justice for All” Series by Chad Marks by Chad Marks NBC anchorman Lester Holt has been to many prisons as part of his news reporting. But he had never slept in a locked cell for a few nights – …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
The Cost of Prison Censorship: Florida Taxpayers to Pay $1.2 Million in HRDC Case by On October 22, 2019, a federal district court in Tallahassee awarded almost $1.2 million in attorneys’ fees and costs in a censorship lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC). The suit, filed in 2011 …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
$8,500 Settlement in Allegheny County Jail Sexual Harassment Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania paid $8,500 to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by a former female guard. Tanisha Ramsey started working at the Allegheny County Jail on June 30, 2015. While …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$860,000 Settlement in Suit Over Michigan Female Prisoner’s Suicide by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $860,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a female prisoner who hanged herself after a guard placed a bet on whether …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Organization Connected to Missouri Prison Director Gets No-Bid Contract by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Staffing shortages in the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) have been problematic for a number of years, due in part to a high turnover rate fueled by the fact that MDOC employees are among the …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Federal Prisoner Challenges Constitutionality of Death Penalty; Gets Plea Deal for Life Without Parole by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 28, 2018, a Vermont federal judge approved a plea bargain to grant life without parole to a death-sentenced federal prisoner who had challenged the constitutionality of the death …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Suicides
Court Orders Changes to Alabama Prison System After 15 Suicides; Feds Threaten Suit by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A May 4, 2019 federal district court order in a five-year-old lawsuit over inadequate mental health care and a resultant high suicide rate in Alabama’s prison system was entered “in the …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Department of Justice Report Shows Small Decrease in U.S. Prison Population by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A report by Jennifer Bronson, Ph.D. and E. Ann Carson, Ph.D., released by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in April 2019, found that at the end of 2017, …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Medical
Compassionate Releases Needed for an Aging Prisoner Population by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon From 2007 to 2016, New York’s prison population dropped by 17 percent, mainly due to efforts to divert low-level, first-time offenders into alternatives to incarceration. But during that same period the state’s number of elderly prisoners …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Florida Supreme Court Issues Death Penalty Rulings by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The final two weeks of 2018 were extremely busy for Florida’s Supreme Court with respect to capital punishment jurisprudence. Florida codefendants Gerald Murray and Steven Taylor were convicted in separate trials for capital murder and sentenced to …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Lockdowns, Mental Health
Washington State Settles Suit Over 15-Hour-a-Day Lockdown of Mentally Ill Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2019, Washington State officials settled a lawsuit over conditions of confinement for mentally ill prisoners at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP), by agreeing to improve their living conditions. The settlement will …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Wrongful Death
South Carolina: Lawsuit Alleges Medical Staff, Guards Negligent in Baby’s Death by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Sinetra Geter Johnson discovered she was pregnant just two days before she was required to report to prison on a parole violation. In October 2012, she began serving a two-year sentence at the …
Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System, by Alec Karakatsanis by Sam Feldman   (The New Press, Oct. 2019). 208 pages. $24.99 hardcover Book review by Sam Feldman Over 2.2 million people in America are being held in cages by the government, and Alec Karakatsanis’ new …
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