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Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Washington DOC Medical Director Fired for Negligence by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) medical director, Dr. Julia Barnett, was terminated on April 18, 2019 because she “failed to exercise sound clinical judgment and failed to provide adequate medical care” to prisoners at the Monroe Correctional …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Prison Labor
Louisiana Prison Industry Program Puts Profits Before Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Louisiana Department of Corrections’ (LDOC) prison industry program, Prison Enterprises (PE), was audited in May 2019. The resulting report found that the program still had some of the same issues with sustainability and inadequate training …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Virginia Death Row Conditions Subjected Prisoners to Risk of Harm by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 3, 2019, the Fourth Cir­cuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order that found the conditions of confinement on Virginia’s death row violated the Eighth Amendment. The appellate court …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
U.S. Department of Justice Plans to Ramp up Federal Death Penalty by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Attorney General William P. Barr has paved the way to restart the “machinery of death,” in the words of former Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, in the form of capital punishment on …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Money/Property
Behind Bars, Co-Pays Are a Barrier to Basic Health Care by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Truthout When Taylor Lytle began fainting every morning when she stood up, she had to make a decision: Should she seek medical care or should she save her hard-earned wages to buy soap, shampoo, …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Oregon Transgender Prisoner Must be Housed Alone or with Other Transgender or Non­Cisgender Prisoners by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An Oregon state court held on May 28, 2019 that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to a transgender prisoner’s physical safety when they failed to house her in a single …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Filed under: Hunger Strikes
Alabama Prisoners Bring Awareness of Abusive Conditions Through Hunger Strikes by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In March 2019, nine Alabama prisoners went on a hunger strike after being placed in solitary confinement without being given any reason other than “preventative measures.” The prisoners, members of Convicts Against Violence or …
Article • November 4, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright I am excited to report that The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct, by former HRDC staff attorney Alissa Hull, is now available for purchase and shipping. Building on the success and popularity of The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel,this book provides …
Beyond Estelle: Medical Rights for Incarcerated Patients by Greg Dober by Greg Dober Like most other individuals, prisoners sometimes need medical attention for ailments, injuries and diseases. However, there appears to be a misconception about prisoners’ medical rights among physicians, medical administrators, prison and jail staff, and law enforcement officials. …
Conway v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, Excessive Force - Beating & Brutality, 2019 AMENDED SETTLEMENT AGREJJ.:MENTAND·GENERAL RELEASE This ~•\mended ~~ttlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreemenf') is made as of the 29lh ,day of October 2019 by and belwe<,n Scott Michael Conway, Jr. ("Plaintift,') and the County of Simta …
Brief • November 4, 2019
McClelland v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Second Amended Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2019 se 2:19-cv-06755-SVW-JEM 1 2 3 Document 19 Filed 11/04/19 Page 1 of 21 Page ID#: 9 Law Office of J. Blacknell JOVAN BLACKNELL (SBN 237162) 200 Corporate Pointe, Suite 495 Culver City, CA 90230 T.: 310.469.9117; …
In-the-News Article • November 2, 2019
HRDC staffer quoted re banned books in Idaho prisons Nov. 2, 2019 Articles with PLN Quotes Idaho Press Books in Idaho prisons: What&#39;s allowed, what isn&#39;t, and what they mean to those inside By TOMMY SIMMONS tsimmons@idahopress.com &amp;nbsp; Nov 2, 2019 KUNA &amp;mdash; About halfway through a Q&amp;amp;A after Anthony …
Split Summary Judgment Order in California Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On September 17, 2019, a federal judge denied several summary judgment claims urged by CoreCivic while granting one. Federal prisoner Gerardo Cruz-Sanchez entered the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) in San Diego, California, operated …
Product • November 1, 2019
The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct, by&nbsp;Alissa Hull&nbsp;is the latest offering in Prison Legal News Publishing&rsquo;s Citebook series. Like the other Citebooks in the series, it&rsquo;s designed to help pro se prisoner litigants to identify and raise viable claims for potential habeas corpus relief. This invaluable …
Brief • November 1, 2019
Filed under: Food, False Claims Act
United States v. FlavorPros, et al., S.C., complaint, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act violations, 2019 8:19-cv-03118-DCC Date Filed 11/01/19 Entry Number 1 Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA GREENWOOD DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, vs. FlavorPros, LLC, d/b/a …
Brisco v. Stinar, IL, Complaint, False Arrest & Imprisonment, 2019 Case: 1:19-cv-07233 Document #: 1 Filed: 11/01/19 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CORNEL BRISCO Plaintiff, vs. CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS VINCENT STINAR, STAR NO. 4017 LENNY PIERRI, STAR …
Vera Institute of Justice - Broken Ground: Why America Keeps Building More Jails and What It Can Do Instead, 2019 Broken Ground: Why America Keeps Building More Jails and What It Can Do Instead Chris Mai, Mikelina Belaineh, Ram Subramanian, and Jacob Kang-Brown November 2019 Foreword Perennial headlines about the …
Publication • November 1, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Mental Health, Family
Office of the Corrections Ombuds - Annual Report 2019 OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONS OMBUDS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Prepared by Joanna Carns, Director Submitted on November 1, 2019 Table of Contents Message from the Director 3 Executive Summary 6 I. Mission and Values 8 II. OCO Budget and Expenditures – FY …
Publication • November 1, 2019
Filed under: Telephone Rates
City and County of San Francisco Request for Proposals for Incarcerated Person Communication Services RFP # SHF | 2019-11/Event #0000003286 for Incarcerated Person Communication Services City and County of San Francisco Request for Proposals for Incarcerated Person Communication Services RFP # SHF | 2019-11/ Sourcing Event No. 0000003286 Date issued: …
Grottano et al. v. The City of New York, et al., NY, order granting preliminary approval of class action settlement, strip searches of jail visitors, 2019 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 Filed 10/30/19 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 Filed 10/30/19 Page 2 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-09242-RMB-KNF Document 258 …
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