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Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Texas Holds 1 in 41 Prisoners in Solitary Confinement by As of March 2024, Texas state prisoner Ricky Smith, 56, had spent over 30 years in solitary confinement. Though the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) calls it “security detention,” he is one of 3,141 state prisoners held alone in …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Mistrial for Vermont Sheriff Who Kicked Shackled Detainee by On July 24, 2024, a Vermont jury hung on an assault charge against Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore, who is accused of kicking a shackled detainee at the county jail in 2022. That followed a report from the Impeachment Committee of …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Missouri Prisoners Losing Reentry Money to “Incarceration Reimbursement” by A little-known Missouri law allows the state to confiscate money from prisoners to pay for the costs of their incarceration. That alone is sadly not unusual; most states have some sort of “pay-to-stay” policy. But the severity of such laws—and how …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Georgia Guard Gets 15 Years for Using One Prisoner to Assault Another by Former Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Daniel Farmer, 33, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison on July 10, 2024, after pleading guilty to allowing one prisoner to attack another at Augusta State Medical Prison …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
$1.8 Million Jury Award for San Diego Jail Overdose Death by Matthew Clarke On April 25, 2024, a federal jury in Southern California awarded $1.8 million to the Estate of a detainee who died of a methamphetamine overdose while incarcerated at the San Diego Central Jail. The verdict was preceded …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
More Alabama Prisoners Murdered in Overcrowded Lockups by After a string of killings at Alabama prisons blamed on overcrowding, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest on July 7, 2024, in a long-running lawsuit over conditions at one state prison. With too few guards to adequately …
Federal Watchdog, SCOTUS Fail to Limit Solitary Confinement Abuses by Douglas Ankney, Anthony Accurso by Douglas Ankney and Anthony W. Accurso Prisoners have lost two chances to rein in abuses of solitary confinement in the past year, most recently with a toothless advisory from the Office of the Inspector General …
Brief • September 30, 2024
Estate of Janelle Marie Butterfield v. Wellpath, OR, Order, Wrongful Death-Suicide, 2024 Case 1:20-cv-00671-CL Document 212 Filed 09/30/24 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON CONNIE DENCE, personal representative for the Estate of JANELLE MARIE BUTTERFIELD, deceased, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:20-cv-00671-CL v. …
Brief • September 30, 2024
USA v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Settlement, Disability Discrimination, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT DJ # 204-85-131 I. BACKGROUND & JURISDICTION 1. The parties (“Parties”) to this Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) are the United States …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Settlement Agreement and Release, 2024 Docusign Envelope ID: 19D17FBB-93C2-469E-876F-033496C202CE EXECUTION COPY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, v. Civil Action No. 5:21-CV-469-FL Plaintiff, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ISHEE et al., Defendants. This SETTLEMENT …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Settlement Agreement and Release, 2024 Docusign Envelope ID: 19D17FBB-93C2-469E-876F-033496C202CE EXECUTION COPY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, v. Civil Action No. 5:21-CV-469-FL Plaintiff, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ISHEE et al., Defendants. This SETTLEMENT …
In-the-News Article • September 23, 2024
Solidarity from Solitary and Beyond Sept. 23, 2024 Articles that mention PLN Texas Observer Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay. by Michelle Pitcher Julio “Alex” Zuniga ends the messages he sends from his prison cell with the signoff …
Brief • September 19, 2024
Estate of Shelly Monahan v. Clark County, WA, Complaint, Wrongul Death-Denial Medical Care, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-05392-TMC Document 29 Filed 09/19/24 Page 1 of 40 1 The Honorable Tiffany M. Cartwright 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 …
In-the-News Article • September 17, 2024
N.M. prison medical provider to pay $150K for withholding public records from nonprofit Sept. 17, 2024 Articles about PLN Litigation Santa Fe New Mexican A judge ordered a former New Mexico prison medical provider to pay $100 per day for withholding public records from the Human Rights Defense Center for …
Brief • September 16, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Estate of David McGrath v. City Of Issaquah, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024 FULL AND FINAL RELEASE THIS IS A COMPLETE RELEASE READ IT BEFORE SIGNING IN CONSIDERATION for the sum of two million, five-hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000.00), Linda McGrath, as the Personal representative of the Estate of David McGrath; …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
One of Eight Prisoners Now Released is a Woman by David Reutter by David Reutter As resources are stretched by millions of people released annually from U.S. prisons and jails, advocates struggle to obtain accurate information about the scope of the need. The nonprofit Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) responded with …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Mobile Metro Jail guard Robert Aaron Small was fired and arrested for assault on June 27, 2024, one day after he allegedly used excessive force against an unnamed detainee. WKRG in Mobile said that the guard had worked at the lockup since 2019. Mobile County …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Turn Key Health Clinics: Another Private Jail Medical Provider Leaving a Trail of Death and Misery by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Jails face a monumental task in the provision of medical care. Those who’ve just been arrested are often experiencing withdrawal from drugs or alcohol. Other pre-existing medical …
Missouri DOC Chief Held in Contempt of Court for Keeping Exonerated Prisoner Locked Up by On August 7, 2024, the head of Missouri’s Department of Corrections (DOC) was held in contempt by a state court judge for refusing to release Howard Roberts, 82, after the prisoner’s conviction was overturned. State …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Texas Appeals Court Tosses Former Prisoner’s Illegal Voting Conviction by On March 28, 2024, Texas’ Second District Court of Appeals (COA2D) overturned Crystal Mason’s illegal voting conviction, ruling that the state failed to present any evidence of criminal intent by the Black grandmother from Fort Worth to vote illegally in …
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