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its best to speak with prisoners in a confidential setting, one-on-one, but many said they were discouraged by guards from participating. Some complained that their bunks and cells were “tossed ...
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
criminals.” The question came after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Plata that dealt with overcrowded prisons and terrible medical and mental health care in California prisons. [See this issue’s ...
need mental health treatment rather than lengthy prison sentences. Other judges have asked the U.S. Sentencing Commission for more flexibility in cases involving first-time child porn offenders. “You ...
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
that Longsoldier, who suffered from alcoholism, was experiencing alcohol withdrawal and hallucinations and was unable to sleep. The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office, which housed its prisoners in Hill County ...
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
and undergo evaluation for sex reassignment surgery pursuant to GID treatment protocols published by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Known as the “Benjamin Standards of Care ...
Article • November 13, 2015
competency to stand trial for assault. In 2011, Brooks was indicted on a federal arson charge when he attempted to set fire to cables connecting a radio antenna on the roof of Oregon Health Sciences University ...
the guards at the military prison have cable television, too. And their own gym, housing quarters, newsletter, dining room, chapel, mental health services, massage chairs, mini-mart and movie theater. Plus ...
Article • June 5, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Filed under: Editorials
institutions. PLN made its first online appearance in 1998 on what was a fairly simple website by today’s standards. We have gone through several site designs and changes since then, and I am pleased ...
such as toothpaste and shampoo have been increased, and old mattresses, which were worn and moldy, are being replaced. Murphy further noted that the MCJ had formalized its grievance and medical request procedures ...
, weakness and difficulty walking. The prison system’s health care provider, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), failed to properly diagnose or treat him for six months. As a result he did not receive ...
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
health took a turn for the worse. On the evening of May 18, 2012, Gonzalez was found on the floor of his cell, apparently suffering from a seizure. He was transported to a hospital, treated and returned ...
under their custody and control.  Prisoners at CCWF have cited numerous examples of misdiagnosis and indifferent medical treatment that they constitute a serious threat to prisoners’ health ...
of jobs available to its membership. The Superior Court agreed with the CCPOAs legal arguments. It declared the Governor's state-of-emergency proclamation "unlawful" and enjoined the transfer of prisoners ...
Article • May 15, 2012
to sentence him to one year of house arrest, McFaul’s poor health as a mitigating factor. He will be forced to wear an ankle bracelet that will monitor his movements to make sure that he remains at home. "I am ...
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
the hearing, Adkins was awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages. In its memorandum and order, the court wrote that Adkins was held in a segregation unit at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility on March 27 ...
Article • October 12, 2019
Filed under: Pain, Eighth Amendment
was successfully being managed with Tylenol 3. Lockett filed a health-service request two days after his return from the outside hospital, stating he was in constant pain and not receiving the medication prescribed ...
a “total delay and obfuscations of implementing the law.” He added, “It’s very disappointing to pass a law, have the executive tout a national leading reform by putting public health ...
to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a jail prisoner who died of seizures caused by alcohol withdrawal. The suit alleged that the county jail, its private health care provider, the arresting officer ...
In-the-News Article • November 30, 2018
;s now paying for it. By Richard Wilson - Staff Writer   Posted: 6:25 a.m. Friday, November 30, 2018   Greene County has changed its jail policies and now must pay ...
In-the-News Article • February 12, 2019
Perry   February 12, 2019 America proudly calls itself the “land of the free,” but at the same time it locks up a greater percentage of its citizens than any other nation ...
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