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Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Voting, Voting Rights Act
Lawsuits Challenge Florida Law that Undermines Voting Rights Ballot Initiative by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Organizations that supported Amendment 4 – a 2018 ballot initiative to amend the Florida Constitution to restore voting rights to most people with felony convictions – have sued to block a new …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Third Circuit Affirms Refusal to Appoint Successive Counsel in Prisoner’s Civil Rights Case by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In a precedential ruling, on June 19, 2019, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court did not abuse its discretion when it declined to appoint …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Oregon Sheriff Places Own Head on the Chopping Block for Budget Cuts by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Harney County, Oregon expects an $800,000 budget shortfall in the next fiscal year. Nonunion employees and elected officials in the county are already being furloughed 10 hours a month to help make …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
$2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over California Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In March 2019, Kern County, California agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents and estate of a man who committed suicide at the county’s jail. The suit alleged …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs
California Court of Appeal Reverses Convictions for Possession of Marijuana in Prison by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Overturning the convictions of five defendants, the Third Appellate District Court of Appeal in Sacramento, California held on June 11, 2019 that Proposition 64’s decriminalization of possession of less than an ounce …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Mental Health
Second Circuit: Discharge Health Plan Part of In-Custody Mental Health Treatment When Pretrial Detainees Released by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In what it called “a legal question of first impression” within its jurisdiction, on May 24, 2019 the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the lack of a …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Videotaping
Oregon Supreme Court Reverses Course: Secretly Taping Prisoner’s Statements Does Not Violate Right to Counsel by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson In a 4-to-3 ruling, departing from its previous recent decisions, the Oregon Supreme Court held on May 23, 2019 that secretly recording a prisoner’s solicitation of another prisoner to …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Arizona DOC Publishes, Then Rescinds, Prison Tour Policy that Excluded Public Officials and Media by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) generated a media storm when, on July 22, 2019, it published a draft of a new department order that excluded elected officials and the …
Denver Tries to End Private Prison Companies’ Halfway House Contracts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2019, thanks to the efforts of newly elected Denver, Colorado councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, the city council declined to renew contracts worth a total of $10.6 million with GEO Group and Core­Civic (formerly …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical
Lawsuit: Woman Gave Birth Alone in Colorado Jail Cell by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Diana Sanchez gave birth to her son on July 31, 2019 at the Denver County Jail (DCJ), with no assistance from the medical staff. Guards and medical personnel watched from a remote location through a …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Education
Connecticut Prison Writing Program Leads to Lawsuits by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Wally Lamb was an English teacher when he published his first novel, She’s Come Undone, in 1992. It became a huge hit after Oprah Winfrey selected it for her book club. In 1999, Lamb began …
Third Circuit: Showers Part of Prison Operations for ADA and RA Purposes by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 8, 2019 that the provision of showers “is a part of the programs, activities, or services” referred to by the Rehabilitation …
Investigations into Texas Jail Deaths Find Thousands of Guards Untrained, on Temporary Licenses by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An investigation by the Dallas Morning News into the Christmas Eve 2016 death of prisoner Andy Debusk at the Parker County jail revealed that not only did the guards at the …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Former DOC Employee Awarded $300,000 in Workplace Sexual Harassment Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In May 2019, a federal district court issued an amended judgment awarding $300,000 to a former employee of the Idaho Department of Correction (DOC) in a lawsuit over sexual harassment and a hostile work …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Medication, Malpractice
New York State Prisoner Wins Medical Malpractice Suit, Awarded $30,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On April 15, 2019, a New York Court of Claims awarded prisoner Dain Morawski a total of $30,000 for pain and suffering caused by an overdose of incorrectly filled prescription medication. The judgment followed …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
As Climate Changes, High Temperatures Plague Prisons and Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke At a September 2019 hearing, a U.S. District Court judge threatened to throw officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) into the same excessively hot prison cells that the agency had failed to …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Settlements
Former Hawaii Prisoner’s Sexual Assault Lawsuit Settles for Paltry $10,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Christina C. Riley was a model prisoner at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Hawaii, and thus was allowed to participate in a work-release program. Parking her car at the jail, she left for …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
The Sentencing Project Issues Report on Reducing Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Cutting the U.S. prisoner population by half is the goal of the #cut50 and End Mass Incarceration movements, and of the criminal justice reform group JustLeadershipUSA, but that will not be possible …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
California Federal Court Orders City to Pay $150,000 for Failure to Comply with Jail Settlement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks n May 2013, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of prisoners housed at the Monterey County Jail in California. A settlement agreement was reached on May 1, 2015, …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Fourth Circuit: Three Tasings in 70 Seconds May Constitute Excessive Force by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to guards who tased a prisoner three times during a 70-second period. In its May 10, 2019 ruling, the …
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