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Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Federal Judge “Troubled” by Arizona Prison Director’s Response to Coronavirus; State Rep Calls it “Reckless” by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Court-appointed advocates filed a motion in federal court concerning the Arizona prison director’s response to the coronavirus, which federal Judge Roslyn Silver called “troubling,” writing that it “may reflect …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Overcrowding
Ohio Prisoner’s Facebook Live a Plea for Help During COVID-19 Pandemic by "They’re literally leaving us in here to die,” said a prisoner live-streaming on Facebook in a plea for help April 3, 2020. The now-viral online video captures the desperation of prisoners during the coronavirus pandemic. The 31-year-old, wearing …
Brief • April 28, 2020
Fernandez-Rodriguez v. Licon-Vitale, NY, Class Action Petition, Covid Response, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-03315-ER Document 1 Filed 04/28/20 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CESAR FERNANDEZ-RODRIGUEZ, ROBER GALVEZ-CHIMBO, SHARON HATCHER, JONATHAN MEDINA, and JAMES WOODSON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners, …
Barnett v. Goldsmith, WI, amended complaint, guard brutality, 2020 Case: 3:20-cv-00298-slc Document #: 8 Filed: 04/27/20 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ______________________________________________________________________________ KUAN BARNETT, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 20-cv-298 RUSSELL GOLDSMITH, MICHAEL THOMPSON, TARA WOODRUFF, CHRISTOPHER OLSON, AUSTIN SCHLACHTER, …
The Puzzles of Prisoners and Rights: An Essay in Honor of Frank Johnson, Alabama Law Review, 2020 JOHNSON FRANK PUZZLES BP REVISED ​3 4/15/2020 (D​O ​N​OT ​D​ELETE​) 4/21/20 2:23 PM THE PUZZLES OF PRISONERS AND RIGHTS: AN ESSAY IN HONOR OF FRANK JOHNSON Judith Resnik E​IGHTH I. R​EFUSING AND ​R​ECOGNIZING …
Headdress v. USA, MT, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2020 Case 4:20-cv-00036-BMM Document 1 Filed 04/20/20 Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Timothy M. Bechtold BECHTOLD LAW FIRM, PLLC 317 East Spruce Street P.O. Box 7051 Missoula, MT 59807-7051 406-721-1435 tim@bechtoldlaw.net Attorney for Plaintiffs 8 IN …
Reed v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JAVARIEE REED, Plaintiff, v. JANE DOE, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 17 C 5560 Honorable Gary Feinerman Magistrate Judge Jeffrey …
Valentine et al. v. Collier, et al., TX, preliminary injunction order, relief for vulnerable prisoners exposed to COVID-19, 2020 Case 4:20-cv-01115 Document 40 Filed on 04/16/20 in TXSD Page 1 of 5 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON …
Article • April 15, 2020
$2,500 Settlement by Indiana County Over Prisoner's Delayed Medical Care by Indiana’s Allen County agreed to pay $2,500 to settle a civil rights action alleging it denied medical care to treat a pretrial detainee’s prostate disease. Terry Ray Dowell was arrested on two misdemeanor charges and booked into the Allen County …
Banks v. Booth, DC, Consent Order Appointing Amicus, COVID Response, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-00849-CKK Document 34 Filed 04/09/20 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ EDWARD BANKS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 1:20-cv-849 (CKK) QUINCY BOOTH, in his official capacity as Director of the …
Brief • April 8, 2020
North Carolina Conference of NAACP v. Cooper, NC, Emergency Petition, Covid Response, 2020 No. ____________ SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP, DISABILITY RIGHTS NORTH CAROLINA, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION, ALBERTA ELAINE WHITE, KIM T. CALDWELL, JOHN E. STURDIVANT, SANDARA …
Cordova v. Lea County Detention Center, NM, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020
Article • April 2, 2020
Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Complaint Over Consequences of Prisoner Unrest as Frivolous by On February 20, 2020, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s pro se, in forma pauperis federal civil rights complaint primarily over the consequences flowing from a physical …
Article • April 2, 2020
Fifth Circuit Upholds Qualified Immunity for Guard Pepper-Spraying Prisoner Without Provocation by On February 11, 2020, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prison guard who pepper-sprayed a prisoner “for no reason” was entitled to qualified immunity. Prince McCoy, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisoner, filed …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
All 50 States Report Prison Understaffing by Brian Sonenstein by Brian Sonenstein, Shadowproof Every state in the nation has reported prison staffing shortages since 2017, according to research by Shadowproof. This is concerning because “staff shortages” are historically used to push for greater investments in prison systems, oftentimes riding reform …
Continuing Problems at Texas Jail Roil County’s Relationship with GEO Group by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke As previously reported in PLN, Florida-based GEO Group has had a litany of problems at the jail it operates for Liberty County, Texas. During a rocky 57-day stretch in mid-2019, there were prisoner …
Massachusetts Prison Retaliates Against Prisoners for Assault on Guards; Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in Class Action by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss After January 10, 2020, prisoner riot left three guards injured at Massachusetts’ Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC), prisoners and their loved ones said prisoners were subjected to retaliation, losing …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Staffing
Florida Lowers Minimum Age for Prison Guards But Fails to End Staff Shortages by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A new law that reduces the minimum age to be a Florida prison guard has not helped resolve “critically low” staffing levels. Effective July 1, 2019, the minimum age to …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Water
Arizona Prison Water Woes Ease Up by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The water at Douglas Prison, which has over 2,000 of Arizona’s prisoners, had a “noticeable petroleum odor and taste” and “was burning [prisoners’] skin after showers and causing diarrhea” in June 2019, Jimmy Jenkins of KJZZ-FM reported. The …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Staffing, Suicides
Suicide Rate of BOP Guards Keeps Increasing, Sets New Record by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The suicide rate among guards in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) keeps increasing, reaching a record high in 2019 for the most suicides in a single year: 14. Top brass at both state …
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