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Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
“Feeling Cute” Social Media Challenge Reveals Brutality of Prison Guards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The “Feeling Cute” social media challenge went viral in the spring of 2019, with photos tagged #FeelingCuteChallenge showing people in their work clothes, declaring they are “feeling cute” as they make a joke about …
Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
HRDC Files FOIL Petition Against New York State Attorney General’s Office by On March 8, 2019, the Human Rights Defense Center, PLN’s parent nonprofit organization, filed suit in the Supreme Court for Albany County, New York against the State Attorney General’s Office for failure to comply with a Freedom of …
Brief • September 7, 2019
Crews v. Hawk Sawyer, KS, Amended Complaint, Drug Treatment in Prison, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-02541-CM-ADM Document 14 Filed 09/07/19 Page 1 of 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF KANSAS LEAMAN CREWS, ) ) ) ) ) No. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. KATHLEEN HAWK …
Brief • September 7, 2019
Crews v. Hawk Sawyer, KS, Complaint, Drug Treatment in Prison, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-02541-CM-ADM Document 14 Filed 09/07/19 Page 1 of 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF KANSAS LEAMAN CREWS, ) ) ) ) ) No. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. KATHLEEN HAWK SAWYER, …
Thagard v. Lauber, NY, Stipulation of Settlement and Dismissal, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2019 Case 1:16-cv-00299-EAW-LGF Document 39 Filed 09/06/19 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JEROME THAGARD, Plaintiff, STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT and VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL vs. Civil Action No.: 16-cv-00299 MARK LAUBER, Defendant. WHEREAS, Plaintiff …
Brief • September 6, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Memorandum, Prison Conditions, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-00212-MW-CAS Document 42 Filed 09/06/19 Page 1 of 46 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) ) MARK S. INCH, et al., ) ) …
Boykin v. Baldwin, IL, Settlement, Failure to Treat Mental Illness, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case# 16-50161 16-CV-50161 Plaintiffs: Case Name Filed Boykin, Marshaun #R54017v. Dixon, et al. Defendants: Received xx/xx/xx Date Served Status closed xx/xx/xx Class Action D OnAppeal D Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: D Pro …
Jones v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2019 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# 16-68 Official Case# Case Name Filed Received Status 16-CV-68 Jones, Henry #M14317 v. Wexford Health Source, Inc., et al 01/21/16 03/18/16 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Defendants: Date Served Closed D Class Action OnAppeal □ Spears D …
Publication • September 6, 2019
HRDC comment to FCC on ICS USF fees Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS www.humanrightsdefensecenter.org www.prisonlegalnews.org September 6, 2019 Federal Communications Commission 443 12th St., SW Room TW-A325 Washington, DC 20554 Re: WC Docket No. 19-232 To the Federal Communications Commission: The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Michigan: $9,750 in Damages and Costs in Prison Ramadan Violation Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter  A Michigan federal district court awarded costs in a case that alleged prison officials violated the religious rights of four Michigan prisoners during their observance of Ramadan – a holy month …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
GEO Group Under Pressure from Shareholders on Human Rights Policy by David M. Reutter, Kevin Bliss by David M. Reutter and Kevin Bliss An activist investor organization has forced Boca Raton, Florida-based GEO Group, which operates or manages almost 75,000 for-profit detention facility beds across the U.S., to adopt a …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Arizona Prison Scandal: Cell Doors that Don’t Lock, Maintenance Funds Misused by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In June 2019, the Arizona legislature’s Joint Committee on Capital Review approved $16.5 million in special funding for the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) to repair faulty cell door locks at ASPC-Lewis, after …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Maine: Female Detainee Raped by Jailer Wins Lawsuit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On October 2, 2016, Amanda Bridges was housed in an administrative segregation cell at Maine’s York County jail, serving a six-month sentence for violating her probation. Jailer Jonathan Carpenter entered her cell and began to kiss …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Texas Passes Laws to Preserve Dignity of Women Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke With the passage of House Bill 650, which Governor Greg Abbott has already signed into law, Texas took a first step toward protecting the dignity of women held in state prisons. There are more women …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Jails in Oregon and Washington State Have High Prisoner Death Rates by Matthew Clarke, Mark Wilson by Matt Clarke and Mark Wilson The Spokane County jail in Washington State recently marked its ninth prisoner death since June 2017. But it was hardly unique. A study released in May 2019 by …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Book Excerpt: Lessons of “The Birdman” by Marc Mauer, Ashley Nellis by Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis In the early part of the last century, Robert Stroud was considered one of the most notorious and dangerous individuals in the U.S. prison system. Born in Seattle, Stroud ran away from his …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Federal Court Dismisses GEO Group’s Defenses in Lawsuit Over Pay for Immigrant Detainees by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Undocumented immigrants in the United States often face wage theft when their employers underpay or refuse to pay them for their labor. A federal class-action lawsuit filed by the Attorney General …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For at least the past 50 years, the U.S. government has purported to wage a war on poor drug users. Poor people who used drugs such as heroin, cocaine and marijuana were duly arrested, prosecuted, convicted, caged and even killed in …
Article • September 5, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
When Going to Jail Means Giving Up the Meds that Saved Your Life by Beth Schwartzapfel How the Americans with Disabilities Act could change the way the nation’s jails and prisons treat addiction. by Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project Before Geoffrey Pesce got on methadone, his addiction to heroin and oxycodone …
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