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Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Seventh Circuit Reverses District Court’s Denial of Blind Prisoner’s Request for Counsel by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court’s order denying a blind prisoner’s motion to appoint counsel. James V. Pennewell was blind in his left eye due …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Military, Military Prisons
Commander of Guantanamo Bay Military Prison Fired by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Navy Rear Admiral John Ring, commander of the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, commonly known as GITMO, was relieved of his position on April 27, 2019. Admiral Craig Faller, commander of the U.S. Southern Command, met …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Tennessee Jail Sexual Assault Lawsuit can Proceed, Federal Court Rules by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A Tennessee federal district court has held the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Esco Jarnagin can be held liable for the sexual assault of a pretrial detainee. The ruling was based …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Medical Misconduct
Lawsuit Claims Denial of Medical Care Nearly Killed Prisoner at Colorado Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A former Colorado jail prisoner whose medical bills exceeded $2 million filed a lawsuit alleging a private health care provider at the jail denied him treatment until guards overruled them and transported …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Missouri DOC Costs State Another $600,000 in Sexual Harassment Settlement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A lack of basic respect for female employees, as well as any notion of appropriate workplace behavior, continues to plague state agencies in Missouri, most notably the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC). And the …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
New York Appellate Court Holds Names of Prison Guards are Public Records by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon From February 2015 to January 2016, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York (PLS) made a series of records requests to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). The …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
New York: $655,000 Award after State Found 100% Responsible for Prisoner Assault by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A New York Court of Claims held the state was 100% responsible for a prisoner-on-prisoner assault that resulted in severe injuries, and awarded $655,000 in damages. Perez Aughtry, 37, testified that around …
$30,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Pretrial Detainee Subjected to Excessive Force by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $30,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit alleging that guards at the Clinton County Correctional Facility (CCCF) in McElhattan, Pennsylvania used excessive force on a pretrial detainee. The suit also claimed …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Pennsylvania County Pays $1.1 Million to Former Prisoner Beaten by Guards by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Patrick J. Haight, 53, was being held at the Erie County Prison in Pennsylvania on a $500 bond for driving under the influence when he was viciously beaten by guards. On May 10, …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Jail Specific
Mexican Mafia Crime Ring Busted in Los Angeles, San Bernardino County Jails by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In May 2018, federal authorities, including the FBI and DEA, in conjunction with California state prison officials and local police, arrested 32 people on charges related to the Mexican Mafia’s operation of …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Medical
After Needless Prisoner Deaths, Connecticut DOC Takes Over Prison Healthcare by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke For 17 years, Correctional Managed Health Care (CMHC), part of the University of Connecticut, held a no-bid contract – worth $100 million annually – to provide medical services for around 13,400 prisoners incarcerated in …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Washington: Prisoners’ Complaints Lead to Changes in DOC’s Drug Testing Policy by Chad Marks by Chad Marks After two unidentified prisoners complained that they were being punished based on faulty drug test results, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) made changes to its testing policies. One prisoner was subjected to …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Mumia Abu-Jamal to Receive New Appellate Hearing by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter “In order for the criminal justice system to stand, justice must be completely just,” Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker wrote in an order granting former death row prisoner and PLN columnist …
$60,000 Settlement for Female Pennsylvania Prisoner in Sexual Assault Suit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit claiming a female prisoner at Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County Prison (LCP) was “repeatedly sexually harassed and assaulted by numerous corrections officers over the course of …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
$118,000 Attorney Fee Award in Pennsylvania DOC Public Records Case by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania awarded $118,458.37 in attorney fees in a public records suit brought by Uniontown Newspapers. The award followed the court’s finding that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Correlation Between Dyslexia and Criminal Behavior; First Step Act to Require Screening, Treatment by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “When you can’t read, you see no other way out,” said actor Ameer Baraka. “As a kid, I used to ask God to make me a drug dealer, because I knew …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
New Jersey Jail to Pay $1.2 Million for Strip Searching Detainees by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Richard Wright and April Wedding were awarded $10,000 each as representatives in a class-action suit filed against Ocean County, New Jersey for its practice of strip searching everyone booked into the …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Settlements
Final Settlement Entered in 1976 Class-Action Suit Against Florida Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In August 1976, a lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal district court alleging numerous constitutional violations at the Broward County jail, including overcrowding. Two years later the case was certified as a class …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Iowa Prisoners Say Law Banning Publications Containing Nudity Too Broad by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In February 2019, Polk County, Iowa District Court Judge Scott Rosenberg denied the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by prisoners at the Anamosa State Penitentiary (ASP) challenging the Iowa Department …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Filed under: Private Prisons
Should Private Companies Exploit Prisoners Through Exclusive Government Contracts? by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A recent article in the journal Criminology & Public Policy posed the question of whether private, for-profit companies should be allowed to contract with government agencies to be the sole provider of criminal justice-related services, …
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