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Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Urgent Need for Vaccine Administration in Prisons, Jails and Detention Centers by Sharon Dolovich, Aaron Littman, Maya Chaudhuri by Maya Chaudhuri, Sharon Dolovich, and Aaron Littman The UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project collects and reports on the rates of COVID-19 in prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers across …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Was Indiana Women’s Prison Willfully Ignorant About COVID-19 Numbers? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke During the summer of 2020, Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis went weeks without reporting a single case of COVID-19. That changed in September, when the number of cases at the over 600-bed prison exploded. Between …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
COVID-19: The Politics of Prisoner Vaccination by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Colorado Governor Jared Polischanged the state’s coronavirus vaccination plan after Republican district attorney George Brauchler railed in a Denver paper op-ed that it was unfair for the state to inoculate someone like Nathan Dunlap, convicted of murdering four …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
ICE Refused Help in Containing Coronavirus in New Mexico Detention Centers by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) stated that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency refused help controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in its detention centers, jeopardizing detainees’ lives and stonewalling efforts …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Experts Find “Deplorable” Conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The conditions under which residents exist at Parchman are subhuman and deplorable in a civilized society,” wrote Dr. Marc Stern, a correctional health-care consultant hired by lawyers representing Parchman prisoners, in a report to federal …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Justice Department Report Documents Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center’s Poor Response to COVID-19 Crisis by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York was investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concerning its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A …
Federal Judge Slaps ICE, GEO Group Over “Abominable Performance” and Officials Who Lied During Testimony by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 6, 2021, a federal court in California issued an injunction extending the provisions of a temporary restraining order it had handed down two weeks earlier and …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Minnesota State and Federal Prisoners COVID Case Surge Sparks ACLU Lawsuit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna According to statistics compiled by The Marshall Project, one in five U.S. prisoners has already contracted COVID-19, a rate more than four times that of the general population. The problem has been particularly …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Missouri Prisoner Pleaded for Release Before Dying of COVID-19 by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel Rosen Waylon Young Bird, a 52-year-old federal prisoner with serious kidney disease, wrote over a dozen letters to the judge who sentenced him asking for compassionate release. He died of COVID-19 in early November 2020, …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
COVID-19: What Texas Must Do to Save Prisoners’ Lives by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon By December 2020, despite calls to release or parole prisoners at risk of COVID-19 — especially the elderly — the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) had reduced its prisoner count by only about 20,000, …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19
Prisoners Paid $2 Per Hour to Move COVID-19 Corpses in El Paso, Texas by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Texas city has used jail prisoners to move bodies of COVID-19 victims into refrigerated trailers that served as temporary morgues, paying them $2 an hour to do the dangerous and …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Decline in South Dakota State Prisoners Not Due to COVID by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, South Dakota’s state prisoner population declined by a self-reported 11 percent as of late-September. The Associated Press and The Marshall Project showed an 8 percent nationwide …
Houston v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 16-8861 16-CV-8861 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Filed Case Houston, Willie #N11484 v. Pfister, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received Status 11/4/16 1/19/17 closed Date Served Class Action D On Appeal D Spears D …
Publication • February 1, 2021
Wexford Health Sources, Inc., Medical Guidelines – Region: Jails, 2021 Medical Guidelines Region: Jails Wexford Health Sources, Inc. 501 Holiday Drive Sulte300 Pittsburgh, PA 15220 Phone: 412-937-8590 Medical Guidelines Region: Jails Corporate Authorization This Medical Guidelines has been reviewed and approved by the following individual(s): Chief Medical Officer, Wexford Health …
Brief • January 25, 2021
Golatte v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Antwon Golatte Plaintiff, v. City of Chicago, Chicago Police Officers Jaime Gaeta, Harry Matheos, Matt Dercola, James Whigham, and Kathleen Schmidt, Defendants. ) ) ) ) …
Donaldson v Lashbrook IL Settlement Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 17-942 17-CV-942 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Case Filed Do naldson, Anthony #B88413 v. Ba ldwin, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received Status closed 10/12/16 2/ 9/ 17 Date Served Class Action U On Appeal D Spears D Pro …
Article • January 12, 2021
Filed under: Medication, Suicides
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Suicide by On December 3, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the estate and children of a woman who committed suicide in the …
Brief • January 12, 2021
Moore v. Ziegler, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 16-1239 16-CV-1239 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: IDOC# Filed Received 11/10/16 1/3/17 Case Name Moore, Shung #B12832 v. Ziegler, et al. Defendants: Date Served Status Closed Class Action On Appeal [1 Spears D Pro …
Brief • January 4, 2021
Weikert v. Elder, CO, Stipulated Preliminary Injunction, Covid Response, 2021 Case 1:20-cv-03646-RBJ Document 25 Filed 01/04/21 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No.: 1:20-cv-03646-RBJ HANNAH WEIKERT, JENNIFER HERMANNS, TERRENCE LACEY, SEAN NELSON, JEAN-JOSEPH LE CHIFFRE, and GILBERT …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Federal Lawsuit Claims Texas Jail Released Man When Medical Problems Became Too Much Trouble, Resulting in Coma by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Apparently, it’s easier to release someone from jail and dismiss the charges if their issues become too much trouble, according to a lawsuit filed by James Bagley …
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