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Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
$750,000 Settlement in New Mexico “Controlled Seating” Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke On September 2013, a proposed settlement was filed in a lawsuit over forcibly seating prisoners “nuts-to-butts” for hours at a time at a New Mexico state prison – a practice also known as “controlled seating.” The settlement provides $750,000 …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
West Virginia City Settles Suit over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $460,000 by Matthew Clarke West Virginia City Settles Suit over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $460,000 by Matt Clarke On June 10, 2013, following a $460,000 settlement, a West Virginia federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the estate of a …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Hepatitis
Minnesota DOC Sued Over Failure to Provide New Hepatitis C Treatment Protocol by Greg Dober Minnesota DOC Sued Over Failure to Provide New Hepatitis C Treatment Protocol by Greg Dober On May 1, 2015, two prisoners at MCF-Stillwater filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Centurion …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
UK Prison Cook Awarded $160,000 for Back Injury by Derek Gilna UK Prison Cook Awarded $160,000 for Back Injury by Derek Gilna HM Swansea Prison catering manager Susan Cox, 46, was awarded over £100,000 (about $160,000) following an incident in which a sack of rice accidentally fell on her back. …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Michigan: $8 Million Settlement after Prisoner’s Baby Born with Brain Damage by Shepherd Litsey Michigan: $8 Million Settlement after Prisoner’s Baby Born with Brain Damage by Shepherd Litsey In the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, plaintiff Chelsie Barker (identified as C.B. in the pleadings), a minor, …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright For several decades PLN has reported on the intersections between mass imprisonment, the criminal justice system and the environment. Most specifically, the environmental destruction and degradation that prisons impose on surrounding communities – whether it entails building prisons …
Article • July 31, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Persistent, Ongoing Environmental Violations at Washington’s Walla Walla Prison by Panagioti Tsolkas Persistent, Ongoing Environmental Violations at Washington’s Walla Walla Prison by Panagioti Tsolkas Walla Walla State Penitentiary (WSP) in Washington State has a long history of contaminating the surrounding land, water and neighboring communities. Recent reports obtained this year …
Article • July 13, 2015
Mental Illness and Jails, Race is Left out of the Equation by James Kilgore Mental Illness and Jails, Race is Left out of the Equation By James Kilgore, Truthout In 1843, social justice crusader Dorothea Dix went before the Massachusetts Legislature with the intention of addressing an acute problem of …
“Deep-Seated Culture of Violence” and Abysmal Medical Care at Rikers Island by Gary Hunter “Deep-Seated Culture of Violence” and Abysmal Medical Care at Rikers Island by Gary Hunter Pressure is mounting to speed the progress of reforms at New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail complex, as city and federal …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
New Mexico Jail Pays $500,000 for Prisoner’s Death by Derek Gilna New Mexico Jail Pays $500,000 for Prisoner’s Death by Derek Gilna When Eusemia Rodriguez, 33, was admitted to the jail in Santa Fe County, New Mexico on July 3, 2012 on a domestic battery charge, she advised employees that …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: U.S. Marshals used a tip line to locate and arrest the third and final prisoner who escaped from the Choctaw County Jail on December 14, 2014. Demarcus Woodard, Gemayel Culbert and Justin Terrell Gordon lured a guard into their cell and overpowered …
Supreme Court Clarifies Legal Standard for Pre-Trial Detainee Excessive Force Claims by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Clarifies Legal Standard for Pre-Trial Detainee Excessive Force Claims by Derek Gilna Mchael B. Kingsley, a pre-trial detainee in a Wisconsin county jail, filed a § 1983 federal civil rights action alleging that deputies …
Whether Private Actors Entitled to Qualified Immunity Bypassed Due to Factual Dispute by Whether Private Actors Entitled to Qualified Immunity Bypassed Due to Factual Dispute The First Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rule on a question of whether qualified immunity is categorically unavailable to private medical contractors because disputed …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Error for Florida Court to Find Action Moot Before Ruling on Motion to Supplement by David Reutter Error for Florida Court to Find Action Moot Before Ruling on Motion to Supplement by David Reutter lForida’s First District Court of Appeals held on January 2, 2015 that it was error for …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials by Michael Brodheim CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials by Michael Brodheim In the aftermath of a 2013 ruling by the California Court of Appeal that found a book containing sexually explicit content was not obscene and must …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Prison Labor
Brits Alarmed to Learn Prisoners Work as Insurance Telemarketers by Joe Watson Brits Alarmed to Learn Prisoners Work as Insurance Telemarketers by Joe Watson Some knickers are in a bunch over revelations that prisoners in Great Britain are working as telemarketers for an insurance company. Prisoners at two facilities – …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Marriage
Arizona Department of Corrections Adopts Same-Sex Marriage Policy by Michael Brodheim Arizona Department of Corrections Adopts Same-Sex Marriage Policy by Michael Brodheim Corrections officials in Arizona have changed a policy related to prisoner marriages to allow same-sex unions, now that such marriages are legal in the state. However, prisoners are …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Ninth Circuit: “Brutal” Cavity Search Violated Fourth Amendment by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: “Brutal” Cavity Search Violated Fourth Amendment by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 25, 2014, in a 2-1 decision, that a “brutal” warrantless body cavity search violated the Fourth Amendment. In September …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Florida Home Confinement Program Criticized After Witness’ Murder by Florida Home Confinement Program Criticized After Witness’ Murder In internal investigation of a home confinement program in Orange County, Florida revealed widespread problems, including the failure of staff to report violations that could have led to the re-incarceration of a program …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Ten Law Enforcement Groups Among Worst Charities in America by Joe Watson Ten Law Enforcement Groups Among Worst Charities in America by Joe Watson Of America’s 48 worst charities, ten – or just over 20% – are affiliated with law enforcement groups, according to a joint investigation by the Tampa …
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