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Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News In Brief by Alabama: “The public should know that the state, its officers, representatives, or employees would never request any type of payment in the form of a prepaid money card or other similar method,” the director of the Alabama DOC’s Investigation and Intelligence Division, Arnaldo Mercado, said in …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
President Trump Wants Focus on Hiring Ex-Prisoners, Hosts Them at White House by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On April 1, 2019, President Donald Trump hosted ex-federal prisoners at the White House for the 2019 Prison Reform Summit and First Step Act Celebration. He said he wants to promote efforts …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: War on Drugs
California: Court of Appeal Holds Possession of Marijuana in Prison Still a Felony Despite Proposition 64 by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Nisaiah J. Perry was serving time in a California state prison when he was charged with possession of marijuana under Penal Code Section 4573.6. He was eventually sentenced …
Illinois Court Rules Indefinite Detention of Sex Offenders Due to Lack of Approved Housing Unconstitutional by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer “Paul Murphy is indigent and homeless.” So begins a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Virginia M. Kendall, released on March 31, 2019. Murphy, convicted of possession of child …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Eighth Circuit Holds Guards Not Liable for Disregarding Prisoner’s Stroke Symptoms by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held on March 7, 2019 that prison guards could not be held liable for failing to act on a prisoner’s self-reported symptoms that medical staff had incorrectly …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Over $980,000 in Damages, Fees Awarded in Deliberate Indifference Case Against Wexford by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Private prison medical care firm Wexford Health Sources, Inc. filed a motion in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, asking for judgment as a matter of law …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
$300,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Minnesota Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In December 2018, Minnesota agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a prisoner who committed suicide while guards ignored orders to keep him under constant observation, then forged documents to …
Federal Court Approves $3 Million Settlement for Death of Virginia Jail Prisoner Jamycheal Mitchell by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer In a case that involved circumstances she called “heartbreaking and shocking,” U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Beach Smith approved a $3 million settlement in a wrongful death suit filed by …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Consumer Watchdog Group Releases Report on Bail and Corrections Industry by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), a Boston-based nonprofit, released a report in March 2019 titled, “Commercialized (In)justice: Consumer Abuses in the Bail and Corrections Industry.” The 62-page report “discusses the growing problem of …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Colorado Prisoner Claims She was “Bait” in Prison Sexual Assault Sting by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On April 20, 2018, Susan Ullery, 32, filed a civil rights suit in federal court naming Rick Raemisch, director of the Colorado Department of Corrections; Warden David Johnson, Captain Ramona Avant and Bruce …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
$115,000 Settlement after Nebraska Prison Nurses Ignore Prisoner Suffering Heart Attack by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In mid-August 2015, diabetic Nebraska prisoner Aron Lee Boyd­-Nicholson was washing clothes in his cell when he began experiencing classic heart attack symptoms – including chest pain, dizziness and weakness – before he …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Jailed North Carolina Teenager Commits Suicide; $650,000 Wrongful Death Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon After a troubled and tormented life, capped by a year of being assaulted and bullied in a Durham, North Carolina adult jail, 17-year-old Uniece Fennell hanged herself in her cell.  Uniece was raised in …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Federal Prison Guard Admits to Sexually Assaulting Prisoners, Sentenced to Two Years by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Apolonio Gamez, 41, worked for the federal Bureau of Prisons as a guard for six years, beginning in 2012. In May 2017, at FCI Victorville in California, Gamez caught a female prisoner …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Visiting
Washington State Prisoner Properly Denied Visitation with Daughters by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In an unpublished opinion, the Washington Court of Appeals held on December 18, 2018 that a prisoner was properly denied visitation with his daughters, who were victims of his crimes. John M. Pino pleaded …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Jail Specific
Texas Lawmakers Consider State Jails a “Complete Failure” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  In 2019, the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a report that called the state jail system “a complete failure.” Created in 1993, the category of crime known as a state jail felony was intended …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Illinois Jail’s Denial of Legal Publication Without Notice by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On February 8, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court erred when it reframed a former Illinois jail prisoner’s lawsuit over denial of a legal publication …
Third Circuit: Female Jail Guard Loses Discrimination, Wrongful Termination Case by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 31, 2018, in an unpublished ruling, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a summary judgment order in a lawsuit that alleged employment discrimination. The appellate court found that officials …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
California Jail Prisoners Claim Sleep Deprivation; Court Issues Injunction by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In March 2019, Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction that prohibited Alameda County’s jail system from depriving prisoners of their constitutional …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Study Shows Care for HIV-Positive Prisoners Poor after Release, Worse for Those Re-Incarcerated by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A study published by the Public Library of Science on October 18, 2018 found that prisoners with HIV tend not to retain their level of care after being released, and that …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
HRDC Prevails in New Mexico Public Records Suit by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, has prevailed in a lawsuit filed in New Mexico state court after Otero County violated provisions of the state’s Inspection of Public Records …
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