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Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
People with Traumatic Brain Injuries More Likely to Commit Crimes by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon After Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher murdered his girlfriend and then killed himself in 2012, an autopsy revealed he suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a disease caused by blunt head trauma during …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Private Prisons
Privately-Run British Prison in Shambles, Ministry of Justice Takes Control by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On August 13, 2018, Great Britain’s HMP Birmingham, operated by G4S (previously Group 4 Securicor), a private security company, had to be taken over on an emergency basis by the Ministry of Justice. An …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Prisoner Enters Federal System Able to See, Leaves Nearly Blind; $2.6 Million Settlement by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Vannara Nhar, 22, was sentenced to a term in federal prison for selling firearms to an undercover cop. He entered the Bureau of Prisons in October 2011 with near-perfect vision and …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
California: Placer County to Pay up to $1.44 Million to Settle Class Action Suit for Jail Beatings by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In March 2019, Placer County, California agreed to create a fund of $1,449,700 to settle potential claims arising from a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Showtime’s “Escape at Dannemora” Left Out Torture and Abuse by Katie Rose Quandt The miniseries depicting a New York prison escape fails to show what happened to the men left behind. by Katie Rose Quandt, The Appeal, a nonprofit criminal justice news site The true story of a 2015 prison …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA)
PLRA Attorney Fee Award Discussed after Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Awarded $35,001 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna James Jordanoff, a former pre-trial detainee at the Cleveland County Detention Center in Oklahoma, won a $35,001 judgment following a jury trial based on a First Amendment retaliation claim against ex-guard Josh Coffey.  …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Seventh Circuit Holds Heck May Not be Circumvented by Waiving Claims Related to Prison Disciplinary Punishment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On February 5, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner cannot waive challenges to portions of his prison discipline to circumvent the requirements of …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Prison Labor
Florida City, County Decide to End Use of Prisoner Slave Labor by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In January 2019, the city of Gainesville, Florida followed the lead of Alachua County by deciding to terminate its contract with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to provide prisoner work …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
HRDC Files Public Records Suits, Argues GEO Group is a De Facto Public Agency by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, has filed lawsuits in Texas and Vermont arguing that the GEO Group – one of the nation’s …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Ohio County Pays $115,000 to Settle Second Suit Over Restraint Chair Pepper-Spraying by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 8, 2019, Montgomery County, Ohio agreed to pay $115,000 to resolve a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a former jail prisoner who was pepper-sprayed while “largely strapped into” a …
Republican-Appointed Federal Judges Sentence Blacks More Harshly, Women More Leniently by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, presidents nominate judges to sit on federal district and circuit courts, as well as the Supreme Court. Federal judges are appointed for life and serve until they …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Los Angeles County to Pay Almost $4 Million for Sexual Abuse by Jail Deputy by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In November 2018, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle claims against the county, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD), Sheriff James …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s issue of PLN is dedicated to the memory and work of Randall “Randy” Berg, a long-time advocate for prisoners’ rights and human rights who died on April 10, 2019 at the age of 70 following a struggle with ALS. …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption
Missouri Sheriff Hires Girlfriend to Run Jail; Both are Arrested by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer James Sigman, 48, was elected sheriff of Texas County, Missouri in 2012. He now stands charged with robbery, assault, endangering the welfare of a child, unlawful use of a weapon, misuse of official information …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison by Jeremy Woody “I didn’t have a way to communicate. And they basically just flipped me the bird.” by Jeremy Woody as told to Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project When I was in state prison in Georgia in 2013, I heard about a …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Interviews
PLN Interviews Randy Berg, Director of the Florida Justice Institute by Paul Wright by Paul Wright On December 27, 2018, Prison Legal News editor Paul Wright interviewed Randall C. Berg, Jr., executive director of the Florida Justice Institute (FJI) in Miami. It is fair to say that no one has …
Brief • June 4, 2019
Olsen v. Daggett County, UT, Complaint, Guard Torture, 2019 Case 2:19-cv-00188-DB-EJF Document 14 Filed 06/04/19 Page 1 of 20 Daniel Oswald (#4897) daniel@lawcarepc.com LAWCARE PC 311 S. State St., Ste. 240 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Telephone: (801) 561-5600 Alyson C. McAllister (#9886) alyson@sykesmcallisterlaw.com SYKES MCALLISTER LAW OFFICES 311 S. …
Kuchcinski v. Box Elder County, UT, Court Opinion, Due Process and Bail, 2019 This opinion is subject to revision before final publication in the Pacific Reporter 2019 UT 21 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF UTAH ROBERT KUCHCINSKI, Appellant, v. BOX ELDER COUNTY, and THE OFFICE OF THE …
Publication • June 3, 2019
Ohio DRC - Excluded publications - 2019 PRINTED MATERIALS AND BOOKS SCREENED AND EXCLUDED 4/30/2014 - 4/30/2019 TITLE OF PUBLICATION TYPE OF ITEM SUBTITLE 13 E SERIES BROCHURES-FLAT AND SMALL BOSOMS (2015) (2-2017), FLEXIBLE HUNNIES, BLOSSOMING YOUNG LADIES-SASHA 1 & 2, HAILEY 1 PRINTED MATERIAL AMAZING AMATEURS 1,THE O FACE …
In-the-News Article • June 2, 2019
HRDC attorney Dan Marshall quoted about criminal justice system June 2, 2019 Articles with PLN Quotes Law360.com What One Atty’s ‘Lenient’ Sanction Says About Criminal Justice 'What One Atty’s ‘Lenient’ Sanction Says About Criminal Justice' By Aebra Coe A West Virginia man spent more than a year in jail because …
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