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Louisiana State Prisoners Routinely Held Past Scheduled Release Dates by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In the wake of a 2017 state audit that revealed Louisiana prisoners were regularly being held for weeks, months and sometimes even years past their scheduled release dates, a 2019 investigation of court …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Prison Reform
Former Wisconsin Governor Regrets Building Prisons by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Tommy G. Thompson, who served as governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, has recently said he regrets building so many prisons during his tenure.  In April 2018 he wrote an op-ed for the Journal Sentinel, stating he …
Michigan Hit with Multiple Lawsuits Related to Women’s Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) have been named defendants in three separate lawsuits concerning the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV). In August 2018, the state agreed to pay …
Texas: Prosecutorial Misconduct May Stymie Death Sentence by On October 26, 2006, Paul David Storey, then 21, and his accomplice, Mark Devayne Porter, robbed Putt Putt Golf & Games, a miniature golf course in Fort Worth, Texas. During the course of the robbery they shot and killed assistant manager James …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Strip Searches, Settlements
New Jersey County Pays $1,975,000 to Settle Suit Over Unlawful Strip Searches by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Ocean County, New Jersey has agreed to pay $1.975 million to settle a class-action lawsuit, where the class was defined as “All persons who were admitted into the Ocean County Correctional Facility …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
California Cops Impersonate Prisoners to Obtain Evidence, Confessions by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  It is not uncommon to see police officers on TV shows masquerade as criminals to obtain evidence and even confessions from suspects. Many people may not be aware that this is an example of art imitating …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
$750,000 Settlement After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies at Virginia Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Natasha McKenna, a diagnosed schizophrenic, died at age 37 at a jail in Fairfax County, Virginia, where she was being held awaiting transfer to Alexandria on charges of assaulting a peace officer. Alexandria officials …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Gladiator-Style Fight Club at San Francisco Jail Results in $60,000 Settlement by Chad Marks, Edward Lyon by Chad Marks and Ed Lyon For a second time, the City of San Francisco has agreed to settle a prisoner’s lawsuit stemming from a fight club orchestrated by jail deputies and induced by …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Georgia Prisoner Left in Vegetative State; Lawsuit Settles for $1,500,000 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In March 2014, Mollianne Fischer’s term of probation for misusing a credit card was revoked and she began serving a two-year sentence at Arrendale State Prison. She appeared to be in good health at …
Article • June 4, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Filed under: Databases, Internet
Securus Hacked Again; Passwords, Personal Information, Location Data Compromised by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Some readers may recall how a hacker targeted Dallas, Texas-based Securus Technologies, a prison telecom company, resulting in the records of some 70 million phone calls made by over 63,000 prisoners being released on the …
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 …
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