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Black v. Webster, MD, Ptf Response to Def Motion for Summary Judgment, Positional Asphyxia, 2021

Brief • April 5, 2021

Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Wrongful Use of Force

Black v. Webster, MD, Ptf Response to Def Motion for Summary Judgment, Positional Asphyxia, 2021 Case 1:20 -cv-03644 -CCB Document 56 Filed 04/05/21 Page 1 of 62 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COU RT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND NORTHERN DIVISION • JENNELL BLA CK, et al., • • Plaintiffs, …

News in Brief

Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: Two Alabama jail guards were arrested in just two months for allegedly smuggling cellphones to inmates. In February 2021, 27-year-old D’Mario Jones was fired and charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband at the Lee County Detention Center in Opelika where he worked. According …

Baltimore Demolishes Maryland’s Oldest Penitentiary, Burying Its Nostalgia And Nightmares

Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021

Filed under: Rural Prisons

Baltimore Demolishes Maryland’s Oldest Penitentiary, Burying Its Nostalgia And Nightmares by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. Sic semper tyrannis! “Death to tyrants!”one spectator angrily proclaimed, as the city of Baltimore demolished the State of Maryland’s oldest and most austere penitentiary, an 80-foot high, granite, medieval-style castle with roots …

Catchings v. Wilson, MD, Class Action Complaint, Covid Response, 2021

Brief • February 20, 2021

Filed under: COVID-19, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Inadequate Health Care Facilities

Catchings v. Wilson, MD, Class Action Complaint, Covid Response, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00428-TSE Document 1 Filed 02/20/21 Page 1 of 64 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE DIVISION SEDRIC CATCHINGS, CHARLES COUSER, COLLIN DAVIS, ALLEN LAMIN, SIRRON LITTLE, TAIWO MOULTRIE, JOSEPH SPEED, and HOWARD THOMAS, …

Duvall v. Hogan,MD, Plaintiff's Reply in Support of Renewed Motion for Enforcement and Further Relief, Denial of Medical and Mental Health, 2021

Brief • February 11, 2021

Filed under: Medical

Duvall v. Hogan,MD, Plaintiff's Reply in Support of Renewed Motion for Enforcement and Further Relief, Denial of Medical and Mental Health, 2021 Case 1:94-cv-02541-ELH Document 720 Filed 02/11/21 Page 1 of 21 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JEROME DUVALL, et al., * Plaintiffs, * …

News in Brief

Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021

News in Brief by Alabama: On August 21, 2020, Sylvester Hartley became the seventh prisoner to die of complications from COVID-19 at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to a report in the St. Clair News-Aegis. The 60-year-old, who was serving a life-without-parole sentence for three counts of first-degree kidnapping, …

Duvall v. Hogan, MD, Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Renewed Motion for Enforcement and Ruther Relief, Denial of Medical and Mental Health, 2020

Brief • November 20, 2020

Filed under: Medical

Duvall v. Hogan, MD, Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Renewed Motion for Enforcement and Ruther Relief, Denial of Medical and Mental Health, 2020 Case 1:94-cv-02541-ELH Document 702-1 Filed 11/20/20 Page 1 of 23 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JEROME DUVALL, et al., * Plaintiffs, …

Duvall v. Hogan, MD, Plaintiff's Renewed Motion for Enforcement and Further Relief, Denial of Medical and Mental Health, 2020

Brief • November 20, 2020

Filed under: Medical

Duvall v. Hogan, MD, Plaintiff's Renewed Motion for Enforcement and Further Relief, Denial of Medical and Mental Health, 2020 Case 1:94-cv-02541-ELH Document 702 Filed 11/20/20 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JEROME DUVALL, et al., * Plaintiffs, * v. * LAWRENCE …

News in Brief

Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …

Hispanic National Law Enforcement Assocation NCR v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum in Support of Motion Ot Intervene and Unseal Court Recordds, Access to Public Records, 2020

Brief • September 18, 2020

Filed under: Public Records

Hispanic National Law Enforcement Assocation NCR v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum in Support of Motion Ot Intervene and Unseal Court Recordds, Access to Public Records, 2020 Case 8:18-cv-03821-TDC Document 283-1 Filed 09/18/20 Page 1 of 24 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MARYLAND HISPANIC NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION NCR, …

Hispanic National Law Enforcement Association NCR v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum in Support of Motion of Motion to Intervene and Unseal, Access to Public Records, 2020

Brief • September 18, 2020

Filed under: Public Records

Hispanic National Law Enforcement Association NCR v. Prince George's County, MD, Memorandum in Support of Motion of Motion to Intervene and Unseal, Access to Public Records, 2020 Case 8:18-cv-03821-TDC Document 282-1 Filed 09/18/20 Page 1 of 37 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND (GREENBELT DIVISION) HISPANIC NATIONAL …

New Law in Maryland Reveals Pathetic Prison Wages

Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020

Filed under: Prison Industries, Disclosure of Records

New Law in Maryland Reveals Pathetic Prison Wages by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A new law in Maryland approved last year required disclosure of wages paid to prisoners, information that The Baltimore Sun reported on January 2, 2020. The law covered the Division of Correction (DOC), which employs about …

Hispanic National Law Enforcement Association NCR v. Prince George's County, MD, Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene and Access Records, Access to Public Records, 2022

Brief • August 18, 2020

Filed under: Public Records

Hispanic National Law Enforcement Association NCR v. Prince George's County, MD, Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene and Access Records, Access to Public Records, 2022 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MARYLAND HISPANIC NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION NCR, et al., Civil Action No. 8:18-cv-03821 Plaintiffs, v. Hon. Theodore D. …

Jury Award $700,000 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards

Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020

Filed under: Retaliation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

Jury Award $700,000 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Kevin Younger was a prisoner at the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center (MRDCC) when he was viciously assaulted by prison guards. The beating was in retaliation for an assault on one of the guards. …

Albert, et al. v. Global Tel*Link Corp., Securus Technologies, 3Cinteractive Corp., MD, class action complaint, prison phone calls, 2020

Filing • June 29, 2020

Filed under: Complaints, Telephone Rates

Albert, et al. v. Global Tel*Link Corp., Securus Technologies, 3Cinteractive Corp., MD, class action complaint, prison phone calls, 2020 Case 8:20-cv-01936-PWG Document 1 Filed 06/29/20 Page 1 of 122 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ASHLEY ALBERT, PO Box 52 Nashua, NH 03061 CIVIL ACTION NO. 8:20-CV-1936 …

Albert, et al. v. Global Tel*Link Corp., Securus Technologies, 3Cinteractive Corp., MD, class action complaint, prison phone calls, 2020

Brief • June 29, 2020

Filed under: RICO, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Monitoring, Mail, Antitrust Offenses

Albert, et al. v. Global Tel*Link Corp., Securus Technologies, 3Cinteractive Corp., MD, class action complaint, prison phone calls, 2020 Case 8:20-cv-01936-PWG Document 1 Filed 06/29/20 Page 1 of 122 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ASHLEY ALBERT, PO Box 52 Nashua, NH 03061 CIVIL ACTION NO. 8:20-CV-1936 …

More Than 200 Convicted of Corruption at Baltimore Department of Corrections; More Charges Announced

Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct

More Than 200 Convicted of Corruption at Baltimore Department of Corrections; More Charges Announced by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss More than 200 guards, prisoners and civilians have been convicted of corruption at the Baltimore Department of Corrections’ prison system over the last four years. In a major new case …

$25 Million Jury Award to Baltimore City Prisoner For Guards Setting Up Retaliatory Gang Attack

Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances

$25 Million Jury Award to Baltimore City Prisoner For Guards Setting Up Retaliatory Gang Attack by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A jury awarded a prisoner brutally beaten at the Baltimore City Detention Center $25 million, after guards allegedly worked in concert with a gang and arranged a beating as …

All 50 States Report Prison Understaffing

Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Staffing

All 50 States Report Prison Understaffing by Brian Sonenstein by Brian Sonenstein, Shadowproof Every state in the nation has reported prison staffing shortages since 2017, according to research by Shadowproof. This is concerning because “staff shortages” are historically used to push for greater investments in prison systems, oftentimes riding reform …

USA v. Davis, MD, Memo Opinion, COVID-19 Release, 2020

Brief • March 30, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

USA v. Davis, MD, Memo Opinion, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 1:20-cr-00009-ELH Document 21 Filed 03/30/20 Page 1 of 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * v. * MICHAEL DAVIS, JR., * Defendant. * Case No.: ELH-20-09 * * * * …