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Brief • August 10, 2021
USA v. State of NJ, NJ, Settlement, Sexual Assault by Staff, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY and THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendants. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT I. INTRODUCTION 1. On August …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
How Sheriffs Are Extracting Wealth from People in Jail by Katie Jane Fernelius by Katie Jane Fernelius, The Appeal, June 30, 2021 California’s legislature adopted a bill last year that would have limited the price of commissary items in county jails, and imposed new constraints on how the sheriffs who …
Brief • July 21, 2021
Adam X v. New Jersey Dept of Corrections, NJ, Order Granting Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Settlment, ADA Compliance 2021 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 136 Filed 07/21/21 Page 1 of 10 PageID: 751 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ADAM X., BRIAN Y., CASEY Z., on …
Brief • July 16, 2021
Adam X v. New Jersey Dept. Of Corrections, NJ, Settlement Agreement, ADA Compliance, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 135-3 Filed 07/16/21 Page 2 of 105 PageID: 580 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ______________________________________ ADAM X., BRIAN Y., CASEY Z., on behalf of themselves and …
Brief • July 16, 2021
Brian v. New Jersey Dept of Corrections, NJ, Settlement Agreement, Disabled Prisoners' Right to Education, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 135-3 Filed 07/16/21 Page 1 of 105 PageID: 579 Exhibit 1 Case 3:17-cv-00188-FLW-LHG Document 135-3 Filed 07/16/21 Page 2 of 105 PageID: 580 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
New Jersey Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Kept Quiet in State Prisons by Akela Lacy After one person died and another spent a month in a coma, state officials found Legionella bacteria in the water at two New Jersey prisons. by Akela Lacy, The Intercept After Jamil Robinson drank the water from the infirmary …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …
Doe v. NJ Dept of Corrections, NJ, Settlement, Transgender Discrimination, 2021 MER-L-001586-19 06/29/2021 1:06:04 AM Pg 1 of 25 Trans ID: LCV20211544598 SONIA DOE (a pseudonym), SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY LAW DIVISION - MERCER COUNTY Plaintiff, Docket No. MER-L-1586-19 v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. Defendants. CIVIL …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
New Jersey Man Dies Soon After Exonerated of Sex Offense by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon "Watch out for the kids, he’s here,” was one of the hurtful comments Dion Harrell often overheard whenever he attended a neighborhood barbecue or get-together. In 1992, 22-year-old Harrell, an African American man, was …
Brief • May 13, 2021
Brown v. Warren, NJ, Consent Order, Covid Response, 2021 Ý¿-» ïæîðó½ªóðéçðéóÒÔØóÕÓÉ Ü±½«³»²¬ ïîê Ú·´»¼ ðëñïíñîï п¹» ï ±º é п¹»×Üæ íëðé Karen A. Confoy Jeffrey M. Pollock Paul W. Kalish FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP Princeton Pike Corporate Center 997 Lenox Drive Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 Tel: (609) 896-3600 Fax: (609) 896-1469 kconfoy@foxrothschild.com …
Article • March 22, 2021
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, COVID-19
NJ Warden Reassigned After Mishandling COVID-19 by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders  In recent months, New Jersey’s Fort Dix federal prison experienced a massive surge of COVID-19 cases. Roughly 1,500 prisoners tested positive for the deadly virus — over half the facility’s total population and more than any other Bureau …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
New Allegations of Abuse and Sexual Assault at Edna Mahan Women’s Prison in New Jersey by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (Mahan) in Clinton, New Jersey is again headlining the news with 32 guards now under investigation for assault and sexual abuse. The …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Afghanistan: As fighting continued between Taliban forces and the Afghan military on September 3, 3020, both parties announced they had nearly completed a prisoner exchange negotiated the previous February. According to a report by Japan’s public broadcasting company, HNK, the Taliban said all 1,000 Afghan prisoners …
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, …
Brief • December 10, 2020
Witt v. County of Cumberland, NJ, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020 Case 1:20-cv-14678-KMW-MJS Document 15 Filed 12/10/20 Page 2 of 24 PageID: 81 Richard M. Pescatore, Esq. RICHARD M. PESCATORE, P.C. 1055 E. Landis Avenue Vineland, NJ 08360 Telephone: (856) 507-1000 Facsimile: (856) 507-1500 Email: rpescatore@pescatorelegal.com NJ Attorney ID: 021841985 …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
New Jersey Releases 2,258 Prisoners to Combat COVID-19 Spread by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After releasing almost 1,000 inmates from state prisons and 700 more from county jails in April 2020, New Jersey’s Department of Corrections (DOC) announced it would release another 2,258  prisoners on November 5, 2020, …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Federal Judge Approves $25 Million Class Action Settlement Against Global Tel*Link by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On October 22, 2020, New Jersey federal district court Judge William J. Martini ended a seven-year class action brought by New Jersey Department of Correction (DOC) prisoners complaining of excessive phone fees levied …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Former Prisoners Testify on Abuse at Notorious New Jersey Women’s Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Former prisoners gave testimony at a July 1, 2020, hearing at the Workgroup on Harassment, Sexual Assault and Misogyny in New Jersey Politics, founded by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg. Speakers included six …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Chanting “not one more,” about 30 carloads of protesters from “Alabamians Who Care” caravanned to the governor’s mansion in Montgomery on August 1, 2020, protesting a plan by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to build three new “mega-prisons.” According to a report by Montgomery TV station …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: The Birmingham News reported that an Alabama prison guard had been arrested for drug trafficking after a search of his vehicle when he arrived for work at the St. Clair County prison turned up 138 grams of methamphetamine and 16 grams of heroin. Ivan Caldwell, …
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