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Christian v. USA, SC, Complaint, Medical Negligence, 2021

Brief • July 14, 2021

Filed under: Failure to Treat

Christian v. USA, SC, Complaint, Medical Negligence, 2021 1:21-cv-01254-JD Date Filed 07/14/21 Entry Number 9 Page 1 of 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT DIVISION CA NO. 1:21-CV-01254-JD-SVH Kanhnell Christian, AMENDED COMPLAINT Plaintiff, vs. United States of America; Defendant. The Plaintiff complaining …

News in Brief

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. …

Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2021

Brief • June 17, 2021

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Settlement, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2021 COUNTY OF MARLBORO ) ) ) Gary Locklear, individually and as ) Personal Representative of the Estate ) of Roy Locklear, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) Marlboro County, Marlboro County ) Sheriff’s Office, Marlboro County …

SC Attorney General Opinion Re Privacy Rights for Inmates Who Have Died 2021

Brief • May 14, 2021

Filed under: Attorneys General, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Prisoners' Rights

SC Attorney General Opinion Re Privacy Rights for Inmates Who Have Died 2021 ol I r»' M O v JJl^j ^ * m; SPSS *v> 5P SOUTH C <¥ Alan Wilson Attorney General May 14, 2021 Bryan P. Stirling Director South Carolina Department of Corrections Post Office Box 21787 Columbia, …

News in Brief

Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021

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News in Brief by Arizona: In January 2021, two women who worked at an Arizona state prison operated by Florida-based GEO Group pleaded guilty to having sex with inmates there. Melony Petrovffsky, 50, ran the commissary for the private contractor at a prison in Golden Valley, where she was allegedly …

News in Brief

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

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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 …

Charges Finally Announced 32 Months After South Carolina Prison Riot

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

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Criminal Prosecution

Charges Finally Announced 32 Months After South Carolina Prison Riot by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Shortly after the deadliest prison riot in 25 years, officials launched an investigation into the events surrounding the April 25, 2018, incident at South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Institution (LCI). After more than two …

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, …

Githieya v. Global Tel Link, GA, order, breach of contract and unjust enrichment, 2020

Brief • November 30, 2020

Filed under: Class Certification, First Amendment, rights

Githieya v. Global Tel Link, GA, order, breach of contract and unjust enrichment, 2020 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 276 Filed 11/30/20 Page 1 of 31 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION BENSON GITHIEYA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION, Defendant. : : …

News in Brief

Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020

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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, …

Fourth Circuit Holds South Carolina DOC Lawyers Entitled to Qualified Immunity

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

Filed under: Attorney Misconduct, Qualified Immunity

Fourth Circuit Holds South Carolina DOC Lawyers Entitled to Qualified Immunity by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that lawyers for the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) who made a legal error in interpreting new state law were entitled to qualified immunity. …

News in Brief

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

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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 …

Damage to South Carolina Prisons Shifts Prisoners to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

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

Filed under: Out of State Transfers

Damage to South Carolina Prisons Shifts Prisoners to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Damage from tornados with winds in excess of 150 miles per hour in April of 2020 forced the immediate transfer of 956 low-security federal prisoners from Estill, South Carolina to the maximum-security U.S. Prison …

Conditions at South Carolina Juvenile Facility Unconstitutional

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

Filed under: Juvenile Prisons

Conditions at South Carolina Juvenile Facility Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile …

Court Orders South Carolina Prisons to Move Forward with Hepatitis C Treatment

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

Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat

Court Orders South Carolina Prisons to Move Forward with Hepatitis C Treatment by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On January 14, 2020, Judge Margaret Seymour of the Florence division of the U.S. District Court for South Carolina signed preliminary approval of a settlement order granting hepatitis-C (HCV) testing and treatment …

Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Deposition of Jennifer Hairsine I, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2020

Brief • July 16, 2020

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Deposition of Jennifer Hairsine I, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2020 1 1 2 3 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MARLBORO IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CIVIL ACTION NO: 2017-CP-34-00064 ______________________________________________________ 4 5 Gary Locklear, individually and as Personal Representative …

Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Deposition of Jennifer Hairsine II, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2020

Brief • July 16, 2020

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Deposition of Jennifer Hairsine II, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2020 188 1 2 3 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MARLBORO IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CIVIL ACTION NO: 2017-CP-34-00064 ___________________________________________________ 4 5 Gary Locklear, individually and as Personal Representative …

News in Brief

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

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News in Brief by Arizona: A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Daniel Davitt, 60, on January 14,  2020 on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Lower Buckeye Jail guard Gene Lee on October 30. Buckeye Jail video shows Davitt talking to Lee on October 29, then suddenly grabbing …

$1.15 Million Settlement After South Carolina Prisoner’s Baby Born, Dies in Toilet

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference

$1.15 Million Settlement After South Carolina Prisoner’s Baby Born, Dies in Toilet by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A $1.15 million settlement was reached on January 31, 2020 in the case of a women who gave birth to premature twins, but one died in a prison bathroom. In 2012, South …

Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Exhibit 1 - Notice of Video Deposition, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2020

Brief • June 10, 2020

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment

Locklear v. Marlboro County, SC, Exhibit 1 - Notice of Video Deposition, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2020 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MARLBORO Gary Locklear, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Roy Locklear, Plaintiff, vs. Marlboro County, Marlboro County Sheriffs Office, Marlboro County Detention Center, …