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“I Was Scheduled to Die in Solitary Confinement” – and May Soon Be Again by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Locked in solitary confinement for decades, mentally ill Illinois prisoner Anthony Gay engaged in severe and shocking self-mutilation. Stabbing a razor blade into his eye. Eating his own flesh. Cutting …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Former PLN Editor Settles Suit Over Detention in Tennessee ‘Iron Man’ Cell, Gets 40-Year Prison Term for Vandalizing Nashville Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On September 29, 2022, former PLN Editor Alex Friedmann, 53, settled with the Tennessee Department of Corrections (DOC) in a federal action alleging his …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
California Governor Vetoes State’s Humane Solitary Confinement Bill by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The California Mandela Act – Assembly Bill (A.B.) 2632 – passed with an overwhelming majority of votes from state legislators in August 2022, limiting the use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails and immigration detention …
Autistic Texan Dies in Bondage and Isolation After Being Committed to State Hospital by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Justin Reeder, 32, died alone in a restraint chair at North Texas State Hospital (NTSH) on September 17, 2022. That night, staff could not control a spell of aggressive …
Families Protest Private Texas “Shadow Prisons” for Released Sex Offenders by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On April 9, 2022, family members and friends of men held at the Civil Commitment Facility (CCF) in Littlefield, Texas, protested the injustices which occur within the razor-wire fences of the former …
Third Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity From Delaware Guards Who Held Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary for Seven Months by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a decision filed on November 28, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the grant of qualified immunity (QI) to …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
New Report Estimates U.S. Prisons Hold Nearly 50,000 People in Solitary Confinement by Jennifer Taylor by Jennifer Taylor, Director, Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale Law School Time-In-Cell: A 2021 Snapshot of Restrictive Housing, a new study co-authored by the Correctional Leaders Association (CLA) and the Arthur …
Brief • January 26, 2023
Robertson v. Collier, TX, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2023 Case 4:23-cv-00283 Document 1 Filed on 01/26/23 in TXSD Page 1 of 45 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION MARK ROBERTSON; GEORGE CURRY; TONY EGBUNA FORD; and RICKEY CUMMINGS, on their own behalf, and on behalf of a …
‘Qualified Immunity Cannot Shield Them’: Fourth Circuit Advances Suit by Virginia Prisoners for Overlong Solitary Confinement by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On June 14, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to officials with Virginia’s Department of Corrections (DOC) in …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
New Connecticut Law Restricts Use of Solitary Confinement by Keith Sanders, David Reutter by David M. Reutter and Keith Sanders A law that severely limits the use of solitary confinement in Connecticut jails and prisons took effect July 1, 2022. It also creates an ombudsman position within the state Department …
Article • December 5, 2022
Seventh Circuit Offers No Relief to Indiana Prisoner Held in Solitary Four Years by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On March 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) defendants in a suit …
Split Seventh Circuit Declines to Rehear Appeal of Illinois Prisoner With Serious Mental Illness Left in Solitary for Three Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Is it unconstitutional to deprive a mentally ill prisoner of exercise for three years? In Illinois, the answer is no, according to two …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Looking Deep Inside America’s Legalized Torture Chambers by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson There are many ways to destroy a person, but one of the simplest and most devastating is through prolonged solitary confinement. Deprived of meaningful human interaction, otherwise healthy prisoners become unhinged. … Not only psychological or social …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
New York Prisoner’s Suit Over Thirteen-Year Solitary Stint Survives by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 21, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York denied state prison officials’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking damages for alleged Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations that …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Pennsylvania County Pays $147,500 to Jail Detainees Held in Solitary for Refusing To Cut off Dreadlocks by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2022, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) announced a settlement had been reached in a lawsuit filed for a trio of its clients, who were …
Brief • August 29, 2022
Harvard v. Inch, FL, Rebuttal Expert Declaration of Craig Haney, Solitary Confinement, 2022 Case 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF Document 431-3 Filed 08/29/22 Page 1 of 71 E X H I B I T C EXHIBIT C Case 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF Document 431-3 Filed 08/29/22 Page 2 of 71 01234567383476527392360936 193491652739236692586 3888774465227216 6 80811685 294!66 66 …
$1.4 Million Paid by King County, Washington to Settle Juvenile Solitary Confinement Class Action by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On January 18, 2022, the federal court for the Western District of Washington approved a class-action settlement awarding 76 juvenile offenders a total of $1,357,665, or $500 a day for …
L.A. Juvenile Detention Center Remains “Unsuitable for the Confinement of Minors” by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On July 15, 2022, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for California’s Los Angeles County reported that the county’s juvenile detention facilities remain out of compliance with the requirements of a settlement …
Mentally Ill Maine State Prisoner Finally Leaves Solitary, But Can’t Push State Lawmakers to Pass Bill Limiting Its Use by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon By the time he was released from Maine State Prison (MSP) on March 7, 2022, Zachary Swain estimated he had spent half of his seven-year …
Brief • July 25, 2022
Harvard v. Dixon, FL, Order Denying, Solitary Confinement, 2022 Case 4:19-cv-00212-AW-MAF Document 419 Filed 07/25/22 Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE) HARVARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 4:19-cv-212-AW-MAF RICKY DIXON, Secretary of Florida Department of …
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