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Arabella Advisors: Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex - An Overview for Philanthropists, 2018 Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex An Overview for Philanthropists OCTOBER 2018 UNDERSTANDING AND CONFRONTING THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX A BO UT T H E REPORT As part of its commitment to learning, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Food
Formerly Incarcerated Chef Plans to Revolutionize Ramen by Steve Horn by Steve Horn When Ron Freeman was released from prison in 1998, he returned to doing the two things he enjoyed the most: cooking and eating. He decided, after being incarcerated for nearly three years for drug possession at the …
Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages: Inside the Booming Market for Food in Pouches by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge, The Marshall Project Ed. Note: PLN’s August 2018 cover story examined prison food and commissary services. This article looks at prison and jail package services supplied by private vendors …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Virginia Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment, Settles Religious Diet Case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Aaron Carter is a Virginia state prisoner; he is also a member of the Nation of Islam. Due to his religion’s dietary restrictions, he was enrolled in the prison system’s Common Fare program (CFP), which …
HRDC Files Suit Against FDOC Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Starvation Death by On August 1, 2018, PLN’s parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the mother of a Florida state prisoner who died of starvation and inadequate medical …
Article • August 23, 2018
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Food
Michigan Department of Corrections Foregoes Privatized Food Services by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After enduring five years of poor service, inadequate staffing and several scandals with its privatized food-service vendors, Michigan has decided to bring its prison services back into government service. “As the contract with Trinity was …
Hill et al. v. County of Montgomery, N.Y., class action, failure to provide nutritional sustenance, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PERRY HILL and JAMES ROGERS, both individually and on behalf of a class of others similarly situated, 9:14-cv-00933 (BKS/DJS) Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, MICHAEL …
Article • August 4, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Prison Food and Commissary Services: A Recipe for Disaster by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Food plays an integral role in our lives. It not only provides the nutrition necessary to sustain our existence, it feeds the sense of community we all crave. Social bonds are made as we …
Brief • August 1, 2018
Teneng v. Trump, CA, Evidence, Conditions of Confinement-ICE, 2018 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1-1 Filed 08/01/18 Page 1 of 7 Page ID #:40 EXHIBIT 1 Ex. 1 038 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1-1 Filed 08/01/18 Page 2 of 7 Page ID #:41 Ex. 1 039 Case 5:18-cv-01609 Document 1-1 Filed 08/01/18 Page …
Article • July 8, 2018
California Prisoner Awarded $500 for Spread of Cancer Due to Medical Indifference by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Armster Hampton, whose cancer potentially spread because prison medical staff failed to initiate any testing or treatment, was awarded $500 in damages by a federal jury.      In 1999 and 2003, while …
Article • July 6, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: Diabetes, Food
Fifth Circuit Holds Denial of Diabetic Diet During Lockdowns States Claim by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 29, 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held a diabetic prisoner’s allegation that he was denied a medical diet and required to repeatedly eat high-sugar meals during prison lockdowns stated …
Dowl v. Williams, AK, Amended Complaint, Muslim Inmate Discrimination, 2018 CAIR LEGAL DEFENSE FUND Lena F. Masri (D.C. # 100019) α lmasri@cair.com Gadeir I. Abbas (VA # 81161) α β gabbas@cair.com Carolyn M. Homer (CA # 286441) α chomer@cair.com 453 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20003 Phone: (202) 742-6420 …
New Virginia Law Requires Oversight of Jail Deaths by As of May 2018, Virginia’s Board of Corrections (BOC) had counted 21 jail deaths in the state since the start of the year. But thanks to a new law passed in 2017, the BOC now has authority to review deaths in …
Atomanczyk v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al., TX, opinion and order, compensatory damages, religious infringement, 2018 Case 4:17-cv-00719 Document 70 Filed in TXSD on 06/26/18 Page 1 of 13 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED June 26, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR …
Mother of Utah Prisoner Who Starved to Death in County Jail Accepts Settlement by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The mother and estate of Carlos Umana, a prisoner being held in the Salt Lake County Adult Detention Facility in Utah, agreed to a settlement with state and prison officials after …
Roberts v. Sinclair, WA, Complaint, Ramadan Meals, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00837 Document 1 Filed 06/10/18 Page 1 of 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 CAIR LEGAL DEFENSE FUND Lena F. Masri (D.C. Bar # 1000019) (pro hac vice pending) lmasri@cair.com Gadeir I. Abbas (VA. Bar # 81161)* (pro hac …
Roberts v. Sinclair, WA, Order, Ramadan Meals, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00837 Document 6 Filed 06/10/18 Page 1 of 2 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON SEATTLE DIVISION 6 7 8 9 10 DEMARIO ROBERTS (Inmate # 398950); MOHAMED MOHAMED (Inmate # 384454); JEREMY LIVINGSTON …
Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Trinity Services Group Faces Complaints Due to Inadequate Prison and Jail Food by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A tide of complaints has surfaced around Florida-based Trinity Services Group, one of the largest food service providers to correctional facilities in the nation. At issue is the provision of adequate, nutritious …
Brockington v. Warden Lawson, IN, Complaint, Improper Treatment, 2018 USDC IN/ND case 3:18-cv-00446-JD-MGG document 1 filed 06/11/18 page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHE.RN DISTRICT OF INDIANA. PLAINTIFF~J [Type or print your name on the line above] ) ) ) V. \~N~·~u~r(_\e_~f~'-·~Lo.:~··,~~-=l:~~~~r~)--~ DEFENDANT ~ /Leave this blank, the …
Anderson v. Pfister, IL, Merit Review, Conditions of Confinement 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-00627 Document#: 10 Filed: 06/01/18 Page 1 of 4 PagelD #:54 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LeRoy Anderson (N-34141) Plaintiff. V. Randy Pfister. et al.. Defendants. ) ) ) ) …
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