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Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Prisoner Abuse at Parchman: Minimum Punishment and Impeded Investigations by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal investigation into an assault on a prisoner by guards at Mississippi’s State Penitentiary at Parchman included a claim that then-Superintendent Earnest Lee impeded the prison’s own review of the incident. As previously …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Louisiana Prisons Present Immense Environmental Dangers by Daniel Horowitz by Daniel Horowitz For many people it will come as no surprise that Louisiana has an extensive prison system. Considered the world’s prison capital, the state imprisons more adults per capita than any other state in the U.S. With 132 detention …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
New York: Prison Disciplinary Witness Request Improperly Denied by The New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has held that a prison disciplinary hearing officer improperly denied a prisoner’s request to call witnesses. As such, the court remanded the case for a new disciplinary hearing. Based upon confidential information, New York …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
CoreCivic Prison in Tennessee Plagued with Problems by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Less than two years after opening the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in January 2016, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) imposed a $43,750 fine against the prison’s private operator, Nashville-based CoreCivic. Formerly known as Corrections …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Texas: Federal Court Grants Injunction Against Discriminatory Money Bail System by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna U.S. District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, of the Eastern District of Texas, issued a 193-page opinion on April 28, 2017 that effectively gutted what she termed a “discriminatory money bail system” in Harris …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Prisoner Suicides a Problem in Oklahoma by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A rash of suicides at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) in McAlester gave it the highest suicide rate among Oklahoma prisons – six times that of the second-highest. According to a February 20, 2017 article by Oklahoma Watch, …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
New FAMM Report Offers Solutions for BOP Recidivism by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After extensive research, Families Against Mandatory Minimum (FAMM), which advocates for sentencing reform, published a report in May 2017 that highlighted numerous suggestions for reducing recidivism rates for federal prisoners. According to FAMM, “almost one-half (49.3%) …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Texas State Jail Guard Indicted for Leaking Video of Tear Gassing by On December 8, 2016, Elderick Brass, a former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) lieutenant, was indicted for misuse of official information for leaking a video that showed tear gas being deployed against prisoners at the Pam Lynchner …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit by On April 27, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s federal civil rights lawsuit alleging excessive use of force by a guard. The case had been dismissed for non-exhaustion of administrative remedies, but the …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
$11.5 Million Awarded in Suits Over Wisconsin Jailer’s Sexual Assaults by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 3, 2017, a jury in Madison, Wisconsin awarded two women $11.5 million in the first two of five federal lawsuits brought by former Polk County jail prisoners who were sexually abused by …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Ohio Experiences Continued Problems with Aramark by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) over­paid food service giant Aramark $57,193 for food provided to nonexistent prisoners, investigators found. The overpayment was uncovered by the state Office of the Inspector General (OIG). According to a …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Poor and Mentally Ill Languish in Mississippi Jails for Months or Years Awaiting Indictments by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Some people arrested on felony charges in Mississippi face months, a year or even longer in jail before they are indicted. Some are never indicted before their release. All …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Lawsuit Alleges Inadequate BOP Mental Health Treatment in SMU by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal class-action suit filed in June 2017 paints the U.S. Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania essentially as a solitary confinement warehouse filled with prisoners who suffer from serious mental illness. The suit alleges that …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Missouri Supreme Court: Restitution Must be for Losses “Due to” Crime of Conviction by The en banc Missouri Supreme Court held that a trial court may order restitution only for “losses ‘due to’ the offense for which the defendant has been found (or pleaded) guilty.” Under Mo. Rev. Stat. 559.105.1, …
Stipulation to Admit Video Created Error When Video Was Excluded at Trial by On July 14, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals remanded a civil rights action for a new trial after it found the exclusion of a video left it with “no assurance that [the plaintiff’s] claim was …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Class Certified in Lawsuit Alleging Flaws in Illinois’ Prison Healthcare System by In April 2017, an Illinois federal district court certified a civil rights class-action consisting of “all prisoners in the custody of Illinois Department of Corrections [IDOC] with serious medical or dental needs.” The suit seeks injunctive relief from …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Co-pays Deter Prisoners from Accessing Medical Care by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis More than four decades have passed since Estelle v. Gamble, the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which held prisoners cannot be denied necessary medical care under the Eighth Amendment. But when cash-strapped state Departments of Corrections charge …
Pennsylvania: $20,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s ADA Claim by A lawsuit alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act led the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) to pay $20,000 and agree to provide “reasonable therapy or reasonable accommodation” to prisoner Donald Scott. Scott suffered a severe stroke …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Overdetention, Immigration
Virginia: Undocumented Immigrant Receives $12,000 Settlement for Overdetention by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In May 2017, the sheriff’s office in Henrico County, Virginia entered into a $12,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging an undocumented immigrant was held in jail beyond his scheduled release date. Following his arrest …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
$7.9 Million Award Against New York County and Medical Contractor in Jail Suicide Case by A New York federal jury awarded $7.9 million to the estate of Bartholomew Ryan, 32, who committed suicide at the Nassau County Jail. The jury found the county and its medical contractor, Armor Correctional Health …
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