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Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
New Mexico Medical Technician Wins $150,000 Jury Award for Abuse by Jailers by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Estrella Tenorio was a nurse’s aide/medical technician employed by for-profit contractor HealthCare Partners, Inc. (HCP). HCP specializes in providing medical services to prisoners. Tenorio’s first assignment was at a jail located near …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Nevada: Muslim Prisoner Awarded $39,260 in Damages Plus Attorney’s Fees by A Nevada federal jury initially awarded $28,800 to a state prisoner after finding that officials at the Southern Desert Correctional Center had violated his religious and equal protection rights, and one guard used excessive force. Prisoner Reginald C. Howard …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Education
Arkansas Governor Addresses Prisoners at College Graduation Ceremony by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer On November 30, 2018, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson addressed 25 prisoners who had received Associate of Arts degrees from Shorter College. According to a press release, “In an effort to reduce rates of recidivism, [the Second …
2018 Awards for Activism, Advocacy Against the Private Prison Industry by On March 5, 2019, the Private Corrections Institute (PCI), a nonprofit citizen watchdog organization, announced its 2018 awardees for individual activism and organizational advocacy against the for-profit prison industry. PCI opposes the privatization of correctional services, including the operation …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Parental rights
Iowa: Prisoners Entitled to Full Hearing on Termination of Parental Rights by David Reutter by David Reutter The Iowa Supreme Court held on November 30, 2018 that an incarcerated parent is entitled to participate in the entire hearing for termination of parental rights. The Court announced the new procedure in …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Prison Labor
Oregon Prison Industry Program Nets Record $28.5 Million as Prisoners Earn $1.25/Hour by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “I’m not going to get paid what I got paid on the street. But that’s part of acceptance of my life now,” Oregon prisoner James Sheppard said of his job with Oregon …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
$1.1 Million Fee Award in California Prison Segregation Lawsuit by A California federal district court has awarded $1,090,141.70 in attorney fees and costs in a class-action suit that challenged the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) policies regarding gang validation and the use and management of segregated housing. That …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Ex-Prisoner Awarded $1.06 Million for Sexual Assault by Former Nebraska Jailer by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A federal court in Nebraska awarded an ex-prisoner over $1 million in a lawsuit against a former guard who was convicted of sexually assaulting her and other women at the Phelps County jail …
California Jail Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over Conditions of Confinement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal civil rights suit filed by the Prison Law Office against Santa Clara County, California after a mentally ill prisoner was beaten to death by guards at the county’s jail has settled for policy …
Pennsylvania DOC, Mental Health Contractor Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $27,500 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) have agreed to pay $15,000 to the estate of a mentally ill prisoner who was killed after being attacked by another prisoner …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Commissary
Texas Prisons, We’ve Got Some Questions About Your Commissary Vendors by Stephen Raher by Stephen Raher, Prison Policy Initiative One of the original inspirations for the Prison Policy Initiative’s May 2018 report on prison commissaries earlier  [see: PLN, Aug. 2018, p.1] was a 2010 article from the Texas Tribune that analyzed $95 million in purchases …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Alabama DOC Stonewalling Federal Investigation; Eight Prisoners go on Hunger Strike by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On October 3, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a petition to enforce a subpoena naming Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), as the respondent. The …
Georgia: Court Certifies Class Action for Prisoners Held Beyond Their Release Date by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A U.S. District Court judge in Georgia has certified a class-action suit that seeks to hold the Fulton County Jail liable for failing to release dozens of prisoners after they posted bond or …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Wrongful Release
Wisconsin Prisoner Not Due Credit for Time Spent Free after Erroneous Release by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Zachary S. Friedlander was already serving a sentence at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution in Wisconsin for a heroin conviction when, on April 15, 2016, he pleaded no contest to one count of …
Alabama DOC Refuses Muslim Spiritual Adviser in Execution Chamber by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Domineque Hakim Marcelle Ray, 42, was put to death by lethal injection at Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility on February 7, 2019, after his request to have his Muslim spiritual adviser, Imam Yusef Maisonet, …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Filed under: Mandamus
Ohio: Mandamus Action Moot Where Relief Has Been Granted by On December 20, 2018, the Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s writ of mandamus against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC).  State prisoner William H. Evans, Jr. filed the mandamus petition against DRC director Gary …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Class Certification in Missouri Prisoners’ Hepatitis C Suit Upheld by On December 6, 2018, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld class certification in a lawsuit alleging the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) and Corizon Health failed to provide adequate medical screening and treatment to prisoners with hepatitis C (HCV). …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Mugshots.com Operators Arrested, Face Extradition to California by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Four people have been charged with extortion, money laundering and identity theft by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. In May 2018, Sahar Sarid, Kishore Vidya Bhavnanie, Thomas Keesee and David Usdan, allegedly the operators of Mugshots.com and …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
California Prison Psychiatrists Blow Whistle on Poor Mental Healthcare, Falsified Records by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The landmark case of Coleman v. Brown, a federal lawsuit that forced California to provide better mental health treatment for state prisoners, has taken an unusual turn after the state’s prison psychiatry chief …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
For Journalists Covering Prisons, the First Amendment is Little Help by Jonathan Peters by Jonathan Peters, Columbia Journalism Review “Each prison is a fiefdom, and the warden is at the top of the feudal system.” That’s how Gary Fields, who covered criminal justice for The Wall Street Journal, put it in 2012, discussing …
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