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Private Prison Transport Guards Sentenced to Prison for Raping Detainees by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   Two former guards with Inmate Services Corporation (ISC), a private contractor that provided prisoner transports across the U.S., have been sentenced to federal prison for raping detainees in their charge. Marquet Johnson, 45, …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Report Finds Current Path of Florida Prison System “Unsustainable” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) leaders have come before the state legislature repeatedly to warn that it is a system operating in crisis. In a presentation on November 15, 2023, by global consulting …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
$5 Million Settlement in Death of Georgia Prisoner Left by Guards in Cell on Fire by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 16, 2023, the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5 million to the estate of Thomas Henry Giles, 31, a mentally ill prisoner …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
CDCR Loses Suit Over Release of Employee Misconduct Records by On April 2, 2024, the California Superior Court for Sacramento County ordered the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to release results of internal investigations that had been sought by KQED in San Francisco on behalf of the California …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Atheist Chaplain Attends Atheist Oklahoma Prisoner During Execution by In the final hours before Oklahoma killed Phillip Hancock on November 30, 2023, he was attended by a chaplain, like almost all condemned prisoners. Unlike most though, Hancock was an atheist. So was his chaplain, Devin Moss. As the last minutes …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Over $71,000 Awarded to Michigan Prisoner for Sexual Abuse by Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   On September 28, 2023, the federal court for the Western District of Michigan awarded a state prisoner $16,975.00 in attorney fees and $4,459.91 in costs in a civil rights lawsuit over his …
Colorado Law Creates “Rebuttable Presumption” Against Incarcerating Pregnant Women by On August 7, 2023, a new law took effect in Colorado directing judges to provide bonds and alternatives to incarceration for defendants who are pregnant or who recently gave birth. HB23-1187 was signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis (D) …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
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$20.5 Million Settlement for Two Kentucky Prisoners Exonerated and Freed After 22 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On September 7, 2023, the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government in Kentucky agreed to pay $20.5 million to settle a civil rights action alleging constitutional violations in the wrongful murder …
Settlement Obligates Washington DOC to Provide Gender-Affirming Care to Trans Prisoners by On October 10, 2023, a settlement was reached in a suit filed by Disability Rights Washington (DRW), a federally funded agency that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities, accusing the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) of …
Lawsuit Over Mailroom Abuses by Washington DOC Leads to Policy Changes by A settlement reached on November 1, 2023, between the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and current or former state prisoners resulted in changes to prison mail policies. While incarcerated at Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC), Adam Bauer, David Cochran, …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
$500,000 Jury Award Cut to $250,000 for Pennsylvania Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards by Douglas Ankney Lack of expert testimony halved a $500,000 award made by a federal jury to Pennsylvania prisoner Michael Sherman Allen on November 1, 2023, for injuries sustained in a brutal 2019 beating at the hands …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Louisiana Fights Federal Court Order to Remedy “Callous and Wanton Disregard” for Angola Prisoners’ Healthcare by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 6, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana issued a Remedial Order (RO) to correct unconstitutional healthcare at Louisiana State Prison …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Watchdog Finds “Alarming Conditions” at BOP Women’s Lockup in Florida by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   When confronted with prisoner complaints, officials often produce glowing inspection reports and blame prisoners for destroying prison infrastructure. All too often, though, inept supervision is to blame for failure to maintain facilities. …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
How Parole and Probation “No-Association” Conditions Hamper Successful Reentry by Once upon a time, parole and probation officers actually helped those under their supervision. In the rehabilitation-oriented 1970s, for example, they assisted in finding housing and employment, knowing that more support for a newly released prisoner made reoffending less likely. …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Georgia Prisoner Stabs Warden by Georgia’s Telfair State Prison went on lockdown on March 21, 2024, after a prisoner stabbed Warden Andrew McFarlane with a homemade knife. McFarlane, 54, a 25-year veteran of the state Department of Corrections (DOC), was not seriously injured in the attack, according to DOC spokesperson …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Elderly Ohio Prisoner Beaten by Cellmate Despite Warning Guards, Who Cheered Attack by In a lawsuit filed in federal court for the Northern District of Ohio on March 18, 2024, state prisoner Darryl Smith accuses Mansfield Correctional Institution (MCI) guards of ignoring warnings he was being threatened by his cellmate, …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Texas Bankruptcy Court Rejects Proposed Settlement of Prisoner Claims Against Corizon Health by On April 11, 2024, a Texas bankruptcy court rejected a proposed $54 million settlement that would have paid just a fraction of the hundreds of millions of dollars owed to prisoners who won judgments or secured settlement …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
HRDC Files Suit for Exonerated Florida Prisoner Wrongfully Incarcerated Over 44 Years by On April 17, 2024, the nonprofit Human Rights Defense Center—which publishes PLN and Criminal Legal News—filed suit in federal court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of Willie Williams, Jr., 79, seeking redress for over …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Eleven Years After Consent Decree Entered, New Orleans Jail Still Not Compliant by In a monitoring report on October 6, 2023, the Compliance Director with operational control over Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) in New Orleans found continued problems at the jail, such as an increase in prisoner-on-prisoner violence, overdoses and …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Seventh Circuit: Heck Bars Civil Rights Challenges to Civil Commitment by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke   On December 20, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an Illinois prisoner’s challenge to civil commitment as a sexually violent person after release cannot be raised …
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