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Prison Legal News Interviews CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou - Full Interview by   Note: This is the full PLN interview with John Kiriakou; a shorter version was published as our April 2017 cover story, here. John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee …
Hamilton v. Vannoy, LA, Complaint, Prolonged Solitary Confinement for Death Row Prisoners, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00194-SDD-RLB Document 1 03/29/17 Page 1 of 38 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ------------------------------------------------------------------------X MARCUS HAMILTON; WINTHROP EATON; and : MICHAEL PERRY, on their own behalf, and on behalf : of a class …
Troutwine v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, 2017 Case: 3:16-cv-50251 Document #: 34 Filed: 03/28/17 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:181 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Donald Wayne Troutwine (S-09709) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. Lt. Kuhse, …
Brief • March 24, 2017
Coleman v. Brown, CA, Order for Responses and Briefs, Mental Health Care, 2017 Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Document 5583 Filed 03/24/17 Page 1 of 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 12 Plaintiffs, …
Burke v. Glanz, OK, Jury Verdict, Broken Neck Wrongful Death, 2017 Case 4:11-cv-00720-JED-PJC Document 498 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 03/20/17 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA ROBBIE EMERY BURKE, as the Special Administratrix of the Estate of Elliott Earl …
N.S. v. Wood, NV, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force Delirium, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-00133-MMD-WGC Document 4 Filed 03/15/17 Page 1 of 26 1 2 3 4 TERRI KEYSER-COOPER Law Office of Terri Keyser-Cooper Nevada Bar No. 3984 3590 Barrymore Dr. Reno, NV 89512 (775) 337-0323 keysercooper@lawyer.com 5 6 7 8 9 10 …
Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Minnesota Prisoner Medical Deliberate Indifference Lawsuit by On November 24, 2014, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a ruling that affirmed a district court order granting summary judgment to Olmstead County, Minnesota defendants in a lawsuit in which the family of a deceased …
Article • March 14, 2017
Early Dismissal of Probationer's Lawsuit on Qualified Immunity Grounds Reversed By Ninth Circuit by On March 29, 2016, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed an Oregon federal district court ruling which dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man whose probation was revoked …
Article • March 14, 2017
Connecticut Supreme Court: Insanity Acquittee May Be Held in Prison on Bond by On November 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that an insanity acquittee who was being held in a maximum-security psychiatric hospital could be held in prison if unable to pay the $100,000 bond set for …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Suicides
Prisoner Suicides and Attempts Increasing in Texas by Matthew Clarke The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) reported a 40% increase in suicides between 2008 and 2014. As of September 2015, the average number of suicide attempts in Texas prisons each month had jumped 28% from 81.7 attempts per month …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Escape is Latest Problem at Troubled Privately-run Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke In October 2015, Phillip Henry Freeman disappeared from the Liberty County Jail near Houston, Texas. He was recaptured living in a wooded area in Arkansas in late January 2016. His escape was the latest in a slew of …
Barnes v. Clarke, WI, Complaint and Jury Demand, Neglecting Inmate Mental and Physical Health, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN TERRILL BARNES, CURTIS PIGGEE, and AMARI THOMAS-ACOSTA, d/o/b 2/9/2013, by his mother and guardian, MICHELLE THOMAS-ACOSTA, Plaintiffs, v. Case No.___________ DAVID J. CLARKE JR.; RICHARD …
Coffey v. Ochiltree County, TX, Settlement Agreement, Jail Suicide, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-00071-J-BB Document 83 Filed 03/09/17 Page 1 of 18 PageID 395 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AMARILLO DIVISION JOELLA VERLEE COFFEY and TERRY MAY, in Their Individual Capacities and on Behalf of …
Brief • March 3, 2017
King v. City of Pagedale, MO, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Death Suicide, 2017 vr1 1 i ,, --·---- CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREE!YIENT Al'l'D GENERAL RELEASE This CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between GLADYS KING and T .R., a minor boy, and T.R., a …
Manzo v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Complaint, Medical Neglect and Solitary Confinement, 2017 Case 5:17-cv-01099 Document 1 Filed 03/02/17 Page 1 of 34 BD. SUP·' 7NRR24pr, J:28 HANO-D LIVERED 2 3 4 5 ROBERT R. POWELL, SBN 159747 SARAH E. MARINHO, SBN 293690 POWELL & ASSOCIATES 925 W. Hedding …
‘We Felt We Weren’t Qualified To Be Making These Decisions’ by A former corrections officer talks about her frustration with the lack of mental health care in jails. By Jacquie Lee, The Huffington Post Melanie Bailey, 44, was a corrections officer at Lancaster County Correctional Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, until …
‘In My Heart, I Know My Brother Did Not Kill Himself’ by Michael Paul was arrested for jaywalking and died in custody. His family wants to know why. By Mercy Yang, The Huffington Post Michael Paul, a 48-year-old from Crestline, California, was taken into custody at the Twin Peaks sheriff’s station …
‘He Wasn’t A Criminal. He Needed Help.’ by Linda Spies’ son Jake was supposed to be on suicide watch, but still ended up dead. By Mercy Yang, The Huffington Post Lawrence Michael “Jake” Spies Jr. died on Sept. 19, 2015, at the El Dorado County Jail in Placerville, California, at …
‘People Who Work In The System Become Desensitized To How Brutal It Is To Cage Someone’ by Alec Karakatsanis of Equal Justice Under Law explains how even a few days in jail can throw a life “into disarray.” By Ryan J. Reilly, The Huffington Post Alec Karakatsanis is the co-founder …
‘She Was Afraid To Go Back To Jail’ by By Liz Adetiba, The Huffington Post Athena Covarrubias, 40, was arrested in August 2015 on a drug charge and three bond forfeiture warrants. She was taken to Texas’ Travis County Jail, where she hanged herself 12 days later. Her cousin, Kelly …
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