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Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
New Jersey Federal Court Certifies Class-Action Suit Against Global*Tel Link by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has certified a class-action lawsuit against Global Tel*Link (GTL), one of the nation’s largest prison telecom companies. According to the court, the plaintiffs – …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Lawsuit by Washington AG Against GEO Group for Wage Violations Proceeds, Granted Class-Action Status by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In December 2017, a federal judge denied a motion by GEO Group, the private operator of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, to dismiss a lawsuit filed by …
Defy Ventures Founder Steps Down Amid Accusations of Misconduct by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Catherine Hoke used to work on Wall Street, employed by a private equity firm. She left the world of high finance to start the Prison Entrepreneurship Program for Texas prisoners in 2004. But after five …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Former Jailhouse Lawyer Bobby Battle Dies at Age 80 by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Former prisoner Bobby Battle, an Oklahoma City native with a sixth-grade education who filed a lawsuit that ultimately led to historic reforms and the desegregation of Oklahoma prisons, died on December 25, 2017 at the …
Florida District Court Allows Suit Against Prisoner Transport Companies to Proceed by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On July 30, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by Prisoner Transportation Services, LLC (PTS) and its subsidiary, U.S. …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright You are reading the last issue of Prison Legal News for 2018. This month’s cover story reports on the widespread practice of prison and jail officials censoring books, magazines and correspondence sent to prisoners. Increasingly, that includes restrictions or bans on …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Florida Detainee Died from Deliberate Indifference to Septic Shock, Lawsuit Charges by Nurses at the Orange County jail in Orlando, Florida accused a pretrial detainee of “faking” the painful symptoms that led him to plead for medical care. In reality he had sepsis – blood poisoning caused by an untreated …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN Files Cert Petition with Supreme Court Over Florida DOC Censorship by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On September 14, 2018, Prison Legal News submitted a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving censorship by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), which has banned …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: On March 16, 2018, the Arizona Department of Corrections issued a report that concluded private prison operator CoreCivic (formerly CCA) had properly responded to a February 25, 2018 riot at the Red Rock Correctional Center. The two-hour “major disturbance,” which left 13 prisoners and two …
Censorship in Prisons and Jails: A War on the Written Word by Christopher Zoukis “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” — Ray Bradbury by Christopher Zoukis In its landmark ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010) – …
Brief • December 5, 2018
Aragon et al. v. Raemisch et al., CO, Class-action Settlement & Release, Hepatitis C, Medical Attention Negligence, 2018
Pitkin v. Corizon Health Inc., et al., OR, Judgment, Wrongful Death, Medical Negligence, 2018 Case 3:16-cv-02235-AA Document 109 Filed 12/05/18 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON RUSSELL PITKIN and MARY PITKIN, co-personal representatives of the Estate of MADALINE PITKIN, deceased, Plaintiffs, …
Rodriguez-Pena v. County of Santa Clara, CA, Settlement, ADA Compliance, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made as of the 5th day of December, 2018, by and between Adan Rodriguez-Pena ("Plaintiff') and the County of Santa Clara ("County") in recognition of the …
Brief • December 5, 2018
Oleszkiewicz v. Directo, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force - Restraints, 2018 12:42:31 3098523589 p.m. 12-05-2018 2/4 SETTJJEMENT AGREEMEN1' AND GENERAL RELEASE G~gocy Ol~zldewlcz v. Joel Directo, et at., ND IL Case No. 17 cv 8963 This Settleinent Agreement and General Release (''Agreement'') is made by and between Gregory Oleszki.ewicz ("Plaintiff') and …
In-the-News Article • December 4, 2018
HRDC director quoted on censorship by Florida DOC Dec. 4, 2018 Articles with PLN Quotes Florida Phoenix The strange world of banned books in Florida prisons By Mitch Perry   December 4, 2018   More than eight years after it was published, author Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow continues to reap …
In-the-News Article • December 4, 2018
Family separation shareholder resolution filed with CoreCivic, GEO Group Dec. 4, 2018 PLN Press Releases Prison Legal News NEWS RELEASE Human Rights Defense Center For Immediate Release December 4, 2018   Shareholder Resolution Would Prohibit Private Prison Firm from Housing Separated Immigrant Detainee Families Nashville, TN – A shareholder resolution …
Geissler, et al. v. Stirling, et al., SC, Partial Consent Decree, Prisoner Hep C Testing, 2018 4:17-cv-01746-MBS Date Filed 12/04/18 Entry Number 136 Page 1 of 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FLORENCE DIVISION RUSSELL GEISSLER, BERNARD BAGLEY, AND WILLIE JAMES JACKSON, individually …
Brief • December 4, 2018
Monroe v. Coleman County Texas, et al., TX, Response, Summary Judgment, 2018 Case 6:18-cv-00015-C Document 26 Filed 12/04/18 Page 1 of 30 PageID 291 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANGELO DIVISION PATSY K. COPE, individually, and ALEX ISBELL, as dependent administrator of, and on …
Brief • December 4, 2018
Nickerson v. Nevada County, CA, Complaint, Employment Discrimination, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-02648-KJM-DB Document 1 Filed 09/27/18 Page 1 of 18 RECEIVED Kerry S. Schaffer(SBN84706) LAWOFFICES OF KERRYS. SCHAFFER 3527 Hacienda Drive , Santa Rosa, CA 95405 3 Tele: (707) 575-4075 Fax: (707)575-8075 4 Email: kerryschaffer@sbcglobal.net S Attorney DECO 4 2018 NEVADA …
Brief • December 4, 2018
Black v. Correct Care Solutions LLC, GA, Complaint, Inmate Death by Medical Neglect, 2018 In the Matter Of: RHETT BRANDON BLACK, et al. vs. CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS DEPOSITION OF THOMAS FOWLKES, M.D. December 04, 2018 RHETT BRANDON BLACK, et al. vs. CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS THOMAS FOWLKES, M.D. on 12/04/2018 DEPOSITION …
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