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Maricopa County, Phoenix Settle Lawsuit Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Death for $7.25 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2018, just weeks before a trial was scheduled to begin, the City of Phoenix, Arizona agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
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Arkansas DOC Says Water is Safe, but Most Tests Not Conducted in Housing Units by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas In July 2018, former prisoners and their family members in Arkansas raised concerns about a variety of issues at a hearing with state lawmakers, included concerns about the water quality …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Texas Prison Officials Demoted, Fired after Disciplinary Quota System and Planted Contraband Exposed by In April 2018, prisoners at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s (TDCJ) Ramsey Unit in Rosharon smuggled out of the facility and into the hands of the Houston Chronicle records that proved the existence of a …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
States Implementing New Technology to Fight Contraband Smuggling Via Drone by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Prison Legal News has reported several times on the trend of prison contraband smuggling via remote-controlled aerial drones, both in the U.S. and other countries. [See, e.g.: PLN, May 2018, p.14; Nov. 2017, p.52; …
$7 Million Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide at Private Prison by A $7 million settlement was reached in the suicide death of a mentally ill prisoner at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility (GWHCF) in Thornton, Pennsylvania, operated at the time by private prison company Community Education Centers. When she …
More Legal Cases Involving Transgender Prisoners in Multiple States by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), about 34 percent of transgender people held in prisons or jails reported being subjected to at least one incident of sexual violence while incarcerated. That’s eight times …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Fourth Circuit: Failure to Transfer Mentally Ill Prisoner to Hospital Not Actionable by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity to a defendant in a civil rights action related to the August 19, 2015 death of Jamycheal Mitchell at Virginia’s Hampton Roads …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Fighting the Fees that Force Prisoners to Pay for Their Incarceration by Jean Trounstine by Jean Trounstine, Truthout.org This past January, prisoners in Florida went on strike to protest what they called modern-day slavery in the state’s prisons. As of March, not only had the Florida Department of Corrections not responded …
Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Disciplinary Appeal Exhausted Claim of Having to Work on Religious Holiday by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On May 18, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s order dismissing a prisoner’s complaint for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. The Ninth …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
California Prisoners Seek to Enforce Settlement Provisions in Ashker Litigation by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On March 29, 2018, a federal magistrate judge in California held that prisoners in a class-action lawsuit over long-term solitary confinement, who entered into a settlement agreement with the California Department of Corrections and …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
The Secret World of Missouri DOC Internal Death Investigations by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) has been accused of not being transparent or competent when it comes to conducting investigations into deaths that occur in state prisons. The DOC is responsible for the care …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Why Prison Reform is Not Enough to Fix the U.S. Criminal Justice System by Ed Chung by Ed Chung, Center for American Progress The Trump administration kicked off 2018 by expressing a surprising, newfound interest in reforming the country’s prisons and strengthening opportunities for those incarcerated to successfully re-enter their communities …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Aramark Gets Pennsylvania DOC Food Procurement Contract by In early 2017, Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections (PDOC) entered into an “innovative” agreement with private food service vendor Aramark. State officials claimed the $154 million contract would save taxpayers an estimated $16.6 million over its three-year term. The contract is unique in …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
California Muslim Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment Order in Mixed Appellate Ruling by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Darrell Eugene Harris is a Muslim prisoner confined in California’s prison system. He filed a civil rights suit raising state and federal claims against prison guard S. Escamilla. Harris alleged that Escamilla removed …
CCS Seeks to Hide Internal Review in Jail Detainee’s Death; $180,000 Settlement by David Reutter, R. Bailey by David Reutter and R. Bailey Correct Care Solutions, a for-profit company that provides medical services at correctional facilities, contested the release of documents concerning the death of Dino Vann Nixon at the …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Alaska Supreme Court Reverses Disciplinary Case Where Prisoner Not Allowed to Call Witnesses by Matthew Clarke, David Reutter by Matt Clarke and David Reutter On April 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Alaska held that a prisoner had been improperly denied his right to call witnesses at a prison disciplinary …
Contraband Found in Prisoner’s Rectum Supports Conviction by David Reutter by David Reutter In December 2017, a Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a conviction for possession of contraband by a state prisoner. The court rejected the prisoner’s claim that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction, as testimony presented at …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Federal District Court Holds Ohio Prison Cannot Cut Rastafarian Prisoner’s Hair by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2018, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Patricia A. Gaughan ruled the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) could not enforce a grooming policy that required a Rastafarian prisoner to …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
HRDC Sues Oklahoma County Jail for Censoring Books by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, filed a lawsuit on May 9, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma against Pontotoc County and Sheriff John Christian, …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Exonerated Prisoner Invests Portion of $20 Million Settlement to Start Barber School by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna No one appreciates the challenges of re-entering society like a former prisoner, especially one who was wrongfully convicted. For exonerated ex-prisoner Juan Rivera of Illinois, his experiences led him to invest some …
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