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Federal District Court Holds Ohio Prison Cannot Cut Rastafarian Prisoner’s Hair
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Grooming Rules, RLUIPA, Religious Grooming
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 …
HRDC Sues Oklahoma County Jail for Censoring Books
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Publications/Books, PLN Litigation, Censorship
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, …
Exonerated Prisoner Invests Portion of $20 Million Settlement to Start Barber School
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction
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 …
Death Sentences and Executions Ebbing in the “Capital of Capital Punishment”
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Death Penalty
Death Sentences and Executions Ebbing in the “Capital of Capital Punishment” by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Harris County, Texas is known for many things. The county seat is Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States and the largest in Texas. It has its own shipping channel and a …
Denver Pays $100,000 to Settle DOJ Suit Over Failure to Accommodate Diabetic Deputy
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Diabetes, Americans with Disabilities Act, Employee Litigation, Disabled Employees
Denver Pays $100,000 to Settle DOJ Suit Over Failure to Accommodate Diabetic Deputy by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 15, 2018, the City and County of Denver, Colorado agreed to pay $100,000 to an unidentified deputy sheriff who was fired from his position at the Denver County jail …
Washington: Jail Detainee Obtains $1 Million Settlement for Spinal Injury
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Washington: Jail Detainee Obtains $1 Million Settlement for Spinal Injury by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Bryan Telford, who was held as a pretrial detainee at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle, Washington in September 2016, recently obtained a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit filed against the county. …
Public Outcry Forces Florida DOC to Back Down on Limits to In-Person Visitation
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Visiting, Extended Family Visiting, Video Visitation
Public Outcry Forces Florida DOC to Back Down on Limits to In-Person Visitation by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following an onslaught of pressure from the public and action by the Florida legislature’s Joint Administrative Procedures Committee (JAPC), the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) was forced to withdraw a …
Podcast Produced by Wisconsin Prisoner Tackles Criminal Justice Topics
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Prisoner Media
Podcast Produced by Wisconsin Prisoner Tackles Criminal Justice Topics by Steve Horn by Steve Horn A Wisconsin state prisoner is leading the way in getting a new podcast out to the public that covers issues faced by people behind bars. Podcasts are radio-style audio series that can be downloaded and …
Justice Sotomayor Slams Solitary Confinement, but Supreme Court Declines to Accept Colorado Solitary Case
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Judiciary, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
Justice Sotomayor Slams Solitary Confinement, but Supreme Court Declines to Accept Colorado Solitary Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court receives thousands of petitions for writ of certiorari from federal appellate rulings each term and denies the vast majority of those applications, generally with a one-sentence …
Arkansas: $21,000 Settlement in Jail Release Debit Card Class-Action Suit
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Release and Reentry, Class Certification, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Prisoner Property
Arkansas: $21,000 Settlement in Jail Release Debit Card Class-Action Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A federal class-action complaint filed against the Benton County, Arkansas Sheriff’s Office and Keefe Commissary company, over the practice of issuing fee-laden debit cards to prisoners containing their release funds, has settled for just …
From the Editor
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright For the past 28 years, Prison Legal News has reported on prison and jail medical care that ranges from abysmal to the barbaric. With the possible exception of California, whose prison system’s health care is under federal receivership, medical and mental …
News in Brief
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Antwone Wilson broke out of the St. Clair County Correctional Facility on December 4, 2017 along with fellow prisoner Ronald Odell King. The pair separated, and King was quickly captured. While on the lam, Wilson contacted a TV station in his hometown to clarify why …
On the Inside: The Chaos of Arizona Prison Health Care
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: Corizon, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
On the Inside: The Chaos of Arizona Prison Health Care by Jimmy Jenkins by Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ.org The Arizona Department of Corrections contracts with privately owned correctional health care company Corizon Health to oversee all medical, mental and dental care at 10 state prisons. However, that care has come under scrutiny …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., MI, settlement, retaliation against HIV prisoner, 2018
Brief • November 6, 2018
Filed under: Retaliatory Segregation, HIV/AIDS, Attorney Fee Awards, Restraints, Education, Americans with Disabilities Act, Religious Freedom, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., MI, settlement, retaliation against HIV prisoner, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.486 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.487 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.488 Page 3 of …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, MI, settlement, discrimination against prisoners with HIV, 2018
Brief • November 6, 2018
Filed under: Retaliation, HIV/AIDS, Conditions of Confinement, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, MI, settlement, discrimination against prisoners with HIV, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.486 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.487 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.488 Page 3 of 5 …
Cox v. City of Pittsburg, CA, Deposition of Ikechi Ogan, Wrongful Death - Excessive Force, 2018
Brief • November 6, 2018
Filed under: Restraints, Wrongful Death, Police--Excessive Force
Cox v. City of Pittsburg, CA, Deposition of Ikechi Ogan, Wrongful Death - Excessive Force, 2018 In the Matter Of: JAMIE ANN COX vs CITY OF PITTSBURG, et al., IKECHI OGAN,M.D. November 06, 2018 Court Reporters, Videography, Trial Preparation Videoconference Center Oakland • San Francisco • San Jose Sacramento • …
Meredith v. Stein, NC, Order, Sex-Offender Restrictions, 2018
Brief • November 6, 2018
Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Fourteenth Amendment, rights
Meredith v. Stein, NC, Order, Sex-Offender Restrictions, 2018 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:17-CV-528-BO JONATHAN R. MEREDITH ) ) :plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) JOSHUA STEIN, Attorney General of the State of ) North Carolina, in his official capacity; BOB ) SCHURMEIER, …
Johnson v. CoreCivic, et al., TN, order, wrongful death, 2018
Brief • November 5, 2018
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Gangs, Injury -- Misc., Eighth Amendment, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Staff)
Johnson v. CoreCivic, et al., TN, order, wrongful death, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-01051-STA-egb Document 19 Filed 11/05/18 Page 1 of 20 PageID 103 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE EASTERN DIVISION _____________________________________________________________________________ CAROLYN JOHNSON, as survivor and next of kin of EARL WAYNE JOHNSON, ) …
Mitchell v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018
Brief • November 5, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Statements, Testimony or Documents, False Confessions
Mitchell v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-07357 Document #: 1 Filed: 11/05/18 Page 1 of 40 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION KEHINDA MITCHELL, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago Police Detectives MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, ANDY …
Hammer v. San Luis Obispo County, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018
Brief • November 5, 2018
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Hammer v. San Luis Obispo County, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018
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