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Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: Fire Hazards
State Closes Kentucky Jail for Failure to Properly Maintain Facility by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna After numerous failed inspections and failures to perform necessary maintenance, the jail in Estill County, Kentucky was forced to close by order of state correctional officials on March 31, 2017. Approximately two dozen prisoners …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In March 2016, the Fourth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment failure to protect claim in a case that subsequently settled. The prisoner, James Herman Raynor, was held at …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Seventh Circuit Upholds Jury Award for Illinois Prisoner Beaten by Guards by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Charles Murphy, an Illinois state prisoner housed at the Vandalia Correctional Center, raised the ire of several guards on July 25, 2011 when he refused to eat at a dining hall table and …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Eighth Circuit Greenlights Jail Detainee’s Excessive Force Claim, but Loss at Trial Affirmed on Appeal by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court’s ruling that held a jail detainee’s excessive force and assault and battery claims could not go forward. …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
$60,000 Settlement in GEO Group Employee’s Sexual Harassment Case by The GEO Group -- one of the nation's largest private prison firms, which is frequently the subject of scandal arising from repeated human rights violations at its for-profit facilities – has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against the company …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
$200,000 Settlement for Restraint of Pregnant Prisoner after Ninth Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment by The Ninth Circuit vacated a summary judgment order in favor of Arizona jail officials in a case that involved a pregnant prisoner who was restrained while she was in labor and after she gave birth. Miriam …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Virginia Governor Grants Full Pardons to the “Norfolk Four” by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Four former U.S. Navy veterans wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of an 18-year-old woman have been granted full pardons by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe. Eric Wilson, Danial Williams, Derek Tice and Joseph Dick, …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: Mail Regulations, Visiting
Prisons, Jails Combat Smuggling by Shredding Mail, Requiring Fresh Underwear by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The regional jail system in West Virginia receives and screens about 300,000 pieces of mail per year. Some letters contain illegal substances being smuggled into facilities for prisoners, particularly subuxone; in response, the West …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Waging War on the Poor: Unpaid Fines Lead to Jail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Stung by a series of lawsuits filed across the nation challenging the practice of jailing people unable to pay court fees and fines, Texas legislators passed a law that requires judges to offer community …
Brief • October 10, 2017
Parsons v. Ryan, Contempt Order, 2017 Case 2:12-cv-00601-DKD Document 2373 Filed 10/10/17 Page 1 of 4 1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Victor Antonio Parsons, et al., Plaintiffs, 10 11 v. 12 Charles L. Ryan, …
Brief • October 10, 2017
Kirkpatrick v. Chappell, CA, Death Penalty, Habeas, 2017 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, JR., Petitioner-Appellant, v. No. 14-99001 D.C. No. 2:96-cv-00351WDK KEVIN CHAPPELL, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central …
Brief • October 10, 2017
US v. Slade, WA, Opinion, Crimes of Violence, 2017 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 16-30150 v. D.C. No. 2:15-cr-00353-MJP-1 RAQWON SLADE, Defendant-Appellant. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Marsha J. …
N.M. (juvenile) v. Commonwealth, MA, Appeal, Interlocutory Review, 2017 NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. If you find a typographical error or other formal error, please notify the Reporter of Decisions, …
Patient X v. State of Vermont, VT, Settlement, Solitary Confinement, 2017 GENERAL RELEASE JEREMY PHILIPS ("Releasor"), for and in consideration of the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND Dollars ($20,000.00), lawful money of the United States, paid by the STATE OF VERMONT, as "Rele·asee," the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby …
Brief • October 10, 2017
McClanahan v. Butler, IL, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2017 Case 3:16-cv-00340-SMY-RJD Document 79 Filed 10/10/17 Page 1 of 5 Page ID #249 IN THE UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS RECEIVED APR 1 7 2018 MENARO LEGAL CHASE LEE McCLANAHAN, B89851, Plaintiff, Case No. 3:16-cv-00340-SMY-RJD v. NATHANIEL …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
TV Production Company has Friends in Low Places by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Lucky 8 TV is a production company that produces “Behind Bars: Rookie Year” – a reality show about first-time prison guards – and thus requires access to a prison for filming. What better way to gain …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Parole Remains Elusive for Virginia Prisoners by David Reutter by David Reutter Virginia has more than 3,500 prisoners eligible for parole, representing over 9% of its prison population of 38,000 – a significant number considering that the state abolished parole over 20 years ago. Still, even for those long-serving prisoners …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in Massachusetts Not Easily Obtained by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Kevin O'Loughlin was wrongfully convicted of raping an 11-year-old girl in 1983. He spent almost four years in prison, where he endured multiple assaults – all for a crime he did not commit. Then a …
Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
HRDC Lawsuit: Kentucky DOC Guilty of Censorship, Violations of Due Process and Equal Protection by On July 20, 2017, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) filed a federal lawsuit against the Kentucky Department of Corrections for violating its free speech, due process and equal protection rights. HRDC, a Florida-based non-profit …
DOJ Audit Rips Privately-operated Federal Facility; Trump Administration Presses Forward by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In December 2016, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), a watchdog agency within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), issued an audit of the federal Bureau of Prisons’ contract with private prisoner company …
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