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Publication • October 16, 2018
Letter in support of Fare Evasion Decriminalization Amendment Act in DC - Oct 2018
Filing • October 15, 2018
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court for Former Corrections Officials No. 18-355 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ______________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Petitioner, v. JULIE L. JONES, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. __________________________ On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court …
Brief • October 15, 2018
Musse v. Hayes, WA, Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-01736-JCC Document 1-2 Filed 12/03/18 Page 1 of 41 EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT A 53430032 Case 2:18-cv-01736-JCC Document 1-2 Filed 12/03/18 Page 2 of 41 FILED 18 OCT 15 PM 4:07 I KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CLER E-FILED CASE NUMBER: 18-2-25910-0 …
Brief • October 15, 2018
Pepin v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Unlawful Search & Seizure, 2018 Please issue three checks: 1. 2. $18,000.00 payable to Hamilton Law Office. $144,608.50 payable to Advocate IL Masonic Medical Center 3. $562,391.50 payable to Erick Fields and Collins Bargione & Vuckovich IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR …
Franklin v. Bebout, IL, Complaint, Failure to Protect and Retaliation, 2018 Case 3:18-cv-01963-SMY Document 4 Filed 10/16/18 Page 1 of 1 Page ID #9 AO 398 (Rev. 01/09) Notice ofa Lawsuit and Request to Waive Service ofa Summons UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of Illinois MARTELL FRANKLIN …
Article • October 14, 2018
Vermont Cancels Contract with Pennsylvania to House State Prisoners by Matthew Clarke In February 2018, the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDC) gave six months’ notice to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) that it was canceling a contract under which around 260 Vermont prisoners were incarcerated in the DOC. The …
In-the-News Article • October 14, 2018
HRDC attorney quoted in article about VA jail prisoner's death Oct. 14, 2018 Articles with PLN Quotes Virginia Pilot "I need some help please": A woman died in a Virginia prison after begging for medical care By Katherine Hafner and Gary Harki  The Virginian-Pilot Oct 13, 2018 Updated 2 hrs ago GOOCHLAND, …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Washington State: Jail Phone Rates Increase as Video Replaces In-Person Visits by Steve Horn, Iris Wagner by Steve Horn and Iris Wagner A comprehensive set of public records obtained by Prison Legal News from the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and most of the state’s county jails indicates that the …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime
Florida: Federal Prison Guard Sentenced for Accepting Bribe by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Former FCC Coleman guard Albert Larry Harris, Jr., 27, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on February 15, 2018 after Senior U.S. District Court Judge James D. Whittemore accepted his guilty plea for taking a …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Class-action Settlement in Mississippi “Debtors’ Prison” Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In April 2018, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced a settlement in a federal class-action suit filed against the city of Corinth, Mississippi that accused the municipality and its chief Municipal Court judge, John C. Ross, …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Colorado Accused of Failing to Comply with Settlement in Mental Health Care Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On June 13, 2018, attorneys representing mentally ill defendants held in Colorado jails moved to reopen a 2012 class-action settlement in which the state agreed to cease “warehousing” mentally ill prisoners …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
California Attorney Specializes in Representing Prisoners Victimized by Fraud by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Peter Borenstein graduated from law school in 2014 with a burning passion for criminal justice reform ignited by his 20-year pen-pal relationship with a federal prisoner who had been a client of his father’s. He …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Angola Prison Lawsuit Poses Question: What Kind of Medical Care do Prisoners Deserve? by Amanda Aronczyk, Katie Rose Quandt by Amanda Aronczyk & Katie Rose Quandt, WNYC Radio In 2005, Francis Brauner was a quarter of the way through a 20-year prison sentence at the Dixon Correctional Institute in Louisiana, when …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Pro se Texas Prisoner Wins $250,550 Default Judgment in Use of Force Case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon William Gerald Fitzgerald was a pre-trial detainee at a jail in Harris County, Texas when, on May 18, 2013, he was attacked from behind by jailer Myron Nelson. Nelson struck Fitzgerald …
Humanism to be Recognized as Approved Faith in North Carolina Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On March 28, 2018, a federal district court entered a summary judgment order that held Humanism was in fact a faith group that must be recognized by the North Carolina Department of Public …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Discrimination, HIV/AIDS
Louisiana Jail Settles with DOJ Over HIV Discrimination by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Union Parish Detention Center (UPDC) in Farmerville, Louisiana reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in March 2018 to stop discriminating against HIV-positive prisoners, plus the parish agreed to pay $27,500 to …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Court Access
Rhode Island: Life-sentenced Prisoner is “Civilly Dead,” Cannot Pursue Tort Claim by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Rhode Island Supreme Court, citing an antiquated law that declares life-sentenced state prisoners legally “dead in all respects,” affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s negligence claim for damages suffered when …
Florida ICE Detention Center Restricts Detainees’ Observance of Ramadan by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In the midst of Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for those of the Islamic faith, the Glades County Detention Center in Florida implemented a policy that banned some Muslim prisoners from participating in …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Australian Woman Gives Birth in Cell After Guards Can’t Unlock the Door by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In January 2018, an unnamed prisoner at Western Australia’s Bandyup Women’s Prison was forced to give birth alone and crying for help while guards struggled to unlock the door to her cell. …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Staffing
Low Pay, High Staff Turnover Drive Texas Prison Guard Shortage by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke Of the 26,000 guards who work in Texas’ 104 state prisons, 28 percent left their jobs in 2017 – an increase from the prior year’s 22.8 percent turnover rate and “the highest in recent …
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