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Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Nebraska County, Jail Medical Provider Settle Suit Over Medication Denial for $10,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2018, Saunders County, Nebraska and Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (ACH) agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former jail prisoner who was denied medication for a …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Iowa Prison Guard Wins $2 Million on Retaliation, Disability Accommodation Claims by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Kristine Sink began working as a guard at the old Iowa State Penitentiary in 2003. She was initially assigned to a Clinical Care Unit that housed mentally ill prisoners, sex offenders and prisoners …
New York: $100,000 to Settle Suit over Rape of Trans Prisoner Held in Men’s Prison by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a male-to-female transgender prisoner who was raped while housed …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Lawsuit Over Prisoner Assault at Tennessee Jail Results in Settlement, Dismissal by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A civil rights complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on behalf of a pretrial detainee who was severely beaten by his cellmate at the Rutherford County …
Ninth Circuit Modifies Deliberate Indifference Analysis for Pretrial Detainees’ Inadequate Medical Care Claims by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 30, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held it was error to apply a subjective standard to a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim alleging inadequate medical care that …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Landmark Stanford Prison Experiment Criticized as a Sham by Steve Horn by Steve Horn It’s a study widely taught in high school and college psychology textbooks as a prime example of how, as Lord Acton put it, “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It’s also a study whose …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Former Prison Guard After 10 Years on the Run by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin William F. Lawrence, a former Utah Department of Corrections guard, apparently thought that hiding out in a tropical paradise would spare him from a prison term after he pleaded guilty to …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Kentucky Reluctantly Returns to Prison Privatization by Overcrowding in Kentucky’s corrections system has spurred renewed interest in private prisons. Despite abandoning privately-operated prisons five years ago due to a number of problems, including sexual abuse of female prisoners by private prison guards, Kentucky officials have returned to privatization to relieve …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
New Jersey County Pays $95,000 to Female Lawyer “Wanded” Between Legs at Jail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Bonita Bourke is a 56-year-old attorney and former president of the Warren County, New Jersey Bar Association. She regularly visits clients at the Sussex County jail, and as with all visitors …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Federal Jury Awards $6 Million to Epileptic Colorado Prisoner, but New Trial Ordered by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On March 7, 2018, a Colorado federal jury awarded $6 million to a prisoner in a lawsuit over his mistreatment by a guard while he was experiencing an epileptic seizure. Jayson …
$10 Million Class-action Lawsuit Against Virginia Jail Results in $725,000 Settlement by R. Bailey by R. Bailey A class-action complaint against the Central Virginia Regional Jail (CVRJ) has ended with a $725,000 settlement. The lawsuit alleged that jail staff violated detainees’ Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and subjected them to …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
HRDC Files Censorship Suit Against New Mexico Jail; Court Orders Dismissal Based on Mootness by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, filed a federal lawsuit on April 16, 2018 against the San Miguel County Detention Center in Las Vegas, New …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Florida Lawyer Arrested for Jail Porn Escapades by In December 2017, a Florida attorney was caught in a private visitation room at the Pinellas County jail with his pants down as he prepared to engage in a sexual act with a female pretrial detainee. According to jail officials, lawyer Andrew …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Two Former Oklahoma Death Row Prisoners Obtain $3.15 Million Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Last year, Yancy L. Douglas, 43, and Paris Lapriest Powell, 44, former death row prisoners in Oklahoma, accepted a total $3.15 million settlement in their federal civil rights lawsuits brought against their prosecutor and …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault
Jury Awards North Carolina Prisoner $15,000 for Staff Sexual Assault by A federal jury awarded $15,000 to a North Carolina prisoner who claimed a prison employee sexually abused him and “seduced” him to sell drugs and other contraband. Prisoner Timothy R. King’s civil rights complaint alleged that between September 2010 …
Brief • October 12, 2018
Salim v. JPay, TX, Complaint, Video Visitation Cutoffs, 2018 Case 4:18-cv-00730-ALM-KPJ Document 1 Filed 10/12/18 Page 1 of 16 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS OUMER SALIM, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated § § § Plaintiff, § § …
Brief • October 12, 2018
Saba v. State of AZ, AZ, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2018 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Settlement Agreement") is made and entered into by and among: "Plaintiffs": MARION SABA, RICHARD SABA, MATTHEW SABA, ANTHONY SABA, N.S. (a minor) through HEATHER STEVENS his mother and anticipated conservator, …
Publication • October 12, 2018
HRDC 2018 annual fundraiser packet DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS OCTOBER 17, 2018 Dear HRDC Supporter, Every year we conduct an annual fundraiser in the fall because our income from magazine subscriptions and book sales does not cover the expenses for all the advocacy work we do on behalf of …
Filing • October 11, 2018
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Amicus Curiae Brief in the US Supreme Court for 18 Media Organizations No. 18-355 ================================================================ In The Supreme Court of the United States -----------------------------------------------------------------PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. -----------------------------------------------------------------On Petition For Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Eleventh …
Arabella Advisors: Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex - An Overview for Philanthropists, 2018 Understanding and Confronting the Prison-Industrial Complex An Overview for Philanthropists OCTOBER 2018 UNDERSTANDING AND CONFRONTING THE PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX A BO UT T H E REPORT As part of its commitment to learning, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation …
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