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Texas Settles Suit Over Rape and Beating of Transgender Prisoner by On March 15, 2018, Lambda Legal, an organization that advocates for LGBT rights, announced the settlement of a lawsuit brought by a male-to-female transgender Texas prisoner who was beaten and raped while serving 14 years in all-male facilities. After …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
With 27 Percent Unemployment, Jobs Crisis Hits Ex-prisoners the Hardest by Steve Horn by Steve Horn  A new study published by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) – the first of its kind – reports that unemployment in the U.S. has hit former prisoners the hardest. Titled “Out of Prison & …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Maine: Superior Court’s Dismissal for Lack of Jurisdiction Not Supported by the Record by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A sua sponte dismissal for lack of jurisdiction by a state Superior Court was improper, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court held on April 19, 2018, when the record was “otherwise devoid” …
Canadian Woman Wins Settlement for Death of Son Born in Jail by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Julie Bilotta obtained a settlement from the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre in the Canadian province of Ontario after staff took nine hours to call emergency personnel when she went into early labor. Her son, …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Filed under: Money/Property
New Orleans Parish Court System has Unconstitutional Funding Practices by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In December 2017, a Louisiana federal district court declared that the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (OPCDC) had violated the constitutional rights of defendants by jailing them for failure to pay fines and fees …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
NC Escape Attempt that Left Four Dead Leads to Reforms, Increased Punishment by Four employees at North Carolina’s Pasquotank Correctional Institution were killed during an ill-conceived escape attempt last year. The four prisoners involved in the incident, who were caught before they left the prison grounds, have been charged with …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Mother of Prisoner Who Died at Texarkana Jail Challenges $200,000 Settlement; Nurse Pleads Guilty by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On November 11, 2017, notice of a $200,000 settlement was filed in a federal lawsuit over the death of a diabetic Texarkana jail prisoner who died after a nurse ignored …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Privacy Interests Outweigh Public Interest in Disclosure of AUSA Termination Letter by David Reutter by David Reutter The District of Columbia Court of Appeals held that privacy interests in not disclosing a 20-year-old proposed termination letter for a previous Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) outweighed the pubic interest under exemption 5 …
New Rule Sparks Uprising at California Sex Offender Civil Commitment Facility by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 14, 2018, about 400 to 500 civilly committed sex offender “patients” met in the common area of California’s Coalinga State Hospital to protest a stringent new rule that went into effect …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Private Prison Operator Emerald Corrections Out of Business by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Louisiana-based Emerald Correctional Management, also known as Emerald Corrections, was once among the major movers and shakers in the private prison industry. Today it’s a figment of the past. Emerald was notorious for atrocious conditions in …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Two Chicago Prisoners, Released Due to Police Misconduct, Seized by ICE by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In December 2017, Gabriel Solache and Arturo Reyes saw their confessions in a 2000 murder trial that resulted in their convictions set aside by Cook County Circuit Court Judge James M. Obbish. But …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
$55,000 Settlement in Rape of Missouri Jail Prisoner by The City of Ferguson, Missouri has paid $55,000 to a pretrial detainee who had sex with a guard, who in exchange allowed her to escape. On October 9, 2013, while driving through Ferguson, a woman identified as “J.W.” was pulled over …
Texas Uses Failed Private Prison to Hold Civilly Committed Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2015, Texas converted its outpatient program for civilly committed sex offenders into a “tiered” treatment program, in which participants start out in a “total confinement facility” at twice the cost of the …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Ohio Settles Suit Over Sexual Assault of Prisoner for $525,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2017, Ohio state officials agreed to pay $525,000 to settle a lawsuit over the repeated sexual assault of a female prisoner. Chesterland, Ohio attorney David B. Malik represented Dorothea Reynolds, who was …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Nevada County Settles Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $500,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In September 2017, Washoe County, Nevada settled a lawsuit brought by the parents of a man who died after a struggle with deputies at the county jail. Reno police arrested Justin Thompson, 35, and …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Federal Judge Voids Contract Between Death Row Exoneree and Attorney by David Reutter by David Reutter A North Carolina federal district court has voided a contract between death row exoneree Henry McCollum and his lawyer. The court’s unusual move was based on evidence that due to his low IQ, McCollum …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Retaliation, Conspiracy Claims by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On November 15, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Louisiana federal prisoner’s claims that prison officials conspired to retaliate against him for filing a grievance regarding power outages …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Despite Lack of FCC Action, States Can Still Make Prison and Jail Calls Affordable by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Although prison phone service providers and law enforcement officials won their lawsuit to block the FCC’s $.11-per-minute cap on intrastate (in-state) prison phone calls [see: PLN, July 2017, p.52], states …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Georgia Medical Prison Rife with Dysfunction, Abuse and Dilapidated Conditions by David Reutter by David Reutter Poor sanitation, asbestos contamination, leaky roofs, inadequate health care, the loss of a top doctor frustrated with it all – those are just some of the problems that have plagued Georgia’s Augusta State Medical …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Controversy in Utah Over Jail Deaths and Secret Jail Operating Standards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In Utah’s local jails, a record number of deaths in 2016 caused both civil liberties groups and state legislators to question the standards under which the facilities operate. But there are no jail …
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