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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 …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Dozens of Lawsuits Against Correct Care Solutions for Sometimes Fatal Denial of Medical Treatment by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke From 2014 through July 2018, at least 52 lawsuits were filed in federal court against Correct Care Solutions (CCS) – a private medical contractor based in Nashville, Tennessee – alleging …
Los Angeles County Settles Lawsuit over Jail Prisoner’s Suicide for $1.7 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 16, 2017, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $1.7 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who committed suicide at the Twin …
Brief • September 4, 2018
Ramsey v. Allegheny County, Settlement, PA, Sexual Harassment, 2018
Reyes v. Clarke, VA, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2018 Case 3:18-cv-00611-REP Document 1 Filed 09/04/18 Page 1 of 60 PageID# 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION NICOLAS REYES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) HAROLD CLARKE, Director of the Virginia …
Palmer v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2018 Case: 1:18-cv-06054 Document #: 1 Filed: 09/04/18 Page 1 of 15 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JAYWANA PALMER, as Administrator ) of the Estate of ROMELLO PALMER, ) deceased, …
Brief • September 4, 2018
Filed under: Excessive Force
Brown v. Morsi, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Catherine BroV(n, individually and as next friend of the minors, O.B. and T.B., ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) CaseNo.: 15cv4 127 ) v. ) Police Officers Michclle·Morsi, .lose …
Brief • September 4, 2018
Cotton v. City of Chicago, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2018 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT O.F COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, LAW DMSION KENYATTA lITLL COTTON, as administrator of the Estate ofMr. llickey Rozelle, deceased, ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. THE CITY OF qilCAGO, a municipal corporation, and JOHN POULOS, a …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Lake County, Indiana Establishes $8.2 Million Bond to Settle Jail Lawsuits by by Ed Lyon On March 25, 2015, Gregory Smith, 39, was arrested in Hobart, Indiana for driving five miles an hour over the speed limit. He was transferred to the Crown Point police, then booked into the Lake …
Former Mexican Mafia General Turned Informant Receives $25,000 from GEO Group, 20 Years in Prison from Feds by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke After former Mexican Mafia general Raymond S. “Indio” Tellez agreed to testify against the gang, two gang members stabbed him multiple times in a secure area of …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Minnesota Prisoner Wins Reprieve from Jail Debt in Federal Court by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Erik Daniel Christianson spent time in the Martin County jail in Minnesota on four occasions between 2013 and 2014. Under state “pay for stay” laws, prisoners are required to pay $25 for each day …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Virginia Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment, Settles Religious Diet Case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Aaron Carter is a Virginia state prisoner; he is also a member of the Nation of Islam. Due to his religion’s dietary restrictions, he was enrolled in the prison system’s Common Fare program (CFP), which …
Top Federal Death Penalty Lawyer Demoted, Reassigned by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Kevin Carwile, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney in charge of the agency’s death penalty prosecution unit, has been demoted over allegations that he fostered a “sexualized environment” in his workplace. The New York Times reported …
Protesters Blockade CoreCivic Headquarters in Nashville; 19 Arrests by As dawn broke on August 6, 2018, the light shone on a group of about two dozen protesters who had blockaded the main entrance to the Nashville, Tennessee headquarters of CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America), the nation’s largest for-profit prison …
Washington Prisoner Has First Amendment Right to Threaten to File Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In June 2012, following a dispute with officials at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP), prisoner John Thomas Entler filed written complaints in which he said he would file lawsuits and seek criminal charges …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Colorado County Settles Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $3.5 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2017, Summit County, Colorado reached a $3.5 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by the family of a prisoner who died at the county’s jail. Zachary Moffitt, 33, was being treated …
HRDC Files Suit Against FDOC Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Starvation Death by On August 1, 2018, PLN’s parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the mother of a Florida state prisoner who died of starvation and inadequate medical …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Ohio City, Medical Center Settle Lawsuit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $210,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke In January 2018, the City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a prisoner two days after she arrived at the city’s jail. …
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