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Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
BOP Lifts Maximum Age for New Guards to 40 by On October 1, 2023, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) implemented a temporary policy raising the maximum age for guard candidates to 40. The previous upper age limit was 37. The new policy is aimed at solving a staffing crisis …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Memphis Jail Accused of Routine Over-Detention in Suit Over Detainee’s Murder by A lawsuit filed on November 18, 2023, accused the Shelby County Jail in Memphis of routinely and deliberately denying release to eligible detainees. That’s how Marcus Donald’s family alleged the 38-year-old was still in the jail despite a …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Vermont Court Orders Centurion to Cough Up Records in HRDC Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   On November 7, 2023, a Vermont court ruled in favor of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), publisher of PLN and Criminal Legal News, in its request for records from Centurion of …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Suicides
Florida County Pays $300,000 to Settle Jail Suicide Suit by Matthew Clarke On October 17, 2023, the estate of a detainee who committed suicide in Florida’s Escambia County Jail accepted $300,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit. Lukas MacKenzie Snelson, 24, was arrested on December 30, 2021, for second …
$700,000 Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Due Process in Disciplinary Hearing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 27, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied state prison officials’ motion for new trial. That left standing a jury verdict finding that …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Malpractice, State Actions
New York Court of Appeals Lets DOCCS Skate from Liability for Doctor’s Malpractice on State Prisoner by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   On December 14, 2023, the New York Court of Appeals refused to hold officials with the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) liable for malpractice …
$7 Million Settlement for Mentally Ill Detainee’s Death in California’s Santa Rita Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   In a settlement agreement effective October 23, 2023, California’sAlameda County agreed to pay $7 million to the estate and progeny of a detainee who died while incarcerated at the county’s …
U.N. Panel Finds Rampant Racism in U.S. Criminal Justice System by In what will surprise few prisoners, a report by an appointed panel of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) released on September 26, 2023, found “shocking” human rights violations and “staggering” racial disparities in U.S. criminal justice …
Private Prison Transport Guards Sentenced to Prison for Raping Detainees by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   Two former guards with Inmate Services Corporation (ISC), a private contractor that provided prisoner transports across the U.S., have been sentenced to federal prison for raping detainees in their charge. Marquet Johnson, 45, …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Report Finds Current Path of Florida Prison System “Unsustainable” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) leaders have come before the state legislature repeatedly to warn that it is a system operating in crisis. In a presentation on November 15, 2023, by global consulting …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
$5 Million Settlement in Death of Georgia Prisoner Left by Guards in Cell on Fire by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 16, 2023, the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $5 million to the estate of Thomas Henry Giles, 31, a mentally ill prisoner …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
CDCR Loses Suit Over Release of Employee Misconduct Records by On April 2, 2024, the California Superior Court for Sacramento County ordered the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to release results of internal investigations that had been sought by KQED in San Francisco on behalf of the California …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Atheist Chaplain Attends Atheist Oklahoma Prisoner During Execution by In the final hours before Oklahoma killed Phillip Hancock on November 30, 2023, he was attended by a chaplain, like almost all condemned prisoners. Unlike most though, Hancock was an atheist. So was his chaplain, Devin Moss. As the last minutes …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Over $71,000 Awarded to Michigan Prisoner for Sexual Abuse by Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   On September 28, 2023, the federal court for the Western District of Michigan awarded a state prisoner $16,975.00 in attorney fees and $4,459.91 in costs in a civil rights lawsuit over his …
Colorado Law Creates “Rebuttable Presumption” Against Incarcerating Pregnant Women by On August 7, 2023, a new law took effect in Colorado directing judges to provide bonds and alternatives to incarceration for defendants who are pregnant or who recently gave birth. HB23-1187 was signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis (D) …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
$20.5 Million Settlement for Two Kentucky Prisoners Exonerated and Freed After 22 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On September 7, 2023, the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government in Kentucky agreed to pay $20.5 million to settle a civil rights action alleging constitutional violations in the wrongful murder …
Settlement Obligates Washington DOC to Provide Gender-Affirming Care to Trans Prisoners by On October 10, 2023, a settlement was reached in a suit filed by Disability Rights Washington (DRW), a federally funded agency that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities, accusing the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) of …
Lawsuit Over Mailroom Abuses by Washington DOC Leads to Policy Changes by A settlement reached on November 1, 2023, between the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and current or former state prisoners resulted in changes to prison mail policies. While incarcerated at Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC), Adam Bauer, David Cochran, …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
$500,000 Jury Award Cut to $250,000 for Pennsylvania Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards by Douglas Ankney Lack of expert testimony halved a $500,000 award made by a federal jury to Pennsylvania prisoner Michael Sherman Allen on November 1, 2023, for injuries sustained in a brutal 2019 beating at the hands …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Louisiana Fights Federal Court Order to Remedy “Callous and Wanton Disregard” for Angola Prisoners’ Healthcare by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   On November 6, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana issued a Remedial Order (RO) to correct unconstitutional healthcare at Louisiana State Prison …
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