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Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Reports: COVID-19 More Prevalent Than Reported in Nation’s Prisons and Jails by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report May 6 based on data gathered from 54 state and territorial health departments, claiming about 5,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Warden Reassigned From COVID-19 Inundated Louisiana Federal Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 22, 2020, Rodney Myers was removed from his position as warden of a federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, after severe criticism of his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The former warden’s failure to isolate …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Florida’s Refusal to Release Prisoners During COVID-19 Resulting in Death Sentences by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread across the nation, so did the push to release prisoners from the “Petri dish” of close confinement that exists inside jails and prisons. While some …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Prison Postcards: A Plea from Kentucky and Dispatches from Texas and Massachusetts by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, prisoners, their families and advocates have braced for major outbreaks at America’s prisons and jails. It’s still not clear just how bad prisoners are going to …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Unlike U.S., Many Governments Releasing Large Numbers of Prisoners to Reduce Threat of COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Around the globe, governments are releasing prisoners in an attempt to mitigate the threat of COVID-19-related mass deaths in their jails and prisons. However, Third World countries are far ahead …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Status of the Pandemic Heading into Summer by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. Though the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage in the United States and around the world, numerous areas of the country have staged re-openings. They were premature and poorly conceived, so it’s no surprise …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unrest in Prisons Around the Globe by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The COVID-19 pandemic, or rather government officials’ inept reaction to the pandemic, has led to unrest in prisons around the world—especially in South America and the Middle East. This has resulted in the escape …
ACLU Files Lawsuit Against CoreCivic Prison in Arizona over COVID-19 Failures by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a federal lawsuit against a private prison run by CoreCivic in Florence, Arizona, claiming that staff has failed to protect its prisoners and the community …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Federal Judge’s Order Granting COVID-19 Relief to Elderly Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 14, 2020 the United States Supreme Court rejected a class-action lawsuit filed by two elderly Texas prisoners that would have forced the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Alabama Should Release Elder Prisoners at Risk for COVID-19 by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The efficacy of states continuing to retain elderly prisoners has been questioned by corrections experts for decades. The problems with continuing to needlessly incarcerate senior prisoners has become even more germane amidst the ongoing coronavirus …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis As a result of a ruling June 5, 2020, hundreds of immigrant detainees held by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in south Florida may have to be released. That …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Lawsuit Over Conditions at BOP’s New York City Prison Continues as COVID-19 Spreads by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A prison health expert report found that Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) is “not prepared to effectively contain any outbreak of COVID-19 and its practices put detainees and staff at …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Oklahoma Jail Sued for Mocking Prisoner as He Died by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Surveillance video released in January 2020 from the Ottawa County Jail in Miami, Oklahoma, provides graphic evidence of the neglect and abuse suffered by detainee Terral Ellis at the hands of jail staff in the …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Orleans Parish Sheriff, Wellpath, Sued Over Louisiana Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The mothers of three children of a prisoner who died of an overdose of fentanyl while incarcerated at the Orleans Justice Center, the Parish’s jail, have filed a lawsuit against employees of the …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Pennsylvania Judge Verdict: A Potential Death Sentence for Shoplifting Conviction by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Thirty-six-year-old Ashley Via Menser of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, is battling both cervical and ovarian cancer from prison after being convicted and sentenced in January 2020 for shoplifting $109.63 worth of groceries. As her case progressed …
NaphCare, Oregon Jail’s Private Healthcare Provider, Required to Disclose Records in Detox Death Suit by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An Oregon federal court in January 2020 compelled NaphCare, Inc., the private medical care provider for the Washington County Jail (WCJ) in Hillsboro, to disclose lawsuits and financial records in …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
$1 Million Payout to Family of Man Who Died After Seizures in Montana Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The family of Roger Lee Wells will receive $1 million in compensation for his death on March 10, 2018, after he suffered several consecutive seizures without ever receiving proper treatment …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19
Florida Guards and Prisoners Fear COVID-19 Infection by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Much has been made of essential employees as the economy shut down in an effort to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus has been on the bravery of health-care workers in hospitals and …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19
COVID-19 and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”That’s a famous quote from Luke Skywalker, a character in 1977’s Star Wars, as his Millennium Falcon spacecraft emerges from faster-than-light speed only to find Alderaan, its destination planet, has …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Delaware Changes Prison Health Care Provider Due to Lawsuits Against Prior Contract Holder by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins March 2020 brought sweeping changes to the way people lived and worked as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic spread across the country. Prisons, where social distancing was often difficult or …
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