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Lawsuit Over Rikers Island Suicide Settles for $380,000 by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis In July 2017, the family of a man who killed himself while in custody at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City agreed to settle their wrongful death suit for $380,000. Aris Hiraldo, a …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Influenza Season Hits Nation’s Prisons and Jails by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober In 1918, countries worldwide were hit with one of the worst influenza outbreaks in modern time. Experts believe that the pandemic of the Spanish flu originated and spread through overcrowded WWI army camps, then was transported into …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Reviews
Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It, by Dr. Terry Allen Kupers (University of California Press, September 2017). 304 pages, $29.95 hardcover by Christopher Zoukis Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It, by Dr. Terry Allen Kupers (University …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Abuses at Orange County and San Bernardino Jails Cost Taxpayers Millions by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell “Chicken-winging,” it’s called – when guards twist a prisoner’s arms behind his back and wrench them upward, inflicting extreme pain. Without the upward yank, the technique is an acceptable means of physical control …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Parole
MacAuthur Justice Center Files Lawsuit Over Missouri Parole Revocations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2017, the MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) in St. Louis filed a federal civil rights suit against the Missouri Department of Corrections and its Division of Probation and Parole (Parole Board). At issue were …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death
Numerous Deaths, Sealed Settlements in North Carolina Jails by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After two North Carolina prisoners died in county jails, lawsuits filed by their families resulted in settlements. Under state law, the details of those agreements should have been public record; in fact, in the absence …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Pennsylvania DOC Bans Timberland Boots; Prisoner Files Suit Seeking Injunction by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On April 30, 2018, Pennsylvania prisoner Jamal Washington filed a lawsuit to prevent a ban on leather Timberland boots at all state prisons. His suit seeks an injunction because, he contends, the boots are …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
PLN Postcard-only Suit Against Knox County, Tennessee Settles for $87,000 by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On April 4, 2018, Prison Legal News settled a lawsuit over unconstitutional mail policies at a jail in Knoxville, Tennessee. The complaint centered around the censorship of 147 pieces of mail sent to prisoners …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC Files Censorship Suit Against Sheriff in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina by On April 24, 2018, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), PLN’s parent non-profit organization, filed suit in federal court against Mecklenburg County Sheriff Irwin Carmichael and other employees of the sheriff’s office, alleging unlawful censorship of HRDC’s publications …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Video Visitation
When Prisons and Jails Switch to Video Calling by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Although video calls – the term PLN uses to describe video visits, which are far removed from actual visitation – are available at many county jails and some prisons, usually for a fee, more and more …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Prison Labor
Prison Labor: Positive Programming or Modern-day Slavery? by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Prisoners in most jurisdictions in the United States are required to work, often for little or no pay. Yet this is neither illegal nor unconstitutional. Pretrial detainees who have not been convicted of a crime cannot be …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Guards Sentenced for Beating Prisoners at Kentucky Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three Kentucky River Regional Jail guards have been sentenced to federal prison terms for beating prisoners in two separate incidents – including one where a prisoner died. In 2013, guards Damon Wayne Hickman and William …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Water
Water at Massachusetts Prison Under Scrutiny from Prisoners, Advocates, Public Agencies by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas When Wayland Coleman, a prisoner at MCI-Norfolk in Massachusetts, stepped out of the shower last year he noticed something strange. It was as if the towel he used to dry himself was, in …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Accidents
Wrongful Death Suit Against Tennessee Town Settles for $6,000 by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin A $1 million lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died at the city jail in Kingsport, Tennessee following a 2015 DUI arrest settled on February 28, 2017 for just $6,000. Judy Honaker …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
As More Prisons Shutter, Governments Wonder What to Do With Them by Daniel C. Vock Distilleries? Homeless shelters? Museums? There are lots of creative ideas for repurposing old lockups. But finding one that’s good for the economy – and wins approval – isn’t easy. by Daniel C. Vock, Governing.com From the …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: PLN related
The Results are in: Prison Legal News Reader Survey! by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Prison Legal News has compiled the results of its last reader survey and this summary will report on the more compelling findings, which we will use to inform editorial decisions in forthcoming issues of the …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Deaths in jails are all too common in the United States, especially from medical neglect and untreated injuries. They are also usually ignored, as jails have even less oversight than state or federal prisons. Systemic patterns of jail deaths are nothing …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Crisis in Maryland as Mentally Incompetent Defendants Languish in County Jails by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis When criminal defendants are found mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge typically orders their transfer to a psychiatric hospital for treatment to restore competency. But many states struggle with a shortage of …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Former Draper Correctional Facility guard Johntarance Henriquis McCray was sentenced on July 27, 2017 to 54 months in federal prison for bringing crack cocaine, powder cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, Xanax and Suboxone into the facility. A search of his vehicle had also uncovered a duffle bag …
While in Custody: The Fight to Stop Jail Deaths in Washington State by Ciara O’Rourke When a prisoner dies in Washington state, the question of who is to blame often goes unaddressed. Meet the families, and their lawyers, who want answers. by Ciara O’Rourke, Seattle Met Stephanie Deal wanted her mom …
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