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Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Who is in Private Prisons? New Study Provides Surprising Answers by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The election of pro-business and law-and-order candidate Donald Trump to the presidency has been a boon to companies that operate for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers. So perhaps now is a good time to …
Settlement in Federal Suit Over Treatment of Disabled Detainees in Northern California Jail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A class-action lawsuit brought by disabled prisoners held at the Shasta County Jail in California has settled, subject to judicial approval. The case was originally filed by Everett Joseph Jewett, a …
Protest Results in Three Arrests at CoreCivic’s Annual Shareholders Meeting by On May 10, 2018, drumbeats echoed and faux “blood” flowed through the parking lot at the Nashville, Tennessee headquarters of CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America), as activists staged dramatic street theater to represent the sorrow, suffering and deaths …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Lawsuits Filed Against GEO Group for Wage Violations at Detention Facilities by Christopher Zoukis, Matthew Clarke by Christopher Zoukis and Matt Clarke Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit in superior court against The GEO Group in September 2017, alleging the private prison contractor had violated the state’s …
Article • June 7, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Tennessee: Jail Guard Charged with Taser Assault by A Tennessee grand jury returned an indictment on September 5, 2017 that charged a former deputy with the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) with using a stun gun to assault a pre-trial detainee at the county jail. Jordan E. Norris, 19, was …
Incorrect Cause of Tennessee Prisoner’s Death Reported by CoreCivic Employees by According to the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), state prisoner Edward Ray Gilley, Jr., 54, died on November 5, 2016 at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, a facility owned and operated by CoreCivic – previously known as Corrections Corporation …
Brief • June 7, 2018
Mora-Villalpando v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection et al., WA, Amended Complaint, Failure to Comply with FOIA Request, 2018 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 Maria Mora-Villalpando, No. 2:18-cv-655 9 Plaintiff, …
Brief • June 7, 2018
Porter v. Daggett County, UT, Complaint, Guard Torture, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00389-JNP-EJF Document 3 Filed 06/07/18 Page 1 of 26 John Mejia (Bar No. 13965) Leah Farrell (Bar No. 13696) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF UTAH FOUNDATION, INC. 355 N. 300 W. Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 Telephone: 801.521.9862 Facsimile: 801.532.2850 …
Brief • June 7, 2018
Restore Justice Foundation v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2018 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 6/7/2018 2:03 PM 2018-CH-07241 CALENDAR: 11 PAGE I of 11 CIRCUIT COURT OF IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY ILLIN~ COUNTY, ILLINOIS ' . 'CT1ANCERYDIVISION COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVIISIO~LERK DOROTHY BROWN RESTORE JUSTICE FOUNDATION, ) ) …
Brief • June 7, 2018
Porter v. Daggett, UT, Complaint, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00389-DBB-DAO Document 3 Filed 06/07/18 PageID.28 Page 1 of 26 John Mejia (Bar No. 13965) Leah Farrell (Bar No. 13696) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF UTAH FOUNDATION, INC. 355 N. 300 W. Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 Telephone: 801.521.9862 …
In-the-News Article • June 6, 2018
Private Prisons Place Profits, Corporate Image Before Rehabilitation June 6, 2018 Letters to Editor or Editorials Prison Legal News     The below editorial is in response to this opinion piece by CoreCivic executive Joe Pryor, published by The Chattanoogan: http://www.chattanoogan.com/2018/6/5/369934/Working-Together-To-Reduce-Recidivism.aspx   Private Prisons Place Profits, Corporate Image Before Rehabilitation …
Brief • June 6, 2018
Gordon v. Pfister, IL, Merit Review, Conditions of Confinement, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-07488 Document #: 14 Filed: 06/06/18 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:215 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Donald Albert Gordon (K-64491), Plaintiff, v. John Baldwin, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Mentally Incompetent Detainees Stuck in California Jails Spark Class-action Lawsuit, Fines by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis California county jails are facing lawsuits and court-imposed fines over their handling of detainees who have been determined incompetent to stand trial due to mental illness. In Ventura County, the families of mentally …
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 …
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