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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 …
Brockington v. Warden Lawson, IN, Complaint, Improper Treatment, 2018 USDC IN/ND case 3:18-cv-00446-JD-MGG document 1 filed 06/11/18 page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHE.RN DISTRICT OF INDIANA. PLAINTIFF~J [Type or print your name on the line above] ) ) ) V. \~N~·~u~r(_\e_~f~'-·~Lo.:~··,~~-=l:~~~~r~)--~ DEFENDANT ~ /Leave this blank, the …
Brief • June 5, 2018
Betz v. Bearden, MO, Complaint, Sexual Assault, 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI LYNNSEY BETZ, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. EDWARD BEARDEN, VEVIA STURM, JOHN OR JANE DOE #1, and JOHN OR …
Brief • June 5, 2018
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Casaus v. Centurion, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, Medical Malpractice, 2018 Centurion 002957 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT is executed this£>~ day of G\u.ne.. 2018, by Cynthia Varela Casaus. RECITALS A. Cynthia Varela Casaus filed a Complaint against Centurion Correctional Healthcare …
Calvin v. Pima County, AZ, Expert Report, Wrongful Death - Alcohol Withdrawal, 2018 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIMA DORETTA CALVIN, a single woman, individually, and on behalf of the statutory beneficiaries of LETICIA ANN COLTER, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. PIMA …
In-the-News Article • June 3, 2018
PLN comments on use of body scanners at PA jail June 3, 2018 Articles with PLN Quotes The Morning Call Body scanners halt inmate overdoses at Berks County facility By Pamela LehmanContact Reporter Of The Morning Call June 3, 2018   The man climbs several steps into a large X-ray chamber and …
In-the-News Article • June 3, 2018
PLN managing editor comments on post-release housing for ex-prisoners June 3, 2018 Articles with PLN Quotes Tennessean In Nashville's tight rental market, people with conviction histories struggle to find a home Jamie McGee, USA TODAY NETWORK - TennesseePublished 8:00 a.m. CT June 3, 2018    McArthur Sledge has put a …
Case • 2018
Redmond v. Crowther - __ f.3d __ (10th Cir., 2018) - 2018
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