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Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
California Pays $4.45 Million to Prisoners Allegedly Raped by Guards by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Since reporting a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation was opened in September 2024 into sexual abuse of prisoners at two California lockups, PLN has obtained documentation of $4 million in settlement payouts …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
California Changes Prisoner Property Policy After Suit Filed Alleging Gender Discrimination Against Men by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Over seven years after California prisoner David Scott Harrison sued the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the prison system removed some, though not all, of the gender-­based personal property …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Filed under: Lie Detector Tests
California Prisons Ban High-Tech Lie Detector by On August 16, 2024, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) announced a ban on use of the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA). The controversial technology analyzes voice tremors that supposedly betray when a prisoner is lying. But it has been found …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
California Throws Prisoners Under the Bus to Adopt New Heat Rules by In a desperate bid to get new heat-­related workplace safety rules adopted before summer arrived, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) agreed on April 18, 2024, to drop prisons and jails from the measure. Two temperature …
CDCR Slammed for Reclassifying Staff Misconduct Allegations as Routine Grievances by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A report issued by California’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on January 29, 2024, harshly criticized the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for taking prisoner grievances that contained allegations of …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
California Bar Accuses L.A. Lawyer of Deceiving Prisoners Seeking Resentencing by The California Bar filed disciplinary charges on August 26, 2024, against Los Angeles attorney Aaron Spolin, 39, accusing him of moral turpitude, charging unconscionable fees and 16 other violations of professional conduct rules and the state business code. After …
Former California Jail Guards Plead Guilty to Fatal Beating of Mentally Ill Detainee by Three former Santa Clara County Jail guards pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on August 13, 2024, for fatally beating a mentally ill detainee nearly nine years earlier. In their plea deal, Jereh Lubrin, 37, Matt Farris, …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
DOJ Opens Investigation Into Sex Abuse at Two California Women’s Prisons by On September 4, 2024, the federal Department of Justice announced an investigation into sexual abuse of women imprisoned by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) at Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla and the California …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: State prisoner Brigido Montoya made the briefest of escapes from the State Prison Complex in Eyman on August 10, 2024, before he was recaptured 48 minutes later by Florence Police, the Florence Reminder & Blade-Tribune reported. The state Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (DCRR) …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
$1.8 Million Jury Award for San Diego Jail Overdose Death by Matthew Clarke On April 25, 2024, a federal jury in Southern California awarded $1.8 million to the Estate of a detainee who died of a methamphetamine overdose while incarcerated at the San Diego Central Jail. The verdict was preceded …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Mobile Metro Jail guard Robert Aaron Small was fired and arrested for assault on June 27, 2024, one day after he allegedly used excessive force against an unnamed detainee. WKRG in Mobile said that the guard had worked at the lockup since 2019. Mobile County …
Mom of Murdered California Prisoner Defeats Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit by Guard Who Posted Pics of Corpse Online by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 28, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California largely denied a motion to dismiss a civil rights action filed …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
California Prisoner Wins Challenge to Overbroad CDCR Records Request Made Prior to Resentencing by Prisoners in custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) who were serving a sentence with an enhancement for a prior prison term became entitled to resentencing when Pen. Code§ 1172.75 took effect in 2022, …
California Supreme Court Refuses Challenge to LWOP Sentence Imposed for Crime Committed After Age 18 by Under California Penal Code § 3051, prisoners who were 18 to 25 years old when they committed certain crimes are eligible for parole after serving 15, 20 or 25 years, even if sentenced to life …
Brief • September 13, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death
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No Dismissal for San Diego Jail Medical Contractor from Suit Filed Over Detainee’s Withdrawal Death by On February 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California declined to dismiss all the claims brought by the family of a San Diego Jail detainee who died in custody …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
After Spike in Jail Deaths, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Under California Department of Justice Investigation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When detainee Reynaldo Ramos, 55, was found unresponsive in his Robert Pressley Detention Center cell in California’s Riverside County on April 16, 2024, efforts to resuscitate him failed, and …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 24, 2024, Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith told the Birmingham News that county jail guard Tony Dewayne Jackson, 29, had been arrested for smuggling “non-­drug” contraband into the lockup. Jackson was no longer working at the jail, but Smith didn’t say how or …
Inspectors Catch L.A. Jailers Watching Porn by When inspectors from Los Angeles County’s independent Sybil Brand Commission toured the Men’s Central Jail on May 10, 2024, they were alarmed to find a noose hanging in one detainee’s cell. But when one went to guards, they brushed off his report—because the …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Riot at California GEO Group Lockup Sends Message to U.S. Marshals by On February 21, 2024, a riot broke out between rival groups of detainees held for the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) at a GEO Group lockup in El Centro, California. Injuries were reported to detainees and staff of the …
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