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Jones v. City of St. Louis, MO, Memo in Opposition to Def. Motion to Dismiss, Excessive Force - Pepper Spray, 2021

Brief • July 28, 2021

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints

Jones v. City of St. Louis, MO, Memo in Opposition to Def. Motion to Dismiss, Excessive Force - Pepper Spray, 2021 Case: 4:21-cv-00600-JCH Doc. #: 29 Filed: 07/28/21 Page: 1 of 17 PageID #: 192 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION DERRICK JONES, JEROME …

News in Brief

Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: According to a report by the Alabama Political Reporter, a state prisoner was fatally stabbed by another man incarcerated with him at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on May 4, 2021—just one day before his scheduled release, which would also have been his twenty-fourth birthday. …

“We Want Court dates!”

Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021

Filed under: Protests, Delays in Prosecution of Case

“We Want Court dates!” by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders According to the protestors, conditions at the local lockup have become intolerable. On April 4, 2021, at approximately 8:30 p.m. detainees at the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) covered security cameras, smashed windows, threw furniture out onto the street …

News in Brief

Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Australia: A February 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court in the Australian province of Victoria presented “a rare win” for a prisoner contesting prison procedures, according to a report by The Conversation. The convict, 56-year-old Craig Minogue, argued that Barwon Prison’s random drug testing and strip-searching …

Corizon v. Office of Admin, MO, Judgment, Private Prison Contracts, 2021

Brief • 2021

Filed under: Corizon

Corizon v. Office of Admin, MO, Judgment, Private Prison Contracts, 2021

Does Visitation in Prison Reduce Recidivism

Publication • 2021

Filed under: Rehabilitation/Recidivism

Does Visitation in Prison Reduce Recidivism Does Visitation in Prison Reduce Recidivism? Yuki Otsu∗† Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo October 21, 2021 Abstract Visitation in prison is associated with a low recidivism rate after release, but the causality is not clear. This paper tries to estimate …

Missouri Office of Administration, Evaluation and Award for Prisoner Health Care Services to Centurion of Missouri, 2021

Publication • May 27, 2021

Filed under: Centurion, Medical, Private Contractors

Missouri Office of Administration, Evaluation and Award for Prisoner Health Care Services to Centurion of Missouri, 2021 Michael L. Parson Governor Sarah H. Steelman Commissioner State of Missouri OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Division of Purchasing 301 West High Street, Room 630 Post Office Box 809 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0809 (573) 751-2387 …

Letter Re Evaluation and Award -Response to Request for Proposal for Comp Health Care Services for DOC -05-21-21

Brief • May 21, 2021

Filed under: Wexford Health Services, Corizon, Centurion

Letter Re Evaluation and Award -Response to Request for Proposal for Comp Health Care Services for DOC -05-21-21 Michael L. Parson Governor Sarah H. Steelman Commissioner State of Missouri OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Division of Purchasing 301 West High Street, Room 630 Post Office Box 809 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0809 (573) …

News in Brief

Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …

Why Did a St. Louis Man Die in a Federal Prison Coronavirus Hotspot?

Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021

Filed under: COVID-19

Why Did a St. Louis Man Die in a Federal Prison Coronavirus Hotspot? by Mike Fitzgerald by Mike Fitzgerald, originally published by the Riverfront Times Derrick Howard was tough — prison tough. Howard grew up in the St. Louis suburb of Normandy. In his late teens, before his first stretch …

Federal Court Finds Missouri Parole System Unconstitutional

Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021

Filed under: Probation, Parole & Supervised Release

Federal Court Finds Missouri Parole System Unconstitutional by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. District Court for the Western  District of Missouri entered an order on November 12, 2020, finding that Missouri’s parole system was unconstitutional, handing down a laundry list of corrections needed. The problem was Missouri’s handling …

Estate of Reavis v. Saint Louis County, MO, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2021

Brief • February 16, 2021

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Estate of Reavis v. Saint Louis County, MO, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2021 ... SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS (hereinafter the Jfl Bt+O xxxxx 16th "Agreement'') is made and entered into as of the day of 20;i{ (the _j_f" ur\l.,,~ , …

Missouri Prisoner Pleaded for Release Before Dying of COVID-19

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: COVID-19, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Missouri Prisoner Pleaded for Release Before Dying of COVID-19 by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel Rosen Waylon Young Bird, a 52-year-old federal prisoner with serious kidney disease, wrote over a dozen letters to the judge who sentenced him asking for compassionate release. He died of COVID-19 in early November 2020, …

St. Louis, Missouri Guard Has History of Taser Abuse

Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Stun Guns/Tasers, Guard Unions

St. Louis, Missouri Guard Has History of Taser Abuse by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A captain with the St. Louis County Justice Center is under investigation for potentially inappropriate use of a Taser in several recent cases. In May 2020, he employed a Taser to subdue a …

News in Brief

Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021

News in Brief by Alabama: On August 21, 2020, Sylvester Hartley became the seventh prisoner to die of complications from COVID-19 at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to a report in the St. Clair News-Aegis. The 60-year-old, who was serving a life-without-parole sentence for three counts of first-degree kidnapping, …

CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations

Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Settlements, Telephones, Contractor Liability, Breach of Contract

CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 31, 2020, a motion was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri revealing that CoreCivic and Securus Technologies (Defendants) had …

Estate of Reavis v. Saint Louis County, MO,Receipt and Satisfaction of Partial Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2020

Brief • December 31, 2020

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Estate of Reavis v. Saint Louis County, MO,Receipt and Satisfaction of Partial Judgment, Wrongful Death, 2020 Case: 4:19-cv-02916-MTS Doc. #: 70 Filed: 12/31/20 Page: 1 of 2 PageID #: 393 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI TAMARA REAVIS, Plaintiff, v. SAINT LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, et al. …

Estate of Reavis v. Saint Louis County, MO, Partial Judgment Approving Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2020

Brief • December 23, 2020

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Estate of Reavis v. Saint Louis County, MO, Partial Judgment Approving Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2020 Case: 4:19-cv-02916-MTS Doc. #: 69 Filed: 12/23/20 Page: 1 of 5 PageID #: 388 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI TAMARA REAVIS, Plaintiff, v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, et al. Defendants. …

Malcich v. St. Louis County, MO, Complaint, Failure to Provide Medical Needs, 2020

Brief • December 11, 2020

Filed under: Failure to Treat

Malcich v. St. Louis County, MO, Complaint, Failure to Provide Medical Needs, 2020 Case: 4:20-cv-01030-AGF Doc. #: 20 Filed: 12/11/20 Page: 1 of 20 PageID #: 128 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY STATE OF MISSOURI ANGELA MALCICH, Plaintiff, v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, and TROY DOYLE, in his …

Missouri Executes Prisoner During COVID-19 Crisis

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19, Death Penalty/Death Row

Missouri Executes Prisoner During COVID-19 Crisis by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Whenever the subject of the death penalty comes up, people usually think of Texas, the capital of capital punishment in the United States. [PLN, November 2018, p. 15] However, even the death merchants in the nation’s most carceral, …