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Brief • May 4, 2022
Boley v. Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc, VA, Order Approving Settlement, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2022 Case 2:21-cv-00197-RCY-LRL Document 74 Filed 05/04/22 Page 1 of 6 PageID# 1287 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA N orfolk Division JAMES A. BOLEY, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard in Birmingham was arrested on March 9, 2022, for allegedly beating a prisoner to death, according to the Alabama Political Reporter. As PLN previously reported, prison officials at first insisted no foul play was suspected in the death of Victor …
Brief • April 13, 2022
Ford v. Corizon Health, Inc, VA, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2022 Case 1:22-cv-00411-RDA-JFA Document 1-1 Filed 04/13/22 Page 1 of 29 PageID# 6 .. VIRGINIA: IN THE CIR.COIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF ARLINGTON MONIQUE SHBN.BLL FORD, AD:MINISTRATOR OF THE BSTATB OF DARRYL TERRELL BECTON, DECEASED, Plaintif( ease: v. CL'Zt-<cfo JURY …
Virginia DOC Terminates Contract with Armor Correctional Healthcare by Ashleigh Dye Plans to de-privatize prisoner healthcare by Ashleigh Dye On December 11, 2021, the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that the state Supreme Court had denied an Emergency Motion to Stay and Petition for Review filed by Armor Correctional …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Wellpath Founder and CEO Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charges by David Reutter A lesson in why privatized prison health care is the wrong answer by David M. Reutter On Friday, January 18, 2022, three days before sentencing in a pay-to-play bribery and corruption scandal involving health care at the …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
After Sixth Death in Six Years, Virginia Jail Cuts Ties with Corizon Health by Jayson Hawkins, Keith Sanders Corizon Employee Charged with Falsifying Records by Jayson Hawkins and Keith Sanders On February 1, 2022, a 41-year-old Black man being held on a trespassing charge was found unresponsive in his cell …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to Birmingham Real-Time News, a kidnapper was recaptured after being erroneously released from jail in Jefferson County, Alabama, on December 17, 2021. The prisoner, Matthew Burke, 35, was apprehended during a traffic stop after being released from the Jefferson County Jail on Dec. 11 …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Seven Prisoners Died in 2021, One by Homicide, at Virginia’s Only Private Prison by The Lawrenceville Correctional Center (LCC), Virginia&rsquo;s only remaining for-profit prison, now also has the dubious distinction of reporting seven prisoner deaths in 2021. One of those deaths has been confirmed as a homicide. One is suspected …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On November 17, 2021, a former Alabama state prison guard was sentenced in federal court in Birmingham to 87 months in prison. As reported by the Birmingham News, a search found the guard, Gary Charles Dixon, Jr., 36, with 497 grams of methamphetamine when he …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A 20-year-old guard at the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, was arrested on October 29, 2021, on charges that he attempted to smuggle methamphetamine into the jail. According to a report by Huntsville TV station WHNT, the guard, Matthew Moran, faces one count …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
What’s in a Name? by Jeffrey Ross Exconvict, formerly incarcerated, or returning citizen? by Jeffrey Ian Ross In the field of corrections, there are lots of labels, names, and terms that the public frequently applies to people who are housed in, live in, and are processed by jails and prison …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 19, 2021, twoconvicted robbers were convicted of murder in the death of a fellow prisoner they and two others attacked in 2017 at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama. According to a report by Montgomery TV station WSFA, Dominique Covin and Roderick DeLaune …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Fourth Circuit Rules Prisoner Sex Offender has No Right to In-Person Visitation with His Minor Children by Douglas Ankney by Doug Ankney James Desper is a convicted sex offender incarcerated at the Augusta Correctional Center in Craigsville, Virginia. For six years, Desper received visits from his minor child without incident. …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: Cell Searches
Virginia Department of Corrections Confirms Visitation Not Primary Means of Contraband Introduction by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Virginia Mercury reported this year that the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that a vast majority of contraband being introduced into the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has not been coming from …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former guard at the Mobile Metro Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on May 19, 2021, after being indicted for his role in an alleged scheme to smuggle cellphones into the Alabama lockup in exchange for bribes. According to a report by local TV …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Privacy Act
Fourth Circuit: No Privacy Expectation Exists for Prisoner in Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner does not have a &ldquo;reasonable expectation of privacy&rdquo; in his HIV status while in a prison medical unit. The …
Filing • August 2, 2021
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Brief • August 2, 2021
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Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
CFPB and Three States Sue Over Predatory Immigrant Bail and GPS Scam by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal lawsuit alleges that Nexus Services, Inc., &ldquo;preys on consumers held in federal detention centers by offering to pay for consumers&rsquo; immigration bonds to secure their release.&rdquo; In exchange, the …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Smart Communications Contract Reveals Plans for Expanding Privatized Prison Mail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has been negotiating with a newly organized company called Smart Communications (SC), per a March 24, 2021 article in Vice. Built by CEO Jon Logan, the company&rsquo;s purpose …
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