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Brief • July 31, 2025
Filed under: Unlawful Detention
Tucker v. King County, WA, Notice of Motion and Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement, Unlawful Detention, 2025 Case 2:24-cv-00002-RAJ Document 39 1 Filed 07/31/25 Page 1 of 25 The Honorable Richard A. Jones United States District Court 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN …
Brief • July 31, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Grayson County, TX, Settlement, Censorship, 2025 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER § § vs. § § GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS; TOM WATT § in his individual capacity; and WILLIAM A § BENNIE, in his official capacity …
Brief • July 25, 2025
Estate of Jace Coons v. Cogburn, TX, Opinion-5th Circuit of Appeals, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2025 Case: 24-10777 Document: 92-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/25/2025 Wniteb ~tate~ <!Court of ~ppeal~ for tbe jfiftb <!Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED July 25, 2025 No. 24-10777 CYNTHIA COONES, Individually, andasSurvivingParentand …
Filing • July 24, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Johnson, HI, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 1:25-cv-00311 Document 1 Filed 07/24/25 Page 1 of 16 PageID.1 1 Ernest Galvan – Cal. Bar No. 196065* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Benjamin Bien-Kahn – Cal. Bar No. 267933* Brenda Muñoz – Cal. Bar No. 328813* …
Brief • July 24, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Johnson, HI, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 1:25-cv-00311 Document 1 Filed 07/24/25 Page 1 of 16 PageID.1 1 Ernest Galvan – Cal. Bar No. 196065* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Benjamin Bien-Kahn – Cal. Bar No. 267933* Brenda Muñoz – Cal. Bar No. 328813* …
Brief • July 23, 2025
Johnson v. Dunn, AL, Sanctions Order, Fabricating Citations, 2025 Case 2:21-cv-01701-AMM Document 204 Filed 07/23/25 FILED Page 1 of 51 2025 Jul-23 PM 03:03 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION FRANKIE JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, et al., Defendants. …
Estate of Tony Garcia v. Franke, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Denial of Medical Care, 2025 Case 2:25-cv-06698-SRM-MAR Document 1 #:1 Filed 07/22/25 Page 1 of 28 Page ID SUA LAW GROUP APC 1 Brandon Sua, Esq. (State Bar No. 291476) 2 1445 East Los Angeles Avenue, Suite 303 Simi Valley, CA …
Ongoing Detainee Deaths Push Rikers Island into Federal Court Receivership by Anthony Accurso When 27-year-old Dashawn Jenkins died in New York City&rsquo;s Rikers Island jail complex on April 1, 2025, it was the fifth detainee death of the year and at least the 38th since Mayor Eric Adams (D) took …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
DHS Removed Sanctuary Cities List After Complaint from Sheriff’s Association by On June 1, 2025, the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) removed a list of sanctuary cities it had highlighted on its website, after the National Sheriffs&rsquo; Association complained that its publication could jeopardize local law enforcement agencies&rsquo; relationship …
$550,000 Settlement After Juvenile’s Suicide at Charlotte Jail by David Reutter On January 2, 2025, a settlement was signed by the Plaintiff in a lawsuit over the suicide of a juvenile pretrial detainee held at the lockup in North Carolina&rsquo;s Mecklenburg County. Under the terms of the agreement, the County …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Solving the Carceral Understaffing Crisis: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why by Most prison systems and jails are understaffed, with serious consequences for both the keepers and the kept. In facilities with too few guards, staff members typically have to work longer hours or multiple shifts in higher-stress, more dangerous …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Ohio Sued by Non-Profit Law Firm for Opening Prisoner Legal Mail by On May 6, 2025, the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, a non-profit law firm, filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (DRC) over the practice of intercepting mail between prisoners and their attorneys. The …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Alabama’s Oldest Prisoner Dies in Hospital by Floyd Lee Coleman, 106, passed away on May 19, 2025, at a hospital near the William Donaldson Correctional Facility, where he was a prisoner in Bessemer, Alabama. Coleman, who had spent more than forty-five years locked up, was the state&rsquo;s oldest prisoner&mdash;and likely …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Former Death Row Prisoner Whose Case Changed the Law Dies in Texas by A prisoner at the center of the 2007 decision by the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) to raise the bar for executing people who are mentally ill died in June 2025. Scott Panetti, 67, who was …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Kentucky Supreme Court Voids Prisoner’s $10,972 Jail Fee by David Reutter Striking a rare blow for fairness, the Supreme Court of Kentucky issued a ruling on February 25, 2025, reversing the imposition of $10,972 in jail fees upon Dillian Ford at his criminal sentencing in Carlisle County Circuit Court. Because …
Class-Action Suit at BOP “Rape Club” in California Settled for Record $116 Million by After it was signed into law in 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), 42 U.S.C. ch. 147 &sect; 15601 et seq., remained unused for a decade while standards were developed and implemented to curtail rape …
Former Prisoner Informant Appointed Deputy Director of BOP by On June 5, 2025, Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) tapped Tennessee businessman Joshua J. Smith, 50, to serve as Deputy Director of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Smith, whom Trump pardoned in his first term, is the first former prisoner …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
New York City Loses Bid to Withhold Jail Records by Douglas Ankney On June 26, 2024, New York City&rsquo;s constructive denial of records from its Department of Correction (DOC) was vacated by a state court. Calling that a violation of the state Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), the Supreme Court …
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arizona Challenge to Private Prisons by In 2020, the Arizona chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and two state prisoners filed a federal class-action suit, challenging the state&rsquo;s use of privately-operated prisons on a variety of constitutional grounds. The …
California Prison Plagued by Toxic Water and Chronic Illness by For decades, prisoners at Mule Creek State Prison outside of Sacramento, California have raised the alarm about the drinking water. Based on interviews with over 100 prisoners, ex-prisoners, family members, and prison staff, reporting from The Appeal and Type Investigations …
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