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Despite Class-action Settlement, Mental Healthcare Problems at CA Jail Persist
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: California Forensic Medical Group, Class Certification, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Despite Class-action Settlement, Mental Healthcare Problems at CA Jail Persist by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The parties to a May 2015 class-action settlement between prisoners at the Monterey County jail in California, county officials and the jail’s medical provider – which was supposed to address issues of poor medical …
U.S. Sentencing Commission Report: Racial Disparities Persist
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Statistics/Trends, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
U.S. Sentencing Commission Report: Racial Disparities Persist by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In a November 2017 report, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) found that despite the avowed purpose of the federal sentencing guidelines to promote sentencing uniformity across geographic and socio-economic lines, black defendants continue to receive longer sentences …
$415,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Tasered Prisoner Who Died in Texas Jail
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Stun Guns/Tasers, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Police)
$415,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Tasered Prisoner Who Died in Texas Jail by by Matt Clarke The parents and estate of a Texas man who died while incarcerated at the Hopkins County jail after he was repeatedly Tasered by police officers have settled a wrongful death suit filed against Hopkins …
Filing Date of Operative Complaint Dictates if PLRA Exhaustion Applies
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Filing Date of Operative Complaint Dictates if PLRA Exhaustion Applies by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 31, 2017 that “a plaintiff who was in custody at the time he initiated his suit but was free when he filed his amended operative complaint is not a ‘prisoner’ …
Alaska Prisoners Stripped, Paraded on “Dog Leashes,” Held Naked for 12 Hours
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Exposure to Cold, Clothing, Grievances
Alaska Prisoners Stripped, Paraded on “Dog Leashes,” Held Naked for 12 Hours by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Twelve prisoners at the maximum-security Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, Alaska were stripped, searched, restrained, attached to “dog leashes,” paraded in front of female staff members and then left in cells …
Private Prison Forced to Produce Solitary Confinement Records
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
Private Prison Forced to Produce Solitary Confinement Records by The Roderick and Solange Mac­Arthur Justice Center has prevailed in a lawsuit to obtain records related to prisoners held in segregation at Louisiana’s Allen Correctional Center (ACC), run by the GEO Group, a private prison contractor. A public records request was …
Securus Fined $1.7 Million for Providing Inaccurate Information, FCC Approves Company Transfer Anyway
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates
Securus Fined $1.7 Million for Providing Inaccurate Information, FCC Approves Company Transfer Anyway by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) slapped Securus Technologies with a $1.7 million fine for providing misleading and inaccurate information as part of its application to transfer control to another company, but …
Rash of North Carolina Jail Deaths Due to Lack of Supervision and Medical Care
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides
Rash of North Carolina Jail Deaths Due to Lack of Supervision and Medical Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Todd L. Caveness, 40, had a long history of bipolar disorder, anxiety attacks and paranoia when he was booked into North Carolina’s Wilson County Jail on attempted murder charges …
Prisoners in Kenya and New Zealand, Unlike Counterparts in U.S., Win Right to Vote
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Voting
Prisoners in Kenya and New Zealand, Unlike Counterparts in U.S., Win Right to Vote by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In August 2017, prisoners at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison in Kenya, along with other prisoners in the African nation, were allowed to vote in presidential elections for the first …
New Policies for Federal and State Prisoners Guarantee Feminine Hygiene Products
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, OB/GYN, Hygiene Supplies
New Policies for Federal and State Prisoners Guarantee Feminine Hygiene Products by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Within 30 days after the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act (S.1524) was introduced by U.S. Senator Kamala Harris and three of her colleagues – a bill that seeks to compel the federal Bureau …
Twenty-six Indicted After Gang Investigation, Including Two Prison Guards
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Prison Gangs
Twenty-six Indicted After Gang Investigation, Including Two Prison Guards by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin A Maryland prison guard was indicted on 35 charges, including first-degree attempted murder, after a lengthy investigation revealed he was a high-ranking member of the 8-Trey Crips street gang. Antoine Fordham was the initial target …
Idaho DOC Agrees to Provide Kosher Meals, Pay $93,000 Settlement
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Religious Diet
Idaho DOC Agrees to Provide Kosher Meals, Pay $93,000 Settlement by In August 2017, the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) agreed to provide kosher meals in state prisons to partially settle a lawsuit brought by four Jewish prisoners represented by the ACLU of Idaho. While the IDOC’s internal “Handbook for …
Florida KKK Guards Convicted in Plot to Kill Former Prisoner
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Conspiracy (Civil Procedure)
Florida KKK Guards Convicted in Plot to Kill Former Prisoner by Three former Florida prison guards, who were members of a Ku Klux Klan chapter, were convicted of conspiring to kill a former prisoner. The plot was reportedly hatched in retaliation for a scuffle that occurred at the Reception and …
Texas County Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $250,000
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Medical Misconduct, Eighth Amendment, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Fourteenth Amendment, rights
Texas County Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $250,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In April 2017, the estate and heirs of woman who died after she was allegedly denied medical care at the Tom Green County jail in San Angelo, Texas received $250,000 to settle a lawsuit …
Innovative Use of Peanut Butter by Alabama Prisoners
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Escapes, Food
Innovative Use of Peanut Butter by Alabama Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When prisoners tire of the same fare they are given to eat, day after day, they become creative to make it more palatable. A dozen pre-trial detainees at the Walker County Jail (WCJ) in Alabama, …
New York to Spend $7.3 Million on College Programs for Prisoners
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Education, Money/Property
New York to Spend $7.3 Million on College Programs for Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has long advocated for more higher education programs in New York state prisons. His plans have drawn criticism from conservatives who take issue with the use of public funds …
California: Protest Over Bay Area Jail Conditions
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Protests
California: Protest Over Bay Area Jail Conditions by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Promising to “continue peaceful protest to end tortuous practices of solitary confinement,” Prisoners United, a coalition of prisoners in California’s Bay Area jails backed by civil rights groups, described the purpose of their complaints in an open …
Tablets and E-messaging Services Expand in Prisons and Jails, as do Fees
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Computers, Telephone Access
Tablets and E-messaging Services Expand in Prisons and Jails, as do Fees by Matthew Clarke, Edward Lyon by Matt Clarke and Ed Lyon Global Tel*Link (GTL), one of the largest prison and jail phone service providers in the United States, has steadily expanded into other services that target corrections agencies. …
Challenge to Three-drug Execution Protocol Revived by Eleventh Circuit
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Medication, Eighth Amendment, Death Penalty
Challenge to Three-drug Execution Protocol Revived by Eleventh Circuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 1, 2017, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals revived civil rights claims brought by four Alabama death row prisoners. Their lawsuits challenged the state’s current three-drug execution protocol, arguing that the use …
Fifth Circuit: Strip Searches Due to Security Concerns Not Unconstitutional
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Work Conditions/Safety, Strip Searches, Fourth Amendment, rights
Fifth Circuit: Strip Searches Due to Security Concerns Not Unconstitutional by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a summary judgment order in favor of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDPSC), holding that strip searches of prisoners for security reasons are not unconstitutional. Freddie R. Lewis, …
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