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Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
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News in Brief by Alabama: On November 1, 2023, charges were dismissed against former Mobile County Metro Jail guard Kimberly Henderson, 32. WPMI in Mobile reported that a judge found not enough probable cause to send the case to a grand jury. As PLN reported, Henderson was accused of sneaking …
Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement by On July 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s suit filed in connection with the fire at Sing Sing Correctional Facility …
The “Lunacy Zone:” How Mississippi Jails 700 Mentally Ill People a Year Without Charges by A Mississippi Today article published on July 24, 2023, examined why the Magnolia State jails the mentally ill without charges for longer than any other state. As in every other state, Mississippians picked up by …
Multiple Staffers Arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail by Eight employees were arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail in 2023, including guard Jalen Clausel. He was taken in five days after Sheriff Levon Allen said the guard let four detainees assault a fifth on October 28, 2023. None of the …
Misadventures in Mail Censorship by Robert Schaeffer by K. Robert Schaeffer How an incarcerated writer is fighting a sad new normal of censorship and mail obstruction in Pennsylvania prisons This essay originally appeared in Inquest on October 19, 2023. The original can be found at https://inquest.org/misadventures-in-mail-censorship/ From August into September …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Fifth BOP Employee Sentenced in California “Rape Club,” Another Lawsuit Filed by Former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard Andrew Jones, 36, is now part of the notorious “rape club” at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, receiving the longest sentence so far in the ongoing scandal when U.S. District …
Corizon Health Bankruptcy Delayed by Revelation of Attorney’s Affair With Mediator by On November 14, 2023, the federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas approved a new mediator to oversee the dissolution of Corizon Health successor Tehum Care Services, Inc. Retired bankruptcy judge Christopher Sontchi replaced former Judge …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Virginia Leads the Nation in K-9 Attacks on Prisoners by An attack dog bites with enough force to puncture sheet metal. That same bite in human flesh is horrifyingly painful, leaving mental as well as physical trauma. Yet in the prison systems of eight states, attack-trained “K-9” dogs have been used …
Record-Setting $7 Million Settlement Caps LaSalle’s Legacy at Texarkana Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A $7 million settlement reached in April 2023 marked the latest chapter in a sordid tale of mismanagement at Bi-State Jail (BSJ) in Texarkana, Texas, by former private operator LaSalle Corrections. But the family-owned …
$9,000 Settlement for Florida Prisoner’s Retaliation and Excessive Force Claims Against Guards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 28, 2023, Florida prisoner Quincy Williams reached a settlement with the state and its Department of Corrections (DOC), which agreed to pay him $9,000 to resolve claims he was …
Second Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity from Connecticut Officials Who Ignored Prisoner’s Scalp Lesions by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Observing that “Eighth Amendment claims for the deprivation of medical care are not analyzed body-part by body-part,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on July 14, …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Former New Mexico Guard Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Prisoner, Suit Filed by A month after a former guard pleaded guilty to sexually abusing her, a prisoner at Western New Mexico Corrections Facility (WNMCF) filed suit against the state Corrections Department on July 27, 2023, claiming she was also threatened with …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Former L.A. County Jail Detainees Denied Promised Sentence Credits by A nonprofit is asking for help for 23 former Los Angeles County jail detainees who completed work and education programs but were never credited promised time off the sentences they eventually received. KeepYourWordCali says the detainees participated in the Education-Based …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Officials of Pennsylvania Guards Union Charged with Theft by Five former officials of the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association (PSCOA) were charged with theft in July 2023 after allegedly misappropriating union funds for personal expenses and conspiring to cover it up. A financial crimes investigation by a state police organized …
$10,000 Verdict for Fired Guard’s Failure to Protect Louisiana Prisoner From Stabbing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The federal court for the Middle District of Louisiana found on July 18, 2023, that a guard at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) violated a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights by failing …
The Good That Prisoner Rights Lawyers Do by On April 23, 2022, UCLA law professor Sharon Dolovich delivered the keynote address at a Prisoner Rights and Prison Conditions symposium. She cited the challenges faced by attorneys who pursue prisoners’ rights litigation—an area of law “stacked a mile high against plaintiffs”—including …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Against Kitchen Supervisor for Scalding From Spilled Hot Water by by Matt Clarke On July 14, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reinstated a claim brought by an Illinois prisoner who was severely burned when he tripped on a damaged …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Hurdles to Voting for Ex-Felons Rise in Tennessee and Virginia, Fall in Mississippi by On July 21, 2023, Tennessee announced a tough new rule for ex-felons seeking to exercise their voting rights. State Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins said that anyone with a felony conviction in another state whose voting …
How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration by How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration “Who is accountable for the imposition of punishment in our carceral system?” asked Laura I. Appleman, Professor of Law at Willamette University, in an article published on April 13, 2023. An answer is …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Nearly $75 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached For Delayed Releases from N.Y.C. Jails by On July 12, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of New York granted final approval to a settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging detainees in New York City jails were forced to wait three hours …
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