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Brief • April 4, 2018
Quinn v. U.S. Prisoner Transport, et al., ME, complaint, inhumane transport, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00149-DBH Document 1 Filed 04/04/18 Page 1of16 PagelD #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE * * MEGHAN NICOLE QUINN • Plaintiffs • v. U.S. PRISONER TRANSPORT INC., PRISONER TRANSPORT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, LLC, ANDROSCOGGIN …
Brief • April 4, 2018
Filed under: Centurion, Malpractice
Wright v. Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New Mexico, LLC, et al., NM, Settlement Agreement, 2018 Centurion 003254 RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THIS RELEASE IN FULL AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT is executed this day of Q..¢J . ~ 2018, by Shavis Wright. RECITALS A. Shavis Wright filed a Complaint against …
Article • April 3, 2018
Imagining a World Without Prisons by James Kilgore  By James Kilgore, Truthout | Op-Ed This story is the seventh in Truthout's "Visions of 2018" series, in which activist leaders answer the question: "What would you like to see created, built, imagined or begun this year?" Each piece will focus on a bold idea …
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration by Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren, Maureen Nandini Mitra by Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren and Maureen Nandini Mitra Matthew Morgenstern is convinced his Hodgkin’s lymphoma was caused by exposure to toxic coal ash from the massive dump right across the road from …
Ohio: Almost $3 Million Settlement in Suit Brought by Two Wrongfully Convicted Men by Matthew Clarke Ohio: Almost $3 Million Settlement in Suit Brought by Two Wrongfully Convicted Men by Matt Clarke In March 2017, a state court judge approved a $2.9 million settlement between Ohio and two men who …
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
$49,500 Settlement in Excessive Force Claim at Sacramento County Jail by A pretrial detainee who was subjected to excessive force during the booking process at a jail in Sacramento County, California agreed to a settlement of almost $50,000. Michael McCormack was arrested on a domestic violence charge stemming from a …
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Inspector General Finds Substandard Conditions at California Jail Used by ICE by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A surprise inspection by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General revealed a number of substandard conditions at an Orange County, California jail used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to …
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 …
Article • April 3, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
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 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 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’ …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
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 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 …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
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 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 …
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 …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
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 …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
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 …
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 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 …
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