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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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
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 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, …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Alabama Supreme Court Holds Miller Entitled to Retroactivity by On August 25, 2017, the Alabama Supreme Court held the decision in Miller v. Alabama, 132 S.Ct. 2455 (2012), which prohibits mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile offenders, was “a substantive rule that is retroactive in cases on collateral review.” That ruling …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Oregon Jailer Facing Sex Charges Improperly Denied Insanity Defense by The Oregon Court of Appeals held that a female jail employee who repeatedly let a prisoner out of his cell to have sex with him should have been allowed to present an insanity defense at trial. As previously reported in …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: RLUIPA, Religious Diet
Indiana Prisoner Entitled to Kosher Meals Under RLUIPA by The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) must provide a kosher diet to a Muslim prisoner who said he believes “Islam prohibits rejecting food that Allah has given to humans – including certain types of animal meat.” Prisoner Roman Lee Jones, who …
Deadly Prison Riot in Delaware: 18 Prisoners Indicted, Slain Guard’s Widow Settles Suit for $7.55 Million by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In October 2017, a New Castle County, Delaware grand jury indicted 18 prisoners from the maximum-security James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, 16 of whom were charged with the …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Maine: Court Does Not Need Jurisdiction Over Prisoner to Issue Order to Protect Child by On August 29, 2017, the Maine Supreme Court affirmed the denial of a motion to dismiss a jeopardy order against the father of Emma B. Emma was a child living with her mother in Maine, …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Missouri: $75,000 Settlement for Detainee’s Death Due to Untreated Ulcer by A $75,000 settlement was reached in a civil rights action alleging denial of medical care to a pretrial detainee who died from complications related to a peptic ulcer. The death of Robert Breeding, 32, came only five days after …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Global Tel*Link Settles Mississippi Prison Bribery Case for $2.5 Million by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis As previously mentioned in PLN, Global Tel*Link Corp. (GTL), the largest provider of prison and jail phone services in the United States, has settled a lawsuit that accused the company of conspiring to bribe …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
New Mexico Prisoner Obtains Court Order to Allow Breastfeeding by In June 2017, a New Mexico state court issued a temporary restraining order that required the Department of Corrections (DOC) to allow a prisoner to breastfeed her baby during regular visitation hours, and to pump breast milk so her child …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Colorado Federal Jury Awards $50,000 to Prisoner Assaulted by Deputy in Court by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 12, 2017, a Colorado federal jury awarded $50,000 to a former jail prisoner who was assaulted by a deputy while speaking with a judge in a Denver courtroom. According to …
Louisiana Prison Officials Sued for Trying to Block Investigation into Abuse of Disabled Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Alleging a “culture of cover-up and excessive force,” the MacArthur Justice Center and the Advocacy Center of Louisiana (ACL) filed a class-action lawsuit in February 2018 against officials at …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deaf Former Prisoner’s ADA Claims by Jail officials “may not turn a blind eye to a deaf ear,” the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit fittingly declared in an August 31, 2017 ruling that reversed a summary judgment order in a lawsuit filed by …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Prisons and Jails Impose More Restrictions on Mail, Visits to Curtail Contraband by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Citing a need to stop the smuggling of drugs and other contraband, some prisons and jails have placed new and stringent restrictions on both prisoner mail and visitation. Beginning in April 2017, …
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
California Prisoners File Class-action Suit Seeking Hepatitis C Treatment by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober In 2013, the FDA approved two new life-saving hepatitis C (HCV) drugs known as simeprevir (brand named Olysio) and sofosbuvir (brand named Sovaldi). The drugs, a new class of medication called direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), were …
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