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Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Class Certified in Lawsuit Alleging Flaws in Illinois’ Prison Healthcare System by In April 2017, an Illinois federal district court certified a civil rights class-action consisting of “all prisoners in the custody of Illinois Department of Corrections [IDOC] with serious medical or dental needs.” The suit seeks injunctive relief from …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Co-pays Deter Prisoners from Accessing Medical Care by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis More than four decades have passed since Estelle v. Gamble, the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which held prisoners cannot be denied necessary medical care under the Eighth Amendment. But when cash-strapped state Departments of Corrections charge …
Pennsylvania: $20,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s ADA Claim by A lawsuit alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act led the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) to pay $20,000 and agree to provide “reasonable therapy or reasonable accommodation” to prisoner Donald Scott. Scott suffered a severe stroke …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Overdetention, Immigration
Virginia: Undocumented Immigrant Receives $12,000 Settlement for Overdetention by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In May 2017, the sheriff’s office in Henrico County, Virginia entered into a $12,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging an undocumented immigrant was held in jail beyond his scheduled release date. Following his arrest …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
$7.9 Million Award Against New York County and Medical Contractor in Jail Suicide Case by A New York federal jury awarded $7.9 million to the estate of Bartholomew Ryan, 32, who committed suicide at the Nassau County Jail. The jury found the county and its medical contractor, Armor Correctional Health …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Estimated 10.35 Million Prisoners Worldwide, Three Million in Pre-trial Detention by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Institute of Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), part of the Birkbeck University of London, has collected statistics that indicate approximately three million people were held in pre-trial/remand detention worldwide as of the end of …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Clock is Ticking on Understaffing in Florida’s Prison System by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Increases in use-of-force incidents, violence and disturbances in Florida prisons have been blamed on understaffing, a problem ticking like a time bomb in the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC). Guards employed by the FDOC, …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Eighth Circuit Upholds $1.25 Million Jury Award for Missouri Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 22, 2017, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury award of more than $1.25 million in a lawsuit over a Missouri prisoner’s death. Danial Letterman was held at the …
Oregon County Pays $1.1 Million for Death of Detainee Mocked by Guards by "Deschutes County has paid what appears to be the largest settlement or verdict against a governmental entity for jail abuse, neglect or death ever in Oregon,” said attorney Jennifer Coughlin, referring to the $1,025,000 settlement she accepted …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Indiana Jail’s Overdetention of Pretrial Detainees Erroneously Denied Class-action Status by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an Indiana federal district court’s denial of class-action status for a subclass in a civil rights action alleging that the policies and practices of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office caused pretrial detainees …
Lawsuits Challenge Treatment of Pregnant Prisoners at Milwaukee County Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Five women who served time at Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County jail have filed lawsuits against the county and former Sheriff David Clarke, Jr., alleging mistreatment while they were pregnant – including shackling, the death of …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Civil Procedure
Ninth Circuit: Washington Civil Rights Suit Not Tolled by State Presentment Statute by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On April 7, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss filed by county defendants who asserted that a former prisoner’s …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Arkansas Conducts Four Executions in One Week Due to Expiring Lethal Injection Drugs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As its lethal injection drug supply neared expiration last year, Arkansas embarked upon the most ambitious death penalty plan since capital punishment was revived by the Supreme Court in 1976: …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Fifth Circuit Upholds Attorney’s 15-Year Sentence for Fake Bribery Scam by On March 14, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a criminal defense lawyer’s 18 convictions for scamming defendants into paying large sums of money in a fake scheme to bribe federal officials to dismiss their cases. Abraham …
TRO Requires Pennsylvania Jail to Provide Hormone Treatment by A Pennsylvania federal district court issued a temporary restraining order on July 7, 2017 that required the Lackawanna County Prison (LCP) to provide hormone drugs to treat a transgender prisoner diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Steven Fritz, who identifies as Sparkle Wilson, …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Filed under: Work, Release and Reentry
Unable to Find Work, Some Former Prisoners Become Entrepreneurs by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke It’s an age-old story. Despite EEOC guidance instructing employers not to have blanket policies against hiring ex-felons – and efforts to lift restrictions on occupational licenses for former prisoners – those released from prison soon …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Federal Court Holds PLN Lawsuit Challenging ADX Censorship Not Moot by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 14, 2017, a Colorado federal district court vacated its prior order granting a motion to dismiss filed by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and held that a lawsuit filed by Prison …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Seventh Circuit: No Summary Judgment for 11-Year ACL Surgery Denial by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a summary judgment order in favor of three prison doctors and a warden who denied a prisoner ACL surgery for over a decade. Illinois state prisoner Herbert Diggs injured his right …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
HRDC Files Class-action Suit Over CDCR Debit Release Cards by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the parent organization of Prison Legal News, filed a complaint on January 12, 2018 seeking class-action status in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The …
Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018
Kentucky County Jail Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $75,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On June 16, 2017, Dianna Reynolds, a former employee at the Boyd County Detention Center in Kentucky, settled her lawsuit against jailer Joe Burchett over sexual harassment by a supervisor. The county agreed to pay …
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