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Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Sentencing, Overdetention
Sentencing Project Report Examines Increasing Number of Life Sentences by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The non-profit Washington, D.C.-based Sentencing Project released a report in May 2017, titled “Still Life: America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences,” that explores the high number of prisoners serving life sentences despite declining …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
New York: Inhumanity in the Guise of Education at Rikers Island Jail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York City Board of Correction (BOC), which provides oversight of the city’s jails, has approved the use of controversial “restraint desks” for violent prisoners aged 18 to 21 held at …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Fifth Circuit Upholds Sanctions Against GEO Group Attorneys for Discovery Abuse by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 12, 2016, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas district court’s sanctions of $1,000 each against lawyers representing GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest private prison operator, after finding they …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
$15,000 Settlement in New Mexico Jail Rape Case Based on Polygraph Results by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke When New Mexico state prisoner Rhiannon Montoya was 36, she was incarcerated at the Rio Arriba County Jail. There she met guard Orlando Ulibarri, whom she accused of sexually assaulting her. Montoya …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Seventh Circuit: Injured Federal Detainee Meets Negligence Standard in Fall from Stool by On June 23, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a detainee in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service met the criteria for application of the res ipsa loquitur doctrine, and the record would permit …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
West Virginia Prisoner Injured on Work Crew Denied Workers’ Compensation by The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held on June 8, 2017 that “a person confined in a state correctional facility or jail who is participating in a work-release program [is prohibited] from receiving workers’ compensation benefits for any …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Settlements, Restitution
Majority of Federal Prisoner’s Settlement Seized for Restitution; Tenth Circuit Affirms by A federal prisoner who obtained a $200,000 settlement from the Bureau of Prisons was ordered to pay $145,640 towards restitution to compensate his victims. Kappelle Simpson-El was convicted in 2008 on 25 counts related to a scheme where …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
$950,000 Settles Mistreatment of Mentally Ill Prisoner by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has agreed to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by former prisoner Jermaine Padilla after prison staff physically abused him while he was having a mental health crisis. …
Lawsuit Claims CoreCivic Allowed Corruption and Gangs to Flourish at Oklahoma Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The family of a prisoner who was maced by guards as he bled to death at an Oklahoma prison operated by CoreCivic--then known as Corrections Corporation of America--has filed a lawsuit alleging …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
$10,000 Settles Kansas Suit Over Fall From Upper Bunk by In June 2017, Shawnee County, Kansas agreed to pay $10,000 to a woman who fell from an upper bunk in her jail cell, resulting in “severe and permanent” injuries. When Giusepinna Lidia Rogers was booked into the jail, she told …
Florida: Private Prison Company Allowed to Overcharge State, Mistreat Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An audit personally overseen by Florida state Rep. David Richardson concluded the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) had approved a pricing scheme that allowed Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), now known as CoreCivic, …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Michigan’s Macomb County Jail Under Fire for Lack of Medical Care, Deaths by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Since 2012, at least eighteen prisoners have died at the Macomb County Jail (MCJ) in Michigan, a rate twice the national average. As a result, seven lawsuits have been filed against …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Food
Michigan’s New Prison Food Service Provider Failing to Meet Contract Terms by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After privatizing its prison food services in 2013, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has continued to report problems with its current vendor, Florida-based Trinity Services Group – largely the same problems …
Article • January 8, 2018
“Jenny’s Law” Passed after Texas Prosecutor Jails Rape Victim; District Attorney Voted Out by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A Houston television station reported that a prosecutor had a rape victim jailed for almost a month – just to ensure she would testify at trial. Devon Anderson, the district attorney …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Jail Specific, Suicides
$500,000 Settles Illinois Jail Suicide Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 27, 2017, the County Board of Knox County, Illinois agreed to a $500,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit over the suicide of a pretrial detainee. Joey Corbin, 26, had a history of mental illness and was …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Strip Searches
Cook County Strip-search Class-action Claimants to Receive Additional Payments by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In May 2017, insurance companiesfor Cook County, Illinois preliminarily agreed to add $52 million to a previous settlement reached in 2010 concerning blanket strip searches of prisoners held at the Cook County Jail. The agreement …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Drug Addicts Suffer Preventable Deaths in U.S. Jails by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis There is a growing epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control, over 33,000 opioid-related deaths occurred in 2015, representing a quadrupling of such fatalities since 1999. It …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Controversy Surrounds Angola Prison Warden’s Retirement, Indictment of Family Members by David Reutter by David M. Reutter One month after a November 2015 investigative report by the New Orleans Advocate, Louisiana State Penitentiary warden Burl Cain, 73, announced his retirement. He stepped down from his longtime position at the Angola …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Filed under: Age Discrimination
$840,000 to Wrongfully Terminated Pennsylvania Jail Official by A federal jury has awarded $842,119 to a former major at the Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania. The jury found that Walter Mikulan was fired in 2013 in an effort to get rid of older supervisors and because he was allegedly abusing …
Article • January 8, 2018 • from PLN January, 2018
Montana DOC Agrees to Modification of ADA Class-action Settlement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In March 2017, the Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to modifications to a class-action settlement originally entered into in 1994 to resolve medical, dental and mental health complaints stemming from a 1991 prison riot. …
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