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Breaking News: 18 Deaths in Six Months at Mississippi State Penitentiary by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News has learned through a public records request that 18 prisoners died at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman in just over a six-month period. The most recent reported death was that of Terry …
Coroner: California Prisoner’s Death Due to Starvation by Ann Marie Patrick wants an investigation into the death of her son at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. Michael Stanley Galliher, 49, was found dead six days after he was transferred to the prison from a state mental hospital. A coroner’s …
Dunn et. al. v. Dunn et. al Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed 07/13/16 Page 1 of 106 Expert Report of Eldon Vail Dunn, et. al. v. Dunn, et. al. The District Court of the United States Middle District of Alabama 2:14-cv-601-MHT-TFM Submitted: July 5, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed …
Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Expert Report of Eldon Vail, Alabama DOC Healthcare Administration, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 555-2 Filed 07/13/16 Page 1 of 106 Expert Report of Eldon Vail Dunn, et. al. v. Dunn, et. al. The District Court of the United States Middle District of Alabama 2:14-cv-601-MHT-TFM Submitted: July …
Williams v. Murphy, CT, Fifth Amended Complaint, 2016 Case 3:13-cv-01154-MPS Document 156 Filed 07/07/16 Page 1 of 11 F'It. E D ?0lb JUL -l P l'0Q UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT i:S DISTRICT COURT II,ARTFORD CT CiVIL NO.: 3:13CV01 I 54 (MPS) RASHAD WILLIAMS V. MAY 1 3,2016 …
Fuerstenberg v. Zaruba, IL, Amended Complaint, Failure to Treat Mental Illness, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-10469 Document#: 17 Filed: 07/01/16 Page 1 of 16 PagelD #:38 IN THE UNITED STATESDISTRICTCOURT FOR THE NORTHERNDISTRICTOF ILLINOIS DIVISION CASE NO.1 :15-CV-10469 DEAN FUERSTENBERG, Plaintiff, JUDGE JOHN Z. LEE vs. JURY TRIAL DEMANDED JOHN E. ZARUBA …
Aging, Sick and Incarcerated: The Need for Compassionate Release by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout.org Mary Ziman already had debilitating fibromyalgia and, unable to work, was on permanent disability. Then she was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine, charges she says …
Why Sex Criminals Get Locked Up Forever by Aviva Stahl By Aviva Stahl, VICE Gilbert Greenfield sits upright in the chair, his body tense, a blood-pressure cuff attached to his left arm. A sensor is strapped around his chest, and two more cap his fingertips to measure how much he's sweating. …
When Jail is Used as Drug Treatment by Brian Dolinar By Brian Dolinar, Smile Politely Some in our community say that those in the local jail are dangerous people that shouldn’t be let out on the streets. Yet the tragic story of Toya Frazier, who recently died in the jail, …
Brief • June 17, 2016
Bailey v. Pataki, NY, Memorandum and Order, SVP-Civil Commitment, 2016 Case 1:08-cv-08563-JSR Document 243 Filed 06/17/16 Page 1 of 24 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK X KENNETH BAILEY, Plaintiff, - V 08-cv-8563 (JSR) 08-cv-8665 (JSR) 08-cv-8923 (JSR) 08-cv 8924 (JSR) - GEORGE PATAKI, et al., Defendants. …
Nunez v. County of San Diego, CA, Complaint, mentally ill death excessive water consumption, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-01412-BEN-MDD Document 1 Filed 06/08/16 Page 1 of 30 1 EUGENE G. IREDALE, SBN 75292 JULIA YOO, SBN 231163 2 GRACE JUN, SBN 287973 3 IREDALE & YOO, APC 105 West F Street, Fourth …
Incarceration, Justice and the Planet: How the Fight Against Toxic Prisons May Shape the Future of Environmentalism by Panagioti Tsolkas Prisons inspire little in terms of natural wonder. It might be a weed rises through a crack and blooms for a moment. It might be a prisoner notices. But prisoners, …
U.S. Prisons Filled with America’s Mentally Ill by Derek Gilna In April 2014, the National Sheriffs’ Association and Treatment Advocacy Center released a comprehensive joint report titled “The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey.” Authored by both experts in mental illness and law …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
UK Prisoner Pen Pal Program Relieves Feelings of Isolation by Derek Gilna Prison is not a place conducive to maintaining good mental health, whether in the United States or elsewhere. The Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom has found that depression and suicide are major problems in that nation’s …
Problems with California’s New Medical Prison by Matthew Clarke With construction costs of $840 million and a capacity to provide care to almost 3,000 patients, California’s new medical prison near Stockton is the largest and most expensive in the nation. Unfortunately, that expense has not resulted in a smooth-running operation; …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Special Supervised Release Conditions Require Sufficient Findings by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held on June 19, 2015 that an Iowa federal district court had abused its discretion in imposing a special condition of supervised release related to alcohol use. Before the appellate court was the appeal of Dennis …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner Commits Suicide by Anti-death penalty advocate Darryl Hunt, who was wrongfully convicted and served almost 20 years in North Carolina prisons before being exonerated in 2004, was found dead on March 13, 2016 in a car near the Wake Forest University campus. Police officials revealed that …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Lifesaving Overdose Treatment Slowly Becoming Available to Released Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Statistics show, and experts agree, that the United States is in the midst of an epidemic of opioid abuse. According to the Centers for Disease Control, opioid overdoses have quadrupled since 2000, with 28,648 deaths in 2014 alone …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
UK Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Solitary Confinement by Christopher Zoukis On July 29, 2015, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled against prison officials in an action brought by prisoners Kamal Bourgass and Tanvir Hussain concerning their prolonged solitary confinement. According to British laws related to solitary, …
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