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Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Reform of Florida’s Criminal Justice Laws Urged by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida taxpayers spend around $2.3 billion annually on the state’s Department of Corrections – twice what they spend on Florida’s 28 public colleges combined. At least five other states also led by Republican governors and GOP …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Climate Refugees in Toxic Immigrant Jails Are Victims of Environmental Racism by Candice Bernd by Candice Bernd, Truthout In April 2017, the Northwest Washington again made headlines after more than 100 immigrant detainees launched a hunger strike to protest the conditions inside the for-profit immigration jail. The demands reflected many …
Fatal Tasering at North Carolina Jail Results in $350,000 Settlement, Investigation by Federal authorities are eyeing North Carolina’s Harnett County Sheriff’s Office for civil rights violations. Their attention was drawn to the Harnett County Jail (HCJ) after a video showed guards Tasering a pre-trial detainee three times and leaving him …
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright By now all PLN subscribers should have received our fundraiser mailing which includes our 2016 annual report and details our many activities, ranging from publishing and litigation to advocacy and media outreach. This provides a great overview of the depth and …
$285,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Ohio Jail by On December 13, 2016, officials in Butler County, Ohio agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the daughter of a woman who died in the county’s jail just over four years earlier. Butler County will pay $285,000 in damages and …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
Global Tel*Link Fails to Derail Prison Phone Suit but Dodges Class Certification by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An order entered by Western District of Arkansas federal judge Timothy L. Brooks on September 28, 2017 gave a mixed result to both sides in a hotly-contested lawsuit over excessive costs for …
Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017
News in Brief by Alabama: During a search of arrestee Jesse O’Neal Roberts in March 2017, a stolen gun was discovered after it fell out of his underwear. A jail guard wrote in a report: “I immediately considered that he defecated on himself before noticing a familiar shape in the …
Rice v. Madison County, AL, Amended Complaint, Shower Extraction Beating, 2017 FILED Case 5:17-cv-01358-UJH-VEH Document 5 Filed 11/06/17 Page 1 of 15 2017 Nov-06 PM 03:08 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHEASTERN DIVISION HARAESHEO RICE, Plaintiff, v. …
Patterson v. Arsdel, OR, Opinion, Unreasonable Search and Seizure, 2017 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SARAH JEAN PATTERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 15-35838 v. D.C. No. 3:14-cv-00501-BR JAMES VAN ARSDEL, Personally, Defendant-Appellee. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Anna …
Mullin v. Balicki, NJ, Opinion, Prison Suicide, Failure to Protect, 2017 PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT __________ No. 16-2896 __________ JOAN MULLIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Mullin, deceased and Joan Mullin, individually v. ADMINISTRATOR KAREN BALICKI; ROBERT PATERSON; DIRECTOR MARIE DUNLAP-PRYCE; JANE BYRD, …
Brief • November 6, 2017
US v. Metro, NJ, Appeal, Insufficient Factual Findings, 2018 PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________ No. 16-3813 _____________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. STEVEN METRO, Appellant _______________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.C. No. 3-15-cr-00028-001) District …
Brief • November 6, 2017
Garza v. Idaho, ID, Appeal, Ineffective Counsel, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 44991 GILBERTO GARZA JR., Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF IDAHO, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Boise, September 2017 Term 2017 Opinion No. 112 Filed: November 6, …
State of Arizona v. Rushing, AZ, Appeal Brief, Wrongful Death by Inmate, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA STATE OF ARIZONA Appellee, v. JASPER PHILLIP RUSHING, Appellant. No. CR-15-0268-AP Filed November 6, 2017 Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County The Honorable Michael W. Kemp, …
Brewer v. Superior Court of Contra Costa County, CA, Appeal Brief, Possession of Firearm, 2017 Filed 11/6/17 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR LAMONTE BREWER, Petitioner A151584 v. Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. 02 3236411 SUPERIOR COURT …
In-the-News Article • November 6, 2017
CoreCivic's Announcement to Reduce Recidivism Criticized as PR Ploy Nov. 6, 2017 PLN Press Releases Prison Legal News NEWS RELEASE   Human Rights Defense Center For Immediate Release November 7, 2017   Former CoreCivic Prisoner Criticizes Firm’s Announcement to Reduce Recidivism as PR Ploy  Nashville, TN – Last week, CoreCivic, formerly …
Brief • November 6, 2017
Dunn v. Madison, US, Certiorari Petition, Capital Punishment, 2017 Cite as: 583 U. S. ____ (2017) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JEFFERSON DUNN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. VERNON MADISON ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE …
Brief • November 6, 2017
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Cooper v. City of Elkhart, IN, Complaint, Wrongfully Convicted, 2017 USDC IN/ND case 3:17-cv-00834-PPS-MGG document 1 filed 11/06/17 page 1 of 42 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA, SOUTH BEND DIVISION KEITH COOPER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CITY OF ELKHART, …
Harrison v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2017 1:17-cv-01383-JEH # 14 Page 1 of 22 E-FILED Monday, 06 November, 2017 03:34:39 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Joyce Harrison, as independent administrator of the Estate of Adam Harrison, …
Brief • November 3, 2017
North Carolina v. Brice, NC, Opinion, Indictment-Related Error, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 244PA16 Filed 3 November 2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. SANDRA MESHELL BRICE On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. …
Armstrong v. Krupiczowicz, IL, Opinion, False Arrest for Violating Sex Offender Registration Act, 2017 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 17-1621 CRAIG ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JAMES KRUPICZOWICZ, et al., 1 Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District …
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