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Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
$110,000 Paid By Tennessee Jail to Women Allegedly Forced to Stage “Sex Shows” for Guard by On October 26, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Tennessee granted dismissal to a complaint filed by two former detainees at the Grainger County Jail, after they accepted $110,000 to settle …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Unable to Post Bail, Detainee Starves to Death in Arkansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A lawsuit filed in federal court for the Western District of Arkansas on January 13, 2023, makes a stunning claim: That a man was left to starve to death in jail because …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
$1 Million Settlement for California Prisoners Used to Bait Guard Charged with Sexual Misconduct by PLN previously reported a remarkably poor decision by prison officials at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino in 2017, who used two prisoners as “honey trap” bait to snare a male guard accused …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
$30,000 Paid by Pennsylvania to Prisoner Who Alleged Guards Beat and Tortured Him by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 8, 2022, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agreed to pay state prisoner Warren Easley $30,000 to settle claims that guards and medical staff at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) in …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Louisiana Prison Guard Helps Pregnant Prisoner and Learns That No Good Deed Goes Unpunished by When she met a pregnant young prisoner struggling with drug addiction, a guard at Louisiana’s Transition Center for Women (TCW) offered to care for the baby when it was born. On May 17, 2023, the …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Seventh Circuit Revives Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Over Knee Surgery Delayed 29 Months by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On September 19, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Illinois prison officials accused of violating a state prisoner’s civil …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
400 Prisoners Relocated After Fire at Texas State Penitentiary by A fire erupted at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville early on August 25, 2023, forcing the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to evacuate 655 prisoners – 400 of whom had to be relocated to other prisons due to …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Texas Death Row Prisoners Challenge Blanket Policy of Automatic Solitary Confinement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 26, 2023, Texas death-row prisoners Mark Robertson, George Curry, Tony Egbuna Ford and Rickey Cummings filed suit in federal court for the Southern District of Texas on behalf of themselves and …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Colorado Lawmakers Shut Down Sheriff’s Participation in ICE 287(g) Program by On February 22, 2023, Colorado state court judge Scott A. Sells held that Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell had legal authority to participate in an controversial agreement with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – despite a 2019 state …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
JPay Denied Motion to Compel Arbitration in Suit Over Debit Release Cards by On March 1, 2023, prison financial services profiteer JPay hit a legal wall in a challenge to fee-laden debit cards issued to prisoners on release. As PLN has reported, former California state prisoner Adam Cain — represented …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Prisoner Health Update: Hemorrhoids by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Hemorrhoids are a very common problem that people do not like to talk about because of their intimate location. Hemorrhoids are both preventable and treatable, but can become significant health problems if ignored. What exactly is a hemorrhoid? …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Despite Prior Settlement Agreement, Sick Michigan Prisoners Still Forced to Wait for Medication in Cold and Rain by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Owing in part to the diligent efforts of Michigan prisoner Mark White and a suit he filed in March 2023, it appears that employees of the state …
Nearly 5,000 Sexual Victimizations Counted in Three Years in U.S. Prisons and Jails by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On January 31, 2023, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report counting 4,895 sexual assaults on U.S. prisoners and detainees in just three years. From 2016 through 2018, the …
$3.25 Million Settlement Reached With Defendants Jailed in Missouri “Debtor’s Prison” for Unpaid Fines, Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On April 5, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of Missouri gave final approval to a $3.25 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging the City of …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
$2.125 Million Paid So Far for Virginia Prisoner’s Death from Treatable Aneurism by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 5, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia refused a motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative a new trial, made by …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
San Francisco Jail First in Nation to Provide Detainees Tablets With Totally Free Content by The jail in San Francisco County is the first in the nation to provide its detainees with tablets and free access to content, such as legal resources, e-books and music. The county Sheriff’s Office (SFSO) …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Number Held in U.S. Prisons and Jails Dipped in Pandemic’s Second Year by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS Report) in December 2022, “the number of persons under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
46 Honduran Prisoners Massacred in Their Cells by On June 20, 2023, a grisly riot broke out in a Honduran women’s prison in Tamara, 30 miles from the capital Tegucigalpa. It started when rival gang members from a different cellblock took keys from guards and locked down the area. The …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit, Finding Grievance Procedure Availability an Open Question by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson On December 27, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated summary judgment issued against a North Carolina prisoner for failing to exhaust his administrative remedies, as …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
COVID-19 Increased Racial Disparities in Prisons and Jails by As the COVID-19 pandemic spread its cloud of death and misery in 2020, the one silver lining was a dip in the number of Americans incarcerated, which decreased by 17% – the fastest drop in history. However, the same racial disparities …
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