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National Center for Transgender Equality - LGBTQ People Behind Bars - A Guide to Understanding the Issues Facing Transgender Prisoners and Their Legal Rights, 2018 LGBTQ PEOPLE BEHIND BARS A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES FACING TRANSGENDER PRISONERS AND THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS National Center for TRANSGENDER EQUALITY This is a …
Schenk v. Rivera, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2018 SETTLEMENTAGREEMENTAND RELEASE Th/¥~1ent Agreement and Release (the "Agreement and Release") is made and entered into as of this y of September, 20 I 8, by, between, and among Benjamin Schenk ("Plaintiff') and Officer Nancy Rivera ("Defendant"), the County of Lake and …
Brief • September 19, 2018
Pesce v. Coppinger, MA, Complaint, Failure to Treat, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-11972 Document 1 Filed 09/19/18 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ____________________________________ ) GEOFFREY PESCE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) KEVIN F. COPPINGER, in his official ) capacity …
Brief • September 18, 2018
Porter v. Clarke, USA, Reply Brief of Appellants, Conditions of Confinement, 2018 Appeal: 18-6257 Doc: 39 Filed: 09/18/2018 Pg: 1 of 23 No. 18-6257 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT THOMAS ALEXANDER PORTER; ANTHONY BERNARD JUNIPER; MARK LAWLOR, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HAROLD W. CLARKE; DAVID ZOOK, …
Paige v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2018 Case 3:16-cv-00858-SMY-RJD Document 60 Filed 09/10/18 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #510 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR TH'ftEC EIVEO SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS CORY PAIGE, SEP 1 7 20!8 ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. ) KIMBERLY BUTLER, …
McCall v. Wooley, IL, Amended Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2018 Case 3:17-cv-01009-NJR-DGW Document 75 Filed 09/14/18 Page 1 of 10 Page ID #366 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EAST ST.LOUIS DIVISON } VENNIS McCALL, #K-55319, RECEIVED ) } ) Plaintiff, v. SARAH WOOLEY, …
Article • September 10, 2018
$280,000 settlement after family files wrongful death suit against New Jersey jail, health providers by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A civil action lawsuit was filed against Burlington County Jail (DCJ), CFG Health Systems, Corizon Health, Inc. and others on behalf of Jerome Iozzia after he died due to improper …
Article • September 10, 2018
Montana Involuntary Committed Individuals May Be Restrained During Transport by Mark Wilson The Montana Supreme Court held that Montana law does not preclude handcuffing involuntarily committed mentally ill people during transport to a state hospital. Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied an involuntarily committed …
Article • September 10, 2018
8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of Nebraska prisoner’s jail rape claim by Edward Lyon Rhonda L. Marsh, who was a prisoner in Nebraska’s Phelps County jail from June 22 to 27, 2012, alleged that during that time then-jailer Corporal Louis Campana raped her. She sued Campana in …
Lutgens v. County of Dakota, et al., MN, forced religious indoctrination of prisoners, 2018 CASE 0:18-cv-02634 Document 1 Filed 09/10/18 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Bryant Lutgens, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, Court File No. __________________ CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT …
$380,000 settlement in Cook County Jail abuse case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A 26-year-old law student and former medical student was held in Chicago’s Cook County Jail for 27 days. She was arrested for the non-violent misdemeanor offense and was being held for extradition to another state for …
Leibelson v. Cook, WV, Amicus Brief, Abuse of Inmates, 2018 Appeal: 18-1202 Doc: 33-1 Filed: 09/05/2018 Pg: 1 of 38 No. 18-1202 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ________________________ MICHAEL LEIBELSON, Administrator of the Estate of Benjamin Leibelson, deceased Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER COOK and DOUGLAS …
Texas Uses Failed Private Prison to Hold Civilly Committed Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2015, Texas converted its outpatient program for civilly committed sex offenders into a “tiered” treatment program, in which participants start out in a “total confinement facility” at twice the cost of the …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Georgia Medical Prison Rife with Dysfunction, Abuse and Dilapidated Conditions by David Reutter by David Reutter Poor sanitation, asbestos contamination, leaky roofs, inadequate health care, the loss of a top doctor frustrated with it all – those are just some of the problems that have plagued Georgia’s Augusta State Medical …
Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Controversy in Utah Over Jail Deaths and Secret Jail Operating Standards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In Utah’s local jails, a record number of deaths in 2016 caused both civil liberties groups and state legislators to question the standards under which the facilities operate. But there are no jail …
Reyes v. Clarke, VA, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2018 Case 3:18-cv-00611-REP Document 1 Filed 09/04/18 Page 1 of 60 PageID# 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION NICOLAS REYES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) HAROLD CLARKE, Director of the Virginia …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Minnesota Prisoner Wins Reprieve from Jail Debt in Federal Court by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Erik Daniel Christianson spent time in the Martin County jail in Minnesota on four occasions between 2013 and 2014. Under state “pay for stay” laws, prisoners are required to pay $25 for each day …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
Virginia Prisoner Defeats Summary Judgment, Settles Religious Diet Case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Aaron Carter is a Virginia state prisoner; he is also a member of the Nation of Islam. Due to his religion’s dietary restrictions, he was enrolled in the prison system’s Common Fare program (CFP), which …
HRDC Files Suit Against FDOC Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Starvation Death by On August 1, 2018, PLN’s parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the mother of a Florida state prisoner who died of starvation and inadequate medical …
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