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Brief • April 2, 2020
Stanbro v. Palou, NY, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020 Case 7:20-cv-01591-KMK Document 12 Filed 04/02/20 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------X CHAD STANBRO, Plaintiff, -againstCORRECTION OFFICER NADYA PALOU, CORRECTION OFFICER RAYMOND DEAL, CORRECTION OFFICER KRISTOFER LEONARDO, CORRECTION OFFICER RICHARD LANDRY, CORRECTION NURSE GARY …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Protect Yourself and Your Facility from COVID-19 by Michael D. Cohen, MD by Michael D. Cohen, M.D. Introduction The novel coronavirus is now a global pandemic and is widespread in the United States, causing a disease called COVID-19. It is likely that a majority of the population will eventually become …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$425,000 Settlement in Arkansas Detainee’s Death from Asthma Attack by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The estate of a pretrial detainee who died at Arkansas’ Pulaski agreed to a $425,000 settlement to resolve a civil rights action. The settlement requires payment from Pulaski County and its medical vendor, Turn …
Continuing Problems at Texas Jail Roil County’s Relationship with GEO Group by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke As previously reported in PLN, Florida-based GEO Group has had a litany of problems at the jail it operates for Liberty County, Texas. During a rocky 57-day stretch in mid-2019, there were prisoner …
Audit: Privatizing Florida’s Prison Health Care Was Costly and Deadly Mistake by David Reutter by David M. Reutter When former Florida Gov. Rick Scott took office in 2011, he pushed to privatize health care for Florida prisoners. He promised the move would save taxpayers millions of dollars and it did, …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$1 Million Paid by Snohomish County Jail to Settle Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death Lawsuit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On October 21, 2019, Snohomish County, Washington, agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit related to the death of Lindsay Kronberger. Kronberger had been a detainee at the …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$1 Million Settlement in Atlanta Detainee’s Death From Untreated Diabetes by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $1 million settlement was reached in May 2019 in a lawsuit alleging the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) left a pretrial detainee in an unlit confinement cell to die from untreated diabetes. …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
$41,850 Settlement in Heart Attack Death at California Jail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The surviving family of Kevin Lee McLaughlin, who died of a heart attack in California’s San Luis Obispo County Jail (SLOCJ) in April 2017, attempted to withdraw from a $41,850 settlement negotiated in its wrongful …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Editorials, COVID-19
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. This is one of the very few times in our 30 year history where we have changed a cover story midproduction after the magazine has already been laid out, but that is what we are …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
New York City Paid McKinsey & Company Millions for Failed Program to Reduce Jail Violence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A December 10, 2019 report from ProPublica said the city of New York paid management consulting firm Mc­Kinsey & Company $27.5 million to reduce violence at jails on Rikers …
$596,475 in Fees and Damages Awarded Against NY DOCCS For Contempt in Denying Pain Medication to Blind Prisoner by Chad Marks by Chad Marks U.S. District Court Judge Loretta A. Preska has ordered the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to pay up in …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Major Outbreak of Legionnaires’ at Coleman Women’s Work Camp by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The women’s work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in Sumter County, Florida, reported 18 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease in early February of this year. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said it was working with …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio Rule Requiring Merit Affidavit Inapplicable in BOP Prisoner’s Tort Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 7, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Ohio rule requiring a person alleging medical negligence to include a medical professional’s affidavit stating the claim …
What’s It Like Inside? Early Snapshots from Prisons During the Coronavirus Pandemic by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein As we are putting together the April issue of PLN, the situation with the novel coronavirus is changing by the hour, if not the minute. In the United States, the number of …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Prisons and Jails Are Vulnerable to COVID-19 Outbreaks by Nicole Wetsman by Nicole Wetsman, The Verge Note: This story was originally published March 7. This week, a person incarcerated in King County Jail in downtown Seattle was taken to the hospital after they were suspected of having the new coronavirus. …
1.25 Million Corizon Settlement in Mentally Ill Michigan Prisoner’s Dehydration Death by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Michigan Department of Corrections and its medical vendor, Corizon Health, agreed in October 2019 to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit involving the death of a mentally ill prisoner who …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
As Coronavirus Spreads, New York Governor Exploits Prison Labor to Produce Hand Sanitizer by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. On March 9, with fears of coronavirus spreading, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York held a press conference to announce the debut of a new hand sanitizer called NYS …
$70,000 Settlement For Oregon DOC Prisoner Dying from Flu by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Oregon citizen Tina Ferri began serving a 70-month sentence for felony assault and methamphetamine possession at the Oregon Department of Corrections’ (ODC) Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) for women in October of 2017. In March …
$1.5 Million Settlement in Georgia Youth’s Rape at Juvenile Detention Center by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) agreed to a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging a 14-year-old was the target of several beatings and attacks and was raped in a …
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Opioid Epidemic Keeps Climbing at California Prisons, and Claiming Lives of Released Prisoners as Well by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins With opioid overdoses claiming the lives of over 68,000 Americans annually, detention facilities have reported a corresponding rise in drug-related deaths among those incarcerated or recently released. (See PLN, …
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