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Carter v Derr, LA, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2020

Brief • October 24, 2020

Filed under: Medical, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

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News in Brief

Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …

Prisoners Evacuated but ICE Detainees in Louisiana Suffer During Hurricane Laura

Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Sewage, Water

Prisoners Evacuated but ICE Detainees in Louisiana Suffer During Hurricane Laura by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The year 2020 has been rife with unpleasant surprises. The planet has contended with the coronavirus pandemic — the worst since the Spanish flu — and protests sparked by the police killing of …

Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Prisoner's Lawsuit Over Guard's Failure to Protect Him From Another Prisoner's Attack

Article • September 15, 2020

Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Eighth Amendment, Failure to Protect (Staff), Deliberate Indifference

Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Prisoner's Lawsuit Over Guard's Failure to Protect Him From Another Prisoner's Attack by Matthew Clarke  by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Rule 12(b)(6), F.R.Civ.P. dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights lawsuit alleging a …

News in Brief

Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by California:In June 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) commuted 21 state prisoners’ sentences, a dozen of them were for murder convictions, patch.com reported. Seven were committed when the prisoner was 22 or younger. Half of the prisoners are now 59 or older. One commutation went to …

Prisoners Replace New Orleans Sanitation Workers Striking for Coronavirus Hazard Pay

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19

Prisoners Replace New Orleans Sanitation Workers Striking for Coronavirus Hazard Pay by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Waste disposal workers, called “hoppers,” of Orleans Parish went on strike May 5, 2020, demanding the city of New Orleans provide them with better personal protective equipment (PPE) and hazard pay due to …

News in Brief

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: A Maricopa County grand jury indicted Daniel Davitt, 60, on January 14,  2020 on charges of second-degree murder in the death of Lower Buckeye Jail guard Gene Lee on October 30. Buckeye Jail video shows Davitt talking to Lee on October 29, then suddenly grabbing …

Warden Reassigned From COVID-19 Inundated Louisiana Federal Prison

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: Medical Misconduct, COVID-19

Warden Reassigned From COVID-19 Inundated Louisiana Federal Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 22, 2020, Rodney Myers was removed from his position as warden of a federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, after severe criticism of his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The former warden’s failure to isolate …

Orleans Parish Sheriff, Wellpath, Sued Over Louisiana Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Orleans Parish Sheriff, Wellpath, Sued Over Louisiana Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The mothers of three children of a prisoner who died of an overdose of fentanyl while incarcerated at the Orleans Justice Center, the Parish’s jail, have filed a lawsuit against employees of the …

BOP Loses Fight Against Orders to Release Ohio Prisoners Threatened By Coronavirus

Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19, Compassionate Release

BOP Loses Fight Against Orders to Release Ohio Prisoners Threatened By Coronavirus by Noting a “significant level of infection” of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Elkton, Ohio, U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal on April …

Louisiana Governor’s Inaction Prevents Release of Grandmother Hospitalized with COVID-19

Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020

Filed under: Failure to Treat, COVID-19

Louisiana Governor’s Inaction Prevents Release of Grandmother Hospitalized with COVID-19 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards had yet to act on a July 2019 recommendation by the state Board of Pardons and Parole to grant Gloria Williams’ request for commutation. Williams is Louisiana’s longest incarcerated …

First Prisoners and Staff, Including a Warden, Dead from COVID-19 in Louisiana; Hundreds Infected

Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

First Prisoners and Staff, Including a Warden, Dead from COVID-19 in Louisiana; Hundreds Infected by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Like most prison systems, the Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC) has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic in crammed facilities that make for easy transmission of the highly contagious coronavirus. …

Promise of Justice Initiative, How the Pandemic Ravaged Louisana's Prisons, Jails, and Detention Centers, 2020

Publication • 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

Promise of Justice Initiative, How the Pandemic Ravaged Louisana's Prisons, Jails, and Detention Centers, 2020 2020 DECEMBE ICE I I IA I E F J MI E HE LOCKED IN WITH COVID-19 H HE 2020 A DEMIC A AGED L I IA A I JAIL , A D DE E …

Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Excessive-Use-of-Force Claim

Article • May 31, 2020

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas

Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Excessive-Use-of-Force Claim by On May 6, 2020, the Fifth Circuit court of appeals reversed the summary dismissal of Louisiana prisoner Layne Aucoin’s claim that state prison guards used excessive force after he was restrained and compliant following an altercation with guards. The appellate court upheld …

News in Brief

Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by California: On March 28, 2020, death row prisoner Lonnie Franklin Jr., 67, aka “Grim Sleeper,” was found unresponsive in his San Quentin cell. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton told reporters, “There were no signs of trauma. They don’t know why he died.” …

Lawsuit: Release Prisoners in Virus Tinderbox to Home Confinement

Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Compassionate Release

Lawsuit: Release Prisoners in Virus Tinderbox to Home Confinement by David Reutter Patrick Jones first federal prisoner to die after judge rejects plea by David M. Reutter A non-violent federal drug offender who pleaded for early release in the months prior to the COVID-19 pandemic hitting America died of the …

Gumns v. Edwards, LA, Memo in Support of Emergency Mot, COVID-19 Release, 2020

Brief • April 14, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

Gumns v. Edwards, LA, Memo in Support of Emergency Mot, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-00231-SDD-RLB Document 2-1 04/14/20 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA DANIEL GUMNS, MICHAEL VIDEAU, TREVON WILEY, IAN CAZENAVE, REGINALD GEORGE, LIONEL TOLBERT, OTTO BARRERA, KENTRELL PARKER, MICHAEL ROBINSON, JULIUS ALLEN, …

Gumns v. Edwards, LA, Class Action Petition, COVID-19 Release, 2020

Brief • April 14, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

Gumns v. Edwards, LA, Class Action Petition, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-00231-SDD-RLB Document 1 04/14/20 Page 1 of 73 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA DANIEL GUMNS, MICHAEL VIDEAU, TREVON WILEY, IAN CAZENAVE, REGINALD GEORGE, LIONEL TOLBERT, OTTO BARRERA, KENTRELL PARKER, MICHAEL ROBINSON, JULIUS ALLEN, ERNEST ROGERS, ALFOANSO …

Livas v. Myers, LA, Emergency Motion, COVID-19 Release, 2020

Brief • April 13, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

Livas v. Myers, LA, Emergency Motion, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00422-TAD-KK Document 9 Filed 04/13/20 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 106 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAKE CHARLES DIVISION BRANDON LIVAS, RICHARD BUSWELL, DEWAYNE CORBETT, JOHNNY SMITH, CARLOS LORENZO MARTIN, and GAINES ANDREWS, on behalf of …

Livas v. Myers, LA, Memo in Support of Emergency Mot, COVID-19 Release, 2020

Brief • April 13, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

Livas v. Myers, LA, Memo in Support of Emergency Mot, COVID-19 Release, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00422-TAD-KK Document 9-1 Filed 04/13/20 Page 1 of 27 PageID #: 111 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAKE CHARLES DIVISION BRANDON LIVAS, RICHARD BUSWELL, DEWAYNE CORBETT, JOHNNY SMITH, CARLOS LORENZO MARTIN, and GAINES …