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News in Brief
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 21, 2020, Sylvester Hartley became the seventh prisoner to die of complications from COVID-19 at Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to a report in the St. Clair News-Aegis. The 60-year-old, who was serving a life-without-parole sentence for three counts of first-degree kidnapping, …
Malam and v. Alhalmi, MI, order, medical expert inspection of Calhoun re COVID-19, 2020
Brief • December 3, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Totality of Conditions, Hygiene Supplies
Malam and v. Alhalmi, MI, order, medical expert inspection of Calhoun re COVID-19, 2020 Case 5:20-cv-10829-JEL-APP ECF No. 439, PageID.11434 Filed 12/03/20 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION Janet Malam, Petitioner-Plaintiff, and Qaid Alhalmi, et al., Case No. 20-10829 Judith E. Levy …
Prisoners Exonerated in Michigan After Police Misconduct Revealed
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction
Prisoners Exonerated in Michigan After Police Misconduct Revealed by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On March 24, 2020, Darell Chancellor and Darrell Richmond were ordered to be released from prison by a Wayne County, Michigan district judge who vacated their drug convictions. Chancellor had served nearly eight years, Richmond almost …
News in Brief
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Chanting “not one more,” about 30 carloads of protesters from “Alabamians Who Care” caravanned to the governor’s mansion in Montgomery on August 1, 2020, protesting a plan by Gov. Kay Ivey (R) to build three new “mega-prisons.” According to a report by Montgomery TV station …
Failed Michigan Jail Site to Host Innovation Center
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Rural Prisons, Education
Failed Michigan Jail Site to Host Innovation Center by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The University of Michigan (UM) is building a graduate campus on the grounds of the former site for a new Wayne County Jail (WCJ). The 190,000 square-foot research and graduate education building for UM students …
News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: The Birmingham News reported that an Alabama prison guard had been arrested for drug trafficking after a search of his vehicle when he arrived for work at the St. Clair County prison turned up 138 grams of methamphetamine and 16 grams of heroin. Ivan Caldwell, …
Guard Violates Eighth Amendment by Brandishing Knife and Threatening Prisoner’s Life
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Threats by Staff, Eighth Amendment
Guard Violates Eighth Amendment by Brandishing Knife and Threatening Prisoner’s Life by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 26, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case in which “a prisoner states an Eighth Amendment claim by alleging that, without provocation, a prison official threatened …
Herriges v. County of Macomb, MI, Partial Settlement, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2020
Brief • October 26, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Herriges v. County of Macomb, MI, Partial Settlement, Failure to Provide Medical Care, 2020 Case 2:19-cv-12193-DML-EAS ECF No. 103, PageID.1760 Filed 10/26/20 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION CAROL HERRIGES, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF DIETER HERRIGES-LOVE, deceased, Plaintiff, v. …
Michigan Settles Sex Abuse Claims by 1,300 Former Juvenile Offenders Housed With Adults for $80 Million
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Settlements, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Failure to Protect (Juveniles)
Michigan Settles Sex Abuse Claims by 1,300 Former Juvenile Offenders Housed With Adults for $80 Million by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 29, 2020, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $80 million to resolve a class action lawsuit filed by juveniles who were housed …
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 …
Buetenmiller v. Cogwell, MI, Complaint, Breach of Medical Care, 2020
Brief • August 20, 2020
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Buetenmiller v. Cogwell, MI, Complaint, Breach of Medical Care, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-11031-DML-CI ECF No. 17, PageID.136 Filed 08/20/20 Page 1 of 34 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION REBEKAH BEUTENMILLER, SAMANTHA BILLS, and STACEY GLASS, Case No. 2:20-cv-11031 Hon. David M. Lawson Mag. Judge …
Prisoner Law Consultant in Michigan Pleads Guilty to Defrauding BOP
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Restrictions on Consultation Rights, Drug Testing/Treatment Programs
Prisoner Law Consultant in Michigan Pleads Guilty to Defrauding BOP by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A guilty plea to conspiracy and wire fraud charges was entered in a Michigan federal district court on December 4, 2019, by Tony Tuan Pham, also known as Anh Nguyen, in his role …
Jewish Michigan Prisoners Win Injunction for Religious Sabbath and Holiday Meals
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Commissary, Religious Diet
Jewish Michigan Prisoners Win Injunction for Religious Sabbath and Holiday Meals by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 30, 2020, a Michigan federal district court found the state Department of Corrections (MDOC) “places a substantial burden” on Jewish prisoners’ “religious beliefs by mandating a vegan diet for inmates …
Coronavirus Shuts Down Ramen Soup Plant; Prisoners in Michigan Limited on Purchase Amounts
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Commissary
Coronavirus Shuts Down Ramen Soup Plant; Prisoners in Michigan Limited on Purchase Amounts by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In any Michigan prison right now, trading a package of ramen soup for just about anything else might be a deal nobody will make. That’s because the COVID-19 pandemic caused by …
Michigan Prisoner’s Malicious Prosecution Claim Survives Summary Judgment
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Malicious Prosecution
Michigan Prisoner’s Malicious Prosecution Claim Survives Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 28, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the parties’ conflicting self-serving statements precluded the grant of summary judgement for defendants in a lawsuit alleging malicious prosecution. Before the court was …
$135,000 Settles Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit by Former Michigan Prison Guard
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Discrimination, Settlements
$135,000 Settles Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit by Former Michigan Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 10, 2019, a former Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) prison guard, who is Hispanic and openly gay, settled a lawsuit over her discriminatory treatment at a DOC prison for $135,000. Twelve …
Michigan Prisoner’s Whistleblowing on GED Test Cheating Survives Summary Judgment
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Whistleblowing, Education
Michigan Prisoner’s Whistleblowing on GED Test Cheating Survives Summary Judgment by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court found on January 6, 2020 that allegations by a prisoner tutor that prison officials retaliated against him for blowing the whistle on GED test cheating were sufficient to …
McCann v. Fuller, MI, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2020
Brief • June 24, 2020
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
McCann v. Fuller, MI, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2020 Case 1:19-cv-01032-PLM-PJG ECF No. 51 filed 06/24/20 PageID.800 Page 1 of 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN RAYMOND E. McCANN II, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BRYAN FULLER; Special Representative for ) …
Coronavirus Kills Michigan Prisoner Days Before His Release After Serving 44 Years
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Wrongful Death
Coronavirus Kills Michigan Prisoner Days Before His Release After Serving 44 Years by Chad Marks by Chad Marks William Garrison was 16 years old when he was arrested and eventually convicted of first-degree murder. He would spend the next 44 years of his life behind bars. On April 13, 2020, …
Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Filed under: Medical Records, Failure to Treat, COVID-19
Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On April 17, 2020, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Oakland County Jail …
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