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Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Court Grants Class Certification for Illinois Prisoners in Restrictive Housing Lawsuit by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On June 14, 2021, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification while granting in part and denying in part Defendant’s motion to Supplement. The …
Washington DC Jail’s Suicide Proof “Safe Cell” Use Not Safe for Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Washington, D.C.’s jail safe cell use has been under scrutiny since 2013 when a rash of suicides prompted the jail to hire Lindsay Hayes, a nationally renowned jail and prison suicide prevention …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Local Pennsylvania Voters Ban Solitary Confinement and No-Knock Warrants by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Residents of Allegheny County voted to restrict the use of solitary confinement. The ballot measure was overwhelmingly approved during a May 18, 2021 election. PLN has previously reported on the brutalizing by guards and …
Tellis v. Leblanc, LA, Class Action Certification, Conditions of Confinement - Extended Lockdown, 2021 Case 5:18-cv-00541-EEF-MLH Document 462 Filed 09/20/21 Page 1 of 28 PageID #: 23229 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION ANTHONY TELLIS, ET AL. CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-541 VERSUS JUDGE ELIZABETH E. FOOTE …
Friedmann v. Parker, TN, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2021 IN THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION ALEXANDER FRIEDMANN ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. TONY PARKER, TONY MAYS, MICHAEL KEYS, GEORGE FIRESTINE; and CELESTA WILLIAMS In their individual and …
Middleton v. Ward, GA, Class Action Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2021 Case 5:21-cv-00334-MTT Document 1 Filed 09/10/21 Page 1 of 77 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA MACON DIVISION ________________________________ ) JOHNELL MIDDLETON, ) ) JACORI HODGES, ) ) COREY HOLBROOKS, on behalf ) of …
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Bivens Action Challenging Due Process in 280-Day SHU Stay and Alleging Retaliation by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 2, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a federal prisoner’s claims of insufficient due …
Babu v. County of Alameda, CA, Declaration of Kara Janssen, Unconstitutional Use of Isolation, 2021 Case 5:18-cv-07677-NC Document 266-1 Filed 08/26/21 Page 1 of 110 1 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 2 KARA J. JANSSEN – 274762 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 3 101 Mission …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
New York State Law Ends Long-Term Solitary Confinement in Prisons and Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 1, 2021, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law a bill that ends long-term solitary confinement in that state starting in April 2022. “Having spent a lot of …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Second Circuit Holds Control Unit Placement for Former Death Row Prisoners Unconstitutional Bill of Attainder by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Connecticut federal district court’s order that found a state law was an unconstitutional bill of attainder because it was intended …
Cox v. Lashbrook, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2021 Information Case# Official Case# 16-1096 SD 16-CV-1096 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Sheet for Case Number Filed Case Cox, James #KS3474 v. Lashbrook, et al. IDOC# Defendants: 1/12/17 Date Served Received Status closed 5/11/17 □ Class Action On Appeal C Spears 0 Pro Se …
Brief • July 14, 2021
Burgess v. Inch, FL, Response to Dft FDOC Third Request for Admissions, Solitary Confinement, 2023 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHISN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION JAC’QUANN (ADMIRE), KENDRICK, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. CASE NO.: 4:19-cv-00212-MW-MAF MARK S. INCH, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF JEROME BURGESS’ RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Coronavirus Lockdowns in Prisons Test Limits of Colorado’s Rules on Solitary Confinement by John Herrick by John Herrick, The Colorado Trust Last summer, Matthew Harter, a 50-year-old from Lakewood, Colo., was incarcerated at Centennial Correctional Facility South, a prison in Cañon City, when he started to have trouble breathing. Harter …
After DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions for Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary, Massachusetts Experiments with Monitoring Gadget by Kevin Bliss, Keith Sanders by Kevin Bliss and Keith Sanders Six months after the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a highly critical report accusing the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MADOC) of violating the …
Doe v. NJ Dept of Corrections, NJ, Settlement, Transgender Discrimination, 2021 MER-L-001586-19 06/29/2021 1:06:04 AM Pg 1 of 25 Trans ID: LCV20211544598 SONIA DOE (a pseudonym), SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY LAW DIVISION - MERCER COUNTY Plaintiff, Docket No. MER-L-1586-19 v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al. Defendants. CIVIL …
Davis v. Baldwin, IL, Order Granting Class Certification, Solitary Confinement, 2021 Case 3:16-cv-00600-MAB Document 230 Filed 06/14/21 Page 1 of 59 Page ID #4850 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HENRY DAVIS, et al., ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Connecticut Supermax Closing After Lawsuit Filed Seeking to Reduce Use of Solitary by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced on February 9, 2021, that the state Department of Correction (DOC) would permanently close its Northern Correctional Institution (Northern) in Somers by July 1. The announcement came …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Draconian Use of Solitary Confinement in North Carolina by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders Compared to other experiences inside American prisons, spending time in solitary confinement is the harshest and most dehumanizing. Between 50,000 and 60,000 individuals languish in concrete boxes no larger than a closet for 22-plus hours a …
Harvard v. Blitch, FL, Protective Order, Solitary Confinement, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION JAC’QUANN MARQUIS HARVARD, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. 3:19-cv-1147-J-20PDB W. BLITCH., et al., Defendants. PROTECTIVE ORDER ON SENSITIVE RECORDS THIS CAUSE having come before the Court on the Plaintiff’s Motion for Protective …
Publication • 2021
Legislative Regulation of Isolation in Prison, 2018-2021 1 Legislative Regulation of Isolation in Prison: 2018-2021 Abstract Legislative activity seeking to limit or abolish the use of solitary confinement (often termed “restrictive housing”) has increased in recent years. Efforts to “stop” solitary (nationally and internationally) are underway through organizing, hunger strikes, …
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