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Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
$1.75 Million Settlement Reached in Washington Jail Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Washington city of Lynnwood agreed on September 20, 2023, to pay $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit alleging guards at the Lynnwood Municipal Jail were negligent in the suicide death of Tirhas Tesfatsion two …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Oregon Prisoner’s Parole Deferral Based on “Dangerous Offender” Statute Reversed by On August 9, 2023, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a decision by the state Board of Parole and Post-­Prison Supervision (BPPS) deferring parole consideration for Gerald O. Person. Sentenced as a “dangerous offender” for crimes committed in the …
Brief • March 18, 2024
Estate of Melody Morgan v. The State of Nevada, NV, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Bonnie Lopez, individually as sister and for the Estate of Melody Morgan, deceased; Colleen Lackey, individually and as mother of Melody Morgan, deceased V. The …
Brief • March 18, 2024
Filed under: Suicides
Lopez v. Nevada Dept. of Corrections, NV, Settlement Agreement, Suicide, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS Case Name: Bonnie Lopez, individually as sister and for the Estate of Melody Morgan, deceased; Colleen Lackey, individually and as mother of Melody Morgan, deceased v. The State of Nevada …
California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Et Al v. U.S.A, CA, Order Granting the Motion for Class Certification, Solitary Confinement, 2024 Case 4:23-cv-04155-YGR Document 222 Filed 03/15/24 Page 1 of 45 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 Case No.: 4:23-cv-4155-YGR 4 5 CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR WOMEN …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Overcrowded and Understaffed, Oklahoma County Jail Remains “Deplorable” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A headline in the August 1965 edition of The Daily Oklahoman said that then-Sheriff Bob Turner of Oklahoma County “denies his jail’s ‘deplorable.’” A new jail was later built, but almost six decades later, a …
Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far by Douglas Ankney, Casey Bastian by Douglas Ankney and Casey J. Bastian A spate of jail deaths in California’s San Bernardino County dating back to 2017 has led to at least four legal settlements …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
New Jersey Supreme Court Revives Parolee’s Challenge to Administratively Imposed Treatment Program by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 3, 2023, the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that a state prisoner’s parole could not be conditioned on his enrollment in a residential treatment program (RTP) when he is …
Alabama Prisons Facing Third Class-Action Lawsuit by In a lawsuit filed in federal court for the Middle District of Alabama on December 12, 2023, a group of state prisoners accused the state Board of Pardons and Paroles (BOPP) of denying them release so that the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Tribal Courts Expand ‘Healing to Wellness’ Rehabilitation Programs by to an AP News report on August 20, 2023, tribal courts—the judicial system in Native American communities—increasingly offer holistic ‘healing to wellness’ (H2W) programs for criminal defendants. Similar to restorative justice initiatives, H2W programs provide substance abuse treatment and counseling during …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Escape from Oregon State Hospital Results in Changes to Detainee Transports by Facing charges including attempted murder, assault and robbery, Christopher Lee Pray, 39, was being evaluated for fitness to stand trial on August 30, 2023, when he commandeered an Oregon State Hospital (OSH) transport van returning him from a …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Filed under: Primecare Medical, Suicides
Unsealed Settlement Reveals PrimeCare Medical Paid $337,500 After Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 12, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania unsealed the settlement agreement between PrimeCare Medical and the Estate of Charles Freitag. As PLN reported, Freitag, 57, …
Wellpath Held in Contempt in Suit at California Jail by On September 26, 2023, the federal court for the Northern District of California found “clear and convincing evidence” that private for-profit prison and jail healthcare provider Wellpath, Inc., had violated the terms of a settlement agreement in a long-running case …
Suit Filed After Mentally Ill Detainee Starves to Death in Miami Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A civil rights action filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on July 1, 2023, alleged that officials at Miami-Dade County’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGKCC) …
Brief • February 19, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Suicides
Estate of Dean Hoffmann v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, WI, Complaint, Wrongful Death- Inadequate Medical Care, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ______________________________________________________________________________ MEGAN HOFFMANN KOLB, as Personal Administrator for the Estate of DEAN HENRY HOFFMANN, Deceased, Plaintiff, Case No.: 2:24-cv-00160 v. WISCONSIN …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Washington Fined Over $100 Million for Delays in Competency Evaluations and Restoration by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 7, 2023, Judge Marsha J. Pechman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington found the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) in material breach …
Sixth Circuit Revives Suit by Pregnant Mentally Ill Michigan Detainee Allegedly Kicked in Her Womb by Jail Guard, Losing Baby by On July 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit deemed testimony by a pregnant mentally ill detainee no less credible than that of her Michigan …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Second Circuit Says New York Prisons Must Answer for Denying Court-Ordered Rehab by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 4, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to New York state prison officials who refused a prisoner’s judicially ordered …
In Suit Over Connecticut Prisoner’s Death, Attorney General Will No Longer Represent Guard Convicted of Assault by On August 20, 2023, Connecticut newspapers reported that state Attorney General William Tong (D) announced his office would no longer defend a former state prison guard convicted of assaulting a prisoner in a …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Inmate Records Released from Closed Washington Psychiatric Lockup by In July 2023, writer Brad Bigelow learned his great-grandfather’s 1951 obituary was a lie—George Bartles had not died at his Seattle home. Newly released records revealed that the 74-year-old was instead an inmate at the now-shuttered Northern State Hospital, where he …
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