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Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Bivens Suit Over Medical Care by Derek Gilna Ryan K. Mathison, incarcerated at FCI Pekin, a federal prison near Peoria, Illinois, suffered from high blood pressure. One morning he awoke at 3 a.m. with a sharp pain in his chest; he summoned a …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Demonstrators Protest Gates Foundation’s $2.2 Million Investment in GEO Group by Joe Watson About two dozen immigrants’ rights advocates picketed outside the headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle on April 10, 2014, protesting the Foundation’s investments in the GEO Group, the second-largest private prison company in …
Multiple Suicides at Florida Jail a Cause for Concern by David Reutter Suicide is the leading cause of death among jail detainees according to an August 2015 report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. While 80% of jails in the U.S. reported no deaths in 2013, six percent reported …
Wisconsin Prisoner’s Civil Rights Action Alleging Verbal Harassment Reinstated by Derek Gilna Ronald J. Beal, a Wisconsin state prisoner, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his civil rights by Department of Corrections (DOC) staff who had subjected him to verbal harassment. After his complaint was …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
California Jail Ordered to Restore Attorney-Client Contact Visits by Derek Gilna The Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada County, California changed its rules in 2013 to prohibit defense attorneys from having contact visits with their clients, allegedly due to security and cost concerns. Several prisoners filed suit, and a superior …
The End of Prison Visitation by by Jack Smith IV, Mic A new system called “video visitation” is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls. It’s inhumane, dystopian and actually increases in-prison violence – but god, it makes money. Losing Connection The only way Lauren Johnson could see …
Cities Re-evaluating Housing Bans for Former Prisoners by Matthew Clarke In the 1990s, high crime rates in public housing – especially the infamous “projects” – led many cities to adopt a one-strike policy that banned anyone with a felony conviction from public housing. Now, with declining crime rates and the …
Overcrowding at South Dakota Prison Impacts Family Visitation Program by A surge in female prisoners incarcerated on low-level drug charges led to the temporary shutdown of a program at the South Dakota Women’s Prison that helps prisoners maintain family ties and relationships. The Parent and Children Together (P.A.C.T.) program provides …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Defendants Claim Sexual Abuse by Arkansas Judge by Three alleged victims of an Arkansas judge filed a lawsuit in May 2016, claiming that Cross County District Court Judge Joseph Boeckmann had sexually abused them. Attorney Gary Green said on May 11, 2016 that a fourth man had joined the suit …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
A Deadly Dust is Plaguing Hawaii Prisoners in Arizona by Valley fever is widespread in the Southwest, yet Hawaii prison officials haven’t paid much attention to it, despite the recent deaths of at least two prisoners who had the disease. by Rui Kaneya, Civil Beat In the spring of 2014, …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Supreme Court Allows Prisoner’s § 1983 Action after Dismissal of Federal Tort Claim by Derek Gilna In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held on June 6, 2016 that a federal prisoner, Walter J. Himmelreich, could file a § 1983 federal civil rights complaint after the dismissal of his …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Florida Drug Court Judge’s Relapse Results in Removal from Bench by David Reutter In an ironic twist, a Florida drug court judge was removed from the bench after enrolling in a substance abuse treatment program herself. In December 2013, Broward County Judge Gisele Pollack, 57, took a two-week leave to …
Ohio Prison Guards Cited for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Several Ohio state prison guards have been disciplined following at least 19 allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationships with female prisoners between 2012 and 2013. Most of the allegations arose shortly after the Dayton Correctional Institution (DCI) …
Breaking News: 18 Deaths in Six Months at Mississippi State Penitentiary by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News has learned through a public records request that 18 prisoners died at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman in just over a six-month period. The most recent reported death was that of Terry …
The Taste of Exploitation: Whole Foods Stops Carrying Products Made by Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Visit the website for Haystack Mountain, a Colorado-based goat cheese manufacturer, and you will find information about fancy chèvre and other tasty products. The “Our People” section includes profiles on cheesemaker Jackie Chang and other …
Coroner: California Prisoner’s Death Due to Starvation by Ann Marie Patrick wants an investigation into the death of her son at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. Michael Stanley Galliher, 49, was found dead six days after he was transferred to the prison from a state mental hospital. A coroner’s …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Michigan State Prisoner Receives $1,250 for Interference with Visit by Derek Gilna Michigan state prisoner Kevin King was awarded $1,250 in punitive damages and $1 in compensatory damages after a federal jury found that a guard had intentionally interfered with a visit with his wife. The court determined that the …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Ninth Circuit Finds Accidental Amputation of Prisoner’s Fingertip Not a § 1983 Violation by Derek Gilna The tip of pretrial detainee Cherie Harding’s little finger was accidentally severed in her cell’s door frame when a guard at a San Francisco jail opened the door to commence a pat-down search. Harding …
U.S. Supreme Court: Prisoners Must Exhaust “Available” Administrative Remedies by Derek Gilna Shaidon Blake, a Maryland prisoner, claimed that he was punched in the face and had his head slammed into a wall by guard James Madigan while handcuffed during a move to a segregation cell – an assault that …
Ex-captain Sentenced for Raping Subordinate at Virginia Prison by Lloyd G. Samuels, a former captain employed by the Virginia Department of Corrections and a naturalized U.S. citizen from Jamaica, was sentenced on March 11, 2016 to 10 years in prison with six years suspended for raping a fellow prison employee …
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