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Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
No Compassionate Release for Bank Robber Turned Angel of Mercy at North Carolina BOP Lockup by As reported by the Atavaist on May 31, 2023, Gary Settle, a federal prisoner in North Carolina, has outlived his 18-month diagnosis with terminal prostate cancer—and is still in prison. Settle is serving an …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
In Suit Over Moldy Cells Causing Fungal Infection, Illinois Warden Denied Summary Judgment Wins Anyway by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 19, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of Illinois denied a state prison warden’s motion for summary judgment in a federal civil rights lawsuit over …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Grievances, Dismissal
Seventh Circuit Revives Indiana Prisoner’s Claim Over Dismissed Grievance by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the grant of summary judgment against a federal prisoner in Indiana who claimed he was subjected to a physical assault …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Fifth Circuit: 12-Hour Delay in Treating Texas Prisoner’s Stroke Wasn’t Deliberate Indifference by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 5, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a Texas prisoner’s civil rights complaint that alleged prison staff delayed and impeded his access …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
The Economist Calls for More Alternatives to Incarceration by The report addressed high rates of incarceration in England and Wales, though its lessons apply to the U.S., where incarceration rates are even higher. The countries’ shared inclination toward imprisonment reflects a desire to safeguard the public from potential threats, which …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Settlements
After SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Split, Maryland Guard Loses Appeal to Prisoner’s $700,000 Verdict by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) held that a post-trial motion is required only to preserve findings of fact for appellate review—not a purely …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
New York Adding Names to Tombstones of Dead Prisoners by “We recognize them as people, not just a number,” said Rev. Alfred Twyman. The chaplain with New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Services (DOCCS) was talking about corpses of people who died in a state prison, in a report …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Watchdog Report Attempts to Prove Epstein Suicide by Nearly four years after billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found fatally hanged in his cell at a now-shuttered federal lockup in Manhattan, officials attempted to confirm it was a suicide in a report released on June 27, 2023, by Michael Horowitz, …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19, Consent Decrees
COVID-19 Consent Decree Terminated at Florida’s Broward County Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 14, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of Florida issued its latest ruling in a long-running case brought by detainees at the Broward County Jail exposed to a risk of …
New York State Struggles to Hold Prison Guards Accountable for Abuse by An investigation published by The Marshall Project on May 19, 2023, examined the struggle by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to hold its guards accountable for abusing state prisoners. Over a span …
Eleventh Circuit Says Florida Prisoner’s Dismissed Complaint Doesn’t Count as a “Strike” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the moment a prisoner files a motion to dismiss his federal civil rights suit, a district …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
$100,000 Settlement Reached With Corizon Health for Failure to Provide Arizona Prisoner Eye Care by On July 25, 2022, a settlement was reached between Corizon Health, Inc. and an Arizona prisoner to whom it allegedly denied eye care, resulting in partial vision loss. Under the agreement, the firm owes $100,000 …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Condemned Louisiana Prisoners Lose Bid for Clemency Hearings by The last five of a group consisting of condemned Louisiana prisoners who had sought clemency hearings were shot down by the state Board of Pardons on October 13, 2023. Among them was Antoinette Frank, a former New Orleans cop and the …
After Winning $15,000 Settlement, California Trans Prisoner Forces CDCR to Replace Missing Trust Account Deposits by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On May 24, 2023, the Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, issued a mandate commanding the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to restore over $2,600 …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Report Details “Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline” for Young Women by On April 10, 2023, two advocacy groups for gender equality and justice released a new report arguing that young women—especially young women of color—continue to be punished for violence they endure as victims of sex trafficking. In Criminalized Survivors: Today’s Abuse to …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
“Missing” Texas Prisoner Prompts Lockdown by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 20, 2022, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) said that a prisoner reported missing the day before at the Stiles Unit in Beaumont had been “found within the prison’s perimeter fence.” But in a letter …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: Good Time Credits, Credits
Vermont Supreme Court Provides Prisoner No Relief for Denial of Earned-Time Credits by On January 27, 2023, the Vermont Supreme Court held that a state prisoner was not entitled to benefit from an earned-time program because he committed his offense after the program was authorized but sentenced before it went …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Less is More Act Cuts Parole Population by 40% in New York by By March 1, 2023, more than 17,000 New York parolees had been discharged early since the Less is More (LIM) Act took effect a year earlier, cutting the number of people on parole statewide by nearly 40%. …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
North Carolina Supreme Court Affirms Class Certification Denial in Prisoners’ Challenge to Solitary Confinement by On November 4, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court refused to overturn a lower court’s decision denying class certification in a challenge brought by state prisoners to the use of solitary confinement. In its ruling, …
Indiana Settles Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim for $4,500 by On September 12, 2022, the state of Indiana reached a $4,500 settlement to resolve a state prisoner’s claim that guards confiscated his property without following prison procedure and then threatened retaliation when he filed grievances. Victor Karp was held at Correctional Industrial …
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