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Discrimination Complaint by White Male Prison Guard Settled by Christopher Zoukis An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint filed by Kevin J. Erickson, a white male prison guard at Federal Correctional Institution Petersburg, Virginia, was settled in March 2002. Erickson's EEOC complaint, filed in April 2001, alleged that Wanda Hunt, …
Article • September 6, 2016
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of FOIA Request by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a lower court's decision to dismiss the appeal of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) records request on June 28, 2016. Florent …
Brown v. DPSCS, MD, Amended Complaint, Discrimination Against Blind Prisoners, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00945-RDB Document 20 Filed 09/06/16 Page 1 of 33 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ANTHONY BLUE STEVEN BROWN WILBERT DELANO GREGORY HAMMOND SEDRIC HOLLEY RUSSELL HOPKINS JOHNNIE JAMES TYRELL POLLEY MAYNARD SNEED …
Hollingsworth v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-01595 Document #: 53 Filed: 09/06/16 Page 1 of 10 PageID #:142 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ARTERO HOLLINGSWORTH, Plaintiff, v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, LOGAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, SHERIDAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, WEXFORD MEDICAL CORPORATION, …
Poor Parents Fail to Pay Child Support, Go to Jail by Matthew Clarke Child support is an enormous issue in the United States. In August 2015, Mark Greenberg, the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, …
Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New Jersey Prisoner’s Suit by On November 16, 2015, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a civil rights action brought by a former New Jersey state prisoner who was housed at a community corrections facility and allegedly mistreated when she was …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Securus Settles Lawsuit Alleging Improper Recording of Privileged Prisoner Calls by by Jordan Smith, The Intercept Attorneys and advocates for people incarcerated in local jails in Austin, Texas have settled a federal lawsuit against telecommunications company Securus Technologies, with an agreement ostensibly designed to ensure that privileged legal communications between defense …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
$81,200 for North Carolina Prisoner’s Estate in Breach of Duty Suit by The North Carolina Industrial Commission awarded $81,200 to the estate of a prisoner who died after a guard at the Greene Corr. Institution denied him medical care. The estate alleged that prisoner Thomas Sellars, 51, went to the …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Prison and Jail Officials Face New Challenge: Drones Used to Smuggle Contraband by Lonnie Burton Drones are increasingly being used in attempts to smuggle drugs and other contraband into prisons worldwide. Previously, smugglers had to bribe guards, use their body cavities or have accomplices sneak forbidden items through prison visitation. …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Termination of Consent Decree at Mississippi Prison Denied; Facility to Close by David Reutter Ongoing violations of prisoners’ rights at the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility (WGCF) led a federal district court to deny the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ (MDOC) motion to terminate a consent decree. The evidence, the court held …
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Virginia Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Suit by The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Virginia prisoner’s civil rights action that raised claims related to his religious practices and medical care. Prisoner Jesus Emmanuel Jehovah’s complaint alleged prison officials violated his free exercise …
Taxpayer-funded Drug Rehab Empire Collapses under Lawsuits, Indictments by Joe Watson A purportedly non-profit organization run by a father-and-son team that operated methadone clinics and so-called “sober houses” across New York City faced indictments in October 2014 for stealing millions of dollars in public funds and fraudulent insurance claims. Alan …
Untreated Intoxication Death at Massachusetts Jail Results in $232,500 Settlement by The City of Lowell, Massachusetts agreed to a $232,500 settlement in a civil rights action related to the alcohol poisoning death of a woman in the Lowell Police Department (LPD) lockup. Police officers arrested Alyssa Brame, 31, on January …
Condoms Now Available to Prisoners in Three States by Joe Watson Legislation in California, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September 2014, allows prisoners in the state’s 34 adult correctional facilities access to condoms. With the signing of Assembly Bill 999 – also known as the Prisoner Protections …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Prisoner’s Healthy Kidney Erroneously Removed; Surgeon Receives Probation by David Reutter The California Medical Board placed a doctor on three years’ probation for removing the wrong kidney during surgery on a federal prisoner. The unidentified 59-year-old prisoner, held at FCI Terminal Island, was diagnosed with a cancerous left kidney following …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Correctional Medical Care Illegally Practiced Medicine in New York by David Reutter The New York Attorney General found that Correctional Medical Care, Inc. (CMC) violated state law by engaging in the “corporate practice of medicine.” The finding resulted in a September 2014 settlement agreement that required the for-profit prison and …
Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Business Model Blamed for Prisoner Deaths, Injuries by The business model of Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (ACH) includes “severe cost control measures” and reliance on the company’s insurance provider to cover liability verdicts that result from inadequate medical care, according to lawsuits filed by the estates of …
New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Agrees to Federal Consent Decree, Reforms by Derek Gilna The Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is notorious for excessive use of force against prisoners. It has been sued dozens of times by prisoners, prisoners’ rights organizations and even the U.S. Department …
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Death Penalty Case Reveals Morgue Worker Had Sex with 100 Female Corpses by In another development in the macabre murder, rape and death penalty case of convicted killer David Steffen, a former Hamilton County, Ohio morgue worker admitted to engaging in sex with around 100 female corpses. Kenneth Douglas acknowledged …
Oregon DOC Sees Spike in Gang-related Murders by Mark Wilson “This is a systemic problem,” said attorney Dennis Steinman, who represented the widow of an Oregon prisoner murdered in his cell. “This is not only about Snake River. This is about the prisons statewide.” Steinman appears to be correct, given …
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