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Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
$23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care by Charles Talbert settled with Correctional Dental Associates (CDA) and Dental Practitioner Dr. Schneider for $23,000 in a lawsuit brought by him for inadequate dental treatment while housed in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP). While being held in …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
Brief • October 8, 2021
McGill v. Lebanon County, PA, Settlement, Solitary for Dreadlocks, 2022 GENERAL RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WE, ERIC S. MCGILL, JR., LEONTIAYY A. PRATI, AND LAMONT ROBINSON (hereinafter "Releasors"), in consideration of the receipt of the lump sum payment of ONE HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($147,500), payable as …
Brief • October 6, 2021
Smart Communications v. GTL, PA, Complaint, Antitrust Violations, 2021 Case 1:20-cv-00186-CCC Document 96 Filed 10/06/21 Page 1 of 49 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA HARRISBURG DIVISION SMART COMMUNICATIONS HOLDING, INC. and HLFIP HOLDING, CIVIL ACTION INC. d/b/a SMART NO.__________________________ COMMUNICATIONS IP HOLDINGS, JURY …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 19, 2021, twoconvicted robbers were convicted of murder in the death of a fellow prisoner they and two others attacked in 2017 at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama. According to a report by Montgomery TV station WSFA, Dominique Covin and Roderick DeLaune …
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 …
Brief • September 28, 2021
Filed under: Excessive Force
Talbert v. Department of Corrections, PA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-01669-MEM-DB Document 1 Filed 09/28/21 Page 1 of 10 FILED 2@-28 2021 PER \ ~-\&~nA \\e.u\))n \\e ~si~es~~\\~g_A _ _,._\~~\'\ ~'1~~-\12-r~\}cl\ 11\t,~1& \I,\~~ Dl!.PUTY CLERK c£ <&C\-t~m~\\,~ ., \s:~~~e~ Ss:cm ~~~~'S ,~ ~~~ , ~~ ~. b \e cs(\\ …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former guard at the Mobile Metro Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on May 19, 2021, after being indicted for his role in an alleged scheme to smuggle cellphones into the Alabama lockup in exchange for bribes. According to a report by local TV …
Publication • August 24, 2021
Filed under: Excessive Force
Abolitionist Law Center, Ltr Re Liability of Allegheny County, 2021 A Abolitionist Law Center P.O. Box 8654 Pittsburgh, PA 15221 +1 412 654 9070 abolitionistlawcenter.org ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER August 24, 2021 VIA Email Andrew Szefi, County Solicitor Allegheny County Law Dept. 445 Fort Pitt Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 RE: Liability …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 9, 2021, a former guard at the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama, agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that he had sexual intercourse with a prisoner in the laundry room at the women&rsquo;s prison west of Tuscaloosa. According to the Birmingham …
Brief • July 28, 2021
Allen v. Wetzel, PA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 2:19-cv-01258-RJC-MPK Document 96 Filed 07/28/21 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA _______________________________________ ) MICHAEL SHERMAN ALLEN, ) Plaintiff, ) v. Civil Action No. 2:19-cv-01258-RJC-MPK ) Electronically Filed SECRETARY JOHN WETZEL, ) …
Brief • July 28, 2021
Allen v. Hollowood, PA, Certificate of Service, Excessive Force, 2021 Case 2:19-cv-01258-RJC-MPK Document 96-1 Filed 07/28/21 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ____________________________________ ) MICHAEL S. ALLEN, ) Plaintiff, ) v. Civil Action No. 2:19-cv-01258-RJC-MPK ) CO ROBERT HOLLOWOOD, CO …
Brief • July 13, 2021
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Talbert v. Wetzel, PA, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-01231-MEM-DB Document 1 Filed 07/13/21 Page 1 of 33 c·•~~'LI~.t.s'"l ...... ~ - - -- -- -- t-\,b~;.u ~~~~~~ ~ii~.~~ ~ · - -~ - ~ -~~~~j.K..t~~~~~~·- ~----·-- - - ~h.\)A.U~~~~-- -___, < ~~QY~lli~~1'eA-~ he~ . ~. l~~~'d ~~-~ ,.,_______ __ …
Brief • June 2, 2021
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Ogrod v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2021 Case 2:21-cv-02499-JP Document 1 Filed 06/02/21 Page 1 of 65 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA WALTER OGROD CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, NO. v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, and DETECTIVE MARTIN DEVLIN, DETECTIVE PAUL WORRELL, DETECTIVE …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Australia: A February 2021 ruling by the Supreme Court in the Australian province of Victoria presented &ldquo;a rare win&rdquo; for a prisoner contesting prison procedures, according to a report by The Conversation. The convict, 56-year-old Craig Minogue, argued that Barwon Prison&rsquo;s random drug testing and strip-searching …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption
State Prison System Takes Over County Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon In a public move, shrouded in a cloak of utter secrecy, the Bedford County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners suspended with pay their jail&rsquo;s senior and assistant wardens, ceding operational authority to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC). …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
PA Lawsuit Claims Allegheny County Jail Sergeant Brutalized Disabled Women by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Three former women detainees with psychiatric and physical disabilities allege that Sergeant John Raible &ldquo;brutally assaulted&rdquo; them while they were held at Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Allegheny County Jail (ACJ). The complaint alleged other officials and …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2021, Huntsville TV station WHNT reported a delay in the trial on theft and ethics charges of Mike Blakely, sheriff of Limestone County, Alabama. According to the report, retired Colbert County Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins, who had been appointed to hear the case …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Lawsuit Over Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Fatal Asthma Attack Allegedly Triggered by Excessive Use of Pepper Spray by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The estate of a Philadelphia man who died of asthma in a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the DOC and officials …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Study Shows Misaligned Economic Incentives Fuel Mass Incarceration by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke An academic study by a University of Pennsylvania professor published in November 2020 shows that mismatched economic incentives &mdash; local governments making sentencing decisions while the state government pays the costs of incarceration &mdash; are an …
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