Young v. Newton, VA, Order, Religious Freedom, 2020 Case 1:18-cv-00851-AJT-JFA Document 123 Filed 10/16/20 Page 1 of 59 PageID# 3604 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division MITCHELL YOUNG, et al., ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, V. JEFFERY …
Prison Postcard: Life in the Time of COVID, Correctional Center, Virginia by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel Rosen I’m here at the Greensville Correctional Center in southern Virginia. This place holds up to 3,000 inmates. On August 7, we went on lockdown for the second time in four months. There …
Williams & Connolly, HRDC Win Censorship Case Against Virginia Regional Jail, $210,000 in Attorney Fees by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Williams & Connolly LLP of Washington, D.C. and the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), parent organization of Prison Legal News (PLN), have won a federal civil rights judgment against …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority, et al., opinion and order, attorney fees and costs, 2020 Case 1:18-cv-00013-JPJ-PMS Document 140 Filed 08/24/20 Page 1 of 27 Pageid#: 4233 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ABINGDON DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
Prison Postcards: “I feel as though I was either in a car accident or beaten by a baseball bat.” by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein We’re now nearly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and geographically the coronavirus epicenter has shifted from its origins in the United States in New …
OSIG Report on the Virginia Parole Board, 2020 Provided Under Code of Virginia 2.2-313 B (Please do not further disseminate this report to preserve the integrity of the investigation) (Virginia Parole Board) FWA Hotline Case #18647 Issued 07282020 This request applies to the Chief of Staff, Speaker, Majority Leader, and …
Riddick v. Franklin, VA, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2020 Case 7:20-cv-00081-TTC-PMS Document 12 Filed 05/26/20 Page 1 of 37 Pageid#: 185 For Clerk's Office Use Judge I a.aw~ATOfAOANOKe, rice u.~. DIST. CQUifl VA *** AMENDED COMPLAINT*** Fll..EO Rec'd MAY 2 6 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN …
Health Care Services Killing Women at Virginia Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter With four deaths in five months at Virginia’s Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW), a federal district court began moving its focus from care for individual prisoners to systematic change in July 2019. The Virginia …
Virginia Governor Suspends Policy After Eight-Year-Old Strip Searched During Prison Visit by Bill Barton by Bill Barton On December 6, 2109, Governor Ralph Northam suspended a Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) policy that authorized strip searches of minors. An 8-year-old girl had been subjected to a strip search November 24, …
USA v. Hector, 4th Circuit, Motion to Dismiss Appeal, COVID-19 Release, 2020 USCA4 Appeal: 20-4183 Doc: 18-1 Filed: 03/27/2020 Pg: 1 of 3 Total Pages:(1 of 5) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. LEILA VARETTA HECTOR, Appellant. ) ) ) ) …
HRDC v. SVRJA, VA, Opinion re Injunction, Censorship, 2020 Case 1:18-cv-00013-JPJ-PMS Document 129 Filed 03/25/20 Page 1 of 11 Pageid#: 3867 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ABINGDON DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY, ET AL., Defendants. ) …
Major Prison Health Care Companies Funnel Campaign Contributions to Sheriffs, Get Rewards by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Campaign contributions from private medical provider Wellpath to Virginia’s Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman may be legal under Virginia law but are raising ethical questions. Wellpath is already under federal …
Jury Awards Former Virginia Prisoner Over $1 Million After Finding of Medical Malpractice against Prison Doctor by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 19, 2019, a federal jury in Richmond, Virginia awarded former prisoner John Kinlaw $708,671 in compensatory damages plus $625,000 in punitive damages after finding in his …
Virginia Circuit Court Awards $197.55 to Prisoner in Property Tort Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 28, 2019, the Grayson County Circuit Court awarded $197.55 to state prisoner Gary Brown following a bench trial in which he proceeded pro se on a tort claim against the Commonwealth …
PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit Against Virginia Jail by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court held that Prison Legal News’ First Amendment and due process rights were violated when reading materials it sent to prisoners at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center (NRADC) in Virginia …
Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Virginia Prisoner’s Hep C Lawsuit by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held on September 4, 2019 that prison officials responsible for a policy that prevented a Virginia prisoner from receiving treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) …
Fourth Circuit Agrees Virginia’s Death Row Conditions Violated Eighth Amendment by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer Almost 120 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the harm that solitary confinement causes. Prior to 2015, prisoners on Virginia’s death row were housed in solitary in 71-square-foot cells (about the size of …
USA v. McCabe, VA, Arraignment Minutes, Bribery and Money Laundering, 2019 Document 30 B^^^astemCase District2:19-cr-00171-AWA-DEM Of Virginia- U.S. District Court Filed 11/19/19 Page 1 of 1 PageID# 83 ARRAIGNMENT/DETENTION MINUTES: Date: November 19,2019 Started: Presiding Judge: Douglas E. Miller Ended: Courtroom Deputy: 0• Time Set: 02:30 p.m. <9'M\ Court Reporter: …
Muslim Civil Rights Group Files Discrimination Suit Over Virginia Jail’s “God Pod” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In November 2018, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of four Muslim prisoners at the Riverside Regional Jail in North Prince George, Virginia. The …
Virginia Death Row Conditions Subjected Prisoners to Risk of Harm by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 3, 2019, the Fourth Cir­cuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order that found the conditions of confinement on Virginia’s death row violated the Eighth Amendment. The appellate court …
