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Puerto Rico Prison Officials Fined $10 Million
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Ventilation, Clothing, Bedding, Hygiene Supplies, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Injunctions, Contempt (Civil Procedure)
Puerto Rico Prison Officials Fined $10 Million by A federal court in Puerto Rico held prison officials in contempt for failing to comply with court orders governing prison conditions and imposed a contempt sanction of $10 million. More than 20 years ago the court first dealt with prison overcrowding in …
Hitching Post Unconstitutional
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Filed under: Gang Policies, Work, Prison Labor, Chain Gangs, Eighth Amendment, Toilets, Water, Exposure to Heat, Restraints, Qualified Immunity
Hitching Post Unconstitutional by David Reutter The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that handcuffing a prisoner to a hitching post for prolonged periods violates the Eighth Amendment, but granted guards qualified immunity. Alabama prisoner Larry Hope was assigned to the chain gang at Limestone Correctional Facility …
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Consent Decree, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001
Brief • September 25, 2001
Filed under: Classification, Totality of Conditions, Fire Hazards, Food, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Ventilation, Exercise, Exposure to Cold, Showers, Toilets, Plumbing, Sewage, Water, Sanitation, Bedding, Hygiene Supplies, Reading Materials, Lighting, Laundry, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Legal Materials, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Consent Decree, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001 Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 45 Filed 09/25/01 Page 1 of 18 F·- 11'··~ L::. ·-.. r·) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 01SEP25 PM 3: 32 NORTHEASTERN DMSION U.S. DiS: r.;~: N.O. OF AL …
Alabama Ends Chain Gang Experiment
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Filed under: Prison Labor, Chain Gangs, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Clothing, Toilets, Water, Exposure to Heat, Restraints
Alabama Ends Chain Gang Experiment by A federal district court in Alabama has approved a settlement between Alabama state prisoners and the prison system, effectively ending Alabama's flirtation with chain gangs. The court also held that the practice of chaining prisoners to a "hitching post" is unconstitutional, cruel and unusual …
DC Prisoner Wins $175,000 in Conditions Case
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Filed under: Transfers, Cancer, Skin, Vision, Ventilation, Clothing, Exposure to Heat, Damages, Supervisory Liability, Municipal Liability, Ad-Seg Hearings, Mental Health
DC Prisoner Wins $175,000 in Conditions Case by David C Fathi by David C. Fathi On January 25, 2001, a federal jury in Washington, D.C. awarded nearly $175,000 to D.C. prisoner Lawrence Caldwell in his challenge to conditions at the District of Columbia's Maximum Security Facility (MSF) in Lorton, Virginia. …
Court to Determine if Louisiana Must Treat Male and Female Prisoners Equally
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Filed under: Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Men, Prison Labor, Shelter, Exposure to Heat, Prisoner Privileges
Court to Determine if Louisiana Must Treat Male and Female Prisoners Equally by The court of appeals for the Fifth Circuit has held that the issue of whether Louisiana violated the Equal Protection Clause by treating female prisoners more favorable than male prisoners cannot be resolved at the motion to …
Trial Required in Arizona Uprising Suit
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Cold, Toilets, Water, Bedding, Shelter, Exposure to Heat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints
Trial Required in Arizona Uprising Suit by The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court decision granting summary judgment to prison officials in a case involving the treatment of prisoners following a prison uprising. In 1995 the Graham Unit of the Arizona State Prison in Safford, …
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Complaint, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001
Brief • April 5, 2001
Filed under: Classification, Totality of Conditions, Fire Hazards, Food, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Ventilation, Exercise, Exposure to Cold, Showers, Toilets, Plumbing, Sewage, Water, Sanitation, Bedding, Hygiene Supplies, Reading Materials, Lighting, Laundry, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Education, Legal Materials, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Complaint, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001 Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 1 Filed 04/05/01 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA C. / "~i - 3 i.. ; ~·: NORTHERN DMSION JOHNNY MAYNOR, Anthony Murphree, Christopher Nichols, Yvette Barbee, …
Lorton Conditions Unconstitutional
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
Filed under: Transfers, Racial Discrimination, Cancer, Skin, Vision, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Smoking, Eighth Amendment, Ventilation, Clothing, Plumbing, Water, Sanitation, Exposure to Heat, Qualified Immunity, Ad-Seg Hearings
Lorton Conditions Unconstitutional by A federal district court for the District of Columbia held that a prisoner stated claims for an assortment of constitutional injuries and a violation of the Lorton Act. The defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, for summary judgment was denied in part. …
$53,000 Settlement in AL Conditions Suit
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: Prison Industries, Fire Hazards, Overcrowding, Ventilation, Toilets, Water, Bedding, Lighting, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements
$53,000 Settlement in AL Conditions Suit by On April 8, 2000, the Alabama Department of Corrections settled a conditions lawsuit by agreeing to pay eight prisoners $53,000 in damages and establish basic standards of care at the Loxley Community Work Center in Mobile, Alabama. In August, 1997, eight prisoners were …
Texas Prisoners Bake to Death
Article • November 15, 1998 • from PLN November, 1998
Filed under: Medication, Exposure to Heat, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Accidents
Texas Prisoners Bake to Death by Alex Friedmann More than one hundred people have died during a searing heat wave in Texas this past summer, including at least three prisoners. Dozens of convicts have been treated for heat-related health problems. "I've been with the system 13 years and this has …
Detainees Have Right to be Vermin Free
Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994
Filed under: CMS, Medical, Medication, Bedding, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Limitations, Contractor Liability
Detainees Have Right to be Vermin Free by Two federal pretrial detainees housed under contract in the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in Pennsylvania sued jail officials for a wide variety of ailments affecting jail prisoners. Among the issues they filed suit on were: inadequate ventilation, extreme temperatures, excessive noise, use …
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