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Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
More Success for Medication-Assisted Treatment Programs in Prisons and Jails by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The opioid crisis has reached every segment of American society, from fentanyl-laced candy found in elementary schools to party-goers dying from innocent-looking pills that are really fatal fentanyl cocktails. Opioid abuse killed over 80,000 …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Tennessee DOC Coughs Up Video of Condemned Prisoner Who Severed Own Penis by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD After a month of foot-dragging, the Tennessee Department of Corrections (DOC) complied with a court order on February 24, 2023, releasing surveillance video of a death-row prisoner who cut off …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Fifth Detainee Dies in 2023 at California’s Santa Rita Jail by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A homeless man who lived behind a Kohl’s Department Store in Livermore, California, become the fifth detainee to die this year in Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail (SRJ). Eric Magana, 26, committed …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
California Appellate Court: Time Spent in Mental Hospital to Restore Competency is Time Served by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 28, 2023, the CaliforniaThird District Court of Appeals ordered a lower court to recalculate a prisoner’s custody credits for time spent in a facility to bring the …
Brief • July 12, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Suicides
Estate of Tirhas Berhane v. City of Lynnwood, WA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Suicide, 2023 Case 2:23-cv-01048-KKE Document 1 Filed 07/12/23 Page 1 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE …
Estate of Jose Pichardo v. County of Imperial, CA, Notice of Motion for Summary Adj., Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 3:20-cv-01465-LAB-DDL Document 132 Filed 07/09/23 PageID.1943 Page 1 of 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DENISSE O. GASTÉLUM, ESQ., SBN 282771 GASTÉLUM LAW, APC 3767 …
Article • June 27, 2023
Texas Ships its Most Troubled Youth to Adult Prisons by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi As a result of a significantly depleted work force, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), is imploring judges to send its most troubled and violent youth to the adult prison system operated by the state …
Estate of Jose Pichardo v. County of Imperial, CA, Order Granting and Denying Part Motion to Dismiss Third Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 3:20-cv-01465-LAB-DDL Document 129 Filed 06/26/23 PageID.1890 Page 1 of 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA …
$775,000 Paid for Mentally Ill California Jail Detainee Who Compulsively Drank Water Until He Died by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On November 2, 2022, California’s Monterey County agreed to pay $775,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of Rafael Ramirez Lara, a mentally ill detainee allegedly …
Brief • June 12, 2023
Suarez v. Annucci, NY, Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Dft's MSJ, Inadequate Mental Care, 2023 Case 7:20-cv-07133-VB Document 156 Filed 06/12/23 Page 1 of 37 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------- x : ELVIN SUAREZ, : : Mr. Suarez, : : -against: : ANTHONY J. …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Eighth Circuit Lets Public Defender Withdraw from BOP Prisoner’s “Frivolous” Appeal by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw from an attorney appointed to represent a federal prisoner in Missouri appealing his civil commitment. …
State of New York Offices of the Inspector General-Investigation of the NYSDCCS Contraband Drug Testing Program-Nov. 2023 State of New York Offices of the Inspector General Investigation of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Contraband Drug Testing Program November 2023 Lucy Lang Inspector General EXECUTIVE SUMMARY …
Schizophrenic Detainee Dies after 20 days in Solitary Confinement in Indiana Jail by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A lawsuit filed on April 12, 2023, accuses the jail in Indiana’s Jackson County of deliberate indifference to the serious medical need of a detainee who had been held in …
Brief • May 17, 2023
USA v. Cumberland County, NJ, Consent Decree, Failure to Provide Mental Health Care, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-02655 Document 2-3 Filed 05/17/23 Page 1 of 30 PageID: 48 AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’S INVESTIGATION OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY JAIL Case 1:23-cv-02655 Document 2-3 Filed 05/17/23 Page 2 of 30 PageID: …
Brief • May 17, 2023
USA v. Cumberland County, NJ, Complaint, Failure to Provide Mental Health Care, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-02655 Document 1 Filed 05/17/23 Page 1 of 10 PageID: 1 MERRICK B. GARLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL PHILIP R. SELLINGER United States Attorney MICHAEL E. CAMPION Chief, Civil Rights Division JUNIS L. BALDON Assistant U.S. Attorney 970 …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
$4.25 Million Paid by King County for Two Jail Beatings By Improperly Housed Mentally Ill Detainees by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On March 29, 2022, the federal courtfor the Western District of Washington approved a $3 million settlement between King County and a mentally ill man who suffered a …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Fourth Circuit: No Civil Commitment at Release for Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Without Considering Conditions by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On November 17, 20222, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stopped the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from civilly committing a prisoner being released …
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Detainee’s Asphyxiation by Jail Guards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 13, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed dismissal of a lawsuit filed over the death of a Texas detainee during an altercation with jail guards. Kelli …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Maine’s Jails and Prisons Record 39 Deaths in 34 Months by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 10, 2023, WMTW in Portland reported findings from a months-long investigation of deaths in Maine’s prisons and jails. By comparing information from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with data …
Louisiana High Court Abandons Ab Initio Precedent in Favor of “Victim’s Rights” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Confronted with the appeal of a defendant who died on November 10, 2022, the Supreme Court of Louisiana reversed its own precedent and refused to abandon his prosecution. With that, the …
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