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Article • August 29, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
$290,000 Judgment for Failure to Treat Ruptured Appendix Affirmed by David Reutter $290,000 Judgment for Failure to Treat Ruptured Appendix Affirmed by David Reutter The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $290,000 judgment in a civil rights action alleging deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s serious medical needs. The …
Mental Health Care in South Carolina Prisons Found Unconstitutional by David Reutter Mental Health Care in South Carolina Prisons Found Unconstitutional by David M. Reutter On January 8, 2014, a South Carolina state court entered judgment in a decade-long class-action lawsuit, finding that mental health care in the South Carolina …
Ninth Circuit Orders New Trial in “Pink Underwear” Lawsuit; Case Settles for $240,000 by Mark Wilson On February 13, 2013, in an amended ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for the estate of a deceased mentally ill prisoner, finding the district court had improperly excluded …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Social Impact Bonds in Criminal Justice: A Deal We Can’t Refuse? by Jennifer R. Zelnick Social Impact Bonds in Criminal Justice: A Deal We Can’t Refuse? by Jennifer R. Zelnick, MSW, ScD Over the past several years there has been a lot of buzz about Social Impact Bonds (SIBs). More …
Oregon Workgroup Recommends Strategies to Deal with Prison Medical Care Costs by Mark Wilson Oregon Workgroup Recommends Strategies to Deal with Prison Medical Care Costs by Mark Wilson State officials in Oregon continue to grapple with the rising cost of prisoner health care, which largely stems from a rapidly-expanding population …
Federal Court Orders Cameras to Cover Blind Spots at North Carolina Prison by David Reutter Federal Court Orders Cameras to Cover Blind Spots at North Carolina Prison by David Reutter On August 22, 2013, a North Carolina federal district court ordered attorneys representing the state prison system to present a …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Rejecting Foreign Language Letters after Interpretation May Violate Prisoner’s Rights by David Reutter Rejecting Foreign Language Letters after Interpretation May Violate Prisoner’s Rights by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court denied summary judgment to prison officials in a civil rights action involving First Amendment violations. State prisoner Ali …
$400,000 Settlement in New Jersey Juvenile Solitary Confinement Suit by Derek Gilna $400,000 Settlement in New Jersey Juvenile Solitary Confinement Suit by Derek Gilna In December 2013, the Juvenile Law Center, a non-profit public interest law firm based in Philadelphia, won a $400,000 settlement on behalf of two adolescents who spent …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Supervised Release Period Despite Sentencing Omission by Derek Gilna Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Supervised Release Period Despite Sentencing Omission by Derek Gilna The Illinois Supreme Court has affirmed the imposition of a period of mandatory supervised release (MSR) that was inadvertently omitted from a sentence by …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Vermont Newspaper Defends Hiring Reporter with Sex Offense Conviction by Matthew Clarke Vermont Newspaper Defends Hiring Reporter with Sex Offense Conviction by Matt Clarke The publisher of a Vermont newspaper and its sister publication defended the hiring of a registered sex offender as a reporter covering the police and court …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Former Illinois Drug Court Judge Gets Prison Time Following Fellow Judge’s Fatal Overdose by Joe Watson Former Illinois Drug Court Judge Gets Prison Time Following Fellow Judge’s Fatal Overdose by Joe Watson A former judge over an Illinois drug court is serving a federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to …
How U.S. Prison Officials Rubberstamped a CIA Torture Chamber by Carl Takei How U.S. Prison Officials Rubberstamped a CIA Torture Chamber by Carl Takei, ACLU National Prison Project The CIA’s chief interrogator called it “the closest thing he has seen to a dungeon.” At the agency’s COBALT detention site in Afghanistan …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Seventh Circuit Upholds Wisconsin Sex Offender Registration Fee, Names John Doe Plaintiffs by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Upholds Wisconsin Sex Offender Registration Fee, Names John Doe Plaintiffs by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court’s ruling that found Wisconsin’s statute for sex offender registration, …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Fourth Circuit Finds Strip Searches and Delousing of Arrestees Constitutional by Lonnie Burton Fourth Circuit Finds Strip Searches and Delousing of Arrestees Constitutional by Lonnie Burton On November 14, 2014, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the defendants in a case brought by two former prisoners …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Prison Legal News Wins FOIA Appeal Against BOP by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Wins FOIA Appeal Against BOP by Derek Gilna The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) hates publicity and hates revealing information about its operations to the general public. Recently, however, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Washington Prisoner Granted Injunction Ordering Outside Orthopedic Evaluation by Mark Wilson Washington Prisoner Granted Injunction Ordering Outside Orthopedic Evaluation by Mark Wilson A Washington federal district court issued a preliminary injunction ordering prison officials to have an orthopedic specialist evaluate a prisoner’s shoulder injury. Washington prisoner Shawn Francis began complaining …
Seventh Circuit: New Trial for Wrong Legal Standard in Jail Death Case by Mark Wilson Seventh Circuit: New Trial for Wrong Legal Standard in Jail Death Case by Mark Wilson In an amended decision on August 14, 2014, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held a district court had abused …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Texas Prisoner Held in Prison 35 Years after Conviction Vacated by Matthew Clarke Texas Prisoner Held in Prison 35 Years after Conviction Vacated by Matt Clarke The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied a bid to halt the retrial of a mentally challenged prisoner whose original …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Corporations You’ve Never Heard of are Making Millions from Mass Incarceration by James Kilgore By James Kilgore, Truthout Likely the most well-known prison profiteers in the United States are the Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group. Between them, these two firms pulled in about $3.3 billion last year running …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Illinois University Faculty Member and PLN Contributor Fights for His Job after Opposing New County Jail by Joe Watson Illinois University Faculty Member and PLN Contributor Fights for His Job after Opposing New County Jail by Joe Watson In 2013, James Kilgore’s activism against a proposed new jail in Champaign, …
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