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Article • December 13, 2017
WA: Jail Phone Conversations Not Private, May Be Used By Prosecutors by On July 25, 2016, the Washington State Court of Appeals,  Division One, held that neither a prisoner or the person on the other end of the phone have an expectation of privacy in a jail phone call and …
Brief • December 13, 2017
James v. LaCroix, LA, Settlement, SHU Understaffing, 2017 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERNDISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION Rashod L. James, Plaintiff v. Officer Lacroix, M.D. Carvajal, and the United States, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 16CV00138 STIPULATION …
Article • December 12, 2017
Injunction Requiring Kosher Diet in Florida Prisons Vacated by Eleventh Circuit by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis In an unusual opinion based on an issue completely missed by the parties, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated an injunction that required the State of Florida …
Article • December 12, 2017
Filed under: Food
New Food Vendor, Same Old Problems in Michigan Prisons by David Reutter A new food contractor maintained relative peace for the first few months, but in the face of poor meals, Michigan prisoners have staged a protest. As PLN reported, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) was forced in 2015 …
Brief • December 12, 2017
Choquette v. DuVall, WA, Report-Recommendation, Medication Revoked, 2017 Case 3:15-cv-05838-BHS-JRC Document 108 Filed 12/12/17 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 ETIENNE L. CHOQUETTE, Plaintiff, 11 12 13 14 CASE NO. 3:15-cv-05838-BHS-JRC REPORT …
Article • December 11, 2017
State, County Prisoners in Pennsylvania Collect Unemployment Benefits by Philadelphia tabloids exposed in February 2016 a glitch in Pennsylvania's jobless assistance program that has allowed thousands of prisoners to collect unemployment checks from behind bars. The Daily News reported that 1,162 Philadelphia Prison System (PPS) prisoners had each received unemployment …
Brief • December 11, 2017
Parker v. City of New York, NY, Memo and Order, Solitary Confinement, 2017 Case 1:15-cv-06733-CLP Document 58 Filed 12/11/17 Page 1 of 26 PageID #: 295 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------X ROY PARKER et al. on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, …
State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee: Review of the Operations of State Counsel for Offenders, 2017 Review of the Operations of State Counsel for Offenders Report by the State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee1 Approved for …
Article • December 7, 2017
Illinois Prisoner Granted Transfer in Injunctive Relief in Rare Ruling by David Reutter by David Reutter The U.S. Southern District Court of Illinois granted a preliminary injunction for prisoner Calvin Mitchell as failed against Correctional Officer Stephen Baker and Warden Kim Butler. The order required that Mitchell be transferred away …
$750 to Washington State Prisoner in Mailroom/Public Records Suit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On September 25, 2016, the state of Washington finalized a settlement agreement with a prisoner who had sued for public records act violations and for improper prison mail rejections. The parties agreed to a $750 …
Article • December 7, 2017
Class Action Member May File Independent Suit to Protect Individual Need by David Reutter by David Reutter A California federal district court granted limited injunctive relief to a state prisoner in a deliberate indifference suit against the California Correctional Training Facility (CTF) doctors. The court held that an individual member …
Article • December 7, 2017
Sexual Assault Claim Against Suffolk County, New York Jail Moves Forward by Christopher Zoukis By Christopher Zoukis District Judge Ann M. Donnelly recently granted the Plaintiffs' motion to amend their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against the Suffolk County, New York jail, as well as the county sheriff and several …
Brief • December 7, 2017
Partridge v. Pelle, CO, Complaint, 2017 Case 1:17-cv-02941 Document 1 Filed 12/07/17 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 43 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. _________ RYAN PARTRIDGE, Plaintiff, v. JOE PELLE, in his official capacity as Boulder County Sheriff; BRUCE HAAS, in …
California Prisons Struggle with Environmental Threats from Sewage Spills, Contaminated Water, Airborne Disease by Rick Anderson by Rick Anderson "When I walk into my cell and see a [toilet] bowl full of brown water, I’m reminded of my status in the world; I’m reminded of my value. All the pious …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Volunteers, Mayor Take Action to Clothe Freezing Prisoners in New York City by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The New York City Department of Correction and city officials are rethinking their policy of releasing prisoners without jackets during frigid winter months. The New York Daily News reported in December 2016 …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
$10.25 Million Jury Award in Suit over Oklahoma Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 20, 2017, an Oklahoma federal jury awarded $10.25 million to the estate of a prisoner who died at the Tulsa County Jail. According to court documents, Elliot Earl Williams, 37, a …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoners’ Suit over Repeated Overnight Deprivation of Clothing by Reversing the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by pretrial detainees at a Missouri jail, the Eighth Circuit held in a January 17, 2017 decision that depriving them of clothing up to three nights a week was …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
Missouri Town Pays $1.2 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Jail Suicide by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On March 13, 2017, the city of Pagedale, Missouri agreed to pay $1.2 million to the family of a woman who hung herself at the city jail two-and-a-half years earlier. The resolution of …
Prisoners and Disabilities: The Legal Landscape by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Incarceration in a state or federal prison is bad. Incarceration in a state or federal prison while disabled is much worse. Consider the numbers. According to a recent Vice.com article, 31 percent of prisoners in state facilities reported …
Article • December 5, 2017 • from PLN December, 2017
$1.275 Million Settlement for Los Angeles County Jail Whistleblower by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In May 2017, a former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who worked at the L.A. County jail and helped send colleagues to prison for obstructing an FBI investigation was set to receive $1.275 million after …
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