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Article • August 25, 2016
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Food
Tainted BOP Chicken Sickens 300 Pennsylvania Prisoners by More than 300 prisoners at the U.S.P. Canaan in Waymont, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, fell ill of salmonella after eating "tainted chicken" used to make fajitas. Four of the 300 were ill enough to necessitate treatment at a local hospital's emergency room for …
Publication • August 25, 2016
Review of Farm Operations, Arkansas Legislative Audit, 2016 Special Report Arkansas Legislative Audit Review of Farm Operations Arkansas Department of Correction – Agriculture Division For the Period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 INTRODUCTION This report is issued in response to a request, approved by the Executive Committee of …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Food
Connecticut May Force Feed Prisoners on Hunger Strike by  The state of Connecticut has the right to force feed a prisoner engaged in a hunger strike, Jarres T. Graham, Superior Court Judge, so held.             William Coleman, a Connecticut prisoner, went on hunger strike to protest his sexual assault conviction …
U.S. Settles Suit over Fatal Medical Negligence of Prisoner for $152,000 by Wayne David Crosser was convicted and sentenced on federal charges. He was kept in a holding cell at the MCC in San Diego while awaiting transportation to Texas for further prosecution. He suffered from a serious medical condition …
Article • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Food
Florida Prison Food Contractors Charged With Theft by David Reutter Florida authorities have charged three people with stealing $1.5 million from the state prison system through a food procurement contract. In 2008, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) signed a contract with US Foods for the company to handle FDOC’s …
Article • August 10, 2016
Arkansas Jail Finally Begins Serving Hot Meals by Christopher Zoukis Arkansas' Benton County Jail has, for years, served its prisoners three cold meals a day.  It has been doing so despite several lawsuits, and renewed requests that it serve hot meals, from the community.  The jail had no plans to …
Media Tip Cast Light on Medical Neglect as Prisoner Starved by David Reutter Absent a tip to the Associated Press, the death of a prisoner at Kentucky State Prison would have remained shrouded in darkness. The tip led to an investigation that uncovered lapses in medical care as the prisoner …
Article • August 9, 2016
Nevada Chief Medical Examiner Must Assure Prisoners Receive Healthful Diet by David Reutter The Nevada Supreme Court held a prisoner was entitled to the grant of a writ of mandamus to compel the Nevada's Chief Medical Officer to periodically examine and semi-annually report to the Board of State Prison Commissioners …
Michigan Women’s Prison Investigated for Abusing Mentally Ill by A letter from the Michigan ACLU to the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) charged that mentally ill prisoners were being abused.  One instance involved the hog tying of a prisoner as punishment. The July 2015 letter concerned prisoner treatment at the …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Popular New Snack Born Behind Bars by In 2009, Seth Sundberg was sentenced to five years for a fraudulent $5 million tax refund. The former pro basketball player had managed a California mortgage office and went from a comfortable living in the real estate industry to earning $5.25 a month …
$7,000 Settlement after Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of New York Prisoner’s Suit by Derek Gilna In 2007, prisoner Aaron Willey filed a pro se federal civil rights lawsuit against guards employed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, alleging harassment, inadequate nutrition, theft of legal documents, …
Report: How Private Prison Companies Cut Corners to Generate Profit by Derek Gilna Private prison companies like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group earn hundreds of millions of dollars each year, averaging between $2,771 and $3,366 in profit per prisoner based on 2014 data. According to In …
Article • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Food
BOP Reaches Settlement with Prisoner who Suffered Food Poisoning by The Bureau of Prisons (Bop) agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who suffered food poisoning. While at USP Marion in Illinois, prisoner Charles B. Anderson was served a hot entrée of chicken on June 2, …
Article • August 1, 2016
Filed under: Failure to Treat, Food
BOP Paid $1,000 to Prisoner Who Caught Salmonella from Chow Hall by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $1,000 to a prisoner who caught salmonella from eating food from the prison kitchen. Angela Elder, a prisoner at the Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, West Virginia, ate dinner on September 14, …
Publication • August 1, 2016
ACLU National Prison Project - U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), 2016 U.S. Cases Citing U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) David C. Fathi ACLU National Prison Project 915 15th St. N.W., 7th …
Alabama Prisoners Bribed to Dance Nude for Doughnuts by Three Alabama jail guards have been charged in a “dancing for doughnuts” practice. Pickens County Jail guards Demetrius Harris, Anthony Lavender, and Chance Draper were charged with felony ethics violations for coercing female prisoners to dance nude for donuts and cell …
Amnesty International: Sudanese Prisoners Housed in Shipping Containers by On May 27, 2016, Amnesty International reported that the South Sudan was using repurposed shipping containers to house prisoners at a detention site in Gorom. Amnesty’s Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, Muthoni Wanyeki, warned that …
Willis v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT The undersigned, Wayne Willis, hereinafter "Plaintiff," being of lawful age,. for the sole consideration of $5,000.00 (five thousand and NO/100s) to the undersigned, does he:reby and for his heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns release, …
McDonald v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2016 Ill In cons.ideration of the payment to the undersigned of seventy five thousand dollars and zct·o cents (S75,000), the receipt of ,vhich is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, being of lawful age, does hereby release and forever discharge, Parthasarathi Ghosh, !VtD. and Lipi.ng …
Brief • June 1, 2016
Garcia v. CCA of TN, NM, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death - Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 1:14-cv-01075-KG-SCY Document 65 Filed 06/01/16 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO MONNICA GARCIA as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF ANTHONY MANCINI, Plaintiff, v. 1:14-cv-1075 …
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