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Fifth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Mississippi Sheriffs in Suit Over Mentally Ill Man’s Years-long Unlawful Detention by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 24, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a district court’s denial of qualified immunity (QI) to the current and former …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19, Overcrowding
Georgia Jails Faulted in Struggle With High COVID-19 Infection Rates by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Nearly all of Georgia’s 159 counties struggled with medium to high levels of COVID-19 infections, especially in county jails. But an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation published on August 22, 2022, blamed a laissez-faire approach …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
PLN Contributor’s Retaliation Suit Against Oregon Prison Officials Survives by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On July 7, 2022, the federal court for the District of Oregon denied a motion by the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to dismiss a suit filed by longtime PLN writer Mark Wilson, accusing officials …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: Medical, Settlements
Seventh Circuit Trims What Indiana Prisoner Owes Jail Doctor in Lost Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 21, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit modified a judgment against a prisoner in a civil rights lawsuit he filed and lost against a doctor …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Mississippi Cops Who Let Injured Hemophiliac Bleed Out in Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of qualified immunity (QI) to Mississippi jailers accused of ignoring the injuries …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Former BOP Warden Convicted of Sexually Abusing Prisoners in California ‘Rape Club’ Scandal by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On December 1, 2022, a jury in federal court for the Northern District of California convicted Ray J. Garcia, the former warden of the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Dublin, …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$480,000 Paid by California County to Detainee Whose Newborn Died After Guards Stopped at Starbucks en Route to Hospital by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On August 23, 2022, the Board of Supervisors of California’s Orange County approved a settlement providing $480,000 to a former detainee in the county …
$98,000 Paid by BOP to Immigrant Detainees Racially Profiled as Terrorists in New York City Lockup by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss An out-of-court settlement between the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and a group of former immigrant detainees was made public on July 5, 2022. The plaintiffs, all …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$300,000 Paid by Colorado to Prisoner Sexually Harassed by Guard with Foot Fetish by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On July 25, 2022, Colorado agreed to pay former state prisoner Susan Ullery $300,000 to settle her claims that she was sexually harassed by a former guard — who also sexually …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Under New Mississippi Law, State Chooses Execution Method by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Mississippi law that became effective on July 1, 2022, gives the state Department of Corrections (DOC) the discretion to choose the method of execution for a condemned prisoner. In addition, it added nitrogen hypoxia, …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Arizona Resumes Executions by Eike Blohm, MD, Chuck Sharman by Eike Blohm, MD and Chuck Sharman After Arizona resumed executions last year, following an eight-year hiatus, it quickly murdered three murderers on its death row. On May 11, 2022, a lethal injection of pentobarbital was given to Clarence Dixon, 66, …
Article • January 20, 2023
Mother of Kansas City Meth Distributor Charged With Abetting His Escape from Jail by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A convicted drug trafficker who broke out of a Kansas City-area jail was back in custody on December 30, 2022 – along with his mother, who was charged with …
Article • January 20, 2023
Denver Jailer Breaks Detainee’s Wrist with Nunchucks, Gets Whopping 3-Day Suspension by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Back on April 25, 2021, while attempting to remove handcuffs and leg shackles from an unruly and apparently intoxicated detainee, Denver Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Rodriguez broke out a pair of nunchucks. …
Article • January 20, 2023
Sex Assaults Mount at Illinois Federal Penitentiary, Guards’ Union Calls for Warden’s Removal by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In early January 2023, five prisoners escaped from the U.S. Penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois, according to the union representing the prison’s guards. Local 4070 of the American Federation of …
Article • January 20, 2023
New York City Guards Charged With Fraudulently Taking More Than a Year’s Paid Sick Leave by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 10, 2022, three guards who work for the New York City Department of Correction [DOC] at Rikers Island were arrested on charges of federal program …
Article • January 9, 2023
Fulton County Jail Detainees Ended 2022 Freezing and Defecating in Trash Bags by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott With no end in sight for staffing shortages at the Fulton County Jail (FCJ) in Atlanta, detainees got a cruel blow the last week of 2022: A winter storm froze …
Article • January 9, 2023
First Transgender Prisoner Execution Carried Out in Missouri by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Missouri executed Amber McLaughlin, 49, by lethal injection on January 3, 2023, after she sat on death row for at least a decade as Scott McLaughlin. Hers was the first state-sanctioned murder of the …
Article • January 9, 2023
His Execution Stayed, Texas Prisoner Still Hopes to Donate His Rare Kidney Type as Atonement by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On July 11, 2022, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution to Ramiro Gonzalez, 40, who had been scheduled to die just two …
Article • January 9, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19, Visiting
Michigan Prisoners Once Again Lose Visitation Due to COVID-19 and Influenza Outbreaks by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Michigan state prisoners are having a grim winter. Quarantine orders are in effect at 11 state lockups suffering outbreaks of the flu and COVID-19. Two prisons, Macomb Correctional Facility (CF) …
Article • January 4, 2023
D.C. Jail Guard Arrested for Stealing Union Funds to Finance Lavish Entertainment by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss A guard at the jail in Washington, D.C., was arrested on December 17, 2022, on federal charges he embezzled funds from the union representing him and other guards to buy himself …
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