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Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Exonerated Illinois Man Receives $7.6 Million Settlement by David Reutter The City of Chicago paid $7,625,000 to settle a civil rights action brought by a former prisoner who was wrongfully convicted of rape and exonerated by DNA evidence. Dean Cage was 27 years old when he was arrested for the …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit by Derek Gilna Norman N. Shelton, confined in the Special Management Unit (SMU) at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, filed suit alleging that prison officials had “engaged in a pattern, practice, or policy of improperly placing inmates who are …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Settlement, Judgment End Postcard-only Policies at Two Kansas Jails by David Reutter A settlement agreement was reached in a class-action lawsuit challenging a postcard-only mail policy at Kansas’ Wyandotte County Adult Detention Center (WCADC), while a federal district court awarded damages to a pro se prisoner challenging a similar policy …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Iowa Prisoner May Have Restitution Deductions from Prison Wages Increased by The Iowa Supreme Court held that a state district court has the discretion to amend a restitution order to increase the deductions from the pay of a prisoner employed in a private-sector prison industry program. Before the Court was …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
$250,000 Settlement in Ohio Detainee’s Jail Suicide by David Reutter Officials in Lorain County, Ohio have settled a lawsuit stemming from a pretrial detainee’s suicide death. When police arrived at Cheryl Sweeney’s home on May 26, 2012 because her husband had passed away, they arrested her on an outstanding warrant …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Prison Populations Worldwide by Jessica Jacobson There are more than 10.35 million people held in prisons across the world today, either as pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners or having been convicted and sentenced, according to the eleventh edition of the World Prison Population List, researched and compiled by Roy Walmsley, Director of …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Tennessee: Theft, Misconduct Charges Pending Against Former Jail Supervisor, Son by David Reutter A father and son have been charged with misconduct and theft for inappropriate conduct with prisoners and double-billing supervision over a work crew from a Tennessee jail. According to Police Chief Mark Sirois, the Johnson City Police …
Jury Awards $40,000 to Transgender Prisoner Raped at Florida Jail by A Florida state court jury awarded $40,000 in a negligence action stemming from the rape of a male-to-female transgender pretrial detainee at the Orange County Jail (OCJ). Donald Brown, also known as Tori Tyrelle, was being held at OCJ …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Federal Prisoner Wins $300,000 Judgment on Medical Negligence Claim by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Michael Patrick Giambalvo won a judgment against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action alleging medical negligence. The award by West Virginia U.S. District Court Judge Michael Siebert was for …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
$1,001 Default Judgment in Michigan - Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit by In March 2015, a Michigan prisoner was awarded $1,001 in a First Amendment retaliation claim following entry of a default judgment. Prisoner Deontae J. Gordon’s problems began when he asked “Defendant Little,” a librarian’s assistant at the Oaks Correctional Facility, …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Eleventh Circuit: Expiration of Preliminary Injunction Moots Appeal by David Reutter The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed as moot an appeal by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) that challenged a preliminary injunction regulating its provision of kosher meals to prisoners. The appellate court also vacated orders by the …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Justice Department Report: Homicide Rate at Lowest Level Since 1963 by Derek Gilna The number of homicides in the United States fell to a 42-year low in 2011, resulting in declines in the murder rate for males and females of all races, according to a December 2013 report released by …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Arkansas Prisoner Prevails in Excessive Force Case by David Reutter A prisoner who was subjected to excessive force and denied due process at the Pike County Detention Center in Murfreesboro, Arkansas received $501 plus court costs following a summary judgment order and settlement agreement. Prisoner Alan C. Onstad was caught …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Former California Jail Psychiatrist Placed on Probation by Derek Gilna The former chief psychiatrist at the jail in Fresno County, California was placed on probation for five years and ordered to take additional training courses in the wake of numerous complaints that he provided substandard mental health care to prisoners, …
Supreme Court: Retroactivity Ends Mandatory Juvenile LWOP Sentences by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 decision, held on January 25, 2016 that juvenile offenders can no longer be sentenced by state courts to mandatory life without parole (LWOP), even in capital cases. The Court ruled that its …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Filed under: Overcrowding, Jail Specific
Judge Orders Ohio County to Cap Jail Population, Release Prisoners by Joe Watson A federal judge has decided the best way to solve the overcrowding problem at the Lucas County Jail in Toledo, Ohio is by simply enforcing the law. On November 5, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge James Carr …
Last Member of “Angola 3” Released from Louisiana Prison after 44 Years by David Reutter The last remaining member of the “Angola 3” – believed to have served the longest term in solitary confinement in the United States – was released from prison after almost 44 years, while consistently maintaining …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Guidelines Issued to Safeguard Rights of Pregnant Canadian Prisoners and their Children by Derek Gilna Authorities in the western Canadian province of British Columbia have published a set of guidelines to govern the implementation of Mother-Child Units in provincial prisons as the result of a successful legal challenge that declared …
Settlement Reached in California Psychiatric Disabilities Class-action Suit by Matthew Clarke On August 7, 2014, federal district court judge Lawrence K. Karlton granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class-action suit brought by California state prisoners who suffer from mental illnesses. The settlement ensures that such prisoners will not …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
D.C. Appellate Court Reverses $2.3 Million Wrongful Imprisonment Award by Derek Gilna The District of Columbia’s Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against the D.C. government based upon the municipal liability standard set forth in Monell v. Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978). According to the appellate …
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