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Brief • October 30, 2025
Filed under: Criminal Sexual Abuse
J.M. V. USA, CA, Complaint, Sexual Assault and Battery, 2025 Case 1:25-at-01011 Document 1 Filed 10/30/25 Page 1 of 50 1 2 CO ELLY - - LAWOFF I Es.- - 3 4 5 Colin G. Prince John B. McEntire, IV 2301 North 30th Street Tacoma, Washington 98403 253.593.5100 Attorneys for …
Estate of Tony Garcia v. Franke, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Denial of Medical Care, 2025 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims (“Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between Plaintiffs Patricia Garcia and Anthony Garcia, individually and as successorsin-interest to Tony …
After Judge’s Letter, at Least 22 Former FCI Dublin Prisoners Granted Compassionate Release by Matthew Clarke In May 2024, California federal District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers took the unusual step of writing a letter to numerous other judges who had sentenced women formerly incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution Dublin and …
News in Brief by Alabama: On Sunday, June 15, 2025, state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Airika Dorsey was arrested for allegedly smuggling food to a prisoner at St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to WABM in Birmingham. The DOC confirmed that Dorsey was caught in the act and subsequently booked …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
CDCR Held in Contempt, Fined $112 Million in Longstanding Litigation Over Mental Health Care by Coleman v. Newsom, a class-action case challenging inadequate mental health care for California state prisoners, has been ongoing for the past 35 years. Over the course of that litigation, a bench trial was held where …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
California Prisoners Sue Gynecologist for Sexual Abuse by Casey Bastian On February 2, 2025, a class-action complaint was filed by women housed at the California Institute for Women (CIW). The suit alleges that Dr. Scott Lee abused dozens of prisoners for at least seven years while he acted as the …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
DOJ Inspects BOP Food Service Operations, Finds Troubling Issues at Multiple Facilities by Anthony Accurso In the first week of June 2024, the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted surprise inspection at six Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Food Service Departments, finding deficiencies at the facilities which …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
$15 Million Settlement Reached in San Diego Jail Detainee’s Untreated Withdrawal Death by Chuck Sharman On September 13, 2024, nearly five years after a detainee died of untreated heroin withdrawal symptoms at San Diego County’s Las Colinas Detention Facility, a $15 million settlement agreement resolving a lawsuit brought by her …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Double Counting
Life-Sentenced California Prisoner Cannot be Convicted Under Both §§ 4500 and 4501 by While serving a life sentence, Richard Manuel Nava stabbed a fellow California state prisoner multiple times with a sharpened piece of metal. He was charged under Pen. Code § 4502(a) for possessing a weapon in a penal facility; …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Former California Prison Guard Pleads Guilty to Planting Contraband He Pretended to Discover by Avelino Ramirez, 52, worked at the San Quentin State Prison from 2013 to 2022, according to his plea agreement. In 2022, he was promoted to K-9 sergeant and transferred to the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. …
California Attorney Disbarred for Deceiving Prisoners Seeking Resentencing by Chuck Sharman Los Angeles attorney Aaron Spolin pleaded no contest to misconduct on June 17, 2025, agreeing to be stripped of his law license because he “promoted false hopes in his clients and their families that the clients’ sentences would be …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
HRDC Wins Consent Decree, $350,000 in Jail Censorship Suit against California’s Sonoma County by Chuck Sharman On June 2, 2025, the federal court for the Northern District of California issued a consent decree settling demands for injunctive relief filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) against California’s Sonoma County …
Estate of Tony Garcia v. Franke, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Denial of Medical Care, 2025 Case 2:25-cv-06698-SRM-MAR Document 1 #:1 Filed 07/22/25 Page 1 of 28 Page ID SUA LAW GROUP APC 1 Brandon Sua, Esq. (State Bar No. 291476) 2 1445 East Los Angeles Avenue, Suite 303 Simi Valley, CA …
Class-Action Suit at BOP “Rape Club” in California Settled for Record $116 Million by After it was signed into law in 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), 42 U.S.C. ch. 147 § 15601 et seq., remained unused for a decade while standards were developed and implemented to curtail rape …
California Prison Plagued by Toxic Water and Chronic Illness by For decades, prisoners at Mule Creek State Prison outside of Sacramento, California have raised the alarm about the drinking water. Based on interviews with over 100 prisoners, ex-prisoners, family members, and prison staff, reporting from The Appeal and Type Investigations …
News in Brief by Alabama: Elmore County Jail guard Lita Williams, 57, was arrested and charged with first-degree promoting prison contraband on May 21, 2025, the Wetumpka Herald reported. Her arrest followed discovery of a cellphone in a jail cell during a routine search two weeks prior. Data from the …
Guards Used “Blast Grenades” to Break Up Mob Attack in California Prison by On June 6, 2025, Julian Mendez, 46, a prisoner on death row at the Kern Valley State Prison in Riverside County, California, was killed by inmate Mario Renteria, 36, using a makeshift weapon, KGET in Bakersfield reported. …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
$12 Million for Former California Prisoner Exonerated After 17 Years by On June 18, 2024, City Commissioners in San Jose, California, voted to approve a settlement paying $12 million to Lionel Rubalcalva, 45, who spent 17 years wrongfully incarcerated for a 2002 gang shooting that he didn’t commit.  Rubalcalva was …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Rash of 5,000 False-Positive Prisoner Drug Tests Going to California Parole Board Anyway by For most of 2024, drug tests performed on California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisoners returned a positive rate for opioids in a narrow range between 6.6% and 6.8%. But in May 2024, the rate …
News in Brief by Alabama: Kadarius Shermaine Todd, 28, a new guard still on probationary status at the Madison County Jail, was fired on April 4, 2025, after allegedly attempting to smuggle contraband into the lockup. He was apprehended upon arrival to meet a contact with a package containing Suboxone, …
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