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News in Brief
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft
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 …
Kansas Supreme Court Revives Prisoner’s Challenge 
to Loss of Parental Rights
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Filed under: Parental rights, Parent/Child Privilege
Kansas Supreme Court Revives Prisoner’s Challenge to Loss of Parental Rights by Matthew Clarke On September 6, 2024, the Supreme Court of Kansas held that a prisoner’s due process rights were violated when he was able only to observe his parental rights termination hearing via videoconferencing and was unable to …
Kansas Pays $150,000 for Prisoner Killed by Cellmate, 
Centurion Settlement Confidential
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Filed under: Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Kansas Pays $150,000 for Prisoner Killed by Cellmate, Centurion Settlement Confidential by Kansas state prisoner Gary Lee Raburn, 62, was incarcerated at the Lansing Correctional Facility on January 6, 2023, when he was fatally strangled by his cellmate, Ladarious R. Barkers, 25.  According to the complaint later filed on his …
Kansas Supreme Court Denies Compensation to Former Prisoner Whose Conviction Was Overturned
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Damages - Compensatory
Kansas Supreme Court Denies Compensation to Former Prisoner Whose Conviction Was Overturned by In a ruling on August 9, 2024, the Kansas Supreme Court held that former state prisoner Robert W. Doelz could not recover damages from the state for his wrongful conviction because he had proved only that he …
$60,000 Settlement for Kansas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, $578,000 for His Attorneys
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements
$60,000 Settlement for Kansas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, $578,000 for His Attorneys by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court’s award of more than $578,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs made as part of …
CoreCivic Sued by Former Detainee Stabbed at Shuttered Kansas Jail
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), State Law Claims
CoreCivic Sued by Former Detainee Stabbed at Shuttered Kansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   In a suit filed in Kansas state court on July 31, 2023, former detainee Joshua Braddy accused private prison profiteer CoreCivic of negligence that resulted in his stabbing at Leavenworth Detention Center …
Estate of Lucas Bellamy v. Omweri, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024
Brief • May 10, 2024
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Lucas Bellamy v. Omweri, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Louis Bellamy, as Trustee for the next of kin of Lucas John Bellamy, Deceased, Case No. 24-cv-00170 (DWF/TNL) Plaintiff, First Amended Complaint vs. Roselene M. Omweri in her …
BOP Shrugs Off Month-Long Leavenworth Lockdown
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Lockdowns, Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
BOP Shrugs Off Month-Long Leavenworth Lockdown by Promising a “return to normal operations status as soon as possible” at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, the federal Bureau of Prisons insisted on March 28, 2024, that the 1,837 prisoners held there still have access to food, water and medical care …
Kansas DOC Claims Discrimination Against Wiccans Was “Inadvertent”
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Mail, Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship, Prison Mail
Kansas DOC Claims Discrimination Against Wiccans Was “Inadvertent” by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 27, 2023, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) appeared to back down from a fight over providing state prisoners materials from a Wiccan shop—though it maintained a ban on correspondence from the shop owner …
Two Kansas Prison Guards Fired, Six Disciplined for Mocking Injured Prisoner and Refusing Her Help
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Filed under: Corizon, Centurion, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat
Two Kansas Prison Guards Fired, Six Disciplined for Mocking Injured Prisoner and Refusing Her Help by On October 17, 2023, a month after a Topeka Correctional Facility prisoner fell and had to crawl back to her cell because guards refused to help her, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) fired …
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Filed under: MHM Inc., Corizon, Centurion, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Retaliation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Private Contractors, Frivolous Litigation, Disclosure of Records, Declaratory Judgment, Public Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, PLN Litigation, Censorship, Articles About PLN, Public Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), HRDC Litigation
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare by J.D. Schmidt by J.D. Schmidt On November 14, 2022, the Florida arm of Centurion Health, one of the nation’s largest private prison and jail healthcare companies, filed a lawsuit in Putnam County …
News in Brief
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
Braddy v. Sells, KS, Complaint, Assault, 2023
Brief • July 31, 2023
Filed under: False Imprisonment
Braddy v. Sells, KS, Complaint, Assault, 2023 ELECTRONICALLY FILED 2023 Jul 31 PM 1:10 CLERK OF THE WYANDOTTE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT CASE NUMBER: WY-2023-CV-000418 PII COMPLIANT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT JOSHUA BRADDY, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Estate of Bentz v. Kansas Highway Patrol, KS, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023
Brief • July 28, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Accidents
Estate of Bentz v. Kansas Highway Patrol, KS, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 Settlement Agreement and Release Parties. This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") is executed on the dates indicated on the signature page(s) herein by is made by: Kelly Ratzloff, individually as daughter and heir at law of Anita Benz, …
Shaw v. Jones, KS, Memo and Order to Show Cause, Unlawful Traffic Stop, 2023
Brief • July 21, 2023
Filed under: Traffic stop, Traffic Stops
Shaw v. Jones, KS, Memo and Order to Show Cause, Unlawful Traffic Stop, 2023 Case 6:19-cv-01343-KHV Document 539 Filed 07/21/23 Page 1 of 79 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS BLAINE FRANKLIN SHAW et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) HERMAN JONES, …
News in Brief
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On March 26, 2023, a former state prison guard at Easterling Correctional Facility was arrested for taking bribes to smuggle contraband into the lockup. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Quindarius Thagard, 27, was fired and charged with use of office for personal gain and promotion …
Shaw v. Jones, KS, Bench Brief for the Trial Against Jones, Police Misconduct, 2023
Brief • April 21, 2023
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Police Misconduct
Shaw v. Jones, KS, Bench Brief for the Trial Against Jones, Police Misconduct, 2023 Case 6:19-cv-01343-KHV Document 484 Filed 04/21/23 Page 1 of 24 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS BLAINE FRANKLIN SHAW, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 19-1343-KHV-GEB v. HERMAN JONES in his official …
Estate of Bentz v. Kansas Highway Patrol, KS, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023
Brief • March 3, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Accidents
Estate of Bentz v. Kansas Highway Patrol, KS, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 2:23-cv-02098-TC-GEB Document 1 Filed 03/03/23 Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS KELLY RATZLOFF, as daughter and on behalf of the heirs at law of ANITA BENZ, deceased, Plaintiff, …
Tenth Circuit Revives Kansas Prisoner’s Claim That He Was Denied Access to Court
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Access To Courts
Tenth Circuit Revives Kansas Prisoner’s Claim That He Was Denied Access to Court by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On April 18, 2022, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed dismissal of a suit filed by Kansas prisoner Kenneth D. Leek, holding that he met the …
Shaw v. Erich, KS, Joint Trial Brief, Unconstitutional Detention, 2023
Brief • January 23, 2023
Filed under: Vehicle Searches, Searches - Automobile, General Searches
Shaw v. Erich, KS, Joint Trial Brief, Unconstitutional Detention, 2023 Case 6:19-cv-01343-KHV Document 385 Filed 01/23/23 Page 1 of 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS BLAINE FRANKLIN SHAW, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 19-1343-KHV-GEB v. HERMAN JONES in his official capacity as the Superintendent …
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