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News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2025 • from PLN November, 2025
News in Brief by Alabama: A civil rights lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Alabama by Paulette Tennison on August 29, 2025, blamed Morgan County jailers for the death of her son, John Scott Jr., on April 22, 2025, just one week after he was arrested by Priceville Police …
Wyoming Supreme Court Grants Immunity to DOC in Prison COVID-19 Vaccine Mix-Up
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: Medication, COVID-19, Immunity/Liability
Wyoming Supreme Court Grants Immunity to DOC in Prison COVID-19 Vaccine Mix-Up by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On October 26, 2023, the Supreme Court of Wyoming held that the federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act shielded the state from liability in a lawsuit alleging a nurse …
Bird v. The State of Wyoming, WY, Opinion, Covid-19, 2023
Brief • October 26, 2023
Filed under: COVID-19
Bird v. The State of Wyoming, WY, Opinion, Covid-19, 2023 THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2023 WY 102 OCTOBER TERM, A.D. 2023 October 26, 2023 CHESTER L. BIRD; RYAN A. BROWN and RICHARD B. DAGUE, Appellants (Plaintiffs), S-23-0011 v. THE STATE OF WYOMING, Appellee (Defendant). Appeal from the District …
HRDC Sues Wyoming Jail for Unlawful Censorship
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
HRDC Sues Wyoming Jail for Unlawful Censorship by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 19, 2022, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), publisher of Prison Legal News (PLN) and Criminal Legal News (CLN), filed suit in federal court for the District of Wyoming, accusing Park County Detention Center Administrator …
News in Brief
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In Mobile on January 21, 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama announced that an 18-month federal prison sentence for bribery had been handed down by a federal court to Lakerdra Shanta Snowden, 31, a former guard at the Escambia County …
News in Brief
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: According to Birmingham Real-Time News, a kidnapper was recaptured after being erroneously released from jail in Jefferson County, Alabama, on December 17, 2021. The prisoner, Matthew Burke, 35, was apprehended during a traffic stop after being released from the Jefferson County Jail on Dec. 11 …
Wyoming Law Review-The Historical Justification for Prohibiting Dangerous Persons From Possessing Arms-2020
Publication • 2020
Filed under: Gun Laws/Crimes, Firearms
Wyoming Law Review-The Historical Justification for Prohibiting Dangerous Persons From Possessing Arms-2020 Wyoming Law Review Volume 20 Number 2 Article 7 2020 The Historical Justification for Prohibiting Dangerous Persons from Possessing Arms Joseph G.S. Greenlee Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.uwyo.edu/wlr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Greenlee, …
Wyoming - Denied Publication List (2019)
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship
Wyoming - Denied Publication List (2019) WYOMING DOC DISAPPROVED PUBLICATIONS LIST MAY 7, 2019
Wyoming police officer decertifications
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Wyoming police officer decertifications Wyoming cases, 2007 to Present Case Number Date of Action PO /CO 07-001 9/6/2007 PO 07-002 4/10/2008 PO 07-003 9/6/2007 CO 07-004 3/29/2007 co 07-005 10/25/2007 CO 07-006 9/21/2007 CO 07-007 9/21/2007 CO 07-008 9/21/2007 CO 07-009 9/1/2009 CO 07-010 9/21/2007 CO 07-011 10/18/2007 PO 07-012 …
Colorado Prison Gang Leader Commits Suicide at Wyoming Prison
Article • August 5, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Suicides
Colorado Prison Gang Leader Commits Suicide at Wyoming Prison by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On August 26, 2017, Benjamin Davis, 42, the founder and leader of a white supremacist prison gang called the 211 Crew, was found hanging in his cell at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins. Davis …
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018
Publication • June 1, 2018
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Prison Gangs, Staffing, Security Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018
Publication • June 1, 2018
Filed under: Geriatric Classification, Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Release and Reentry, Parole, Rehabilitation Act, Mental Health
Families Against Mandatory Minimums: Everywhere and Nowhere -- Compassionate Release in the States, 2018 Everywhere and Nowhere Compassionate Release in the States By Mary Price June 2018 1 About the Author Mary Price is general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). She directs the FAMM Litigation Project and advocates …
As Wyoming State Penitentiary Falls Apart, Officials Rush Repairs
Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018
Filed under: Totality of Conditions
As Wyoming State Penitentiary Falls Apart, Officials Rush Repairs by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Built just 17 years ago, but on unstable ground, Wyoming’s maximum-security penitentiary in Rawlins suffers from a sinking foundation, cracking walls and ceilings, and flooding from both a failing roof and broken, badly-installed pipes. In …
Hardman v. Wyoming, WY, Appeal, Conditional Plea, 2018
Brief • March 5, 2018
Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat
Hardman v. Wyoming, WY, Appeal, Conditional Plea, 2018 Case 7:19-cv-00001-DC Document 1 Filed 01/01/19 Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MIDLAND-ODESSA DIVISION KEVIN NICHOLS, Plaintiff, V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and GEO GROUP, INC., Defendants. § § § § § …
Roberts v. Wyoming, WY, Appeal, Peremptory Challenge-Race, 2018
Brief • February 27, 2018
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Peremptory Challenges, Race Neutral Explanation
Roberts v. Wyoming, WY, Appeal, Peremptory Challenge-Race, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2018 WY 23 OCTOBER TERM, A.D. 2017 February 27, 2018 BRANDON D. ROBERTS, Appellant (Defendant), v. S-17-0112 THE STATE OF WYOMING, Appellee (Plaintiff). Appeal from the District Court of Laramie County The Honorable Catherine R. …
Widdison v. Wyoming, WY, Appeal, Definition Scope, 2018
Brief • February 16, 2018
Filed under: Second Amendment, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Firearms
Widdison v. Wyoming, WY, Appeal, Definition Scope, 2018 IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2018 WY 18 OCTOBER TERM, A.D. 2017 February 16, 2018 MISTY LYNN WIDDISON, Appellant (Defendant), v. S-17-0138 THE STATE OF WYOMING, Appellee (Plaintiff). Appeal from the District Court of Uinta County The Honorable Joseph B. …
Wyoming Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Prisoner Lawsuit Challenging New Mandatory Deductions and Good Time Laws
Article • December 13, 2017
Filed under: Work, Good Time
Wyoming Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Prisoner Lawsuit Challenging New Mandatory Deductions and Good Time Laws by Lonnie Burton On October 18, 2016, a unanimous Wyoming Supreme Court approved the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a state prisoner challenging the constitutionality of several Wyoming statutes relating to mandatory deductions …
Black v. State of Wyoming, WY, Appeal Brief, Assault, 2017
Brief • November 17, 2017
Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Excessive Force, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Denial of Due Process
Black v. State of Wyoming, WY, Appeal Brief, Assault, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2017 WY 135 OCTOBER TERM, A.D. 2017 November 17, 2017 JOSHUA ROY DELBERT BLACK, Appellant (Defendant), v. S-15-0295 THE STATE OF WYOMING, Appellee (Plaintiff). Appeal from the District Court of Teton County The …
WY DOC ICS Amendment 1
Kickback publication • August 22, 2017
Filed under: Telephones
WY DOC ICS Amendment 1
WY DOC ICS Amendment 2
Kickback publication • August 22, 2017
Filed under: Telephones
WY DOC ICS Amendment 2
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