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Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
$1.1 Million Fee Award in California Prison Segregation Lawsuit by A California federal district court has awarded $1,090,141.70 in attorney fees and costs in a class-action suit that challenged the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) policies regarding gang validation and the use and management of segregated housing. That …
Article • March 7, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Tenth Circuit: Lengthy Denials of Outdoor Exercise Protected by Qualified Immunity by The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued two decisions in July 2017 which held prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity for denying outdoor exercise to prisoners for 11 and 25 months. Colorado state prisoners Jonathan …
Article • December 13, 2017
Prisoner Settles Conditions of Confinement, Excessive Force Lawsuit with Nevada County Jail by In October 2015, Washoe County officials and a former jail prisoner settled a lawsuit which had alleged numerous constitutional violations, including unlawful conditions of confinement, use of excessive force, medical indifference, and due process violations. The amount …
Brief • December 11, 2017
Parker v. City of New York, NY, Memo and Order, Solitary Confinement, 2017 Case 1:15-cv-06733-CLP Document 58 Filed 12/11/17 Page 1 of 26 PageID #: 295 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------X ROY PARKER et al. on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, …
Lawsuit Over 22 Years of Continuous Segregation Reinstated by Second Circuit by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On January 24, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a ruling by a New York federal district court that dismissed a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who had challenged …
C.S. v. King County, WA, Not Convicted Juveniles in Solitary, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-01560-JCC Document 2 Filed 10/23/17 Page 1 of 38 1 DISTRICT JUDGE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 11 C.S., a minor, …
Brief • August 11, 2017
Parker v. City of New York, NY, Solitary Confinement, Stipulation, 2017 EXHIBIT 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------x ROY PARKER; RAJAB ASEP, CHRISTOPHER CHANDLER, JAMAL COLEMAN; ALLANA DIXON; CHAUNCEY MIRANDA; and CESAR RIVERA, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 15 Civ. 06733 …
Osegueda v. Stanislaus County Public Safety Center, CA, Amended Complaint, Solitary Conditions and Classification, 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMBER H LUNSFORD ( CSB No. 276908) LUNSFORD LEGAL GROUP, P.C. 1202 H Street, Suite A Modesto, CA 95354 Telephone: (209) 857-8608 LOREN L. LUNSFORD, ESQ. ( …
Publication • December 2, 2016
A Solitary Failure - The Waste, Cost and Harm of Solitary Confinement in Texas, ACLU TCRP, 2015 A Solitary Failure The Waste, Cost and Harm of Solitary Confinement in Texas February 2015 A Solitary Failure: The Waste, Cost and Harm of Solitary Confinement in Texas February 2015 American Civil Liberties …
Article • August 19, 2016
Annual Seg Reviews Inadequate, Case Remanded by On November 19, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a suit by a prisoner challenging the frequency of segregation reviews he was receiving.             Edward Hernandez sued the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC), claiming that its …
Prisoners Protest Solitary Confinement at Illinois Facility by Joe Watson More than two dozen prisoners at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois protested conditions in the prison’s high security unit (HSU) by staging a series of hunger strikes, most of them sustained for weeks. The protests at the Menard facility, …
Publication • May 26, 2016
The FBOP Abuses of Solitary Confinement, WLC, 2014 THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS’ ABUSES OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Written Testimony of Deborah M. Golden Project Director D.C. Prisoners' Project Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs submitted to REASSESSING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT II: THE HUMAN RIGHTS, FISCAL, AND PUBLIC SAFETY …
California Prisoners Unite in Hunger Strike to Protest SHU by David Reutter Official with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) devised a plan in 2006 that aimed to chop the head off of prison gangs. What CDCR did not consider was that the gang leaders it indefinitely isolated …
Article • November 16, 2015
Bizarre Ruling Deprives Arkansas Prisoner of Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action by Bizarre Ruling Deprives Arkansas Prisoner of Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action On May 15, 2014, the Arkansas Supreme Court denied a state prisoner the right to seek judicial review of a disciplinary action because he did not pay …
Article • October 28, 2015
California's Secret Solitary Courts by Sarah Shourd California's Secret Solitary Courts by Sarah Shourd Despite a new settlement that bans indefinite solitary confinement in California, prisons are finding new secondary excuses to lengthen time in the SHU. A change in policy in California just last month could result in an …
Article • September 24, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Breaking News: CDCR Settles Solitary Confinement Class-Action Suit by Derek Gilna Breaking News: CDCR Settles Solitary Confinement Class-Action Suit by Derek Gilna The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has long been criticized for its excessive use of solitary confinement, and no facility has been subject to more criticism …
Article • September 24, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Due Process Violation for “Sham” Reviews During 13 Years in Segregation by David Reutter Due Process Violation for “Sham” Reviews During 13 Years in Segregation by David M. Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment to prison officials on a due process claim, holding …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
California: Authorized Possession of Legal Materials Cannot Serve as Basis for Gang Validation by California: Authorized Possession of Legal Materials Cannot Serve as Basis for Gang Validation The California Court of Appeal has held that documents in the possession of a prisoner who is providing legal assistance to another prisoner …
Article • January 12, 2015
NY DOC Liable for Three Days Extra Segregation by NY DOC Liable for Three Days Extra Segregation A New York Court of Claims judge recently found the State of New York liable for three days of unwarranted segregation, and has set a trial date to determine the amount of damages …
Article • January 12, 2015
New York Prisoner Awarded $1,170 for SHU Time Caused by Hearing Violation by New York Prisoner Awarded $1,170 for SHU Time Caused by Hearing Violation A New York Court of Claims awarded $1,170 to a prisoner for 39 days of excessive, unprivileged confinement in a Special Housing Unit (SHU) at …
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