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Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: Forcible Treatment
Guantanamo Bay Detainees Subjected to Forced Rectal Feeding and Hydration by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm MD Pretrial hearings in February 2023 at Guantánamo Bay in the case against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri – the man accused of devising the 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole – included a stunning …
Brief • September 14, 2023
Floreal-Wooten v. Washington County Detention Center, AK, Settlement, Medical Treatments-Covid, 2023 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS For and in consideration of the payment of the total and final sum of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00), to be paid in the following manner: TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS I ($2,000.00) paid to …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Arizona Prison Forcibly Induced Labor for Pregnant Prisoners by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD After a 2019 incident during which a prisoner gave birth in her cell – delivering a baby into the toilet while guards ignored her cries for help – Arizona’s Perryville Prison in Buckeye started …
Brief • January 13, 2022
Floreal-Wooten v. Washington County Detention Center, AK, Complaint, Medical Treatments-Covid, 2022 Case 5:22-cv-05011-TLB-CDC Document 2 Filed 01/13/22 Page 1 of 14 PageID #: 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION EDRICK FLOREAL-WOOTEN; JEREMIAH LITTLE; JULIO GONZALES; DAYMAN BLACKBURN v. PLAINTIFFS Case No. 5:22-cv-05011-TLB-CDC WASHINGTON COUNTY DETENTION …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
New Documentary Released on Forced Sterilizations of Female Prisoners by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon When many people think about eugenics, visions of a former European fascist regime trying to build a master race or science fiction stories come to mind. Attempts to purge societies of humans whose existence trouble …
Whistleblower Claims Female Detainees at Privately Run Georgia ICE Facility Had Forced Hysterectomies by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A whistleblower at a privately operated federal detention center in Georgia prompted a joint complaint filed in September 2020 with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of …
Beyond Estelle: Medical Rights for Incarcerated Patients by Greg Dober by Greg Dober Like most other individuals, prisoners sometimes need medical attention for ailments, injuries and diseases. However, there appears to be a misconception about prisoners’ medical rights among physicians, medical administrators, prison and jail staff, and law enforcement officials. …
Article • June 28, 2018
Doctors giving kids psychotropic drugs lost certification by Aura Bogado By Aura Bogado / Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting The psychiatrist who has been prescribing powerful psychotropic medications to immigrant children at a federally funded residential treatment center in Texas has practiced without board certification to treat children and adolescents for …
World Medical Association Declaration – WMA Declaration of Malta on Hunger Strikes, 2017 WMA DECLARATION OF MALTA ON HUNGER STRIKERS Adopted by the 43rd World Medical Assembly, St. Julians, Malta, November 1991 and editorially revised by the 44th World Medical Assembly, Marbella, Spain, September 1992 and revised by the 57th …
Article • September 12, 2017
$1.3 Million+ Award of Attorney's Fees and Costs Approved in New York Unlawful Confinement Case that Netted Only $1 in Damages by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On June 17, 2016, Judge Jed A. Raskoff, sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, issued an …
At Lowell, sex, death and a probe riddled with questions by Julie K. Brown by Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald Patrick Quercioli was big and burly, and with pumped muscles and an elaborate Indian tattoo on his arm, he looked more like a bodybuilder than a corrections officer. Though he’d …
Coats v. Harris County, TX, Jury Verdict, Wrongful Death Cocaine, 2017 .. _. A -, ORIGINAL ___,A CAUSE NO. 2012-55551 BARBARA COATS, Individually, as Personal Representative of the Estate of JAMAIL AMRON, Deceased, and as Heir to the Estate of JAMAIL AMRON, Deceased; and - - --------ALrA:MRON-;fndivTcfriallyand as Heir to …
Fourth Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Coerced Penis Surgery by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On June 7, 2016, a unanimous panel of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit partially reinstated a lawsuit brought by a West Virginia state prisoner who claimed prison officials had coerced him to …
Some Lawsuits Resolved Against New Mexico Prison Doctor, Others Still Pending by Christopher Zoukis Since 2013, former New Mexico prison doctor Mark E. Walden, nicknamed “Dr. Fingers,” has faced allegations that he sexually abused a number of state prisoners. As a result of the alleged sexual assaults, he has been …
Hawaii Warden Subjected Female Prisoners to “Shame Therapy” by The head of the Kauai Community Correctional Center (KCCC) came under fire after admitting he had humiliated female prisoners by showing them sexually-oriented films in an attempt to administer “shame therapy.” Warden Neal Wagatsuma denied he had shown porno­graphy to the …
Extended Sentence by The formerly incarcerated are facing crippling prison debt when they get out, and it needs to stop. By Larry Schwartztol and Abby Shafroth, Slate When David Silva returned in 2006 from serving 38 months in New Jersey state prison for offenses related to his substance abuse, he faced more than …
Coats v. Harris County, TX, 7th Amended Petition, Wrongful Death Cocaine, 2016 10/28/2016 7:20:43 PM Chris Daniel - District Clerk Harris County Envelope No. 13515582 By: TERESA KIRBY Filed: 10/28/2016 7:20:43 PM CAUSE NO. 2012-55551 BARBARA COATS, Individually, as Personal Representative of the Estate of JAMAIL AMRON, Deceased, and as …
World Medical Association Declaration of Tokyo – Guidelines For Physicians Concerning Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment In Relation To Detention And Imprisonment, 2016 WMA DECLARATION OF TOKYO – GUIDELINES FOR PHYSICIANS CONCERNING TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT IN RELATION TO …
Article • October 19, 2015
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Forcible Medication for Death Row Prisoner Unauthorized by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Forcible Medication for Death Row Prisoner Unauthorized On September 11, 2013, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a trial court lacked authority under the competency-to-be-executed statute, Texas Code …
Brief • July 14, 2015
Callaway v. City of Austin, TX, Plain. Order on Motion to Dismiss, Involuntary Blood Draw Procedure, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00103-SS Document 59 Filed 07/14/15 Page 1 of 29 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION CAROLINE CALLA WAY, Plaintiff, V. F!Lm 2115 JUL It …
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