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Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim Against Guard in Stabbing by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 2, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the grant of summary judgment to one of several North Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) officials accused …
Oregon DOC Investigation Puts Top Medical Officials on Leave by A mid an investigation into complaints about prisoner medical care, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) put two top healthcare officials on leave on December 5, 2024. Assistant Director of Health Services Joe Bugher and Chief of Medicine Dr. Warren …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
DOJ Opens Investigation Into Sex Abuse at Two California Women’s Prisons by On September 4, 2024, the federal Department of Justice announced an investigation into sexual abuse of women imprisoned by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) at Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla and the California …
Article • May 1, 2022
NYC DOC Internal Affairs Investigator Claims She Was Fired for Not Siding with Guards Union by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott Sarena Townsend, the attorney heading internal affairs investigations for the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC), was abruptly fired by new DOC Commissioner Louis Molina on …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Ohio Jails Under Investigation by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A pattern of deaths, escapes and alleged civil rights abuses statewide have spurred investigations of at least two major county jails and increased oversight of 313 detention facilities in Ohio, local media revealed in January 2020. Governor Mike DeWine admitted …
Publication • January 1, 2017
The Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice, 2017 The Civil Rights Division’s Pattern and Practice Police Reform Work: 1994-Present Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice January 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 II. BACKGROUND – THE HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF SECTION 14141 ........................................ 3 III. INITIATING …