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Sixth Circuit Order Sealing Records in Private Prison Shareholder Suit Vacated, Remanded by As of 2016, CoreCivic—formerly Corrections Corp. of America—contracted with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to operate five facilities. In August of that year, a report by the Inspector General for the Dept. of Justice found the …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Over 100,000 Criminal Records Sealed Under Colorado’s “Clean Slate Act” by Colorado lawmakers have amended the state’s “Clean Slate Act” to include arrests without charges and completed diversions. Effective July 1, 2025, arrest records will automatically be sealed when no charges are filed within one year. The provision is retroactive …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
With HRDC Amicus Brief, Survivor of Dead Washington Prisoner Wins Public Records Case by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford On April 11, 2024, the Supreme Court of Washington held that the one-year statute of limitations (SOL) for bringing a lawsuit under the state Public Records Act (PRA), RCW 42.56.001, et …
HRDC Wins Massive New Mexico Records Trove from Centurion by This month’s PLN cover story covers documents pried loose from Centurion Correctional Healthcare of N.M., LLC, which held the contract to provide medical care for the state Corrections Department (NMCD) in 2020, when a request was filed under the state …
Filing • November 23, 2024
Filed under: Public Records
HRDC v. Centurion of VT LLC, VT, Settlement, Public Records, 2024 Settlement Agreement and Release NOW COMES the Human Rights Defense Center ("HRDC") and enters this Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") with Centurion of Vermont, LLC ("Centurion") (collectively "Parties") as set forth below: WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit in the …
Brief • November 23, 2024
Filed under: Public Records
HRDC v. Centurion of Vermont LLC, VT, Settlement, Public Records, 2024 Settlement Agreement and Release NOW COMES the Human Rights Defense Center ("HRDC") and enters this Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") with Centurion of Vermont, LLC ("Centurion") (collectively "Parties") as set forth below: WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a lawsuit in the …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: Settlements, Public Records
$2,000 Statutory Award Boosts Ohio Prisoner’s Total Over $9,000 for Denied Public Records by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A $2,000 award of statutory damages by the Supreme Court of Ohio on March 31, 2024, brought the total recovered by Trumball Correctional Institution (TCI) prisoner Kimani Ware for denied …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Maryland Prisoner Prevails in Challenge to Denial of Public Records Requests by As PLN has reported, prison and jail employees have been identified in racist or extremist groups. [See: PLN, Feb. 2022, p.40.] The problem was manifested in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, when participating …
Lawsuit By California Youth Alliance Prompts County Probation Chiefs to Dissolve Secretive Nonprofit by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On June 23, 2023, a group consisting of 55 of the 58 California county probation chiefs quietly disbanded the nonprofit they formed out of the public’s eye to provide …
Brief • April 2, 2024
KQED, Inc v. CDCR, CA, Ruling on Petition for Writ of Mandate-Motion for Production Schedule Order, Public Records, 2024
Filing • February 23, 2024
Greer v. County of San Diego, Brief of Amici Curiae, 20247 Case: 23-55607, 02/23/2024, ID: 12862766, DktEntry: 36, Page 1 of 27 Case No. 23-55607 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ____________________________ COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Defendant and Appellant, v. FRANKIE GREER Plaintiff, and THE …
Brief • February 23, 2024
Greer v. County of San Diego, CA, Brief of Amici Curiae, Denial of Adequate Medical Care, 2024 Case: 23-55607, 02/23/2024, ID: 12862766, DktEntry: 36, Page 1 of 27 Case No. 23-55607 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ____________________________ COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Defendant and Appellant, …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Michigan Supreme Court: DOC Owes Attorney Fees in Public Records Case Even if Plaintiff Is Represented Pro Bono by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 26, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court held that journalists seeking release of videos from the state Department of Corrections (DOC) were prevailing parties and …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It by Matthew Clarke Matt Clarke On July 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a state prisoner who previously settled his excessive force claim against the state Department …
Brief • January 16, 2024
HRDC v. Maine County Commissioners Risk Management, ME, Proposed Order, Public Records, 2024 CAPITAL JUDICIAL CENTER AUGUSTA COURTS I COURT STREET, SUITE 101 AUGUSTA, MAINE 04330 II) Ill :3 (.) .,:. Ill 0:: r;:: us POSTAGE P Hic:Y BOWE ~~~ ~f ~~330 $ 000.630 M1 1 :J006068209 JAN 16 2024 …
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 …
$7.75 Million Paid by San Diego County After Jail Detainee Severely Injured in Fall from Top Bunk by A lawsuit filed in federal court against San Diego County and various jail employees settled on March 20, 2023, for $7.75 million, following four years of litigation. The underlying facts unfolded the …
Brief • December 21, 2023
HRDC v. Maine County Commissioners Risk Management, ME, Order, Public Records, 2023 STATE OF MAINE KENNEBEC, ss. SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL ACTION DOCKET NO. CV-21-131 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER V. MAINE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASSOCIATION SELF-FUNDED RISK MANAGEMENT POOL, Defendant ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • December 20, 2023
McDugle v. Hicks, OK, Petition for Relief, Denial of Public Records, 2023 PJLe.D DISTRICT couk,RT Gtegh1n1 County, o a. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF STEPHENS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA KEVIN McDUGLE and JUSTIN HUMPHREY, as individuals DEC ZD .ffll MILODV HARPER Court Clerk ) ) ) Plaintiffs, vs. JASON HICKS, …
Brief • November 22, 2023
Newsday, LLC v. Nassau County Police Dept, NY, FOIL Denial, 2023 Newsday, LLC v. Nassau County Police Department, --- N.Y.S.3d ---- (2023) 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 06050 2023 WL 8102717 Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York. In the Matter of NEWSDAY, LLC, appellant, v. NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, …
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