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Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Arkansas DOC Settles Retaliation Claim by Prisoner Who Also Won Back Confiscated COVID-19 Stimulus by After the Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC) reached a settlement with state prisoner Anthony Lamar in his retaliation claim against officials at the Varner Unit, the federal court for the Eastern District of Arkansas granted …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
$7,500 Settlement Reached After Georgia Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment by Just 10 days after the federal court for the Middle District of Georgia denied them summary judgment on July 31, 2023, officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a prisoner’s retaliation claim for $7,500. The case …
Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless” by In a weird-but-true story that’s oddly fitting for Alabama’s wretched prison system, the body of a state prisoner murdered on November 16, 2023, was returned to his survivors five days later without a heart. That is the claim of a lawsuit filed in federal …
Brief • September 20, 2021
City of New York v. Correction Officers Benevolent Association, NY, Complaint, Collective Bargaining & Strikes, 2021 CAUTION: THIS DOCUMENT HAS NOT YET BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY CLERK. (See below.) NYSCEF DOC. NO. 2 INDEX NO. UNASSIGNED RECEIVED NYSCEF: 09/20/2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF …
Brief • March 11, 2021
Washington v. BOP, CA, Order, Retaliation for Protesting, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-00787-JST Document 63 Filed 03/11/21 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KEITH H. WASHINGTON, et al., 7 Plaintiffs, 8 v. 9 FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, et al., 10 …
Don't Shoot Portland v. City of Portland, OR, Court Order, Excessive Force Against Protestors, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-00917-HZ Document 29 Filed 06/09/20 Page 1 of 10 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON DON’T SHOOT PORTLAND, a nonprofit corporation, in its individual capacity; NICHOLAS J. ROBERTS, in …
Don't Shoot Portland v. City of Portland, OR, Complaint, Excessive Force Against Protestors, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-00917-HZ Document 1 Filed 06/05/20 Jesse Merrithew, OSB No. 074564 Email: jesse@lmhlegal.com Viktoria Safarian, OSB No. 175487 Email: viktoria@lmhlegal.com Levi Merrithew Horst PC 610 SW Alder Street, Suite 415 Portland, Oregon 97205 Telephone: (971) 229-1241 …
Don't Shoot Portland v. City of Portland, OR, Motion for Temp Restraining Order, Excessive Force Against Protestors, 2020 Case 3:20-cv-00917-HZ Document 2 Filed 06/05/20 Page 1 of 38 Jesse Merrithew, OSB No. 074564 Email: jesse@lmhlegal.com Viktoria Safarian, OSB No. 175487 Email: viktoria@lmhlegal.com Levi Merrithew Horst PC 610 SW Alder Street, …
Prisoners Face Retaliation for Raising Concerns About Criminal Justice System by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Prisoners who peacefully advocate for their rights, such as by filing lawsuits and grievances, and engaging in non-violent protests, regularly risk retaliation by prison officials. That was the case following a nationwide work strike …
Publication • September 1, 2018
Inside the Prison Labor Strike, The KITE, 2018 Working  W Working ki to t Extend E t d Democracy D to t All   V Volume V l Volume 1, N 1 Number b 3 3 September  S S t b 2018 September 2018 INSIDE THE PRISON …
Brief • November 29, 2017
Zee v. McDonnell, CA, Settlement Agreement, Retaliation (Wrongful Termination), 2017 SETTLEMENT AGHEEMl<:NT This Confidential Settlement Agreement and General Release of All Claims r·scttlcmcnt Agreement") is entered into between the following parties (''the Parties"): Plaintiff Tappan Zee ("Pluintifl") and Defendants Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department ("'LASD"). and County of Los Angeles …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Prisoner Labor Focus of Controversy in Texas, Alabama by David Reutter by David Reutter The use of prisoner labor and poor prison conditions are behind calls for action in Texas and Alabama, and have led to concerns over the use of prison labor nationwide. Most people believe slavery was abolished …
New York Appeals Court Finds Prisoner Improperly Denied Witnesses at Disciplinary Hearing, Yet Denies Relief by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On September 30, 2016, a New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a state prisoner's claim that he was unlawfully confined following a guilty finding at a prison …
State of Alaska Ombudsman - Investigative Report, Complaint A2013-1560, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Investigative Report Ombudsman Complaint A2013-1560 Finding of Record and Closure September 19, 2017 (The summary has been edited and redacted to remove information made confidential by Alaska Statute and to protect the privacy interests of the citizens involved.) …
Zee v. McDonnell, CA, Complaint, Retaliation (Wrongful Termination), 2017 Cas 2:16-cv-03166-JAK-AFM 1 2 3 4 5 Document 40 Filed 01/03/17 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #:518 CNTLAWGROUP,PC Cindy N. Tran, Esq. (SBN 228214) cindy@cntlawgroup.com Jeffrey Bao, Esq. (SBN 307346) mary@marydlaw.com 680 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite Pasadena, California 91101 Phone: …
A Vision for Black Lives - Policy, Demands for Black Power, Freedom & Justice, M4BL, 2016 P OLIC Y. M 4 BL .ORG Black humanity and dignity requires Black political will and power. Despite constant exploitation and perpetual oppression, Black people have bravely and brilliantly been the driving force pushing …
The New Slave Revolt by By&nbsp;Chris Hedges, TruthDig A nationwide prison work stoppage and hunger strike, begun on Sept. 9, the 45th anniversary of the Attica uprising, have seen over 20,000 prisoners in about 30 prisons do what we on the outside should do&mdash;refuse to cooperate. &ldquo;We will not only …
Massachusetts Prisoners Involved in Reform Efforts Transferred, Held in Solitary by Christopher Zoukis Three Massachusetts state prisoners have been placed in segregation in apparent retaliation for their prison reform activism. Timothy Muise, Shawn Fisher and Steven James, all incarcerated at the medium-security prison MCI Shirley, were taken from their cells …
German Prisoners Form Union, Seek Minimum Wage and Pension by Joe Watson A group of prisoners in Germany has accomplished what American prisoners have long been prohibited from doing: They formed a labor union for incarcerated workers, to advocate for minimum wage pay so they can earn enough for a …
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&rsquo;s high security unit (HSU) by staging a series of hunger strikes, most of them sustained for weeks. The protests at the Menard facility, …
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