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Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
First Circuit Revives Rhode Island Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim Against Guard by David Reutter On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment to a Rhode Island Department of Corrections (DOC) guard who pepper-sprayed a restrained prisoner and then delayed …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Prisoners Reportedly Locked in Showers in Oklahoma, Florida by David Reutter by David M. Reutter According to a lawsuit removed to federal court for the Western District of Oklahoma on May 1, 2024, prisoners at Great Plains Correctional Center (GPCC) were confined in a tiny shower stall for days on …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Fourth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Guards Who Left North Carolina Prisoner to Eat with Feces-Soiled Hands by On January 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s grant of qualified immunity (QI) to guards who left North Carolina prisoner Jordan Andrew Jones …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Dismissal Affirmed of Florida Prisoner’s Claim for Exposure to Human Waste by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 11, 2023, the Supreme Court of the U.S. declined to issue a writ of certiorari to hear a Florida prisoner’s appeal to a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Minnesota Prison on Lockdown After Protest Over Dirty Water, Lack of Phone Use and Out-of-Cell Time by Over Labor Day weekend 2023, approximately 100 prisoners refused to return to their cells at Minnesota Correctional Facility (MCF) in Stillwater. They were protesting limited access to showers, phones and recreation, which the …
Brief • July 17, 2023
Rose v. Sandy, WV, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 5:22-cv-00405 Document 433 Filed 07/17/23 Page 1 of 89 PageID #: 5682 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA BECKLEY DIVISION MICHAEL D. ROSE, CHARLES BLESSARD, ROBERT C. CHURCH, SR., NICOLE HENRY, EDWARD L. …
Publication • March 7, 2023
HI Correctional System Oversight Commission-OCCC Site Tour Observations-March 2023 JOSH GREEN, M.D. MARK PATTERSON GOVERNOR CHAIR CHRISTIN M. JOHNSON OVERSIGHT COORDINATOR STATE OF HAWAII HAWAII CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OVERSIGHT COMMISSION 235 S. Beretania Street, 16 Floor th COMMISSIONERS HON. MICHAEL A. TOWN (ret.) HON. RONALD IBARRA (ret.) TED SAKAI MARTHA TORNEY …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Weeks Without a Shower: Neglect Defines COVID-19 Containment in California Jails by Brian Osgood Incarcerated people have been denied basic services in the name of fighting the virus, exacting a heavy psychological toll. by Brian Osgood, The Intercept Michael Pitre spent Christmas Eve in a frigid cell in the Sacramento …
Brief • June 30, 2021
Davis v. Abdeljaber, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2021 SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This General Release of All Claims ("Release"), dated June 212, 2021, arises out of litigation in the Federal District Court for the Northern District oflllinois, entitled ChristopherDavis v. Richard Ligenza, et. al., 16-CV-10763 and ChristopherDavis v Rame …
Coleman v. Pfister, IL, Settlement (Wexford), Failure to Protect, 2020 EXECUTION COPY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE ("Release") WHEREAS, GREG COLEMAN ("Plaintiff) filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, against Wexford Health Sources, Inc. and Ghaliah Obaisi, Independent Executor and …
Larocque et al. v. Turco et al., MA, order, prisoners' access to attorneys, legal materials, 2020
Brief • February 1, 2020
Coleman v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 Information Official Case# Case# 17-528 17-CV-528 Plaintiffs: Sheet for Case Number Filed Case Coleman, Greg #M21252 v. Pfister, et al. IDOC# Defendants: 5/31/17 Date Served Received Status 7/14/17 closed LJ Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se Issues: …
Third Circuit: Showers Part of Prison Operations for ADA and RA Purposes by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 8, 2019 that the provision of showers “is a part of the programs, activities, or services” referred to by the Rehabilitation …
Thomas v. Milwaukee County, WI, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2019 SETTLEMENT SETT'LPI\{BIIT AGREEMENT RBLtrÄSB AGRDEN{BNT AND RELEASE Definitions Definitions 1. "ReleasiLrg Parties" shall l. As used herein, the Balnes n/k/a tenn "Releasing As used to Terrill the term sllall refer Terrill Barnes refer to Terrill Terrill Thomas, Thornas, Jr., Arnari Thomas-Acosta, …
“It Smelled Like Death”: Reports of Mold Contamination in Prisons and Jails by Panagioti Tsolkas by Panagioti Tsolkas “There was big, dark, gray, blackish mildew around the air vent and that’s where the air was coming from … it smelled like death.” – Candie Hailey, Rikers Island pre-trial detainee Over the …
Brief • October 3, 2018
Coleman v. Pfister, IL, Amended Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2018 Case: 1:17-cv-00528 Document#: 100 Filed: 10/03/18 Page 1 of 28 PagelD #:373 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GREG COLEMAN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) V. ) ) RANDY PFISTER, sued in his individual ) capacity; …
Pennsylvania Prison Inmate Receives Settlement for Ceiling Collapse Injury by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis  Ian Quarles, a Pennsylvania inmate at State Correctional Institution Smithfield, agreed to a settlement in response to alleged injuries caused by the collapse of a shower ceiling.      On October 12, 2005, Quarles was allegedly …
Wisconsin Settles State Prisoner’s Lawsuits for $13,000 by On February 2, 2017, Wisconsin officials agreed to pay $13,000 to settle two pro se federal lawsuits. Samuel S. Upthegrove, a Wisconsin state prisoner with mental health issues, filed two suits related to conditions of his confinement. One of his complaints alleged …
Settlement in Federal Suit Over Treatment of Disabled Detainees in Northern California Jail by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A class-action lawsuit brought by disabled prisoners held at the Shasta County Jail in California has settled, subject to judicial approval. The case was originally filed by Everett Joseph Jewett, a …
Brief • May 4, 2018
Davis v. Abdeljaber, IL, Amended Complaint, Excessive Force, 2018 Case: 1:16-cv-10764 Document#: 10 Filed: 05/04/18 Page 1 of 7 PagelD #:61 IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CHRISTOPHERDAVIS, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. RAME I. …
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