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California Prison Plagued by Toxic Water and Chronic Illness by For decades, prisoners at Mule Creek State Prison outside of Sacramento, California have raised the alarm about the drinking water. Based on interviews with over 100 prisoners, ex-prisoners, family members, and prison staff, reporting from The Appeal and Type Investigations …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Florida Prisoners Exposed to Cancer-Causing Chemicals by When Florida lawmakers approved a $116.5 billion annual state budget on March 8, 2024, it included $3.5 million for a new Alachua County water pipeline that is critical to the health and safety of state prisoners confined at Lowell Correctional Institution and the …
Publication • February 21, 2024
BOC -City of New York-Statement on Chemical Agent Report -Feb. 2024 Dwayne C. Sampson, Chair DeAnna Hoskins, Vice Chair Rachael Bedard, M.D. Robert L. Cohen, M.D. Felipe Franco Jacqueline Miriam Pitts Joseph Ramos Jacqueline Sherman Jude Torchenaud BOARD OF CORRECTION CITY OF NEW YORK 2 LAFAYETTE STREET, SUITE 1221 NEW …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
South Carolina Pays $200,000 to Jail Detainees Exposed to Toxic Fumes by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2023, the South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund paid $8,700 to each of 23 former detainees at Berkeley County’s Hill-Finklea Detention Center (HFDC)—a total of $200,100—to settle claims they were exposed to …
Publication • February 1, 2024
NYC Board of Correction-An Assessment of the Use of Chemical Agents in NYC Jails - Feb 2024 . . . . . Boardof . .T . . Correction AN ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS IN NEW YORK CITY JAILS February 2024 1 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Ohio Prisoner’s Suit Claims Exposure to Toxic Chemicals Released in Train Derailment by On May 31, 2023, the federal court for the Northern District of Ohio consolidated a state prisoner’s pro se suit into a class-action with almost 30 others that have been filed over exposure to toxic vinyl chloride …
Brief • March 20, 2023
Ronduen v. The GEO Group, CA, Complaint, Toxic Chemicals, 2023 Case 5:23-cv-00481 Document 1 Filed 03/20/23 Page 1 of 53 Page ID #:1 1 8 SOCIAL JUSTICE LEGAL FOUNDATION Maria del Pilar Gonzalez Morales (SBN 308550) pgonzalez@socialjusticelaw.org Vanessa M. Domenichelli (SBN 326867) vdomenichelli@socialjusticelaw.org Alyssa Martinez (SBN 342466) amartinez@socialjusticelaw.org Amelia Piazza …
Brief • February 8, 2023
Bordeaux v. Berkeley County, SC, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIA NO.: 2018-CP-08-01843 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY Brandon Bordeaux, Lee Dell Bradley, Cornelius Chisolm, William Countee III, Allen C. Davis, Brandon Gibson, Devante Gibson, Chad Gourdine, Prentice Gourdine, Jamichael Howard, Joshua …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Environmental Indifference by Anthony Moffa Exposure to Radon in Prisons May Be Functioning as a Form of Mass Capital Punishment by Anthony Moffa I can’t breathe. –Eric Garner, George Floyd, and at least seventy others   The thought of radioactive gas in the night air in the place you lay …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Activists Call to Shut Down Illinois Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Over 1,000 people signed a letter that urges the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to evacuate Vienna Correctional Center (VCC) “until it can be renovated or shut down completely.” The letter was sent to IDPH …
Article • April 2, 2020
Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Complaint Over Consequences of Prisoner Unrest as Frivolous by On February 20, 2020, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s pro se, in forma pauperis federal civil rights complaint primarily over the consequences flowing from a physical …
Woods v. Fahy, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 18-CV-2168 18-2168 Plaintiffs: Woods, Terrance #B15395 v. Fahy, et al. Defendants: Received Filed Case Name 1/15/19 Date Served Status closed 1/22/19 Class Action On Appeal Spears Appeal number: Doc Staff: Appellate Court: AG …
Haslett v. Shurtz, IL, Settlement, Excessive Force, 2019 16-CV-1301-SMY-RJD Haslett, Darryl #R01829 v. Smith, et al. 12/2/16 5/23/17 closed STA TE OF' ILLINOIS - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS-LEGAL SETILEMENT CASE CLOSURE FORM Atty FEIN#: Pint SS#: 01:pcsltior~ ~-:: hpn□in P.r:!ial ~e11leiren1 0 Q 0 0 Av11,~1nai1 0 CoUll0rdm/Sin:tioOl sew: [.________j Sign …
Woods v. Fahy, IL, Complaint, Conditions of Confinement, 2019 Case: 1:18-cv-02168 Document#: 32 Filed: 01/15/19 Page 1 of 8 PagelD #:141 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DMSION TERRANCE WOODS (B-15395), Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) v. TIMOTHY J. FAHY, O.D., WALTER NICHOLSON, DEBBIE KNAUER, …
Jackson v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinment, 2019 ~ -;- J _• ._•._ -~, :: \i• ";"- . 1.y.., ~ • 4~ - - , - - ..iZ_ I ~ 11i,• - Case# Official Case # _I •• . . . .J 17-1861 ND 17-CV-1861 ~ "" Case Name …
Article • September 8, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Plans for a New Federal Prison on Coal Mine Site in Kentucky Withdrawn by Panagioti Tsolkas Could the failure to move forward on USP Letcher indicate an end of the Appalachian prison boom? by Panagioti Tsolkas “I refuse to have our community’s future built on the backs of other people.” …
Filing • July 2, 2019
Vega v. Semple, NY, Amicus Brief, Environmental Impact of Prisoners, 2019 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007 Telephone: 212-857-8500 MOTION INFORMATION STATEMENT 18-3176-pr Docket Number(s): ________________________________________ _______________Caption [use short title]_____________________ Leave to File Amicus Brief Motion …
Johnson v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION HENRY JOHNSON. #R-55423. Plaintiff. -vs- ) ) ) ) No. 17-1174-SLD ) RANDY PFISTER. et al.. Defendants. ) ) ) ) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This …
“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 …
On Sale Now: Prison Labor by Sytonia Reid by Sytonia Reid, Green American Magazine Every day, incarcerated and detained people in both US government and private prisons perform labor during their sentences, with few exceptions. Many provide services for the prison itself, such as cooking, laundry, and maintenance tasks, while …
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