Skip navigation

Search

100 results
Watchdog Calls Out D.C. for Dragging Feet on Construction of New Jail by Chuck Sharman A report issued by the Office of the D.C. Auditor (ODCA) on May 28, 2025, outlined the municipality’s “urgent need for a new jail.” The population of the existing lockup, spread over two adjacent buildings …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Illinois Shutters Decrepit Prison by As of September 30, 2024, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) had transferred most of the 558 prisoners held at Stateville Correctional Center a month before. The move followed a preliminary injunction (PI) issued by the federal court for the Northern District of Illinois on …
Georgia Prisoner’s Challenge to “Deplorable” Conditions Survives Motion to Dismiss by On October 3, 2023, the federal court for the Middle District of Georgia denied a motion to dismiss filed by defendant state prison officials in a prisoner’s challenge to isolation in conditions he called “deplorable.” While incarcerated at Georgia …
NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A settlement approved by the federal court for the Eastern District of California on January 16, 2024, recalls an all-­too familiar jail story. A wheelchair-­bound detainee named …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Overcrowded and Understaffed, Oklahoma County Jail Remains “Deplorable” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A headline in the August 1965 edition of The Daily Oklahoman said that then-Sheriff Bob Turner of Oklahoma County “denies his jail’s ‘deplorable.’” A new jail was later built, but almost six decades later, a …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Detainee Allegedly “Eaten Alive” by Vermin in Overcrowded Atlanta Jail by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A detainee found dead in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail (FCJ) on September 13, 2022, was “eaten alive” by insects, according to an attorney hired by the dead man’s family. Michael Harper said his clients …
Article • December 5, 2022
Death Toll Mounts at Georgia’s Fulton County Jail with Reports of Malnutrition, Medical Neglect and Vermin by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When a 35-year-old detainee died in his cell at the Fulton County Jail (FCJ) in Atlanta on September 13, 2022, he was found covered in lice. …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Food, Vermin
Lawsuit Filed Over Rodent Infestation at New Mexico Prison by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For many years, the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (WNMCF) has had a “horrific and widespread” rodent infestation that makes the prison “a dangerous place.” Those allegations form the basis for a lawsuit filed …
Robertson v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# 14-1272 14-CV-1272 P'"1 intiffs: Opposing Counsel: ln stnutions: Filed Case Name Robertson, Shauntae #R63300 v. Pfister, et al. IDOC# Defendants: 7/7 /14 Date Served Received Status 8/28/14 closed Class Action □ On Appeal D …
Brief • May 5, 2021
Hinton v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ALEXANDER EDWARDS-HINTON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case no. 18-cv-5021 ) ) v. ) RANDY PFISTER, et al., ) Defendants. ) } Honorable Virginia M. Kendall SETTLEMENT …
Brief • April 12, 2021
Gordon v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Ca se# 17-7488 17-CV-7488 Gordon, Donald Albert #K54491 v. Baldwin, et al. IDOC# Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Defendants: Received Filed Case Name 6/6/18 Date Served Stat us closed 9/ 19/ 18 Class Action r-i On …
McFadden v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Case# Official Case# 18-1000 18-CV-1000 Opposing Counsel: Institutions: McFadden, LaRoyce #Y19804 v. Johnson, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Defendants: Received Filed Case Name 2/27/19 Date Served 3/1/19 Status closed Class Action D On Appeal C Spears D …
Brief • January 28, 2021
Richmond v. Rauner, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION DARNELL RICHMOND, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) V. ) ) ) ) BRUCE RAUNER, et al., Defendant(s). Case no. 18-cv-5966 Honorable Sharon Johnson Coleman SETTLEMENT …
Mitchell v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement - Roach Infestation, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 18-2367 18-CV-2367 Plaintiffs: IDOC# Case Filed Mitchell, Calvin #R18381 v. Pfister, et al. Defendants: 4/2/18 Date Served Received Status 3/8/19 closed Class Action D OnAppeal D Spears Opposing Counsel: …
Brief • September 24, 2020
Houston v. Nickolson, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 19-3894 19-CV-3894 Plaintiffs: Houston, Lemuel #B88647 v. Nicholson, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received Filed Case Name 7/ 3/19 Date Served 7/ 18/ 19 Status closed Class Action On Appeal □ n .Spc~ars Opposing …
Anderson v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 18-627 18-CV-627 Anderson, Leroy #N34141 v. Pfister, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Filed Received 06/1/18 1/26/18 Case Name Defendants: Date Served Status closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se Issues: …
Brief • July 24, 2020
Butusov v. IDOC, IL, Settlement, Conditions of Confinement, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 18-CV-3418 18-3418 Plaintiffs: Case Filed Butusov, Kenneth #K58823 v. IDOC, et al. IDOC# Defendants: 12/31/19 Date Served Received Status 1/15/20 closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Pro Se .. Issues: …
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 …
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 …
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: …
Page 1 of 5. | 1 2 3 4 5 | Next »