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Mayhem, Murder and Staff Misconduct at Brooklyn BOP Lockup

Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025

Filed under: Cell Searches, Drug Testing, Prison/Jail Murders, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Cell Phone Access, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet

Mayhem, Murder and Staff Misconduct at Brooklyn BOP Lockup by The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn, New York, has made the news repeatedly thanks to some high-profile detainees held there to await trial. But federal prosecutors have also charged nine detainees for a series of …

NY: Prisoner's Abuse Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss

Article • October 31, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Eighth Amendment, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Telephones, Failure to Train/Supervise, Mental Health, Denial of Religious Services

case, Smith sued because jail officials changed his telephone PIN number without notice. While that case was pending, Smith filed another case against Riker's Island alleging improper religious ...

Los Angeles Sheriff's Office Settles Visitor Beating Case for $1 Million

Article • August 11, 2016

Filed under: Visitor Searches, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Cell Phone Access

Los Angeles Sheriff's Office Settles Visitor Beating Case for $1 Million by Derek Gilna Los Angeles County Jail deputies have a reputation for brutal treatment of prisoners, and have paid out millions of dollars in settlements as a result. However, even a man visiting his brother Robert at Men's Central …

Second Circuit Allows Muslim Prisoners’ Bivens Claims to Proceed

Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Strip Searches, War on Terror, Food, Eighth Amendment, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Telephone Access

;; and not allowed to move around their unit or freely use the telephone and commissary, or access MDC handbooks “which explained how to file complaints about mistreatment.” Additionally, the Court ...

Abuse in Los Angeles Jails Leads to Investigations, Lawsuits and Eventual Reforms

Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Retaliation against Staff, Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Exercise, Clothing, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephone Access

that ordered the county to improve jail conditions – including overcrowding, inadequate exercise, and lack of clean clothing and telephone access. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had initially ...

Millions Paid in Mississippi Jail Deaths; Ten Guards Sentenced for Abuses; Corruption Continues

Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Correctional Services Corp., Jail Misconduct, Judicial Misconduct, Prison Labor, OB/GYN, Criminal Prosecution, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Damages, Disclosure of Records, Telephone Access, Suicides, ACA

Millions Paid in Mississippi Jail Deaths; Ten Guards Sentenced for Abuses; Corruption Continues by Bob Williams “The house always wins,” Warden Don Cabana proclaimed to the Sun Herald, a Mississippi newspaper, in July 2007. However, Harrison County, home of the Harrison County Adult Detention Center (ADC), has agreed to pay …

Florida’s Broward County Jail: Abuse and Misconduct As Usual

Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

recorded all phone calls, including privileged calls between prisoners and their lawyers. A BSO official claimed the recording was due to a "glitch" in the phone system, and only one attorney call had been ...

Confronting Confinement, A Report On Safety and Abuse In America’s Prisons, Vera Justice Institute (2006), 118 pp.

Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007

Filed under: Reviews, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephone Rates

Confronting Confinement, A Report On Safety and Abuse In America’s Prisons, Vera Justice Institute (2006), 118 pp. by John Dannenberg Confronting Confinement, A Report On Safety and Abuse In America's Prisons, Vera Justice Institute (2006), 118 pp. Reviewed by John E. Dannenberg The Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's …

Malicious Use of Force Violates Eighth Amendment

Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Summary Judgment, Telephones, Attorney Calls

Malicious Use of Force Violates Eighth Amendment by John E Dannenberg The Third Circuit held that in claims alleging the malicious use of force by prison guards the wantonness of the attack, rather than the degree of injury suffered, is the dispositive issue for courts reviewing such claims on summary …

Detainee States Claim for Retaliation and Med Needs

Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Strip Cells, Bedding, Attorney Client, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Telephones, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls

on a detainee's telephone privileges that prevented him from contacting his attorney violate the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Tucker v. Randall, 948 F.2d 388, 390-91 (7th Cir. 1991)." Murphy claimed that he ...

Indiana Control Unit Prisoners File Suit and Strike

Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Cold, Clothing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephone Access, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Visiting, Attorney Visits

total submission of the prisoners to state power. Prisoners are denied telephone and visiting privileges for the first 90 days, then allowed 1 visit and 1 call every 30 days. Prisoners are not allowed ...