Current and former inmates at the Henry County Jail will proceed as a class in a federal lawsuit broadly alleging overcrowded, unconstitutional and inhumane conditions at the facility in New Castle. Barker rejected Henry County’s argument that because Bell was no longer jailed, he lacked standing to properly represent the class. The suit claims these additional bunks never received required …
An attorney is seeking class-action status on behalf of Jewish prisoners in Michigan in a lawsuit that claims they’re being denied kosher certified meals. Attorneys for the prisoners filed a motion Monday, Oct. 9 in Flint U.S. District Court, seeking class-action status after claiming there are between 50 and 100 prisoners from the Michigan Department of Corrections who have been …
Attorneys for prisoners with disabilities at the Montana State Prison and the state of Montana today filed a proposed settlement agreement that will bring the prison into greater compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This agreement guarantees that prisoners with physical disabilities will have greater access to facilities and programs at the prison that are available …
On Monday, a U.S. District Court began hearing arguments in a lawsuit over the allegedly inadequate mental health care provided to inmates of the Alabama Department of Corrections. The case is part of a larger suit, Braggs, et al. …
Mentally ill inmates held in Alabama’s prisons may soon be receiving better care thanks to a federal court. Late last week, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson awarded class action status to a lawsuit on behalf of prisoners allegedly receiving inadequate medical care from the Alabama Department of Corrections. That …
Bank of America is facing a lawsuit in Arizona from prisoners who contend they are being forced to become customers of the bank because they are given a BoA debit card that also has high and unusual fees. According to a federal class-action lawsuit, covered by Courthouse News Service , prisoners have to pay $15 each time they withdraw money from a teller. Daria Brill, the lead plaintiff in the …
A judge in a class-action lawsuit that protests the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons has ordered the state to improve medical and mental health services for inmates after attorneys who won a settlement in the case complained that officials were dragging their feet in making required changes. The order Friday from U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan requires the state to come up with a …
NEW YORK (AP) — Sexual abuse and harassment of women in New York State prisons persists and flourishes because the state’s “zero tolerance” policy is a sham, a lawsuit says. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court asks a judge to force the state to prevent women from being sexually abused by male guards. The lawsuit seeking class action status represents six women on behalf of an …