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Report Decries Ongoing Inadequate Medical Care for Pregnant Arizona Prisoners
by Matt Clarke
ACLU and Prison Law Office attorneys representing Arizona state prisoners toured the Perryville prison for three days in April 2019, interviewing 25 women who had recently given birth or suffered miscarriages in prison. The report they gave the court describes “shocking and horrifying” stories of a “deficient” ...
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- News in Brief
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- PLN Awarded Injunction in Arizona Prison Censorship Suit, by David M. Reutter
- $10 Million Post-Appeal Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Death Suit, by Matthew Clarke
- $850,000 Settlement in Florida DOC Prisoner’s Gassing Murder, by David M. Reutter
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- Most States Saw Criminal Justice Reforms in 2019, But Incarceration Rates Remain High, by Victoria Law
- $250,000 Settlement in Assault Upon Luzerne County Detainee, by David M. Reutter
- $550,000 Settlement in Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over High-Fee Debit Cards, by Matthew Clarke
- $300,000 Settlement in Lincoln County Missouri Jail Attempted Suicide Suit, by Chad Marks
- Report Decries Ongoing Inadequate Medical Care for Pregnant Arizona Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
- Veteran Dies After Beating by Guards at North Carolina Jail, by David M. Reutter
- Senator Warren Has Plan To Ban Private Prison Contracts, by Scott Grammer
- Fulton County Ordered to Clean Up Repulsive Jail Conditions for Mentally Ill Women, by David M. Reutter
- Florida Prison Isolation Suit Survives Dismissal Stage, by David M. Reutter
- Alabama Jail Guards Face Liability for Inaction to Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms, by David M. Reutter
- Riots At South Carolina Prison Spark Wave of Lawsuits, by David M. Reutter
- $12.6 Million Jury Award for Man Denied Medical Care Before Jailed, by David M. Reutter
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- Federal Prisoner to Receive Opioid Addiction Medication While Incarcerated, by Kevin Bliss
- Cook County Jail’s Three Book Possession Policy Constitutional, by David M. Reutter
- $150,000 Settlement for Opioid Withdrawal Death in Indiana County Jail, by Anthony W. Accurso
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- Report Published on Louisiana’s Extensive Use Of Solitary Confinement, by Scott Grammer
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