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Articles by David Reutter

Injunction Orders Protection for Prisoner Witnesses in California Disability Lawsuit

The court’s July 2, 2020, order found that the plaintiffs ...

Lockdowns Follow “Coordinated” Gang Fights at Oklahoma Prisons

The lockdowns began on September 15, 2019, after fights between gangs at prisons ...

Prisoner Law Consultant in Michigan Pleads Guilty to Defrauding BOP

$5,400 Payout by Montana DOC Over Ex-Prisoner’s Claim of Religious, Gender Discrimination

The November 7, 2019 Conciliation Agreement resolved complaints brought by prisoner May Simmons, who was held at the Montana Women’s ...

Seventh Circuit: Transfer of Indiana Prisoner Based on Substance of Grievances Not Retaliatory

Indiana prisoner Robert Holleman was described by ...

$110,000 Settlement Reached in Ohio Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit

While at Southern Correctional Facility on January 21, ...

Michigan Prisoner’s Malicious Prosecution Claim Survives Summary Judgment

Before the court was the appeal of Michigan prisoner Chris Davis, who is housed at ...

$140,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Beating, Retaliation Case

Corrionne Lawrence was booked into CCJ on September 16, 2018, for a probation violation.

When ...

Jewish Michigan Prisoners Win Injunction for Religious Sabbath and Holiday Meals

Mississippi Prisons in Crisis

Prisons beset with gang-related violence, overcrowding, understaffing and weak funding.

Between late last year and early April 2020, more than 30 Mississippi prisoners died due togang violence, suicide or illness – over 10 times the average of 3.4 prisoner deaths per year between 2014 and 2018. ...