TENNESSEE – The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals backed up the refusal of Sevier County Circuit Judge Rex Henry Ogle to allow Allen Anthony Hammett to withdraw his “best interest” guilty plea to charges of aggravated sexual battery, and violating the se ...
admin - 3/29/2016 11:51am
CALIFORNIA – United States Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman dismissed HIV postive inmate Gondee Charles Singletary’s pro se complaint upon initial screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), because it failed to show how the named defendants were responsible u ...
admin - 3/9/2016 10:56am
In a survey of 197 Alabama probationers and parolees to determine offenders' knowledge of HIV and Alabama’s HIV-specific criminal law, and their level of support for HIV testing and mandatory disclosure, the vast majority supported both testing and c ...
admin - 11/2/2015 1:11pm
Rosado, a pre-trial detainee at Rikers Island, brought an action alleging Herard, a licensed mental health clinician, violated his rights by disclosing Rosado’s HIV status to other detainees and by denying him, as well as other Spanish-speaking detainees, ...
admin - 3/9/2016 10:55am
This report examines the pervasive discrimination against LGBTQ people throughout the criminal legal system, from entry to exit. Stigma, discriminatory enforcement of laws, and harmful policing strategies and tactics all contribute to the overrepresentati ...
admin - 7/14/2016 10:48am
An Illinois federal judge allowed a transgender inmate’s claims under the Eighth Amendment and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to proceed against correctional facility staff alleged to have denied her treatment for gender dysphoria. Correctional ...
admin - 3/30/2018 3:50pm
This report explores the experiences of incarcerated women living with HIV in New York state prisons from 2009-2013. New York has the highest number of HIV-positive incarcerated people and the second-highest number of HIV-positive incarcerated women of al ...
admin - 9/27/2016 3:24pm
News from the Positive Justice Project--read on for updates on state and federal advocacy efforts, including from state-by-state working groups, and updates on the criminal case of Orlando Batista and more! For more information about PJP or the PJP Working ...
admin - 8/15/2017 10:19am
Clayton, a prisoner living with HIV, filed a civil rights action under §1983 against the Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”) and others, including medical staff contractors, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. ...
admin - 3/20/2018 8:21pm
This report from the U.S. Department of Justice provides the results from two surveys—the Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV) and the National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC)—undertaken as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). A third sur ...
admin - 5/11/2017 4:08pm