Criminal,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 9, 2020
Prisoner says guards try to prevent suicide by not letting him sleep
Prisoners in these units are subject to welfare checks every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day, involving a beep and a metal-on-metal sound next to the cells, Kate M. Falkenstien of Reichman Jorgensen LLP said in her complaint for intervention in a long-running inmates’ rights case.
An attorney for a prisoner claiming guards are trying to prevent him from suicide by not letting him sleep has moved to intervene in a long-running inmate rights case.
Christopher Lipsey, represented by Kate M. Falkenstien of Reichman Jorgensen LLP in Redwood City, is incarcerated in an administrative segregation unit at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Prisoners in these units are subject to welfare checks every 30 minutes, 24 h...
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