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Business as Usual
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2004
by Todd Matthews
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2004, page 1
Wackenhut further angered state officials by saying they must pay for the empty bed space at the Santa Rosa facility caused by transferring prisoners to the Virginia supermax. According to the state's contract, Wackenhut claimed, the state must pay as though the prison is 90 percent full even if it ...
Filed under:
Sexual Assault,
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Contractor Misconduct,
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Political Prisoners,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
International Law,
Military Prisons.
Locations:
Afghanistan,
Cuba,
Iraq.
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More from this issue:
- Business as Usual, by Todd Matthews
- Death Exposes Inadequate Mental Health Care in Oregon Prisons, by Mark Wilson
- PAMII Requires Records Release in Connecticut Prisoners' Deaths
- CMS Must Pay $1.75 Million in Illinois Jail Suicide, by John E Dannenberg
- Exculpatory Evidence Must Be Disclosed at Prison Disciplinary Hearing, by David Reutter
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Wisconsin County Settles Negligent Death Claim for $1.2 Million
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: The Pro Se Complaint, by Daniel E. Manville
- California Prisons' Joint-Venture Program Under Statewide Court Injunction, by John E Dannenberg
- New York Prisoner Informant Awarded $7.65 Million In Failure-To-Protect Suit, by Michael Rigby
- California Parole Board Must Vacate Parole Denial And Give Lifer New Hearing, by John E Dannenberg
- Private Capitol Punishment: The Florida Model, by David Reutter
- New York City: Thousands Unnecessarily Imprisoned at Enormous cost
- Judge Barkett Dissents from Expansion of "In Custody" Meaning for PLRA purposes
- Washington Supreme Court Rejects Federal Mail-Box Rule
- Washington Prison Labor Program Struck Down, by Paul Wright
- Guards Fornicate, Sell Drugs in Pennsylvania Jails
- Vermont Auditor's Report Blasts CCA and CMS, by David Reutter
- Abuse, Torture and Rape Reported at Unlisted U.S.-Run Prisons in Iraq, by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke
- Iowa Sex Offender Residence Restrictions Unconstitutional
- Untimely Grievances Satisfy PLRA; $70,000 Beating Verdict Upheld
- California Lifer Parole Rescission Upheld On One Of Five Grounds Alleged; Federal Ex Post Facto Appeal Is Moot, by John E Dannenberg
- Illinois Appeals Court Reinstates Prisoner's Telephone Disconnect Suit
- Nevada Prisoner Killed in Rec Yard Riot
- Wisconsin District Court Reversed; PLRA Fee Limits Constitutional, Says Seventh Circuit
- "Therapeutic Seclusion" of Civilly Committed Sex Offenders Contrary to Professional Judgment, by David Reutter
- New Jersey Vegetarian Meals Satisfy Halal Dietary Obligations, by John E Dannenberg
- BOP Fires Prison Guard Accused of Rape, Attempted Murder
- Qualified Immunity Granted for Warrantless Parole Search
- Hermaphroditic Wyoming Prisoner Awarded $1,000 for 14 Months in Solitary
- New York Prison Officials Denied Qualified Immunity in Revoking Prisoner's Temporary Release
- Florida's $4 Administrative Processing Fee for Prisoner Banking Fees Challenged, by David Reutter
- Punitive Transfer After Winning Administrative Appeal Is Actionable, by John E Dannenberg
- International Red Cross Suspects U.S. Hiding Foreign Detainees
- Arrestee Cannot Be Charged With Bringing Drugs Into Jail
- News in Brief
- Seventh Circuit Invalidates Wisconsin News Clippings Ban
- Prisoner Lawsuits Not Subject to Heightened Pleading Standard in Seventh Circuit
- Jury's $108,000 Verdict in New York Prisoner's Medical Claim Vacated
- Oklahoma Family Buries Wrong Man
More from Todd Matthews:
- All Eyes On the Court: An Interview with Attorney and Federal Court Monitor Fred Cohen, March 15, 2010
- A Bridge Between The Ivy League And The Jailhouse: An Interview with Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School, Aug. 15, 2009
- In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter, March 15, 2009
- An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute, Nov. 15, 2008
- A Long Road Toward Reform: An Interview with John Boston, Director of the Prisoners’ Rights Project of the New York City Legal Aid Society, July 15, 2008
- A Pursuit of Prisoners’ Health and Safety A conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project, March 15, 2008
- Prisoner’s Rights Profile: John Midgley, Dec. 15, 2007
- Interview with Leonard Schroeter, July 15, 2005
- Business as Usual, Dec. 15, 2004
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