×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Arizona Prisoners Mortality Report Confidentiality Not Federally Protected
Loaded on May 15, 2006
by John Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2006, page 34
Arizona Prisoners Mortality Report
Filed under:
Medical Records,
Excessive Force,
Restraints,
Disclosure of Records,
Discovery,
Wrongful Death.
Location:
Arizona.
Confidentiality Not Federally Protected
by John E. Dannenberg
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals declined Maricopa County, Arizonas invitation to keep mortality reports on prisoners confidential.
Charles Agster was arrested and booked into the Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, Arizona on August 6, 2001, where ...
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail, by Gary Hunter
- New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Millio, by Gary Hunter
- New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation
- Former Florida Correctional Privatization Commission Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing State Funds, by David Reutter
- Fall Escapes Plague Local, State Agencies in Houston Area
- From the Editor
- Abu Ghraib: Enduring Symbol of Hated Regimes, by Matthew T. Clarke
- Lawyers Bilk Cornell for Millions, San Francisco Jail Scammed
- Report Details Suicide and Homicide Rates in Prisons, Jails, by Michael Rigby
- Four CCA Guards Indicted in Murder of Nashville Prisoner, by Matthew T. Clarke
- Habeas Hints: Evidentiary Hearings, by Kent Russell
- Banned From the Hood, by Matthew T. Clarke
- Nearly 7 Million Under Correctional Supervision In U.S., by Michael Rigby
- California DOC Bans Dying Parolee From His Familys Town
- BJS Director Sacked For Telling Truth About Racial Profiling, by Matthew T. Clarke
- Connecticuts Mistreatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners and Detainees Enjoined, by John Dannenberg
- West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award
- California DOC Diverts $480,000 of Drug Treatment Money for Movie Studio
- Sixth Circuit: RLUIPA Held Constitutional Under the Spending Clause
- Robots Package Medications for Jails
- Texas Prisoner Writers Retaliation Lawsuit Proceeds, by David Reutter
- $150,000 Paid to Indiana Juvenile Jail Detainee for Sexual Assault
- Florida's Juvenile Justice: Convicted Sex Offender Rapes Disabled Youth in His Care
- Sixth Circuit Reverses Judgment for EMSA Physician, Remands for Trial
- Conviction Rates Low After DNA Match
- BOP Sexually Explicit Materials Ban Requires Factual Development
- Montana Awards New Prison Phone Contract
- Jury Awards $858,200 in California Jail Suicide
- New York Prisoner Awarded $2,760 for Improper Confinement/Denial Medical Care
- Los Angeles County Jail Continues To Over-Incarcerate, by John Dannenberg
- Former Illinois Death Row Prisoners Malicious Prosecution Claim Rejected
- Reproductive Rights in Theory and Practice: The Meaning of Roe v. Wade for Women in Prison, by Rachel Roth
- Neglected New York Prisoner Dies At Jail Following Heart Surgery, by Michael Rigby
- Arizona Prisoners Mortality Report Confidentiality Not Federally Protected, by John Dannenberg
- BOP Prohibition Against Stock Selling and Receipt of Book Infringes Constitutional Rights
- U.S. Prison Population Hits Nearly 2.3 Million In 2004, by Michael Rigby
- Laundry Slip and Fall Injury Reaps New York Prisoner $95,000
- PLRA Exhaustion Requirement Inapplicable to Suit Filed When Plaintiff Not Incarcerated
- Buddhist Prisoner Properly Denied Vegan Diet Under First Amendment; Case Remanded for RLUIPA Claim, by David Reutter
- Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Retaliation Claim
- California Guards Lose Appeals On Federal Conspiracy Conviction, Bail; Still Free
- News in Brief
- Native American California Prisoner Entitled to Religious Exception from Prison Hair Grooming Policy, by John E Dannenberg
- News in Brief
- Ninth Circuit Reverses Denial of IFP Status Under §1915(g); Defendants Bear Burden of Establishing I
More from John Dannenberg:
- Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville, March 5, 2015
- Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director, July 10, 2014
- The Redbook – A Manual on Legal Style, April 15, 2014
- Arrest-Proof Yourself, by Dale Carson and Wes Denham, March 15, 2014
- Arrested: What to do When Your Loved One’s in Jail, by Wes Denham, Feb. 15, 2014
- California Parole Board Agrees to Implement Policy to Fix Terms at Lifers’ Initial Hearings, Jan. 15, 2014
- FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry, Dec. 15, 2013
- Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, Aug. 15, 2013
- Valley Fever Declared a Public Health Emergency at Two California Prisons; Court Orders Prisoner Transfers, July 15, 2013
- Plata and Coleman Showdown in California, June 15, 2013
More from these topics:
- Now Under Federal Receivership, New York City’s Rikers Island Jails Still Have No Plan to Improve, No Firm Date to Close, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Eighth Amendment.
- PLN Publisher Wins Settlement Records from Centurion in Florida Prisoner’s Wrongful Death, Aug. 1, 2025. Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Public Records Act, HRDC Litigation.
- HRDC Wins $480,000 in Legal Fees from Centurion for Denied New Mexico Records, Aug. 1, 2025. Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Public Records Act, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation.
- Suit Filed Over Fatal Beating of New York Prisoner That Sparked Massive Guard Strike, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
- News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
- Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding, Aug. 1, 2025. War on Terror, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Terrorism.
- Multiple Prisoner Suits Accuse Guards of Violence at Virginia BOP Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Discrimination (Transgender).
- SCOTUS Clamps Down on Bivens Extension to Prisoner Beaten by BOP Guards at Virginia Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Bivens Actions.
- Delaware’s ACLU Files Action on Behalf Of Six Prisoners Assaulted During Midnight Raid, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints.
- Beyond the City Limits: How Rural Sheriff’s Departments Are Driving the Spike in Police Killings, Aug. 1, 2025. Excessive Force, Shootings, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Police).