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Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer
Loaded on March 15, 2009
by Paul Wright
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2009, page 1
by Paul Wright, et al.
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Contractor Misconduct,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Racial Discrimination,
Retaliation for Media Contact,
Whistleblowing,
Lobbying,
Attorney Client,
Excessive Force,
Judiciary,
Contractor Liability,
Prisoner Media,
Federal Legislation.
Locations:
Tennessee,
United States of America.
On June 13, 2007, former President Bush nominated Gustavus A. Puryear IV, 40, for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
While you’ve likely never heard of Gustavus Puryear, you may be familiar with the company he works ...
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More from this issue:
- Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer, by Paul Wright
- Online Postings Lead To Stiffer Sentences, by Brandon Sample
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business, by David Reutter
- $295,000 Award to Wisconsin Prisoner in Moldy Mattress Case Reduced by Court
- Torture at Angola Prison: President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home, by Jordan Flaherty
- Widespread Corruption in Private Halfway Houses, by Derick Limberg
- Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
- Florida’s Juvenile Death Camps: A Painful Past Revisited, by David Reutter
- Prisoners Can Sue Virginia DOC’s Contract Medical Provider for Breach of Contract
- District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld, by Bob Williams
- California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million
- Oregon Jailer Avoids Prosecution for Online Assault Boast; Jail Employees Lose Internet Access, by Mark Wilson
- Supreme Court Holds Prosecutors Immune from Using False Snitch Testimony to Gain Wrongful Conviction, by John Dannenberg
- Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $15,000.50 for Slip and Fall
- Entire Texas Prison System Locked Down to Search for Phones; Prison Cell Phone Problem is Pandemic, by Matthew Clarke
- Ohio Court Releases Prisoners from Private Jail to Protect Them
- CMS Contract Woes Persist in New Jersey, Arizona and Delaware, by David Reutter
- $2,925,000 in Recent Settlements Involving Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, by Matthew Clarke
- Audit Faults New York Prison Oversight, by Mark Wilson
- In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter, by Todd Matthews
- Prisoners’ Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the U.S. and Canada, 3rd Edition, by Jon Marc Taylor and Susan Schwartzkopf, by Paul Wright
- Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years, by John Dannenberg
- $3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death
- Selling Segregation, by Josh Rushing
- California Appellate Court Grants Writ, Reverses Governor, Reinstates PLN Writer’s Grant of Parole, by Marvin Mentor
- Reverend Sues, Wins Right to Register Alabama Prisoners to Vote, by David Reutter
- Texas Parole Officials Caught Lying to Federal Court With Impunity
- Report Finds Increase in Michigan Prison Population Attributable to Political Policy Changes, Not Crime Increase, by David Reutter
- Georgia Judges, Other Officials Indicted on Corruption and Human Trafficking Charges, by David Reutter
- Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine, by Derick Limberg
- News in Brief:
- Former Illinois Prison Director Convicted and Fined
- Washington Jury Awards $202,500 to Ex-Prisoner for Injuries from Top Bunk Fall
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