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Archive: 2011
December
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Prison Sexual Abuse Survivor Speaks Out
by Alan Prendergast
(p 1)
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Texas State Auditor Blasts UTMB, Texas Tech Prisoner Health Care Costs
(p 10)
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DOJ Finds No Wrongdoing After Prisoner Dies Due to Grossly Inadequate Medical Care
by Brandon Sample
(p 12)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 12)
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Anatomy of False Confessions, Redux
(p 14)
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Tennessee: Felony Friendly Job Fairs an Unexpected Hit
(p 16)
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Tennessee: Incident Rates at CCA Facilities Higher Than at Public Prisons
(p 18)
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Illinois DOC Sued to Accommodate Hearing Impaired Prisoners
(p 18)
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Study Shows Ex-offenders Have Greatly Reduced Employment Rates
(p 20)
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Ohio ACLU, Other Organizations Release Reports on Prison Privatization
(p 22)
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Immigrants Have Special Sixth Amendment Rights But Limited Time to Enforce Them
by Holly S. Cooper
(p 24)
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Virginia Prisoners Held in Segregation Over 10 Years for Violating DOC Grooming Policy
by Justin Miller
(p 28)
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Ohio County’s Intensive Probation Program Failing Miserably
by Justin Miller
(p 28)
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Northern California Private Pathology Company Under Scrutiny
(p 30)
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Prison Legal News Files Censorship Suit Against Florida DOC
(p 32)
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Texas State Bar, Exonerated Ex-Prisoners File Suit Against Attorney Over Fees
(p 32)
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Denver Prisoner’s Death Ruled a Homicide; Family Files Suit
by Brandon Sample
(p 34)
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Prisoners Shot and Killed During Egyptian Revolution; 23,000 Escape
(p 34)
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Federal District Court Slams Bureau of Prisons in FOIA Suit
by Brandon Sample
(p 36)
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US EPA Takes Action Against Kansas Prison for Asbestos Violations
(p 36)
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Planned GEO Prison in Adelanto, California Faces Sewage Hurdles
(p 38)
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Drug Courts Need an Intervention, Reports Say
by Joe Watson
(p 38)
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Report Highlights Dual Loyalties in Immigration Detention Health Care
(p 40)
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$1 Million Settlement in Texas Wrongful Conviction Suit
(p 40)
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CMS Nurses Disciplined in Kentucky Prisoner’s Death
(p 42)
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Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Over Sexual Abuse of Female Detainees at CCA Facility in Texas
(p 42)
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Recording of Nashville, Tennessee Jail Prisoners’ Attorney Calls Criticized
(p 42)
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Oregon Rethinking Criminal Justice Policies to Avoid Fiscal Crisis
(p 44)
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$227,500 Settlement in Suit by Former Minnesota DOC Prison Chaplain
(p 46)
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$96,000 Settlement in Massachusetts Conditions of Confinement Suit
(p 46)
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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Defies Court Order, Refuses to Allow Attorney to Take Photographs of Injured Prisoner
(p 48)
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Ohio Adam Walsh Act Violates Separation of Powers Doctrine
(p 48)
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Indiana DOC’s Refusal to Provide Kosher Meals Violates RLUIPA
by Brandon Sample
(p 48)
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News in Brief:
(p 50)
November
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Minneapolis Agrees to Pay $3 Million to Settle Theft/Official Oppression Claims Against Strike Force
by Brandon Sample
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Judicial Conference Committee Disciplines Federal Judge for Membership in Discriminatory Country Club
by Alex Friedmann
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South Carolina District Court Affirms Magistrate’s Dismissal of Prisoner’s § 1983 Action Alleging Denial of Legal Access
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$165,000 Settlement over Forced “Cold Turkey” Withdrawal from Prescribed Medication
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Feds Can Collect DNA as a Condition of Bail, Ninth Circuit Decides
by Brandon Sample
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Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of BOP Failure to Protect Suit
(p 1)
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New York’s Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program Proves Expensive, Problematic
by Matthew Clarke
(p 1)
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$80,000 Settlement Reached in Eye Damage Suit against Washington Department of Corrections
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New York Court of Appeals Upholds Sex Offender Visitation Rights
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$200,000 Jury Award in Illinois False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution Suit
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Traffic Tickets Lead to Kansas Jail Reform
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Vermont Sex Offenders May Not Challenge DOC Programming Decisions
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Suit Challenging Election Surveillance May Go Forward, Second Circuit Decides
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Ban on Typewriters in Nevada Prisons
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Former Michigan Prisoner Awarded $1.27 Million for False Arrest and Malicious Prosecution
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Full Resentencing Not Required to Correct Error in Pretrial Credit Award
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Florida Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim Reinstated
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FOIA’s Privacy Exemptions Do Not Apply to Corporations, Supreme Court Holds
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Exemption 2 of the FOIA Only Applies to “Personnel” Matters, Supreme Court Holds
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Exposure to Second Hand Smoke Sparks 8th Amendment Claim
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Sheriff’s Motion to Dismiss Denied in Florida Jail’s “Postcard Only” Mail Policy Suit
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False Claims Act’s Seal Provisions Held Unconstitutional
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False Reports Filed by Private Prison Guards Can Support Federal Obstruction Charges
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Federal Magistrate Rules on Case Filed by State Prisoner Denied Delivery of Prison Legal News
by Derek Gilna
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D.C. Appeals Court Dismisses Prisoners' Privacy Claims in Photograph Retention Suit
by Derek Gilna
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Class Certification of Dental Claims against Cook County Denied
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Diabetic Indiana Man Receives $400,000 for False Arrest
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District Court Did Not Impermissibly Delegate the Setting of Fine Payments to the BOP
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Entire Tennessee Prison System Found Unconstitutional
by Brandon Sample
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L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Settles Police Shooting Case for $150,000
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Peer Review Document Discoverable in Lawsuit Involving Prisoner’s Death
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No Immunity in Product Liability Suit Because of FDA Warning
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New York Settles Wrongful Arrest Case for $35,000
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Ninth Circuit Affirms Jury Verdict Against TASER, But Reverses Damages Award
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Ninth Circuit Reverses Conviction after Prosecutors Improperly Questioned Defendant about Details of Prior Conviction
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No Sixth Amendment Right to Confront Witnesses at Parole Revocation Hearings
by Brandon Sample
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Prisoners Not Entitled to Witness Fees
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Illinois Public Defender Documents Exemptions Discussed
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Massachusetts Highest Court Upholds Damages Awards to State Prisoners Unlawfully Transferred to Federal Prisons
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New York Prisoner’s Medical Experimentation Complaint Improperly Dismissed
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Ohio DOC Not Liable in Prisoner’s MRSA Death
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New Hampshire Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Indictments against Prisoner for Conduct Exposing Corrections Employee to Bodily Substances
by Derek Gilna
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Ohio Supreme Court Affirms Denial of Public Records Damages to Prisoner
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Open Public Records Act Plaintiff Entitled to Attorney’s Fees, New Jersey Appellate Court Holds
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Florida Jail Guard Awarded $600,000 in Defamation Suit; Award Vacated
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Mentally Ill Oregon Prisoner Pleads Guilty to Death Threats against President
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$2,250 Settlement in California for False Arrest on Fabricated DUI Charge
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$2 Million Verdict in Florida Public Strip Search and Illegal Detention Suit
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$3,500 Settlement Reached in Double Suit Claiming Due Process and Human Rights Violations
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$330,000 Settlement in Oregon Excessive Force / Unlawful Entry and Search Claim
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Attorney Admonished for Improper Advertising
by Brandon Sample
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Blanket Drug Ban States Deliberate Indifference Claim
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California: Prisoners May Be Transferred Out of State To Alleviate Severe Prison Overcrowding
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Arizona Court of Appeals Authorizes Attorney Fees in Bilke Minimum Wage Class-Action Suit
by Matthew Clarke
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Booking Photos Not Subject to Disclosure Under FOIA
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California Supreme Court Rules Cell Phones Can be Searched after Arrest
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$750 Settlement in Washington Public Disclosure Action Violation
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Appeals Court Upholds $250,000 Damage Award in Federal Worker's Civil Rights Case, Expert Testimony Not Required to Corroborate Claim of Emotional Distress
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$28,000 Settlement Reached in Abuse Case at Youth Facility
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Forcible Removal of Drugs from Rectum Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment
by Brandon Sample
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CDCR Cannot Avoid Paying Officers in Training
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City of Chester Agrees to Settle Police Juvenile Abuse Suit for $57,000
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$950,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Police Shooting of Handcuffed Man
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$60,000 Settlement over Juvenile Civil Rights Violations at Youth Facility
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$500 Settlement in California Prisoner Beating Suit
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$35,000 Settlement in Personal Injury Negligence Suit Against California Department of Corrections
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$580,000 Judgment Entered in Oklahoma Jail Beating Suit
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$80,000 Award Reinstated in Illegal Seizure, Equal Protection Claim
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$850,000 Federal Jury Award in Indiana Police Beating Suit
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$7.25 Million Settlement over New York DOC Guard's Suicide Attempt
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$72,000 in Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded in Montana FOIA Action
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$15,500 Settlement in Washington Public Disclosure Act Violation
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26,500 Settlement Reached in Washington State Over-Detention Suit
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CDOC Agrees to Pay $5,000 to Resolve Medical Indifference Suit
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Consent Decree Sets Religious Diet Regulations at Wyoming State Prison
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$430,000 Settlement in North Carolina Police Department’s Failure to Enforce Protective Order
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California: County Not Liable For Precommitment Arrestees' Medical Costs
by John Dannenberg
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Court's Sanctions for BOP's Refusal to Discuss Settlement Vacated
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$450,000 Verdict Award for Victim Beaten by Off-Duty Police Officer
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$2,000 Settlement Reached over Washington Guards' Neglect of Prisoner's Leg Injury
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$500,000 Award in Washington Malicious Prosecution Claim
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Former Oregon Prison Guard Loses Wrongful Termination Suit
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$50,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Over-Detention Suit
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Sex Offender Designation Process Upheld by Louisiana Supreme Court
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$15,000 Settlement in Washington Auto Accident Claim
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Washington DOC Settles Claims over Food Poisoning Outbreak
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Suit against Private Prison Operator for Self-Dealing Remanded
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State Not Liable for Escaped Juvenile Detainee’s Murder of Store Owner
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Washington Department of Corrections Pays $4,500 Settlement for Prisoner’s Permanent Kidney Damage
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Prison Failed to Meet Good Faith Standard in Denying Basic Privileges to Prisoner Placed in Protective Custody
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Tennessee Prison System Ruled Unfit for Human Habitation
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$900 Settlement for California Prisoner Attacked after Guard Malfeasance
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Misdiagnosed Achilles Tendon Rupture Nets $5000 Settlement for Washington Prisoner
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Texas Prisoner’s Defamation Suit Dismissed
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D.C. Circuit Reverses Arbitration Discussion for Guards
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$97,500 Awarded to Woman in D.C. “Contempt of Cop” Case
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$36,125 Settlement in California Prisoner’s Beating and Pepper Spray Claim
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$45,500 Settlement over Washington Prison Psychologist’s Improper Reference to Prisoner’s Litigation History in Parole Review Report
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CDOC Agrees to Pay $20,000 for Unlawful Imprisonment
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New York Sex Offender Commitment Proceedings Permitted against Unlawfully Detained
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$2,750,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Suit
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CDOC Agrees to Pay $10,000 to Settle Suit Alleging Unlawful Search of a Home
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$12,000 Settlement Reached in Washington Parolee Wrongful Death Claim
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New York Prison Disciplinary Conviction Upheld
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Two Oregon Cops Terminated for Child Sex Abuse
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Washington Settles Shy Bladder Suit For $2,500
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Washington State Patrol Must Unconditionally Disclose Collision Information
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Whether Prisoner Officials’ Actions Constitute Deliberate Indifference not Subject to Expert Opinion
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Stress from Killing Prisoner Does Not Support Disability Claim by DOC Guard over Failure to Retire Claim
by Brandon Sample
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Washington DOC Pays $1,100 for Failing to Provide Kosher Meals
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Vermont Court Passes on Resolving Whether Prison Health Services is Subject to Vermont’s Public Records Act
by Brandon Sample
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Washington DOC Settles Employee’s Sexual Harassment Claim For $32,000
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US District Court in South Carolina Rules against Prisoner Challenging Withholding of Mail to Prisoner that Violated Jail Policies
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Washington: Financial Obligations to Crime Victims’ Compensation Account Persist Through Incarceration
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U.S. Supreme Court Defines Prevailing Party for § 1988 Purposes
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Unremembered Massachusetts Police Station Beating Actionable Under Fourth Amendment
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U.S. Magistrate Rules New York Parole Policy Unconstitutional
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Unsafe Working Conditions Suit Allowed to Proceed Against Pennsylvania Prison Officials
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Summary Judgment Denied for Male Cops Who Strip Searched Female Arrestees
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Texas: Dismissal of Prisoner’s Property Confiscation Claim Reversed Where TDCJ Contraband Rule “Not Unambiguous”
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Court Orders Discovery of Documents in Sex Abuse Suit
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Summary Judgment Reversed in Vermont DOC’s Suit Against Matrix Health Systems
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Settlement Payments for Work Related Injuries Do Not Begin Until After Release from Prison
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Sixth Circuit Upholds $2.5 Million Jury Award for Wrongly Convicted Women
by Matthew Clarke
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Right to Counsel Not Violated by Brig Officials Present During Attorney Phone Calls
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Summary Judgment Denied in Challenge to Booking Fee Program
by Brandon Sample
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Superior Court in California Enters Judgment on False Imprisonment Claim for $26,223.80
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Washington DOC Has Sole Authority over Prisoner Placement
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Puerto Rico: Convicted Murderer Not Eligible to Participate in Community-Based Diversion Programs
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Puerto Rico Independent Prison Medical Services Contractor Not Employee
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Restitution Payments through IRFP Not Subject to Judicial Scrutiny
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Second Circuit Denies Connecticut Student's §1983 Claim against School Officials
by Derek Gilna
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Tenth Circuit Bars Prisoner From Filing Claim In Forma Pauperis
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Trial Court Erred in Extending Jurisdiction over Restitution Collection Outside Ten-Year Window
by Brandon Sample
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Texas Jail Guards Smuggle Contraband in Tacos, Ramen Noodles
(p 6)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 6)
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$725,000 Award in Negligent Medical Care Suit Involving Poisoned New York Prisoner
(p 7)
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Alabama Sheriff Capitulates to ACLU in Challenge to Denial of Attorney Visits
(p 8)
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Oregon Jail Suicides Lead Grand Juries to Fault Prevention Efforts, Staff Training
by Mark Wilson
(p 8)
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Incapacitation Good Cause for Untimely Exhaustion Under PLRA
(p 10)
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Federal Court Rules on Exhaustion Issues for Joined Plaintiffs in Lawsuit Against CCA
(p 10)
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California Appellate Ruling Holds Court Fee Inapplicable to Pre-2009 Convictions
(p 11)
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PLN Files Censorship Suit Against NYDOCS
(p 12)
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Ninth Circuit Holds Serious Risk to Prisoner’s Health Posed by Year-Long Denial of Outdoor Exercise “Obvious” as a Matter of Law
by Michael Brodheim
(p 12)
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U.S. Supreme Court Holds Civil Contemptor Facing Incarceration Requires Procedural Safeguards Absent Counsel
(p 14)
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Former Judges in “Cash for Kids” Scandal Sentenced
by Derek Gilna
(p 14)
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$370,000 in Annual Phone Revenue at Ohio Jail
(p 15)
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Ninth Circuit Holds That Absconding Tolls Supervised Release for Federal Parolees
(p 16)
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PLN Sues Jails in Louisiana, Washington State Over No-Publication Policies
(p 16)
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Settlement Reverses Virginia DOC’s Ban on Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook
by David Reutter
(p 18)
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Summary Judgment for CCA Reversed in Filthy Jail Conditions Case
by David Reutter
(p 18)
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Hawaii Ex-prisoner Awarded $83,000 for Being Held 83 Days Past Release Date
(p 19)
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Requests for Hawaiian Prisoner Workers Soar Due to Poor Economy
by David Reutter
(p 20)
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Boulder, Colorado Jail’s Postcard-Only Correspondence Policy Ends with Settlement
(p 20)
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Nevada DOC’s Ban on Male Supervisors at Women’s Prison Invalidated
(p 22)
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Ninth Circuit Rules Right to Court Access Violated When Lockdown Prevents Prisoner from Researching Issues Related to Direct Appeal
by Michael Rigby
(p 22)
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Ninth Circuit Rules California’s Proposition 115 Not Unconstitutional
(p 24)
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No Qualified Immunity for Guard Who Transported Prisoner in Dog Cage
(p 24)
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Report Blasts Sex Party at New York Juvenile Facility
(p 26)
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Ninth Circuit: California Prisoner Need Not Appeal from Satisfactory Grievance Response in Order to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
by Michael Brodheim
(p 26)
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Ninth Circuit Holds California Prison Officials Responsible for Providing Reasonable Accommodations to Disabled Prisoners and Parolees Held in County Jails
(p 28)
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New York Court Sentences Rabbi to Four Years in Prison
(p 28)
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Iowa Supreme Court Rules That Sex Offender Treatment Program Requires Due Process Protections
(p 30)
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Colorado Prison Culinary Program Caters to Local Community
(p 31)
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Conditions at New York Juvenile Facilities Deficient; State and Federal Officials Settle Lawsuit
(p 32)
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Ten Years of Sham Segregation Reviews Result in $4,846 Damage Award for Arkansas Prisoner
(p 32)
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Courts Cannot Order Federal Prisoners to Participate in IFRP
(p 33)
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Ohio Prisoner Escape and Hostage-Taking Results in Lawsuit Against CCA, Settlement
(p 34)
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Tenth Circuit Rules Denial of Halal Diet May Violate RLUIPA
by Michael Brodheim
(p 34)
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Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity on Medical Claims Against CMS
(p 36)
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Tenth Circuit Rules Oklahoma Prisoner Exhausted Administrative Remedies
(p 36)
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Florida Jail Offers Video Visits to Profiteer More From Prisoner Families
(p 37)
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ICE, CCA Settle ACLU Lawsuit Regarding Health Care for Immigration Detainees
by Derek Gilna
(p 38)
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California: New Postsentence Rehabilitation Credits Inapplicable to Sentences of Convicted Murderers
(p 39)
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“Public Concern” Test Does Not Apply to Prisoner Retaliation Claims; Speech Must be Consistent with Status as a Prisoner
by Brandon Sample
(p 40)
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Pennsylvania Councilman Takes Private Prison Company’s Donation, then Opposes Detention Center
(p 40)
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Prospect of Prison Rape Used to Deter DUIs in South Africa
by Brandon Sample
(p 41)
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Washington Community Custody Violators Entitled to Time Served
(p 42)
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Second Circuit Holds BOP Correct in Not Granting Good Conduct Credits for Time Spent in State Custody
by Brandon Sample
(p 42)
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Incarceration Alone Insufficient to Terminate Parental Rights in Michigan
(p 43)
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Does Less Punishment Mean Less Crime?
(p 44)
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BOP Evidence-Handling “Grave Miscarriage of Justice”; Charges Dismissed by Federal Judge
(p 47)
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PLN Wins Partial Victory, Attorneys Fees in FOIA Video Tape Suit Against U.S. Attorneys’ Office
by Brandon Sample
(p 48)
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Ninth Circuit: PLRA Precludes Award of Attorney Fees Where Violation of Prisoner’s Rights is Not Affirmatively Established
(p 49)
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News In Brief:
(p 50)
October
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The Failed Promise of Prison Privatization
by Richard Culp, Ph.D.
(p 1)
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The Resistable Rise and Predictable Fall of the U.S. Supermax
by Stephen Eisenman
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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FDOC Pen Pal Advertising Ban Passes Constitutional Scrutiny
by David Reutter
(p 11)
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Human Rights Defense Center Litigation Update
by Lance Weber
(p 12)
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Economy Forces States to Rethink Juvenile Justice Policies, Priorities
(p 14)
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California’s Behavior Modification Programs – Abuse of Prisoners, Racism and Cover-Ups
(p 16)
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D.C. District Court Partially Dismisses Lawsuit by BOP CMU Prisoners
(p 20)
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Ninth Circuit: California Prisoner Need Not Appeal from Satisfactory Grievance Response in Order to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
by Michael Brodheim
(p 21)
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Massachusetts Prisoners Receive Expired Food Rejected by Schools
(p 22)
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Tennessee Jail Detainee Shackled During Childbirth Awarded $200,000
(p 22)
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California Inspector General Expresses Concerns About Out-of-State Private Prisons
(p 24)
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California District Court Rips Feds for “False and Misleading Information” in FOIA Case, Then Does Nothing
(p 24)
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FBI Claims 2,500 Percent Increase in Child Porn Arrests
(p 26)
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Oregon Aggravated Murder Statute Creates Liberty Interest
by Mark Wilson
(p 26)
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Montana Jail Agrees to Provide Addiction Treatment for Pregnant Prisoners
(p 28)
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Pennsylvania Councilman Takes Private Prison Company’s Donation, then Opposes Detention Center
(p 28)
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$10,000 Settlement in North Carolina Prisoner’s Pepper Spraying
(p 30)
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Department of Justice Report on Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails
(p 30)
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Los Angeles County Pays $400,000 to Settle Juvenile Jail Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit
(p 31)
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90% Remittitur of $750,000 Strip Search Verdict Vacated; Plaintiffs Accept $440,385.08 on Remand
by Mark Wilson
(p 32)
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Postcard-Only Mail Policy Enjoined at Colorado Jail
(p 33)
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Prisons Are Breeding Ground for Terrorists?
by Mark Wilson
(p 34)
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Former Florida Prison Guard Sues for Reinstatement Under Whistleblower Act
(p 34)
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Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Juvenile Offenders
(p 36)
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Prison Legal News Sues Arizona Jail Over Restrictive Mail Policy
(p 36)
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Congressional Budget Resolution Cuts Some DOJ Programs
(p 37)
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Fugitive Oregon DOC Food Manager Getting Homesick in Iran
(p 38)
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Oregon Juvenile Who Attempted Suicide Settles Negligence Suit for $192,500
(p 38)
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Sexual Misconduct Topples Two Oregon Prosecutors
(p 39)
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Taser International Settles Product Liability Lawsuit for $2.85 Million
by Michael Brodheim
(p 40)
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U.S. Supreme Court: State P&A Can Sue Another State Agency for Records
by David Reutter
(p 40)
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PLN Sues Kansas Jail Over No-Publication Policy
(p 41)
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Florida’s Prison Industry Criticized for Failing in Mission
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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Jail Guitar Doors, USA Offers Free Musical Instruments to Prisons
by Bruce Reilly
(p 42)
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Oregon Prison Guard Guilty of Contraband Smuggling
(p 43)
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ICE, CCA Settle ACLU Lawsuit Regarding Health Care for Immigration Detainees
by Derek Gilna
(p 44)
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Report Finds Federal Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Metals in Recycling Jobs
(p 44)
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Sixth Circuit: Prisoner Must be Allowed Direct Appeal When Prison Delayed Appeal Mailings
by Matthew Clarke
(p 46)
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CCA Psychiatrist’s License Restricted for Sexual Misconduct with Florida Female Prisoners
(p 46)
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CORRECTIONS To Danny Trejo Interview in August 2011 PLN
(p 48)
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Louisiana Sex Offender Agrees to Surgical Castration
by David Reutter
(p 48)
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News In Brief:
(p 50)
September
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Prolonged Sitting On Steel Stools Claim Survives Summary Judgment
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Denial of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum Not Reviewable on Immediate Appeal
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The Sun Never Sets On Torture in American Military Prisons
by Matthew Clarke
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South Carolina DOC Must Establish Grievance Procedure For Crime Victims' And Prisoner Dependents' Claims Over Prison Industry Wages
by Matthew Clarke
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Death Penalty Scrutinized: Court Halts Missouri Physician-Overseen Lethal Drug Execution; Ten States Suspend Executions
by John Dannenberg
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South Carolina MSU Publication Ban Challenge is Moot
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Remembering Attica Forty Years Later
by Dennis Cunningham
(p 1)
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Virginia Supreme Court Says Plethysmograph Evidence Inadmissible
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Tenth Circuit Upholds 27-Month Sentence of Utah Guard; Altered UAs and Other Misconduct for Sexual Favors
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Life and Death in a Cold, Lonely Cell
by Sid Hawk Byrd
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Tennessee GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld
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California Extends prison Mailbox Rule to Civil Filings
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Filing Fee Lien Quashed in Florida Prisoner’s Gaintime Challenge
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Third Circuit: Local Occupation Restrictions on Fraudulent "Attorney" Allowed
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Washington Arbitration Awards Don't Accrue Interest until Reduced to Judgment
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Virginia City Settles Suit for $1.1M after Cop Kills Teen
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Washington Court's Imposition of Unauthorized Supervision Overturned
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Texas Prisoner States Arguable 1983 Claim by Asserting That He Was Forced to Walk to Shower Undressed in Winter
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Washington Jail's Denial of Good Time Without Hearing Violates Due Process
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Washington Prisoners' Supervision Requirement That They not Have Sex without Prior "Consent and Approval" Upheld
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Total Exhaustion Rule Not Applicable to § 1983 Claims; 90 Days of Unusually Harsh Conditions States Due Process Claim
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Working (with) the Media
by Paul Wright
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Washington Civil Commitment Trial Law Not Retroactive
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Fourth Circuit: Virginia Not Immune from RLUIPA Suit
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Eighth Circuit Upholds BOP’s Denial of Nunc Pro Tunc Designation
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Michigan DOC Cannot Cancel Parole Discharge
by David Reutter
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No Constitutional Claim for Jail Guard Breaking Prisoner’s Hip and Wrist
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Texas Parolee Has Right to Preliminary Revocation Hearing Despite New Charges
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Ohio: Jailhouse Lawyer OK'd Absent State-Supplied Meaningful Alternatives
by John Dannenberg
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Texas Supreme Court: Error to Dismiss Appeal for Untimely Indigence Affidavit
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Illinois Governor’s Failure to act on Clemency Petition Actionable
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Federal Court Continues Oversight of Wyoming State Penitentiary
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Strip Searches of Juveniles Constitutional
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California Inspector General’s Audit of Women’s Prison And Warden Is Generally Favorable
by John Dannenberg
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Iraqi Refugee Awarded $88 Million for Torture
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Ninth Circuit: Victims Have Right to Speak At Sentencing
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Prisoners Must Resort to Habeas First before Settling Relief under the Privacy Act when Attacking a Prison Disciplinary Conviction that Involves the Loss of Good Time
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Massachusetts Pretrial Detainee Transfer to State Prison Invalid
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Ninth Circuit Faults Mootness Dismissal, Denial of Counsel
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Ninth Circuit: No § 1983 Private Right Of Action Accrues From Failure To Notify Alien Prisoner’s Consulate
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New York DOC’s Failure To Transmit Protective Custody Order Is Actionable
by John Dannenberg
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Rape By Houston Jail Guard Nets $300,000 Jury Award
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Ohio DOC Guard Liable For Prisoner's Slip and Fall Exiting Transport Van
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Record of Previous Violence Gives Jail Officials Constructive Notice of Attack on Prisoner
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Reason For Denying Witnesses Required in Kansas Prison Disciplinary Action
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Denial of Separate Religious Services Leads to Sectarian Tension Between New York Shiite and Sunni Prisoners
by Matthew Clarke
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Names of Prison Staff Not Required In Grievances
by Brandon Sample
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California DOC Officials Enjoy Absolute Immunity From Tort Liability Under Civil Code
by John Dannenberg
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California: Probation Revocation Based Upon Hearsay Evidence Was Error
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CCA May Be Liable For Guard Captain's Sexual Assault Of Louisiana Prisoner
by Matthew Clarke
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Fifth Circuit: Texas DNA Testing Motion Tolls Federal Habeas Limitations
by Matthew Clarke
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Minnesota: 1999 Law Requiring Sex Offenders To Undergo Mental Health Treatment Cannot Be Applied Retroactively
by John Dannenberg
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No New Trial on Religious Separatist Claims
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No Qualified Immunity for Inadequate Iowa Disciplinary Notice
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Eighth Circuit Rules Previous Dismissals Not “Strikes” For Iowa Prisoner
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Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections Not Immune From Section 1983 Suit Seeking Injunctive Relief
by John Dannenberg
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Canada's Supreme Court Reduces Award To Ex-Prisoner Sexually Assaulted By Guard
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Federal Courts Lack Authority to Expunge Valid Convictions
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Oklahoma County Jails Responsible For Initial Cost of Treating Prisoner’s Pre-Existing Condition
by David Reutter
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Washington State’s 2005 Sexual Predator Amendment Not Retroactive
by David Reutter
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Seventh Circuit: Wisconsin DOC Mail Ban On Commercially Published Photos Of Celebrities Upheld
by John Dannenberg
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Extra Earned Time Sentence Reductions Save Oregon $25 Million
(p 12)
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Two Empty Bottles With Different Labels: John Kerry on Criminal Justice Issues
by Paul Wright
(p 14)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 14)
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800,000 Ex-Offenders Regain Voting Rights – 5.3 Million More to Go
(p 15)
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Female Prisoners Removed from CCA Facility in Kentucky
(p 16)
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PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Michigan Jail over “Postcard Only” Policy
(p 19)
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Reform Comes to Maine Supermax: New commissioner cuts population by more than half; prisoner rights advocates help in the reform
by Lance Tapley
(p 20)
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$73,700 Jury Award for Guard’s Sexual Encounters with Massachusetts Prisoner
by David Reutter
(p 23)
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Sixth Circuit Upholds Tennessee’s Financial Obligation Re-Enfranchisement Law
by Mark Wilson
(p 24)
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New Mexico Spends $20 Million in Federal Stimulus Money to Fund Prison Jobs
(p 24)
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Ninth Circuit Finds Maricopa County Jail’s Cross-Gender Strip Searches Unreasonable
(p 26)
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$60 Million in Strip Search Settlements for Cook County Jail Prisoners
by Derek Gilna
(p 26)
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California: OAL Disapproves Proposed Parole Board Regulation Formalizing Lifer Risk Assessments
by Michael Brodheim
(p 27)
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Florida Reenacts Reconstruction-Era Felon Disenfranchisement Rule
by David Reutter
(p 28)
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Feds Pay Wrongfully Convicted D.C. Men $1.9 Million
(p 28)
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EEOC Files Suit Against GEO Group for Sexual Harassment at Arizona Prisons
(p 29)
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Georgia Deputy Fired for Refusing Threesome with Sheriff
(p 30)
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Feds Intervene in Suit, Allege “Sadistic” Stun Gun Use at Ohio Jail; Jail Settles
by Brandon Sample
(p 30)
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Federal Court Dismisses Virginia Lifers’ Parole Suit
(p 32)
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New Laws Improve Job Prospects for Former Prisoners
(p 32)
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Florida Prisoner’s Suicide Suit Settles for $500,000
(p 33)
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$85,000 Settlement in Philadelphia Wrongful Imprisonment Suit
(p 34)
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Former Federal Prisoner Seeks Almost $280,000 in Attorney Fees from BOP
(p 34)
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Third Circuit Upholds Unanimity Requirement for Pennsylvania Pardon Recommendations
(p 35)
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Prisoners Used to Clean Foreclosed Houses in Georgia
(p 35)
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Protective Order Denied in Privately Run Florida Juvenile Facility Class-Action Suit
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Texas Chaplain Who Complained of Jail Conditions Reinstated, Suit Settled
(p 36)
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$4.5 Million Settlement in Texas County Jail Strip Search Suit
(p 37)
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Florida’s House Speaker Wants to Quicken Executions
by David Reutter
(p 38)
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Third Circuit Upholds Pennsylvania Sex Offender Treatment Parole Requirement
by Mark Wilson
(p 38)
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Michigan Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Case Settles for $100,000
(p 39)
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Florida Courts Criticize Indefinite Detention While Awaiting Civil Commitment Trials
(p 40)
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North Carolina Prisoner’s First-Degree Murder Conviction is Valid Basis to Deny Awarding Good Time Credits
by David Reutter
(p 40)
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North Carolina Jail Prisoner Housed with TB Infected Cellmate Receives $2,250 Settlement
(p 41)
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Parole Violator Leaps to Death at Alaskan Jail
(p 41)
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Washington State Closes McNeil Island Prison
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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New Mexico State Auditor Investigates Prison Contracts
(p 42)
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Smoke ’Em if You Got ’Em, Says Oklahoma DOC
(p 43)
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Canadian Prison Guards Hold Prisoners at Gunpoint for 10 Days
(p 43)
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Oregon Settles Prisoner’s Heart Failure Medical Mistreatment Case for $390,000
by Mark Wilson
(p 44)
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California: Orange County Jail System Ordered to Remedy ADA Violations
by Michael Brodheim
(p 44)
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Arizona County to Pay Ex-Prisoner $325,000 in Jail Guard Beating
(p 45)
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UNICOR Wins $20 Million No-Bid Body Armor Contract
(p 46)
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An American Radical: Political Prisoner in My Own Country, by Susan Rosenberg (Kensington Publishing Corp. 2011), 400 pages, $14.95 paperback
(p 46)
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Federal Stimulus Money Not Spent as Intended by San Diego County Probation Department
(p 47)
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Paperwork SNAFU Leaves Mentally Ill Woman Jailed in Louisiana for Eight Months
(p 48)
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California State Auditor Reports on CDCR Malfeasance
(p 48)
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Official Capacity Not the Same as Governmental Agency in Texas Civil Suit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 49)
-
News In Brief
(p 50)
August
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California’s Death Row: More Suicides Than Executions
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Texas DOC & Nurse not Liable for Prisoner's Death
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Illinois Governor’s Failure to act on Clemency Petition Actionable
by Brandon Sample
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Maricopa County Settles Prisoner Suicide Case for $250,000
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Another Unsupervised Prisoner Beaten To Death in L.A. County Jail
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New Allegations of Widespread Prisoner Abuse in Iraq Emerge As Abu Ghraib Soldiers Sentenced; Abu Ghraib General Writes Book
by Matthew Clarke
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Sexual Misconduct Nets Oregon Jailer 20 Days
by Mark Wilson
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GPS Tracking of Washington Sex Offenders Expanded
by David Reutter
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Colorado Women Prisoners Call Strip-search Procedure Demeaning, Traumatizing
by Pamela White
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Court Strikes Down Ban on Care for Transgendered Prisoners
by Brandon Sample
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Texas Prisoner Not Entitled to Counsel until Adversarial Proceedings Are Commenced
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Summary Judgment Granted Against Cook County in Challenge to Strip Search Policy
by Brandon Sample
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The Societal Impact of the Prison Industrial Complex, or Incarceration for Fun and Profit ... Mostly Profit
by Alex Friedmann
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Ninth Circuit: California DOC's 15-Day Administrative Appeal Filing-Time-Limit Applies to Initial Instance of Grievance - Not To Ongoing Recurrence
by John Dannenberg
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New York Jail “Incarceration Cost” Charges Enjoined
by John Dannenberg
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Prison Legal News Interviews Former Prisoner and Famous Actor Danny Trejo
by Paul Wright
(p 1)
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States Start Meth Offender Registries:
by Gary Hunter
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Wisconsin Pretrial Detainees Subject To Same Conditions As Prisoners
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$3 Million Settlement in Kentucky Strip Search Class Action
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Community Education Centers Acquires CiviGenics
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Three Connecticut Prisoner Deaths in Four Days
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Prison Officials Losing War on Drug Smuggling
by David Reutter
-
Resentence Credit May Be Used to Reduce Period of Mandatory Parole, Colorado Supreme Court Decides
by Brandon Sample
-
Alabama Sheriff Jailed For Starving Prisoners: States Cut Prisoner Meals
by Gary Hunter
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Judge Orders Marshals to Transfer Prisoner Due to Inadequate Diet at Jail
by Brandon Sample
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Federal BOP Discharges Severely Disabled Prisoner To Closed Homeless Shelter
by John Dannenberg
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Mentally Ill Prisoners In South Dakota Are Receiving Inadequate Care
by Derick Limberg
-
Widow of Slain Fulton County Judge Settles Lawsuit for $5.2 Million
by David Reutter
-
California Top Cop Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison
by Gary Hunter
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Mentally Ill NC Prisoner “Becomes Ill,” Quadriplegic; Billy Club Impressions Found 30 Hours Later
by Mark Wilson
-
Oregon Jail Deaths Linked to Deficient Care, Misconduct
by Mark Wilson
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Michigan Auditor Finds Prisoner Health Care Delivery Inadequate
by David Reutter
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CCA Settles Wackenhut Transport Accident Suit for $200,000
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Charges Against Phoenix New Times Editors Dropped/Private Prosecutor Dismissed
by Matthew Clarke
-
Investors in Montana Prison Left Holding the Bag as New Prison Sits Empty
by David Reutter
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Ohio Legislature Cannot Increase Sex Offender Registration Requirements Imposed By Court
by Michael Brodheim
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California’s Child Abuse Database (CACI) Violated Due Process
by Mark Wilson
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Federal Guard Convicted, Facing Life for Conspiracy Leading to Prisoner's Death
by Michael Brodheim
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Illinois Federal Court Denies Prisoner Release Order at Cook County Jail
by Derek Gilna
(p 9)
-
Treasury Department Finds Prisoners’ Fraudulent Tax Returns Taxing
by Derek Gilna
(p 10)
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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Prosecutors Who Commit Misconduct Are Rarely Disciplined
by Matthew Clarke
(p 12)
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Habeas Hints: Expert Testimony in Habeas Cases
by Kent A. Russell
(p 14)
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Idaho: Prison Doctor’s Treatment Fell Below Standard of Care
by David Reutter
(p 16)
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Ninth Circuit Reverses Grant of Injunctive Relief in Ex Post Facto Challenge to Marsy’s Law
by Michael Brodheim
(p 18)
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California DOC Complies With Population Reduction Order in Plata v. Brown
by John Dannenberg
(p 18)
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Habeas Unavailable for Federal Prisoners’ Medical Claims
(p 19)
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State Secrets Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Suit Involving CIA Torture Flights
(p 20)
-
Merger Creates Largest Private Prison Medical Provider in U.S.
by David Reutter
(p 20)
-
$4,000 Settlement for Arkansas Prisoner Pepper Sprayed by Guards
(p 21)
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U.S. Supreme Court: No Monetary Damages Against States Under RLUIPA
(p 22)
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Virginia DOC Settles Lawsuit to Improve Communication for Deaf Prisoners
(p 22)
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Placement in Maximum Security Facility May Trigger Due Process Protections; Religious Diet Claims Remanded
(p 24)
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$1.2 Million Awarded Against PHS After Florida Jail Prisoner Paralyzed
(p 24)
-
Fifth Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Habeas Challenge to Texas Parole Changes
(p 25)
-
California Prisoners Still Forced to Drink Arsenic-Laced Water
by David Reutter
(p 26)
-
Report Finds Prior Incarceration Hinders Upward Economic Mobility
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
-
Judge Rejects Challenge to BOP’s Special Administrative Measures
by Brandon Sample
(p 27)
-
Supreme Court Allows § 1983 Challenge to Texas Post-Conviction DNA Testing Law
(p 28)
-
Washington Supreme Court Upholds Decision Against State Attorney General for Failure to Comply with Public Records Act
(p 28)
-
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Wrongful Conviction Suit Against New Orleans DA, Vacates $14 Million Judgment
by Derek Gilna
(p 30)
-
Provision in Florida Law Prohibits Compensation to Wrongfully Convicted
by David Reutter
(p 30)
-
Oklahoma Gladiator Discipline Results in Prisoner’s Death
(p 31)
-
Ohio Prison Industry Cranks Out Crappy Toilet Paper
by David Reutter
(p 32)
-
U.S. Department of Justice Seeks $28.2 Billion Budget
(p 33)
-
Washington Prison Guards Sue Prisoners
by Brandon Sample
(p 34)
-
Prison Records Officer Entitled to Qualified Immunity; No Evidence of Deliberate Indifference to Sentencing Errors
by Mark Wilson
(p 34)
-
$17.5 Million Verdict for Diabetic Prisoner in New York
(p 35)
-
Louisiana Attorney Permanently Disbarred but Not Criminally Charged for Pimping Child to Jail Prisoners
by David Reutter
(p 36)
-
Insider Trading Charges Against Private Prison Consultant Rejected
by David Reutter
(p 36)
-
Voting Rights Must Be “Earned” Back, Says Iowa Governor
by Brandon Sample
(p 37)
-
Hawaii State Auditor Blasts Private Prison Contracting; State Renews Contract Anyway
(p 38)
-
New York Prisoners Man Call Centers
(p 39)
-
Fifth Circuit Upholds $355,000 Award Against Dallas County in Jail MRSA Case
(p 40)
-
Federal Court Dismisses PLN’s Texas Prison Censorship Suit; Appeal Pending
(p 40)
-
State Ordered to Reimburse Prisoner Who Was Not Allowed to Complete College Classes
(p 41)
-
Texas Prison Phones and Emails Generate Less Revenue Than Expected
(p 42)
-
Washington State Regulatory Agency Finds AT&T Failed to Disclose Prison Collect Call Rates
by Brandon Sample
(p 43)
-
Oregon Jail Pneumonia Death Lawsuit Settles for $905,000
by Mark Wilson
(p 44)
-
American “Corrections”
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
(p 44)
-
Los Angeles Jail Guards Beat Prisoner in Front of ACLU Monitor
by David Reutter
(p 45)
-
Sixth Circuit Reinstates Michigan Prisoner’s Denial of Toothpaste Suit
(p 46)
-
Terminated South Carolina Wardens Awarded a Total of $882,000
by Mark Wilson
(p 46)
-
California: Court Monitoring of Conditions at Pelican Bay State Prison Terminated
(p 47)
-
Illinois Prison Guards Scam Workers’ Comp
by Brandon Sample
(p 47)
-
Seventh Circuit: Court May Not Revoke Supervised Release via Videoconference
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
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Big Win for Open Government in Vermont Legislature: Attorney Fees Now Mandated for Prevailing Plaintiffs in Public Records Lawsuits
by Allen Gilbert
(p 48)
-
$450,000 Settlement in Alabama Jail Prisoner’s Death
by David Reutter
(p 49)
-
Ninth Circuit Upholds Arizona’s Felon Disenfranchisement Law
by David Reutter
(p 49)
-
News In Brief
(p 50)
July
-
Prison Officials’ Determination of Gang Symbols in Outgoing Mail Accorded Deference
-
$150,000 Settlement in Wrongfully-Convicted Texan's Lawsuit
-
TDCJ Driver at Fault in Traffic Collision
-
Pierce County, Washington Pays $1,500 for Vehicle Damage
-
Pierce County, Washington Personal Injury Results in $1,200 Settlement
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TDCJ Blamed for Wrongful Death
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Administrative Forfeiture of Assets Requires Notice
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$7,500 Settlement for Excessive Force
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Following Federal Court Practice, Florida State Courts Begin Secret Dockets
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Federal Magistrate Judge May Conduct Voir Dire without Defendant’s Personal Consent, Supreme Court Holds
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$11,000 Settlement Reached in Sacramento County Wrongful Arrest Suit
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TDCJ Guards Accused of Unprovoked Beating
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TDCJ Guards Accused of Attacking Handicapped Prisoner
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Texas Prisoner's Premises Defect Suit Against Dallas County Reinstated
by Matthew Clarke
-
California: Bringing Medical Marijuana Into Jail Is Not A Felony
by John Dannenberg
-
Fulton County’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional
-
New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded By New Registration Law
by John Dannenberg
-
Tenth Circuit: Cornell Corrections’ Procedural Defense To Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails On Inadequate Grievance Recordkeeping
by John Dannenberg
-
California: Multi-Year Lifer Parole Denial Is Permissible Following One-Year Denial, Even In Absence of Significant Changes
by Marvin Mentor
-
Strip and Body Cavity Searches for Civil Contempt Arrestee Unjustified
by Brandon Sample
-
Texas Prisoner’s Property Destruction Damages Properly Pleaded
by Matthew Clarke
-
Nevada Supreme Court: Parole Board Hearings Exempt From Open Meetings Law
by Matthew Clarke
-
California: When Fine Imposed Is Payable to State Restitution Fund and Not Directly To Victim, 10% Administrative Fee Is Not Authorized
by John Dannenberg
-
No Due Process Right In Avoiding Temporary Lock-Up; Unsanitary Bedding Actionable
by Brandon Sample
-
Idaho Court Of Appeals: Indigent Prisoners Not Required To Post Bond
by Matthew Clarke
-
California Federal Court Refuses to Dissolve Most of Orantes Injunction
by Matthew Clarke
-
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Reinstates Challenge to Maine SORNA
by Matthew Clarke
-
Jail Phone Calls Monitored Without Warning Inadmissible In New Mexico
-
Sundry Claims Board Only Remedy For Maryland Prisoners Injured On Paid Jobs
by Matthew Clarke
-
Second Circuit Analyzes Civil Process Extension Rule Application
-
California Appellate Court Vacates Governor’s Reversal of Lifer’s Parole Grant
by John Dannenberg
-
Fifth Circuit Grants Louisiana Prison Doctor Qualified Immunity
by Matthew Clarke
-
California: City Liable For Hospital Costs of Prisoner Taken from City Jail
by John Dannenberg
-
Louisiana Court Of Appeals Overturns Strip Tier Cell InjunctionOverturns
by Matthew Clarke
-
Fifth Circuit: No Liberty Interest in Discretionary BOP Sentence Reduction
by Matthew Clarke
-
Fifth Circuit: Federal Government May Collect Restitution Up To 20-Years
by Matthew Clarke
-
Texas Court of Appeals: No Law Library Access Right for Prisoner Who Waives Appointed Counsel
by Matthew Clarke
-
Eleventh Circuit Holds Failure to Prove Physical Injury Accompanies Emotional Injury is Affirmative Defense
by David Reutter
-
Fifth Circuit: Texas Muslim Prisoners May Have Right to Wear Beards
-
No Rehearing For Disciplinary Actions Vacated On Substantive Grounds
by Bob Williams
-
Arizona Reverses Denial of Attorney Fees In Arpaio Public Records Case
by Matthew Clarke
-
Texas Prisoner Entitled to Separate Mandatory Supervision Calculation
-
Illinois Department of Corrections Must Pay Attorney For Indigent Committed Under Sexually Dangerous Persons Act
by Matthew Clarke
-
Indiana Supreme Court Strikes Down Prisoner Frivolous Litigator Law
-
Restitution Decisions Nondelegable; Alcohol Consumption Supervision Condition Invalid
-
Missouri Parole Board May Not Use Facts of Crime Already Considered by Governor in Clemency Approval to Deny Parole
-
No Immunity for Abandonment of Disabled Prisoner
-
Gifts Not “Income” for Pennsylvania Child Support Orders
-
Alabama Court Bans Felon Disenfranchisement Until Legislature Defines Moral Turpitude Crimes
-
Ninth Circuit Upholds BOP's Authority to Set Payment Schedules Under IFRP
by Brandon Sample
-
Florida Supreme Court Rules on Cost Assessment
by David Reutter
-
Washington Trial Courts May Sanction Community Custody Violations
by Mark Wilson
-
Reporter Cannot be Compelled to Disclose Source Under Pennsylvania Law
by David Reutter
-
Ninth Circuit: Warrantless Parole Search Unconstitutional Where "Residence" Was Only an "Emergency Address" Listed Years Earlier
by John Dannenberg
-
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down BOP Regulations Limiting Halfway House Placement
by Brandon Sample
-
Treatment Required For Prisoners Committing Sex Offenses In Prison
by Bob Williams
-
Interpreters Allowed in Nevada Small Claims Cases
by Mark Wilson
-
Washington Supreme Court Says Commutations Implicate Due Process
by Mark Wilson
-
Albuquerque’s Regulation Banning Sex Offenders from Public Libraries Held Unconstitutional
-
California: Hospital Billings for Injured Victim Are Not Subject To Restitution Order
-
Seventh Circuit Says No Religious Diet Violated RLUIPA
by Mark Wilson
-
9th Circuit: Eleventh Amendment Bars Prisoner’s Claim for Damages under RLUIPA
-
No FTCA Claim for Property Erroneously Mailed Home By BOP; Failure to Protect Claim Cognizable
by Brandon Sample
-
11th Circuit: Nominal Damages Resulting From Unconstitutional Arrest Of 9-Year-Old On School Grounds Not Sufficiently Exceptional To Justify Award Of Attorney’s Fees
by Michael Brodheim
-
California: On Remand, Governor Must Consider All Available Information Relating to Current Dangerousness
by Michael Brodheim
-
Ninth Circuit: California’s Prop. 115 Not Unconstitutional
by Michael Brodheim
-
California: Appellate Disentitlement Doctrine Not Applicable To Defendant Deported By ICE
by Michael Brodheim
-
Massachusetts: Court Reduces Jail Officers’ Attorneys’ Fees by 40%
-
California: Prisoner Entitled To Presentence Custody Credit for Time in Prison Past Parole Date Due Solely to Pending Charges
by Michael Brodheim
-
California: Prisoner’s Parole May Not Be Revoked if Board Fails to Act During 30-Day Discharge Review Period
by Michael Brodheim
-
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Alleging Retaliatory Attack by Guard
by Brandon Sample
-
Indefinite Confinement of New Jersey Prisoner for 1990 Assault Overturned
-
“Three Strikes” Provision Of PLRA Applies To Suits Filed While Incarcerated Even If Subsequently Released
by Brandon Sample
-
Colorado TASER Suit Permitted To Proceed
by Brandon Sample
-
Ohio Negligent Shackling Claim Remanded
by Brandon Sample
-
"Public Concern" Test Does Not Apply To Prisoner Claims of Retaliation; Speech Must Be Consistent with Status as Prisoner
by Brandon Sample
-
No Right to Compensation for Work in Prison under the Constitution or International Law
by Brandon Sample
-
9th Circuit: RLUIPA Not Applicable To Courthouse Holding Cell
by Michael Brodheim
-
SORNA's Registration Requirements Do Not Apply to Convictions Involving the Transfer of Obscene Materials to a Minor
by Brandon Sample
-
Sex Offense against Minor Requires Registration
-
Fourth Circuit Reverses §1915A Dismissal of Failure to Protect Suit
by Mark Wilson
-
California Court of Appeal Invalidates Untimely MDO Certification
by Michael Brodheim
-
Court of Appeal Overturns Governor's Reversal of Board's Third Grant of Parole to California Prisoner
by Michael Brodheim
-
Second Circuit Explains §1915 Strikes and Imminent Danger
by Mark Wilson
-
BOP May Disregard State Court Orders When Reviewing Whether to Run State/Federal Sentences Concurrent
by Brandon Sample
-
Illinois Statute Authorizing Revocation of Good Time Credits for Frivolous Court Filings Upheld
by Brandon Sample
-
Life Sentence for Failure to Comply with Registration Requirement May Violate Eighth Amendment
by Michael Brodheim
-
No Right to Destruction of Juvenile Records in Virginia
by David Reutter
-
Fifth Circuit: No First Amendment Right to Use Vulgarity in Legal Mail
by Matthew Clarke
-
Fifth Circuit: No Mailbox Rule for Texas State Habeas Actions
by Matthew Clarke
-
BOP Abused Its Discretion in Denying Prisoner Drug Treatment
by Brandon Sample
-
California Recognizes “Special Relationship” Between Jailer and Prisoner
by Michael Brodheim
-
Seventh Circuit: No Public Interest Requirement in Prisoner's First Amendment Retaliation Suit
by Matthew Clarke
-
California Parole Procedures Upheld
-
6th Circuit: County Prosecutor Protected by 11th Amendment
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Citizen Occupants of Probationer's Residence May Be Lawfully Detained
by Michael Brodheim
-
No Refund or Waiver of Appellate Filing Fee
by Mark Wilson
-
Seventh Circuit: No Right to Jury Trial in Exhaustion Dispute
by Mark Wilson
-
Impartial Prison Disciplinary Hearing Officials Required in Nevada
by Matthew Clarke
-
PLRA's IFP Restrictions Do Not Apply To Civil Commitments
by Brandon Sample
-
Discovery and Explanation Required Before Converting Motion into Motion for Summary Judgment
by Brandon Sample
-
Utah Prison Van Accident States “Unnecessary Rigor” Claim
by Mark Wilson
-
Ninth Circuit Reverses Untimely California Exhaustion Dismissal in Failure to Protect Suit
by Mark Wilson
-
Mandamus Issued Voiding Texas Court’s Seizure Of Trust Fund without Process
by Matthew Clarke
-
Qualified Immunity Based Summary Judgment Denied in Ohio Excessive Force Case
-
Washington Disciplinary Hearing Violates Due Process; Written Submissions Must be Considered
by Mark Wilson
-
U.S. Supreme Court Holds California’s Prison Overcrowding Violates Eighth Amendment, Must be Remediated by Population Reduction
by John Dannenberg
(p 1)
-
California Prisoner Entitled to Parole Gate Money Even if Release is to a Hold for Sexually Violent Predator Evaluation
by John Dannenberg
-
California: Controversy Surrounds Governor’s Grant of Clemency to Son of Political Friend
by Michael Brodheim
(p 10)
-
$5.25 Million Paid to Former Ohio Prisoner for Wrongful Murder Conviction
(p 11)
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 12)
-
Deaths of Three North Carolina Prisoners Raise Suspicions
by Matthew Clarke
(p 12)
-
Washington DOC Agrees to Change Sexual Abuse Policies
by David Reutter
(p 14)
-
San Francisco Blanket Jail Strip Search Policy Upheld in Ninth Circuit En Banc Ruling
by Michael Brodheim
(p 16)
-
Why I Care About Prisoner Rights
by David Hudson
(p 17)
-
Paroled Killers Rarely Re-Offend
by Michael Brodheim
(p 18)
-
Low Rates in Michigan DOC Phone Contract Demonstrate Actual Cost of Prison Phone Services
by Alex Friedmann
(p 18)
-
Ninth Circuit: Prison Visitation Privileges May be Temporarily Restricted for Legitimate Penological Reasons
(p 20)
-
Anti-Private Prison Group Rips Revolving Door for Federal Employees After CCA Hires Former BOP Director
(p 20)
-
State Audit Finds Maryland Prison Employees Misused Funds in Prisoner Accounts
by Matthew Clarke
(p 22)
-
New York Parolee Detained Without Hearing; City Not Entitled to Summary Judgment
by Mark Wilson
(p 22)
-
Ninth Circuit Applies Houston Mailbox Rule to § 1983 Actions
(p 24)
-
The Incredible Honey Bun Behind Bars
by David Reutter
(p 24)
-
Former Virginia Beach Sheriff Received Insider Information on Jail Contract
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
-
Fifth Circuit: Habeas Petition Challenging Recent Parole Denial Not Considered Successive
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
-
California Prisoner’s Life Sentence Upheld for Tossing Food Tray at Guard
by Michael Brodheim
(p 27)
-
Vermont Parole Law Change Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
(p 28)
-
Tenth Circuit Vacates Class Certification in Jail Conditions Suit; Case Settles Following Remand
by Mark Wilson
(p 28)
-
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Clarifies Erroneous Conviction Claims
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
-
Ninth Circuit: Despite Award of Only Nominal Damages, Attorney Fees Appropriate in § 1983 Wrongful Death Suit
(p 30)
-
Fourth Circuit Upholds Federal Civil Commitment Statute Against Constitutional Challenge
(p 31)
-
Ninth Circuit Holds PLRA Fee Cap for Court-Appointed Counsel Also Applies to Paralegal Fees
(p 32)
-
Third Circuit Holds Blanket Policy of Strip Searching Arrestees, Absent Reasonable Suspicion, is Constitutional; Cert Granted
by Michael Brodheim
(p 32)
-
Six New Jersey Jail Guards Arrested for Assaulting Prisoners
(p 33)
-
Inmate Accident Compensation Act Does Not Preclude Bivens Remedy
(p 34)
-
Washington: Eye Gouging Assault Severely Injures Airway Heights Prisoner
by Derek Gilna
(p 34)
-
Deficient Medical Care Leads to Preventable Death of Seattle, Washington Jail Prisoner
(p 36)
-
In-Prison Filmmaker Prepares Next Release
by David Reutter
(p 36)
-
U.S. Department of Justice Report Puts Price Tag on Preventing Prison Rape
by Matthew Clarke
(p 38)
-
Pennsylvania DOC Agrees to Comply with Clean Air Act at Four Prisons
by David Reutter
(p 40)
-
Georgia: Child Support Contempt Findings Create Debtor’s Prisons
by David Reutter
(p 40)
-
Former Deputy Sheriff Gets LWOP for Murder of California Prison Guard
(p 41)
-
Florida Pre-Release Officer’s Federal Convictions Affirmed
(p 42)
-
$16 Million Federal Jury Award in Texas Jail Beating Suit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 42)
-
Baltimore Jail’s Warden, Seven Guards Suspended Pending Excessive Force Investigation
(p 43)
-
Seventh Circuit Finds Appeal is Timely Despite E-Filing Error
(p 44)
-
Failure to Protect May Raise Claim Under Federal Tort Claims Act
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
-
New York: Double Jeopardy Prohibits Imposition of Post-release Supervision Once Defendant is Released from Custody
(p 45)
-
Fifth Circuit Clarifies Procedure for PLRA Failure-to-Exhaust Dismissals
(p 46)
-
A Cage by Any Other Name is Still a Cage: Mentally Ill California Prisoners Caged
by Michael Brodheim
(p 46)
-
Ninth Circuit Denies Arizona Prisoner Access to Dedicated Discharge Account
(p 47)
-
Queer (In)justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States, by Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock (Beacon Press, Feb. 2011), 216 pages, $27.95
by Daniel R. Schaffer
(p 48)
-
“America’s Sheriff” Begins Serving Federal Prison Sentence
(p 49)
-
News In Brief
(p 50)
June
May
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$3,000 Settlement in Slip and Fall Case
-
Transferred Prisoners Subject to Receiving State’s Confinement Conditions Under Interstate Compact Rule
by David Reutter
-
Missouri Jail Not Liable for Injuries From Fire
-
Seventh Circuit: Habitual Disciplinary Offender Finding Does Not Open Door to Attacking Prior Disciplinary Convictions
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Mistaken Release Still Escape If You Do Not Turn Yourself In
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Maricopa County Settles Prisoner Suicide Case for $575,000
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Fall From Top Bunk Results in $5,500 Settlement for D.C. Jail Prisoner
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Maricopa County Settles Fatal Denial of Prisoner Medical Care Suit for $200,000
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Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas
by Craig Malisow
(p 1)
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Fifth Circuit: Wyoming Prisoner May Sue Texas Private Prison Officials
by Matthew Clarke
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Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $9,500 to Settle False Arrest/Imprisonment Suit
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No Automatic Abatement upon Death of Defendant; Heirs May Be Substituted As Parties in Order to Contest Financial Obligations of Deceased Defendant
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Washington Court of Appeals: Juror's Experiment Not Grounds for Reversal
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TDCJ Releases Hold on Prisoner's Trust Fund Account
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$210,385.00 Settlement in Pierce County, Washington Prisoner’s Death
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California’s Megan’s Law Applies Retroactively
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PRP Granted: Alford Plea to be Withdrawn
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"Work Product" Exempted From Public Records Act
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Referendum Petition Not Protected by First Amendment
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Connecticut DOC Guards Terminated For Outlaw Motorcycle Club Association
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Washington DOC Pays $4,500 to Settle Negligence Claim
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D.C. Jail Prisoner Stabbed Multiple Times Receives $11,000 Settlement
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Summary Judgment for Michigan DOC Denied In Kosher Meal Suit
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Missouri Escape Rule Bars Post-Conviction and Habeas Corpus Filing
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New York Prisoner Awarded $750 Following Assault
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Discharges Man after 16-Year Sentence Execution Delay
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Second Circuit: Jail Can Deny Paralegals with Prior Felonies Privileged Visits
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Plaintiff Entitled to Washington State Patrol's Electronic Accident Records
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Third Circuit Upholds BOP Early Rule against APA Challenge
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Summary Judgment in Handcuffing Case Reversed
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Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of §1983 Suit; No State Action Alleged
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Tenth Circuit Upholds Use of Stunbelt on Defendant
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Second Circuit Rejects Bivens Claim against Judges for Attorney Compensation
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Secret Suit over Unlawful Eavesdropping Ends in Big Settlement
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Seventh Circuit Upholds Rejection of Excessive Force Claim
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Florida Supreme Court Clarifies Harmless Error Test
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Requests to BOP by Sentencing Judge not Reviewable on Appeal
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THE ANATOMY OF A POST-TASERING DEATH
by Lynn Wilson
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Fifth Circuit Affirms Judgment for Deputies in Excessive Force Suit
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$943,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Courtroom
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WA DOC Employee’s Federal Maritime Claims Not Precluded by State Law
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Tenth Circuit Follows Jones v. Bock, Reverses Full-Exhaustion Predicate in § 1983 Cases
by John Dannenberg
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Interference With Access to Legal Materials by Federal Prison Officials May Warrant Equitable Tolling
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Sanctions Against Prisoner for Alleged “Frivolous” Habeas Petition Improper, Tenth Circuit Decides
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Class Certification Denied in Colorado Jail Mental Health Challenge
by Mark Wilson
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Contempt Order Upheld Against Kentucky DOC Commissioner
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Eleventh Circuit Finds Disabled Prisoner in Imminent Danger for Filing Fee Purposes
by David Reutter
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Ninth Circuit: “Some Evidence” of Offense Viciousness Justifies Denial of Lifer’s Parole
by Marvin Mentor
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Judge Declines to Terminate Orders Requiring Air-conditioned Housing for Heat-sensitive Prisoners
by Brandon Sample
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Summary Judgment for Massachusetts DOC Medical Provider Reversed
by Brandon Sample
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Contributions to California Politicians Rewarded with Lucrative Private Prison Contracts
(p 1)
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TDCJ Pays $80,162.50 to Settle Suit over Truck Collision
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$150 Award to New York Prisoner for Top Bunk Placement
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$19.6 Million Verdict in Nassau County New York for Arrestee Run Over By Police
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Judge Rejects Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation on Publications Ban
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Fifth Circuit: Violating Texas Prisoner's Medical Work Restrictions States Claim
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Second Circuit: Subjective Standard Applies to Pretrial Detainee Due Process Claims
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$1.5 Million Settlement in Deadly Police Shooting
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Washington State Agrees to Pay $275,000 to Settle Employment Discrimination Claim
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$11,126.40 Settlement in Washington DOC Car Accident Claim
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$8,000 Settlement in D.C. Assault Case
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Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $6,500 to Settle Slip and Fall Claim
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Doctor’s Treatment of Prisoner's Chronic Kidney Failure Without Examination States A Claim
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Maricopa County Settles Prisoner's Brain Injury Suit for $4 Million
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Dismissal for Failure to Exhaust Reversed
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California Court Holds Subpoenas Ineffective If Factual Basis for Materiality Lacking in Civil Commitment Hearing
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Arrested Anti-Arpaio Agenda Protestors Settle for $500,000
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New York Prisoner Awarded $316.93 for Lost Property
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L.A. County $220,000 settlement In Traffic Collision Involving Sheriff's Deputies
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Mohave County, Arizona Appointed Counsel Selection System Unconstitutional
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Disabled Washington Prisoner Paid $15,000 for Concussion, Neck Injury
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Court Orders ICE to Produce Metadata in Responding to FOIA Request
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D.C. Agrees to Pay $2,700 to Settle FOIA/Civil Rights Claims Over Use of Tear Gas
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D.C. Settles Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit for $3,000
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$225,000 Settlement in Suit over Failure to Protect D.C. Prisoner
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$800,000 Settlement in Suit Over Diseases Caught at Maricopa County Jail
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D.C. Agrees to Pay $8,500 after Denying Former Guard Severance Pay
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Assault Caused by Overcrowding, Negligent Control of Contraband Settles for $27,000
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Austin, Texas Settles Police Shooting Report Access Suit for $12,000
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$2500 Settlement for Poor Dental Care by D.C. Corrections
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Attorney Fees and Costs Against Exoneree Who Lost Lawsuit Denied
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D.C. Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Settle Negligence Suit Over Conditions at Lorton
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Eight Circuit: Random Search of Guards' Cars May Violate Fourth Amendment
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Assault Tied to Overcrowding and Negligent Control of Weapons Results in $10,000 Settlement
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D.C. Agrees to Pay $4,000 to Settle Lorton Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit
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California Civil Detainee Convicted of Assaulting Guard
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D.C. Settles Gender- and Race-Based Work Discrimination Suit for $140,000
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$27.4 Million Award in Liberty Interest and Deceit Claim Causing Incarceration
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$150,000 Settlement in Juvenile’s Jail Tour Strip Search Suit
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Fourth Circuit: Most Police Records in DNA Exoneration Case Are Public
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$865,000 Jury Award in Missouri Police Excessive Force Case
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Judge Denies Attorney’s Fees to Prevailing Defendant
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Metadata is a Public Record, Washington Supreme Court Holds
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Fifth Circuit Reverses Pre-Filing Injunction; No Notice or Hearing Given
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Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Michigan Legal Mail Case
by Mark Wilson
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Washington Prison Guard Paid $10,000 for Racially Derogatory Statement
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No Sovereign immunity for City or Police Officer in Vehicle Collision with Pedestrian
by Brandon Sample
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Raid of Wrong House Results in $300,000 Judgment Against United States
by Brandon Sample
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Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $20,000 for Miscalculating Sentence
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One-legged man forced to climb into top bunk wins $1,000
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U.S. Extradition Services Settles Wrongful Death Suit
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Pennsylvania Prisoners’ Civil Rights Action Against TV Reality Stars Dismissed as Frivolous
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Washington DOC Agrees to Settle Sex Offender Early Release Suit for $6,000
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U.S. Supreme Court Asks Montana Supreme Court to Address Whether FJDA Conviction Requires Registration Under Montana Law
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No Right to Washington Sex Offender Treatment Program Records in Public Records Case
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Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Guard Accused of Excessive Force over Use of “Leg Sweep”
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Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $15,500 to Paraplegic Prisoner for Disability-Based Discrimination
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Washington Prison Guards Paid $65,000 for Harassment, Threats by Coworker
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Michigan Jail Nurse Denied Qualified Immunity in Detainee Death Case
by Mark Wilson
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Ninth Circuit: Prejudgment Qualified Immunity Appeal Mooted By Trial on Merits
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Sixth Circuit Orders Ruling On Unsealing of Sealed Criminal Case
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Tenth Circuit: Grievance Restrictions Don't Excuse Failure to Exhaust
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Prisoner's Conviction in Lucasville Prison Riot Confirmed
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Withdrawal of Guilty Plea Required for Washington Prisoner
by David Reutter
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PLRA Does Not Preempt State Exhaustion Statutes
by Brandon Sample
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“Noble Motive” No Excuse For Revealing Classified Gitmo Prisoner Information
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Second Circuit Orders District Court to Decided Vote Dilution Case
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Strip Search of Teen During Jail Tour Results in $150K Settlement
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Washington State Supreme Court Allows Withdrawal of Juvenile's Guilty Plea to Sex Offense
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Felon Disenfranchisement Statute Does Not Violate Voting Rights Act
by Brandon Sample
(p 8)
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 8)
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Sixth Circuit OK’s Federal Judge’s Membership in Racist and Sexist Country Club
(p 10)
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California: Continued Resistance Among Prisoners and Prison Officials Alike Slows Attempts to End Housing Segregation
by Michael Brodheim
(p 14)
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Ninth Circuit Rules PLRA Requires Exhaustion Even if Prison Grievance Process Cannot Provide Monetary Relief
(p 14)
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Inadequate Medical Care in Texas Jails Kills Hundreds of Prisoners
by Matthew Clarke
(p 16)
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Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, by Robert Perkinson, Metropolitan Books/Holt, 484 pp (October 2010), $20.00 paperback
by Lance Tapley
(p 18)
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Massachusetts Prisoner Suicides More Than Four Times National Average
by Mark Wilson
(p 20)
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Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Retires in Wake of DUI Arrest
(p 20)
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Practice of Jailing Parents Who Owe Child Support Raises Questions, Concerns
by Matthew Clarke
(p 22)
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Report Documents Scope of Prosecutorial Misconduct in California
by Michael Brodheim
(p 24)
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California Jury Awards Native American Prisoner $150 on Due Process Property Claim
(p 25)
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Jailing for Debt on the Rise
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
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No Interlocutory Appeal from Denial of Motion for Reconsideration; $6,000 Settlement in New York Jail Abuse Case
(p 28)
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Two California Prisoners Die as a Result of Doctor’s Negligence
by Derek Gilna
(p 28)
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CA Inspector General Finds 15 of 17 Prisons Demonstrate Low Adherence to Established Medical Policies and Procedures
by Michael Brodheim
(p 30)
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Wisconsin DOC Settles Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit
(p 31)
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Juvenile Justice Expert Condemns Rhode Island’s Jailing of Students for Minor Offenses
by Derek Gilna
(p 32)
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Staff Smuggle Drugs and Porn to Washington Civil Commitment Prisoners
by Mark Wilson
(p 34)
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Mississippi Governor Grants Early Release to Scott Sisters
by Derek Gilna
(p 34)
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CCA Prisoner Awarded $3,250 in Excessive Force Lawsuit
(p 35)
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Trivialized Use of Presidential Pardon Power Continues Under Obama
by Brandon Sample
(p 36)
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Homeless Probationer’s Violation for Failure to Comply with GPS Monitoring Reversed
(p 37)
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Virginia ACLU Requests DOJ Investigation into Jail Deaths
by Mark Wilson
(p 38)
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Mexican Prison Officials Arm and Release Prisoners for Hit Squad Duties
by Matthew Clarke
(p 38)
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Texas Prison Guard One of "America’s Dumbest Criminals”
(p 39)
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Select Legal Topics, by Andrew J. Schatkin, 
University Press of America, 625 pp (Sept. 2009), $69.95
by Matthew Clarke
(p 40)
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Study Highlights the Burden of Fees, Debt Collection on Criminal Defendants
by Derek Gilna
(p 40)
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Elaborate California Parole Violator Sting Nabs 150
(p 41)
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Colorado Officials Lead Efforts to Modernize Afghan Prisons
by Derek Gilna
(p 42)
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Sweeping Settlement Covers Medical and Mental Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison
(p 42)
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$75,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Beating
(p 43)
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Conviction Affirmed for Former Prisoner Who Posed as Lawyer
(p 44)
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Connecticut Sues Prison Builders for $18 Million
by Gary Hunter
(p 44)
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State Auditor Finds Vermont Sex Offender Registry Unreliable
by Matthew Clarke
(p 45)
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Inefficiencies in Prison Pharmacy Operations Cost California Taxpayers at Least $13 Million Annually
by Michael Brodheim
(p 46)
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Fifth Circuit: Sex Offender Conditions May be Imposed for Prior Sex Offense
by Matthew Clarke
(p 46)
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South Carolina Appellate Court Holds Prisoners Entitled to Overtime
(p 47)
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$50,001 Verdict for Pennsylvania Prisoner in Failure to Protect Suit
(p 47)
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Eighth Circuit Reverses Transport Rape Summary Judgment
(p 48)
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Pennsylvania Jail Pays $3 Million to Settle Class-Action Strip Search Suit
(p 48)
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Sixth Circuit Rules on Whether Prisoner Must Name Defendants in Grievance
(p 49)
-
News In Brief:
(p 50)
April
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Qualified Immunity Denied in Taser Suit
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Second Circuit Rejects Due Process Challenge to SORNA Conviction
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Washington Prisoner Awarded $210 for Untimely PRA Response
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Money May Be Withdrawn From Texas Prisoner's Trust Fund without Prior Notice
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Prosecutor Not Entitled to Immunity for Statements to Press
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Sovereign Immunity Waived in Suicide Suit Under Vermont Tort Claims Act
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Stabbed D.C. Prisoner Accepts $3,200 Settlement
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California: Renewed Motion for Attorney Fees Properly Denied When Correct Authority Not Diligently Raised
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Class-Action Status Granted in Erie County, New York, Strip Search Lawsuit
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Federal Agent Assaulted By Chula Vista Police, Awarded $2.2 Million by Jury
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TDC Correspondence Rules Challenged (1971)
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California Prisoners Now Able to Earn Interest on Funds Held In Their Trust Account
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Ninth Circuit: Jury Finding of Excessive Force Entitles Prevailing Party to Award of Attorney’s Fees
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California: District Court Denies CCPOA’s Motion for Summary Judgment
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Stabbed D.C. Prisoner Settles Suit for $5,500
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California Court of Appeal Invalidates Legislative Amendments to Voter-Approved Drug-Treatment Diversion Initiative
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Washington Court of Appeals Upholds Civil Commitment’s Conviction for Assault
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Death Sentence Affirmed for Florida Prisoner Convicted in Guard’s Death During Botched Escape
by David Reutter
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Pennsylvania DOC Agrees to Pay $110,000 to Settle Sex Abuse Suit
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Freedom of Information Act Request Denied
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$75,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Negligence Claim Injury Due to Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition
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Morbidity Reports Not Protected From Disclosure
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Time Spent In Alaska Residential Treatment Not Credited Against Suspended Sentences
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$35,000 Settlement in Florida Prisoner’s Negligence Claim, Failure to Correct Dangerous Condition Against Geo Group
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$250,000 Settlement in Florida Auto Accident Claim Against Geo
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No Summary Judgment on Mail Delay Claim
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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Habeas Petition That Sought to Ensure Reduction In Supervised Release Term Based on Arrington Decision
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Florida Department of Corrections and Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $35,000 Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit
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Ohio Sheriff Agrees to Pay $100,000 After Illegal Immigration Raid
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All Florida Prison Claims Challenging Gaintime Awards Preclude Lien for Filing Fee
by David Reutter
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Ninth Circuit: California Governor’s Reversal Of Lifer’s Parole Violates Due Process Absent Some Evidence Of Current Dangerousness
by John Dannenberg
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State Law Registration Requirements Trigger SORNA
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7th Circuit: Reverse and Remand “Inherently Transitory” Complaint
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9th Circuit Affirms Reduction in CJA Attorney Fees
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Wackenhut Pays $32,500 in Negligence Lawsuit
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GEO Group Car Accident Settlement
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Texas: $5 Million Settlement in TransCor Sex Abuse Case
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Wackenhut Corrections Corporation Paid $29,900 to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
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Summary Judgment Denied in an Unconstitutional Strip Search
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Washington State Pays $277.94 and $450 in Public Records Tort Suit against DOC
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$1,360.50 Settlement in Washington State Public Records Act Litigation
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Houston May Not Keep Traffic Light Camera Documents Secret
by Matthew Clarke
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Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Michigan DOC Officials for Religious Book Censorship
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Georgia Detainee's False Imprisonment Conviction Reversed Due to Lack of Evidence
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$20,000 Settlement in Oklahoma Nuisance Claim, Prisoner’s Suicide
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Appeal for Summary Judgment Upheld for Qualified Immunity
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$24,500 Settlement in Slip and Fall Suit
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Philadelphia Settles Diabetes Suit
-
5th Circuit Upholds Prisoner’s Due Process Rights
-
Summary Judgment Granted to a County Sheriff for a Civil Detainees Civil Violation
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Witness Testimony Judged Appropriate on Appeal
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Virginia Prisoner’s 8th Amendment Claims Dismissed
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New York Supreme Court Denies Challenge to the Voluntariness of Plea
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Medical Malpractice Damages Caps Unconstitutional in Illinois
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New York Prisoner Awarded $650 for Excessive Confinement
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Homosexual Literature Allowed on Death Row
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Library Purge Deemed Unconstitutional
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Texas Prisoner Granted Conditional Mandamus Relief
-
Transient Sex Offender Not Required to Provide Address
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Wackenhut Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $300,000
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California Prisoner, As Pro Per Plaintiff In Civil Complaint, Has Right To Reasonable Law Library Access
by John Dannenberg
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Alaska Prisoner’s Action to Overturn DR Not Moot if Relief Sought Greater than Obtained
by David Reutter
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Toilet Tank Lid Ruled “Deadly Weapon”
-
Sixth Circuit: No Sanction for Third-Party Spoilation in Michigan
by Matthew Clarke
-
Reduction of Attorney Fees Affirmed in 2nd Circuit
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Fifth Circuit: "Some Evidence" Not Required To Deny Texas Mandatory Supervision
by Matthew Clarke
-
Texas Prisoner Allowed To Appeal IFP Despite Misfiling Affidavit
by Matthew Clarke
-
PLRA Does Not Require Exhaustion When Prison Officials Cannot Afford Any Relief "Whatsoever," D.C. Circuit Decides
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Prisoners Who Fear for Their Safety Must Give Details to Prison Officials, Seventh Circuit Decides
by Brandon Sample
-
Texas Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner's Retaliation Suit
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Ohio Parole Challenge Not Barred by Res Judicata
-
Self-Defense Available to Prisoners in Federal Guard Assault Cases
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Prisoner’s Administrative Remedies Do Not Require Naming of Official
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10th Circuit: Prisoner Mail Protected by First Amendment
by Jimmie Franks
-
Purposeful Exposure to Ultraviolet Light Warrants Denial of Qualified Immunity
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Texas Court Must File Prisoner Suit if Unpaid Previous Indigent Case on Appeal
by Matthew Clarke
-
Protecting Society or Fooling Ourselves? Research-Based Insights on Sex Offender Policy in the United States
by Dr. DJ Williams
-
Magistrate’s Recommendations Accepted in Texas Mental Health Case
-
Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Connecticut Prisoner Allegedly Misclassified as a Sex Offender
-
Annual Arizona Segregation Reviews Inadequate, Case Remanded
-
Colorado Prisoner Granted Judicial Review on Appeal
-
Attorney Fee Award Not Conditioned on Attempts at Pre-litigation Resolution
-
Offense of Conviction Need Not Be Sexual to Receive Sex Offender Restrictions
-
Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Negligence Claim Denied
-
California: Right of Self-Representation May Be Restricted but Not Denied Based on Jailhouse Security Concerns
-
NYPD Cops Can Be Subjected to Drug Testing Without Collective Bargaining
-
Open Government Act’s Catalystic Theory for Attorneys’ Fees Doesn’t Apply Retroactively
-
Personal Restraint Petition Challenging Restitution Granted in Washington State
-
Ex-Prosecutor Wins Award in Wrongful Termination Suit
-
Crime Victims May Not Appeal Criminal Sentences, Tenth Circuit Decides
by Brandon Sample
-
Hurricane Rita FTCA Action Dismissed
-
Georgia Life Sentence for Failure to Register is Unconstitutional
-
California Parole Board Ordered to Set Lifer's Term
by John Dannenberg
-
Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois “Crutch Policy” Case; District Court to Evaluate Class Certification for Damages
by Mark Wilson
-
$5,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Stabbing
-
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $965.44 After Woman’s Car Was Struck by Debris
-
Class Action Settlement Reached on Dysentery Lawsuit
-
Utah Prisoner’s Administrative Confinement May be Unconstitutional
-
Taser Constitutes “Intermediate Force”; Law not Clearly Established on Taser Use, Ninth Circuit Decides
-
Restrictions on Legal Aid Organizations Upheld
-
Summary Judgment for BOP in FOIA Case Granted
-
Violent Oregon Prisoner Murders Colorado Prisoner
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Search for Records Under Washington PRA Held Inadequate
-
Jury Awards $336,000 to Prisoner Hurt during Van Accident
by Brandon Sample
-
Nationwide PLN Survey Examines Prison Phone Contracts, Kickbacks
by John Dannenberg
(p 1)
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Florida: Woman Settles Lawsuit Against Sheriff’s Officers for $67,500 after Arrest While in Premature Labor
by Derek Gilna
-
Nebraska Prison Employee’s Termination for Failed Urinalysis Reversed
-
Non-Parties Can’t Get Discovery that was Never Filed with Court
-
Judge Holds Arizona Grievance Procedures “unavailable” under PLRA.
-
First Circuit Enters Stay to District Court Proceedings Following Interlocutory Appeal
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Underfunding, Excessive Caseload Not Adequate Basis for Public Defender to Withdraw in Florida
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California: $2,005,000 Verdict for Wrongful Death Caused by Police Officers’ Excessive Force
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Subjective Knowledge that Object is a “Weapon” Not Required to Convict Federal Prisoner of Violating Contraband Statute
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A Convict's Odyssey - The journey of Mark Clements, a victim of torture by former Chicago PD officer Jon Burge
by Steve Bogira
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Washington State: Polygraphs Not Required for Relief from Sex Offender Registration
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Judicial Review of Disciplinary Conviction Not Moot Upon Prisoner’s Release
-
California: Operator of Community Detention Facility Settles Suit for $200,000
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D.C. Court of Appeals Upholds $450,000 Verdict for Motorist in Traffic Accident with Cop
-
Missouri Man Awarded $300,000 Following Taser Incident
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ICE Settles Deliberate Indifference Lawsuit for $47,500
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LCS Granted Writ of Mandamus on the Basis of Res Judicata
-
6th Circuit: Grievances Enjoy First Amendment Protection
-
California: Penal Code Section 4573 Applies to Arrestees Who, When Booked, are Found in Possession of Controlled Substances
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Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data
by Michael Rigby
(p 17)
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New Research: Why Innocent People Confess to Crimes They Did Not Commit
by Derek Gilna
(p 18)
-
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 18)
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Bexar County, Texas Fails to Properly Evaluate Mentally Ill Jail Prisoners
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
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Prisoners’ Human Rights
by Corey Weinstein
(p 22)
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Colorado Sought to Revoke Prisoner’s Electrician License After His Release
by Gary Hunter
(p 25)
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It’s Scary Out There in Reporting Land: Why Crime News is on the Rise and Reporting Analysis is on the Decline
by David Cay Johnston
(p 26)
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Controversial Drug Given to All Guantanamo Detainees Akin to “Pharmacologic Waterboarding”
(p 28)
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Washington Court Reverses Injunction Against Prisoner’s Public Records Requests
(p 32)
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New York Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Late Prison Vendor Payments
by Brandon Sample
(p 33)
-
Texas State Auditor’s Reports Find Problems with Parole System
by Gary Hunter
(p 34)
-
Oregon Parole Board Improperly Excluded Witnesses at Revocation Hearing
(p 35)
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Maryland: Convicted Felons Receive Victims’ Compensation
by Gary Hunter
(p 36)
-
Maine Governor Rakes in Private Prison Money, Shows Appreciation
by Lance Tapley
(p 37)
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Minnesota DOC Releases Study on Impact of Prison-Based Sex Offender Treatment
by Matthew Clarke
(p 38)
-
Heat Ray Device, Rejected by Military, to be Tested on Los Angeles County Jail Prisoners
by Michael Brodheim
(p 38)
-
GEO Group Acquires Electronic Monitoring Firm for $415 Million
by David Reutter
(p 40)
-
Federal Court Rejects California’s Attempt to Terminate Clark Remedial Plan, Grants $2.3 Million in Attorney’s Fees
by Michael Brodheim
(p 40)
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Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water
by Michael Rigby
(p 42)
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Massachusetts Strip Search Class-Action Nets $1,162,468
by Mark Wilson
(p 42)
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Billing Medicaid Would Save NC $11.5 Million in Prison Medical Care Costs
by Mark Wilson
(p 44)
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U.K. Terrorism Suspects May Challenge Extradition Based on U.S. Prison Conditions
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
-
Texas Legislator Who Helped Prisoners’ Families Indicted, Convicted, Sentenced
by Gary Hunter
(p 46)
-
Twelve Indiana Prison Employees Suspended for Positive Drug Tests, Contraband
by Matthew Clarke
(p 46)
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Questionable New Jersey Halfway House Funding Benefits CEC
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
-
Wisconsin Prisoner Pleads No Contest to Helping Cellmate Commit Suicide
(p 48)
-
$85,000 Settlement in South Carolina Prison Murder Suit
(p 49)
-
News In Brief:
(p 50)
March
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D.C. Prisoner’s Pro Se Complaint for Untreated Tumor Settles for $5,000
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MVRA Does Not Permit Victims to Intervene in Another Suit in Order to Collect Restitution
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D.C. Settles Prisoner Assault and Inadequate Medical Care Suit for $6,500
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Judge Refuses to Dismiss Suit against BOP after BOP Started Hormone Therapy for Prisoner with Gender Identity Disorder
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D.C. Prisoner Stabbed While Handcuffed Accepts $11,250 Settlement
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Expert Report Not Required for Primary Care Physician to Testify
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D.C. Settles Unreasonable Strip Search, Sexual Battery Allegations for $15,750
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Dismissal of Prosecution is only remedy for Taking of Attorney-Client Materials by State
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Drill Bit Left in Jaw Nets D.C. Prisoner $15,000 Settlement
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D.C. Settles Prisoner’s Lawsuit over Failure to Protect and Medical Neglect Resulting in Brain Damage for $150,000
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D.C. Settles Prisoner’s Stabbing/Beating Suit for $12,500
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Elderly Home Detention Program Eligibility Determined Based on Sentence Imposed Without Good Time
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D.C. Settlement Nets Former Warden $62,000 for Legal Expenditures
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Eighth Circuit Dismisses Appeal Where Parties Attempted to Manufacture Jurisdiction
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D.C. Pays $5,000 Settlement in Stabbed Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit
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D.C. Guard Settles Slip and Fall Suit for $50,000
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D.C. Pays $18,000 Settlement to Prisoner Injured in Transport Vehicle
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Criticism of a PLRA IFP Provisions by Judge Issued in Order
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D.C. Department of Corrections Employee Exposed to Environmental Pollutants Settles for $10,000
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D.C. Employee Fired for Delivering Unopened Letter Settles for $30,000
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D.C. Pays $35,000 for Improper Care of Prisoner’s Kidney Failure and Hypertension
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Alabama DOC Settles Wicca Suit
-
$525,001 Settlement in Washington Public Records Suit Involving Abused Minors
-
Washington Supreme Court Rejects Judge’s Effort to Bar Public Release of Investigative Report
-
8th Circuit Upholds 60 Month Sentence for Marijuana, Tobacco found on Federal Prisoner.
-
Washington Settles Work Release Denial Claim for $2,284
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Connecticut Trial Courts Lack Power to Unseal Records
-
D.C. Pays $80,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Civil Rights Suit
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Washington Settles Religious Diet Claim for $1,500
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D.C. Prisoner Receives $7,000 Settlement for Untreated Cyst
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D.C. Prisoner Settles Stabbing Suit for $11,000
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Washington DOC Wrongful Discharge Nets $64,718.50 Plus Reinstatement
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Violation of Washington SSOSA Need Not be Willful
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Settlement of 1997 Suit Kills 2001 Suit Says Ninth Circuit
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Third Circuit Says Asthma May be Physical Injury
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Washington DOC’s Jaw Removal During Tooth Extraction Nets $130,000
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Washington Pays $46,500 for 246 Day Wrongful Imprisonment
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Sixth Circuit: Lethal Injection Challenge Time-Barred; Agrees Cooey II Wrongly Decided, Urges En Banc Review
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$15,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Stabbing
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Michigan Cop’s Mug Shot Releasable Under FOIA
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NY Prisoner May Refuse Life-Saving Medical Treatment
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Illinois Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners; Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed
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Indiana Excessive Force Suit Not Heck-Barred
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Sixth Circuit Certifies to Ohio Supreme Court for Interpretation of State Law
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Ninth Circuit: Forcible DNA Extraction Violates Fourth Amendment
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Settlement Proceeds Unrelated to Personal Injury or Sickness Are Subject to Taxation
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Condemned Oregon Prisoner Launches Organ Donation Campaign
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Oregon Mental Patient Dead for Hours Feet from Nurse’s Station; Investigations Reveal Deficient Care and Superintendent Forced Out
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$150 Jury Award in Prisoner’s Destroyed Property Claim
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$100,000 Settlement in DC Guard’s Racial Discrimination Suit
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$150,000 Settlement in Strip Search Suit by Jail’s Juvenile Visitors
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$150,000 Settlement Paid in D.C. Minor’s False Arrest Lawsuit
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$192,500 Settlement in Failure to Prevent DC Prisoner’s Stabbing
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$215,000 Settlement in DC Jail Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit
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$55,000 Settlement in DC Jail Prisoner’s Confinement Conditions Suit
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$50,000 Settlement in Failure to Protect Lawsuit of Stabbed D.C. Prisoner
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$17,000 Settlement in Guards’ Excessive Force against D.C. Prisoner
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$25,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Lawsuit
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$19,500 Settlement in D.C. Student’s False Arrest, Imprisonment Lawsuit from Jail Visit
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$15,000 Settlement for Failure to Protect DC Prisoner from Stabbing
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$16,000 Settlement in Transcribing Contract Dispute
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$15,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Foot Surgery Suit
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$22,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Stabbing
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$25,000 Settlement in DC Guard’s Sexual Harassment Suit
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Washington Medical Neglect Suit Settled for $3,700
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$1,629.05 Settlement in Suit over D.C. Jail’s Failure to Pay Wages
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$6,000 Settlement in Washington DOC Slip and Fall Suit
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$11,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Cancer Death Lawsuit
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$12,000 Settlement in D.C. Jail Prisoner’s Auto Accident Suit
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$11,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit
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$12,500 Settlement for DC Guard’s Assault of Prisoner During Shakedown
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$10,000 Sex Abuse Suit Settled in Washington County
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$10,000 Settlement in DC Guard’s Assault on Prisoner
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$12,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Assault by Guards Lawsuit
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$3,500 Settlement in Washington Prisoner’s Freedom of Religion Lawsuit
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$12,500 Settlement in the Failure to Protect DC Prisoner’s Stabbing
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$10,000 Settlement for Failure to Protect DC Prisoner and Deliberate Indifference to His Medical Needs
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$7,000 Settlement in False Arrest, §1983 Suit Related to Search for Parolee
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Strip Searches Result In $7,500 Settlement
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$7,500 Settlement in Discrimination, Harassment and Wrongful Termination Suit of D.C. Instructor
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$8,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Suit over Failure to Protect from Stabbing, Improper Medical Care
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$6,000 Settlement in Washington Prisoner’s Auto Accident Claim
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$7,000 Settlement in D.C. Negligent Driver Lawsuit
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$5,000 Settlement on D.C. Jail Prisoner’s Improper Body Cavity Search
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$6,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit
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$5,000 Settlement in D.C. Jail Prisoner’s Burning Lawsuit
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$5,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Assault with Weapon
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$9,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Transportation Suit
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$3,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Lawsuit
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$3,000 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Raw Sewage Suit
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$5,000 Settlement for D.C. Prisoner’s Stabbing, Failure to Protect
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$2,000 Settlement in Confiscation of DC Prisoner’s Medical Braces
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$2,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Burn from Exposed Hot Pipe
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$2,000 Settlement in Slander Case; Guard Labeling Prisoner a Snitch
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$1,750 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Assault Resulting in Brain Damage Suit
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$2,500 in D.C. Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Suit
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$2,500 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Fall from Bunk Suit
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$1,000 Settlement in Washington DOC Prisoner’s Guard Assault Lawsuit
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$1,000 Settlement for Washington Prisoner’s Untreated Hernia
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$1,300 Settlement in D.C. Jail Prisoner’s Slip and Fall Lawsuit
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$1,500 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Stabbing
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$1,000 Jury Award in Indiana Negligence Claim Arising from Prisoner’s Assault
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$1,000 Settlement for DC Jail Prisoner Assaulted by Guards, Property Destroyed
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Washington Paraplegic’s Suit Settled for $2,750, Single Cell and Specialist Consult
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D.C. Prisoner Settles Stabbing, Failure to Protect Suit for $9,000
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Motion to Dismiss in Eighth Amendment Suit Denied in Part
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$1,500 Settlement in D.C. Prisoner’s Denture Denial Lawsuit
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$50,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging CCA Counsel Falsified Court Documents
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$6,000 Settlement in D.C. Youth Prisoner’s Stabbing
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$5,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s Wrongful Medical Death Following Surgery
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Illinois Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed; Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners
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Taser and Asphyxiation Death By New Mexico Cops Leads to $1,000,000 Settlement
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Georgia Sex Offender Registration Act Unconstitutionally Vague As Applied to Homeless Offenders Without a Route or Street Address
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Legacy of Corruption: GEO Buys Off the Florida Political Establishment
by Beau Hodai
(p 1)
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Summary Judgment for Illinois Jail Nurse Reversed in Wrongful Death Suit
by Brandon Sample
(p 12)
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Band-aid Applied to Florida’s Homeless Sex Offender Colony Falls Off
by David Reutter
(p 13)
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Nevada Agrees to Settle Class Action Lawsuit Over Medical Treatment at Ely State Prison
(p 14)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 14)
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Safety Concerns of a Prisoner Rights Lawyer
(p 16)
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Second Circuit: New York’s Persistent Felony Offender Statute Held Constitutional in En Banc Ruling
by Matthew Clarke
(p 17)
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Federal BOP’s Exclusions from Early Release Incentive for Substance Abuse Program Completion Struck Down
(p 18)
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds $625,000 Judgment for Female Prisoner Molested by Ohio Prison Guard
by John Dannenberg
(p 18)
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Sixth Circuit Holds Pre-1992 Michigan Lifers Not Entitled to Ex Post Facto Relief
(p 20)
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California Prison System Lays Off Teachers, Vocational Instructors
by Michael Brodheim
(p 20)
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Virginia Federal Court Invalidates DOC Ban on Sexually Explicit Books
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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State Inspections Compel Changes at Abusive Michigan Juvenile Facility
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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Report Faults Private Prison Company for Deadly Arizona Prison Break
by Matthew Clarke
(p 24)
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Have a Cell Phone in Your Rectum? Body Cavity Searches OK’d in First Circuit, but Surgical Searches Are Not
by Brandon Sample
(p 26)
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Probation May Not Be Conditioned On Overly Broad Court Access Restrictions
(p 27)
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Georgia Eases Sex Offender Restrictions in Face of Federal Court Challenge
(p 28)
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Social Security Audit Criticizes Prisoners’ Access to Personal Data; Federal Legislation Passed
by Matthew Clarke
(p 28)
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Prison Health Services Doctors Caught in Scandals
(p 30)
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Kentucky Jail Guards’ Convictions Affirmed in Sexual Abuse of Young Prisoner
by David Reutter
(p 30)
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Prisoner Labor Used to Clean Up BP Oil Spill
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
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Former Orange County Jail Detainee Paid $750,000 to Settle Guard Tasering Suit
(p 33)
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Massachusetts: Wrongful Conviction Suit Settled for $3.25 Million
(p 33)
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Class Action Certified in California Federal Civil Rights Suit Against TransCor
(p 34)
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Towns Defaulting on Prison and Jail Bonds
by Matthew Clarke
(p 34)
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$100,000 Settlement in Nebraska Jail Prisoner Suicide Suit
(p 35)
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Florida: Cost Savings and Benefits of Prison Privatization Non-Existent
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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PLN and HRDC Win Consent Judgment Against Louisiana Sheriff in Censorship Case
(p 36)
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Tennessee: Private Prison Guards Considered “Public Servants”
(p 37)
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Texas Audits Private Prison and Substance Abuse Treatment Contract Monitoring
by Matthew Clarke
(p 38)
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Short-Lived Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Global Tel*Link in California, Then Secretly Settled
by Michael Brodheim
(p 38)
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Kentucky Guards Sentenced to Federal Prison in Detainee Abuse Prosecution
(p 39)
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U.S. Supreme Court: No Federal Habeas Relief for California Lifer Parole Denials
by John Dannenberg
(p 40)
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Ohio Governor Spares Death Row Prisoner, Cites Problems with Evidence
by Derek Gilna
(p 40)
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$373,000 Settlement in New York City Juvenile Facility “Building Tenders” Suit
by Brandon Sample
(p 41)
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New Mexico Corrections Secretary Lets Private Prison Firms Skate on Understaffing, Forgoes $18.6 Million in Fines
by Matthew Clarke
(p 42)
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Disgraced Doctor Good Enough for Texas Prisoners
by Matthew Clarke
(p 42)
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California Prison Officials Pay $10,000 to Settle Prisoner’s Retaliation, Conditions Suit
(p 43)
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Continuing Violation Doctrine Applies to Deliberate Indifference in New York
(p 44)
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BOP’s Furlough Notification Policy Not to be Addressed for Seven Years
by Derek Gilna
(p 44)
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Fifth Circuit Holds Texas Parole Revocation Witness Denial Violates Due Process
(p 45)
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Terminally Ill Maryland Prisoner May Refuse Treatment; State’s Highest Court Denies Forced Treatment
by Mark Wilson
(p 46)
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Dismissal for Failure to Effect Service Reversed in Florida Failure to Protect Suit
(p 46)
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Iowa Supreme Court Holds Inmate Assault Statute Only Requires Bodily Fluids from Another for Conviction
(p 47)
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Second Circuit Holds Costs May be Denied to Prevailing Party on Appeal
(p 47)
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Second Circuit Reverses Denial of RLUIPA Dietary Claim
(p 48)
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Ninth Circuit Rules Prisoners Not Required to Include Legal Theories in Grievances
(p 48)
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North Carolina Prisoner Prevails in Claim Related to Paruresis, AKA “Shy Bladder”
(p 49)
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Wisconsin Civil Commitment Patients Denied Minimum Wage
(p 49)
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News in Brief:
(p 50)
February
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Gang Validation - The New Inquisition
by Steve Champion
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Ninth Circuit Holds Private Prison Companies Can Be Sued Under Bivens for Violating Federal Prisoner’s Rights
by Derek Gilna
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Mass Torture in America: Notes from the Supermax Prisons
by Lance Tapley
(p 1)
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From the Editor
(p 8)
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Study: CIA Doctors ‘Gave Green Light to Torture’
by Muriel Kane
(p 8)
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Florida Woman Settles Lawsuit Against Sheriff’s Officers for $67,500 After Arrest While in Premature Labor
(p 9)
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Illinois Supermax Placement Procedures Unconstitutional
by David Reutter
(p 10)
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Is Operation Streamline a Billion Dollar Give-away to the Private Prison Industry?
by Bob Libal
(p 11)
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Habeas Hints: The Year in Review
by Kent A. Russell
(p 12)
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California: State May Be Liable for Delaying Medical Care to Prisoner’s Infant Child
(p 14)
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Blind Texas Prisoner Dies after Confrontation with Guards
(p 15)
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New U.S. Marshals Director Confirmed Despite Conflict of Interest with Private Prison Companies
(p 16)
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Fifth Circuit Holds Texas Parole Revocation Witness Denial Violated Due Process
(p 18)
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1,295 Prisoners Scam Government for $9.1 Million
(p 18)
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Physicians for Human Rights: CIA Performed Illegal Medical Experiments While Torturing Prisoners
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
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Seventh Circuit Holds That A Prisoner’s Verbal Complaints About Racist Guards May Be Protected Speech
(p 21)
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Mississippi DOC Closes Unit 32
(p 22)
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The Habeas Citebook: lneffective Assistance of Counsel, by Brandon Sample, Prison Legal News Publishing, 2010, pp.212 $49.95
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
(p 22)
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Florida Guard’s Conviction for Falsifying Use-of-Force Report Affirmed
by David Reutter
(p 23)
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Arizona Teenage Detainee Suicide Claim Dismissal
(p 24)
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Denial of Qualified Immunity Reversed in Michigan Prison Wage Suit
(p 24)
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$450,000 Award in New York Prisoner’s Negligence Claim
(p 26)
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Washington State Sheriff’s Classification of Sex Offender Violates Separation of Powers
(p 27)
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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Injunction in Florida DOC Mental Health Conditions Pepper Spray Case
by David Reutter
(p 28)
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Kenyan Prisoners Allowed to Vote in Constitutional Referendum
(p 28)
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9th Circuit: Prisoner Need Not Succumb to Threats in Order to Prevail on First Amendment Retaliation Claim
by Michael Brodheim
(p 29)
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Georgia: Flurry of Judicial Resignations Highlights Secrecy Behind Investigations
by David Reutter
(p 32)
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Homeland Security Inspector General’s Report Finds Additional Controls Needed to Ensure Prisoners’ Access to Phones at ICE Facilities
(p 33)
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Report: New Jersey DOC Should Upgrade Prisoner Reentry Programs
by Derek Gilna
(p 34)
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Texas Pays for Geriatric Prisoners, Rarely Grants Medical Parole
by Matthew Clarke
(p 34)
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$42,000 Verdict in Iowa Jail Excessive Force Case
(p 35)
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Federal Prisoner’s Death at FCI Pekin Triggers FBI Investigation
by Derek Gilna
(p 36)
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Disability Rights Vermont Report Faults Staff for Disabled Prisoner’s Death
(p 36)
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Onerous Ohio Sex Offender Restrictions Drive Some Underground
by Matthew Clarke
(p 38)
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California Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Settled for $7.95 Million
(p 38)
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New Epidemic: Contraband Cell Phones in Prison Cells
by Mark Wilson
(p 40)
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Abuse and Assaults Continue at Pennsylvania Jail
by David Reutter
(p 41)
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Fourth Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment on RLUIPA Haircut Claim, but Case Dismissed on Remand
(p 42)
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Feds Indict Two in Florida Prison Canteen Kickback Scheme
(p 42)
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Head of Ohio Juvenile Facility Fired Following Complaints of Sexual Harassment
(p 43)
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Virginia Prisoner Kills Cellmate, Requests Death Sentence
by Mark Wilson
(p 44)
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Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six, by Jordan Flaherty, Haymarket Books, 2010; $16.00, 292 pages
by Lewis Wallace
(p 44)
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$240,001 Verdict in Boston Jail Beating Suit
by Brandon Sample
(p 45)
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New York City Pays $9.9 Million to Settle Wrongful Conviction Suit
(p 46)
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Study Finds Discriminatory Jury Selection in Southern States
by Derek Gilna
(p 46)
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$33 Million Settlement in New York City Jails Strip Search Class-Action
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
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Michigan Prison Doctor Liable for Late Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
(p 48)
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Texas Supreme Court Rules Typed Copy of Grievance Decision Satisfies Chapter 14
(p 49)
-
News In Brief:
(p 50)
January
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Medical Examiners Lack Qualifications, Competence, Oversight
by Matthew Clarke
(p 1)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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Kentucky Jail Under Investigation After Prisoner Dies; Sexual Abuse, Financial Mismanagement Also Alleged
by Derek Gilna
(p 10)
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St. Louis Lockups Violate Constitutional Rights, ACLU Asserts
by Mark Wilson
(p 12)
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Mentally Ill Prisoner Terrorized, Forced to Wear Pink Underwear by Arizona Jailers
(p 16)
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California Prison Settles Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit for $15,000
(p 18)
-
Texas Capital Defendants with Hired Attorneys Rarely Receive Death Sentences
by Matthew Clarke
(p 18)
-
UNICOR-Made Military Helmets Recalled, Production Suspended
by Derek Gilna
(p 20)
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$16 Million Award Upheld in Wrongful Conviction Resulting from Undisclosed Evidence and Relationship
(p 20)
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$300,000 Settlement for New York Guard’s Fondling of Prisoner
(p 21)
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Kansas No Longer a Leader in Post-Release Prisoner Programs
by Derek Gilna
(p 22)
-
North Carolina Prison Censorship Class Action Suit Settled
(p 22)
-
Federal Rapid REPAT Program Not Working in Rhode Island
by Derek Gilna
(p 23)
-
Georgia Prisoners Strike for Wages, Better Medical Care and Food
(p 24)
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Oregon Prisoner Holds Counselor Hostage, Gets New 68-Month Sentence
(p 25)
-
California: Harsh Sentencing Laws and Health Care Costs Strain Corrections Budget
(p 26)
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California: Confiscation of Prisoner’s Mail May Violate First Amendment
(p 26)
-
Released Prisoners Need Not Exhaust Grievance Remedies Before Filing Suit
(p 27)
-
Budget Deficits Lead to Fewer Supermax Beds
by Mark Wilson
(p 28)
-
California: Validity of Parole Board’s Psych Evaluation Procedures for Lifers Questioned
by Michael Brodheim
(p 28)
-
Fourth Circuit Vacates Pornography Restriction on Federal Defendant
(p 29)
-
U.S. Department of Justice Releases Report on Deaths in Jails
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
-
Connecticut Restricts Prisoners’ FOIA Requests
by David Reutter
(p 30)
-
Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Guard in Illinois Jail Taser Case
(p 32)
-
Former Ohio Prison Guard Dies Shackled to Hospital Bed
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
-
Oregon Jail Guard Latest to be Indicted for Sexual Misconduct
by Mark Wilson
(p 33)
-
California: Parole Agents Saw and Spoke to Kidnap Victim, Yet Failed to Identify or Rescue Her
(p 34)
-
Civilly Committing Sex Offenders Strains Some States’ Budgets
by Matthew Clarke
(p 34)
-
Political Patronage Scandal Rocks Massachusetts Probation Department
by Derek Gilna
(p 36)
-
Federal Restitution Law Failing Crime Victims
by Michael Rigby
(p 38)
-
Massachusetts: Court Lifts Stay of Discovery in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners
by David Reutter
(p 38)
-
Mississippi Supreme Court Holds Substance, Not Label, of Prisoner Petitions Governs
(p 39)
-
Probation Officers Working in Los Angeles Juvenile Facilities Engage in Misconduct, Avoid Disciplinary Action
by Michael Brodheim
(p 40)
-
Audit Report Finds Georgia Sex Offender Registry Needs Complete Overhaul
by David Reutter
(p 40)
-
California Governor Orders Corrections Officials to Retain Parole Files Indefinitely
(p 41)
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Capital Appeals Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Theft
by David Reutter
(p 41)
-
Oregon Federal Halfway House Director Removed Due to Embezzlement
by Mark Wilson
(p 42)
-
Delaware’s Parole Board Suffers from Infighting
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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Washington Supreme Court Holds No Liberty Interest in Sex Offender Release to Community Custody
(p 43)
-
$389,548.55 Total Award in Texas Jail Strip Search Suit
(p 43)
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Seventh Circuit Holds No Public Interest Requirement in Prisoner’s First Amendment Retaliation Suit for Providing Affidavit to Help Dead Prisoner’s Family
(p 44)
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North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Felon’s Right to Possess Firearm
(p 44)
-
Former Texas Youth Commission Official Gets Ten Years in Prison
(p 44)
-
Indiana DOC Hires Convicted Former Legislator for Re-Entry Job
(p 44)
-
California Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Presentence Good-Conduct Credit Statute
(p 45)
-
Massachusetts DOC Injunction Requiring Broadcast of Jum’ah Services via Closed-Circuit Television Upheld
(p 46)
-
Federal Prisoners Making Solar Cells
(p 46)
-
Speedy Sentencing Procedure Applies to Probation Revocations, California Supreme Court Holds
(p 46)
-
Cavity Searches of Civil Commitment Patients for Cellphone Upheld by Eighth Circuit
(p 47)
-
News in Brief:
(p 50)