Reflections on Katrina's First Year: The Story of Chaos and Continuing Abuse in One of America's Worst Justice Systems
by Bob Williams
As America reflected on Hurricane Katrina's first anniversary last August, one major component was missing from the many reviews: The abused, neglected prisoners. Ignored during the 2005 catastrophe ...
In an unpublished opinion, the Colorado Court of Appeals has held that expungement of a prisoner?s disciplinary record, not a rehearing, is an appropriate remedy when reversed on administrative or judicial review.
Colorado prisoner Lewis Simpson was convicted of Code of Penal Discipline (COPD) violations for assault and advocating a ...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has reversed a Colorado state prisoner?s administrative segregation (Ad Seg) conditions of confinement claims which were dismissed as frivolous by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Ronald Fogle was housed in continuous Ad Seg confinement in ...
Seventh Circuit Rejects Total Exhaustion Rule for § 1983 Complaints
by Bob Williams
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated the dismissal of a prisoners amended complaint, finding prior exhaustion putting the state on notice was sufficient to pass muster under the Prison Litigation Reform Act ...
While denying a pattern and practice of over-detentions and strip searches, the District of Columbia (the District) has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a class-action lawsuit plus an additional $2 million in additional construction funds. The $14 million includes over $4 million in attorney fees, $5 million to ...
by Bob Williams & G.A.Bowers
What would a woman do for her man? Run a frontend loader through a jail wall? Drive her lover out of prison in a food service truck? Murder witnesses? Smuggle in guns and drugs? Melt her lover out of prison using acid? Gun down a ...
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado on April 26, 2005, awarded $232,700 in fees and costs after a Settlement Agreement was reached over the rejection of numerous magazines and books by the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC).
Several publishers and prisoners sued the CDOC when magazines ...
Second Circuit Holds PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable To So-ordered Stipulated Dismissals
by Bob Williams
In a case of first impression, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that the fee cap provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), which limits attorney fees to 150 ...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in an unpublished opinion, has reversed a lower courts dismissal of deliberate indifference claims in a prisoners denial of medical treatment for hepatitis C plus pancreatic and gout disorders. The Court further reversed the dismissal of a retaliation claim for ...
In a suit challenging excessive collect call rates charged to prisoners' families, friends and attorneys, the Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Chanelle Alexander and others (the Class) pay for collect calls from prisoners in Indiana's state prisons and county ...
