by Robert H. Woodman
In June 2004, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported that from fiscal year (FY) 1986 to FY 2001, States' corrections costs rose from $65 per U.S. resident to $134 per U.S. resident. The BJS reported that States' correctional expenditures, in 2001 constant dollars, rose 145%, ...
by Robert H. Woodman
The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a grant of summary judgment by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in a complaint filed by a pretrial detainee alleging that jail personnel were deliberately indifferent to his serious dental needs.
Napoleon Hartsfield ...
by Robert H. Woodman
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, partly affirming a New Jersey prisoner's estate's suit, held that the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) could be held liable for the negligence of Correctional Medical Services (CMS) in treating a prisoner's medical condition, resulting in the ...
by Robert H. Woodman
On January 9, 2004 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri found that Correctional Medical Services (CMS) and one of its employees, Gary Campbell, D.O., were liable for fourteen (14) months of pain and suffering endured by a Missouri state prisoner whose hip ...
by Dorothy Rabinowitz. 2003. Free Press, ISBN: 0-7432-2834-0
Review by Robert Woodman
"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice." These words, uttered by Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, in 1742, inspire the title and the ...
America Without the Death Penalty:
States Leading the Way
by John F. Galliher, Larry W. Koch, David Patrick Keys,
and Teresa J. Guess. Northeastern Univ. Press, Boston, 2002,
280 pages, hardcover $35.00
Review by Robert H. Woodman
Death penalty foes seeking to abolish government-sanctioned murder in their states now have ...
On June 16, 2003, the United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld visiting restrictions imposed by the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). The decision reverses contrary rulings by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and a Michigan federal district court. Twenty-one states plus the federal government filed amicus curiae briefs ...
On December 18, 2002, in a 6-1 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a fundamental change in the way the Ohio Adult Parole Board, a division of the Adult Parole Authority (APA), makes parole determinations. The decision may affect the release dates of as many as 18,000 Ohio prisoners.
In ...
U.S. District Court Finds Supermax Placement at Ohio Prison "Atypical and Significant Hardship"
by Robert Woodman
In a ruling believed to be the first of its kind, Judge James Gwin of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, found that the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and ...
In October 2001, Hennepin County, Minnesota, agreed to pay $540,000 to settle a brutality suit against the county jail. It is believed to be the largest brutality settlement in county history. On September 4, 2000, Derek Martin, 43, was arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order by Brooklyn Center ...
