ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Sebastian County Detention Center, Fort Smith, AR, ICE, 2006 Department of Homeland Security hnmigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Detention and Removal Condition of Confinement Review Worksheet (This document must be attached to each G-324a Inspection Form) This Form to be used for Inspections …
ICE Detention Standards Compliance Audit - Washington County Jail, Fayetteville, AR, ICE, 2006 Department of HomelanWecurity Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Detention and Removal • Condition of Confinement Review Worksheet (This document must be attached to each G-324a Inspection Form) This Form to be used for Inspections of alllGSA …
Seventh Circuit: Former Parolee May Sue Over Delayed Release from Parole by On May 19, 2015, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former parolee may pursue an Eighth Amendment claim in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit alleging a parole officer had intentionally delayed her …
Deaths of Prisoners in Indiana, California and Arkansas Linked to Flu Virus by Joe Watson A winter outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus is being blamed for the death of one prisoner and sickening 40 others, including five staff members, at the Putnamville Correctional Facility in Greencastle, Indiana in January …
$5,000 Award for Failure to Treat Spider Bite by David Reutter An Arkansas federal jury awarded $5,000 to a prisoner in an Eighth Amendment failure to treat claim. While in the Jackson County Jail on a warrant for failure to pay child support, Hubert Wren was bitten by a brown …
Arkansas Prisoner Prevails in Excessive Force Case by David Reutter A prisoner who was subjected to excessive force and denied due process at the Pike County Detention Center in Murfreesboro, Arkansas received $501 plus court costs following a summary judgment order and settlement agreement. Prisoner Alan C. Onstad was caught …
$2,250 Jury Award in Arkansas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Case by Matthew Clarke In a verdict handed down on August 21, 2014, a federal jury found in favor of an Arkansas prisoner who claimed prison guards had provoked him into attacking them so they could beat him. The jury award of …
Bizarre Ruling Deprives Arkansas Prisoner of Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action by Bizarre Ruling Deprives Arkansas Prisoner of Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action On May 15, 2014, the Arkansas Supreme Court denied a state prisoner the right to seek judicial review of a disciplinary action because he did not pay …
$1.00 Awarded to Arkansas Female Prisoner Shackled During Labor by $1.00 Awarded to Arkansas Female Prisoner Shackled During Labor In the United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas at Batesville, on July 15, 2010, plaintiff Shawanna Nelson, a prisoner serving an identity fraud sentence at the McPherson facility in …
$200,000 Settlement Recommended for Innocent Arkansas Man who Spent 5 Years Imprisoned by $200,000 Settlement Recommended for Innocent Arkansas Man who Spent 5 Years Imprisoned The Arkansas Claims Commission recommended Rodney Bragg receive $200,000 for the five years he was falsely imprisoned. Bragg was convicted on January 19, 1996 for …
Arkansas Prisoners’ Community-Punishment Denied by Arkansas Prisoners’ Community-Punishment Denied In 1997 Joseph Ritter entered a guilty plea to one count of rape and one count of kidnapping. He was sentenced in the Circuit Court of Searcy County, Arkansas, to consecutive sentences of 228 months and 114 months, respectively. The offenses …
Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities by Christopher Zoukis Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities by Christopher Zoukis Thousands of cell phones seized from prisoners nationwide have been donated to charitable causes, including domestic violence programs and Cell Phones for Soldiers. Cell phones are considered contraband …
News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …
Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Short Beard for Muslim Prisoner by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Short Beard for Muslim Prisoner by Derek Gilna In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found a restriction imposed on a Muslim prisoner who wanted to grow a short …
Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction by Escapee from Federal Prison Camp is not a “Non-Secure” Facility for Purposes of Sentence Reduction On July 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a prisoner who escaped …
Arkansas Prisoner’s Suit Based on Classification Status Dismissed by David Reutter Arkansas Prisoner’s Suit Based on Classification Status Dismissed by David Reutter The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit for being barred by sovereign immunity and for failure to state a cause of action on which …
Holt v. Kelley, AR, Permanent Injunction, religious grooming beard, 2015 Case 5:11-cv-00164-BSM Document 165 Filed 06/04/15 Page 1 of 4 Case 5:11-cv-00164-BSM Document 165 Filed 06/04/15 Page 2 of 4 Case 5:11-cv-00164-BSM Document 165 Filed 06/04/15 Page 3 of 4 IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 4th day of June 2015. …
Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run by Mark Wilson Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run by Mark Wilson If his history is any indication, Wyoming fugitive Kenneth James Ward probably didn’t need a head start. But he got one when …
Tasering Detainee as Corporal Inducement Violates Eighth Amendment by David Reutter Tasering Detainee as Corporal Inducement Violates Eighth Amendment by David Reutter The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held a pre-trial detainee’s claim that a guard used excessive force could proceed where a jury could find the guard used …
