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Stabbed to Death in Sleep, Estate Awarded $850,000

Article • August 25, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

Stabbed to Death in Sleep, Estate Awarded $850,000 by The estate of a prisoner who was stabbed to death while sleeping was awarded $850,000. Joseph Daniels, a 24-year-old father of two minor children, was confined in a dormitory of a medium-security District of Columbia (DC) prison. A court order required …

D.C. Circuit Rejects Ex Post Facto Challenge to Application of Parole Regulations

Article • August 22, 2016

Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions

D.C. Circuit Rejects Ex Post Facto Challenge to Application of Parole Regulations by On August 6, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed a denial of habeas relief to a prisoner who claimed that the U.S. Parole Commission violated the Ex Post Facto Clause in denying …

D.C. Circuit: No Summary Judgment on Guard's Termination Claims

Article • August 11, 2016

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Employee Litigation

D.C. Circuit: No Summary Judgment on Guard's Termination Claims by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit held that a lower court improperly granted prison officials summary judgment on a former guard's wrongful termination claims. On the morning of June 4, 2006, …

U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. Creates Unit to Investigate Flawed Convictions

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Evidence, DNA Testing/Samples, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. Creates Unit to Investigate Flawed Convictions by Derek Gilna The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia has set up the first federal unit nationwide unit to internally identify, investigate, and possible wrongful convictions, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. said.  “This new unit will …

California, Other States Weigh Banning Late-Night Releases from Custody

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Release and Reentry

California, Other States Weigh Banning Late-Night Releases from Custody by Joe Watson Late-night releases from prisons and jails place former prisoners across the country at not only an immediate disadvantage—possibly unable to access transportation and shelter or a support system of friends and family— but also in the dangerous position …

In re Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, DC, FCC Order on Reconsideration - Rate Caps, 2016

Brief • August 9, 2016

Filed under: Security Systems, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

In re Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, DC, FCC Order on Reconsideration - Rate Caps, 2016 Federal Communications Commission FCC 16-102 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 12-375 ORDER ON …

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors

Article • August 5, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, DNA Testing/Samples, Witnesses, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment

DNA Keeps Overturning Convictions, But Spike in Exonerations Owed to Other Factors by Joe Watson Nicole Harris, Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown have lived through their own nightmares of injustice. All three were wrongfully convicted of the heinous murders of children. Combined, they spent nearly 70 years in prison …

Sandoval v. San Diego, CA, Order Denying MTD - Sufficient Notice, Failure to Prove Deliberate Indifference, 2016

Brief • August 5, 2016

Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Sandoval v. San Diego, CA, Order Denying MTD - Sufficient Notice, Failure to Prove Deliberate Indifference, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-01004-BEN-RBB Document 10 Filed 08/05/16 Page 1 of 10 1 FILED 2 2IlUUG-5 PH 2~29 3 ii,Il!!\llol1M pl.TRIGT ef 0 ...11'11' 'tl.iE1I1( us OI$TRtCT .cau~ 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT …

BOP Employee Receives Annual Leave Hours to Settle Racial Discrimination Claim

Article • August 1, 2016

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Employee Litigation

BOP Employee Receives Annual Leave Hours to Settle Racial Discrimination Claim by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $1,000 in attorney fees and awarded 100 hours annual leave to settle a racial discrimination claim filed under an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint. Sharon Lyles, a Personal Management Specialist in BOP’s …

$950,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s False Imprisonment Lawsuit

Article • July 29, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Deaf Prisoners, Jail Specific, Wrongful Imprisonment, Overdetention

$950,000 Settlement in DC Prisoner’s False Imprisonment Lawsuit by The District of Columbia paid $950,000 to settle the lawsuit of Joseph S. Heard for unlawful imprisonment. On November 15, 1998, Heard, a deaf man, was arrested for unlawful entry into a George Washington University building. The case was dismissed October …

DC Prisoner Awarded $70,000 for ADA Violations at CCA-run Jail

Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Jail Misconduct, Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Hearing, Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific, Americans with Disabilities Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

DC Prisoner Awarded $70,000 for ADA Violations at CCA-run Jail by Derek Gilna William Pierce, a prisoner held by the District of Columbia’s Department of Corrections (DCDOC), has won a $70,000 jury verdict for repeated violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Pierce, who suffers from severe hearing loss, …

Lewis et al v. Government of D.C., DC, Memo Opinion, overdetention 8th Am 4th Am lack of probable cause, 2016

Brief • June 27, 2016

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Overdetention, False Arrest

Lewis et al v. Government of D.C., DC, Memo Opinion, overdetention 8th Am 4th Am lack of probable cause, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00352-RBW Document 17 Filed 06/27/16 Page 1 of 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) KAYLA DIONNE LEWIS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) …

GTL v. FCC-ICS, Companies Joint Brief, telephone rates, 2016

Brief • June 6, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

GTL v. FCC-ICS, Companies Joint Brief, telephone rates, 2016 USCA Case #15-1461 Document #1617174 Filed: 06/06/2016 Page 1 of 95 INITIAL VERSION PUBLIC COPY—SEALED MATERIAL DELETED ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Nos. 15-1461, 15-1498, 16-1012, 16-1029, 16-1038, …

GTL v. FCC-ICS, DC, States Brief, telephone rates, 2016

Brief • June 6, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

GTL v. FCC-ICS, DC, States Brief, telephone rates, 2016 USCA Case #15-1461 Document #1617181 Filed: 06/06/2016 ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED Page 1 of 80 No. 15-1461 and Consolidated Cases In the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ————————————————————— GLOBAL TEL*LINK, ET AL., Petitioners, v. …

GTL v. FCC-ICS, Securus Brief, telephone rates, 2016

Brief • June 3, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

GTL v. FCC-ICS, Securus Brief, telephone rates, 2016 USCA Case #15-1461 Document #1616683 Filed: 06/03/2016 Page 1 of 13 INITIAL VERSION IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 15-1461, and consolidated cases GLOBAL TEL*LINK, SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., CENTURYLINK PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC., TELMATE, LLC, …

Yale Law School - Letter to BOP Director re Prison Phone Access, 2016

Publication • 2016

Filed under: Telephone Access

Yale Law School - Letter to BOP Director re Prison Phone Access, 2016 ~ 1 Yale Law School ARTHUR LIMAN P U BLIC INTEREST PROGRAM ANNA VANCLEAVE Director Associate Research Scholar October 27, 2016 203 436-3520 anna.vancleave@yale.edu CHRISTINE DONAHUE MULLEN Program Coordinator 203 432-9165 christine.mullen@yale.edu JUDITH RESNIK Arthur Liman Professor …

FCC - Invitation for Submissions to #Solutions2020 Call to Action Plan, 2016

Publication • 2016

Filed under: Telephones

FCC - Invitation for Submissions to #Solutions2020 Call to Action Plan, 2016 Media Contact: David Grossman, (202) 418-2100 david.grossman@fcc.gov For Immediate Release FCC Commissioner Clyburn Invites Additional Submissions for the #Solutions2020 Call to Action Plan WASHINGTON, November 10, 2016 – Today, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn announced that she is inviting …

D.C. Women in Prison - Continuing Problems and Recommendations for Change , WLC, 2016

Publication • May 26, 2016

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Statistics/Trends, Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners

D.C. Women in Prison - Continuing Problems and Recommendations for Change , WLC, 2016 D.C. Women in Prison: Continuing Problems and Recommendations for Change March 25, 2016 A report of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs 11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 www.washlaw.org …

Pardon Attorney Leff Letter of Resignation, Office of the Pardon Attorney, January 31, 2016

Publication • May 26, 2016

Filed under: Attorney, Pardons/Clemency

Pardon Attorney Leff Letter of Resignation, Office of the Pardon Attorney, January 31, 2016 A Y u.s. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney D Washingtoll, D.G. 20530 U SA The Honorable Sally Quillian Yates Deputy Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Wash ington, D.C. …

D.C. Circuit Court Partially Stays FCC Order Capping Prison and Jail Phone Rates

Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

D.C. Circuit Court Partially Stays FCC Order Capping Prison and Jail Phone Rates by Over 1.5 million families with loved ones in state and federal prisons will experience significant financial relief with respect to the costs of Inmate Calling Services (ICS) beginning March 17, 2016, despite the best efforts of …