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Indiana Rates - July 2017

Kickback publication • July 12, 2017

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Indiana Rates - July 2017 Global Tel*Link IN_DOC, INxx Inmate Calling Rates 1st Time of Day Miles 2nd Time of Day 3rd Time of Day surcharge + surcharge surcharge Add min Add min Add min 1st min + 1st min + 1st min Local (Rate type 2) Local Extended (Rate …

Lacy v. Butts, IN, Complaint, Sex Offender Classification, Complaint, 2017

Brief • July 10, 2017

Filed under: Classification, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Civil Procedure, Class Certification

Lacy v. Butts, IN, Complaint, Sex Offender Classification, Complaint, 2017 Case 1:13-cv-00811-RLY-DML Document 122 Filed 07/10/17 Page 1 of 13 PageID #: 1211 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION DONALD LACY, LAWRENCE GREER-BEY, FREDERICK HOLMES-BEY, ALLAN KIRKLEY, Individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, …

Indiana Court Rules that Correct Conviction Must be Used when Revoking Parole

Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017

Filed under: Parole, Parole Conditions

Indiana Court Rules that Correct Conviction Must be Used when Revoking Parole by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Tyrone Grayson was on parole after serving a 20-year sentence for attempted robbery and a consecutive 10-year sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm when he committed another offense. He was charged …

Marion County, Indiana Jail Plagued by Prisoner Deaths, Ensuing Lawsuits

Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017

Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

Marion County, Indiana Jail Plagued by Prisoner Deaths, Ensuing Lawsuits by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton As of January 2016, Marion County, Indiana Sheriff John Layton had a banner hanging above the entrance to the county jail that read “Top 1% of Sheriff’s Offices in America!” But the families of …

Corporate Cash Helps Fill Indiana Politicians’ Coffers

Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017

Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Lobbying, Money/Property

Corporate Cash Helps Fill Indiana Politicians’ Coffers by Leah Carter, James Benedict, Madison Hogan and Paige Ferguson by Leah Carter, James Benedict, Madison Hogan and Paige Ferguson On paper, Indiana has a strict cap on campaign contributions from corporations. But in practice, it’s easy for businesses to turn on the …

Buroff v. Gladieux, IN, Amended Complaint, Voter Disenfranchisement, 2017

Brief • June 6, 2017

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Voting

Buroff v. Gladieux, IN, Amended Complaint, Voter Disenfranchisement, 2017 USDC IN/ND case 1:17-cv-00124-TLS-SLC document 18 filed 06/06/17 page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION DEMETRIUS BUROFF and IAN BARNHART, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. DAVID GLADIEUX, …

Indiana County is Leader in Sending People to Prison

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, War on Drugs

Indiana County is Leader in Sending People to Prison by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton In a major shift from just a decade ago, rural areas of the U.S. are more likely to send people to prison than urban areas. While big cities have been trying to reduce incarceration rates, …

Smith v. Lake County, IN, Complaint, Jail Death, 2015

Brief • April 9, 2017

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Smith v. Lake County, IN, Complaint, Jail Death, 2015 USDC USDCIN/ND IN/NDcase case2:15-cv-00123-WCL-JEM 2:15-cv-00123-JVB-JEM document document101-1 106 filed filed04/05/17 03/27/17 page page1 2ofof3940 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION JAIME SMITH, as next friend of J.S. and K.S., minor children and next kin of GREGORY THOMAS …

The Pen

Article • March 31, 2017

Filed under: Mothers in Prison

The Pen by Rebecca Onion Inmates at America’s oldest women’s prison are writing a history of it—and exploding the myth of its benevolent founders. by Rebecca Onion, Slate In 1873, two Quaker reformers living in Indiana, shocked by allegations of sexual abuse of female prisoners at the state’s unisex institution, pushed …

Contempt Case Against Indiana Sheriff Reinstated in Discrimination Suit

Article • March 14, 2017

Filed under: Discrimination, Contempt (Civil Procedure)

Contempt Case Against Indiana Sheriff Reinstated in Discrimination Suit by On December 8, 2016, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a case to the superior court in a contempt lawsuit filed against the Marion County Sheriff. The plaintiff, identified only as N.M. claimed that the sheriff had wrongfully …

Indiana v. Timbs, IN, Appeal, Excessive Fines, 2017

Brief • February 2, 2017

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction

Indiana v. Timbs, IN, Appeal, Excessive Fines, 2017 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT Curtis T. Hill, Jr. Attorney General of Indiana ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE David W. Stone IV Stone Law Office & Legal Research Anderson, IN Justin F. Roebel Deputy Attorney General In the Indiana Supreme Court _________________________________ FILED Nov 02 2017, …

Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand of Jailhouse Medicine

Article • January 12, 2017

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Medication, Cardiovascular, Private Contractors, Skin, Kidney, Hernias, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Infections, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Collateral consequences of prison

Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand of Jailhouse Medicine by Timothy Strayer in his hospital bed in Dearborn County ICU after spending just one month behind bars at the county jail. by Brian Sonenstein, Shadowproof Timothy Strayer was approaching 70 years of age and suffering from multiple chronic illnesses in the …

Woodring v. Commissioner, IN, Dismissal Notice, Kosher Diet, 2016

Brief • November 22, 2016

Filed under: Food, Religious Diet

Woodring v. Commissioner, IN, Dismissal Notice, Kosher Diet, 2016 Case l:16-cv-02855-RLY-MPB Document 13 Filed 11/22/16 Page 1 of 2 PagelD #: 32 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION BRIAN WOODRING, Plaintiff, No. l:16-cv-02855-RLY-MPB COMMISSIONER, INDIANA OF CORRECTION, Defendant. Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Plaintiff, by counsel, files …

Huerta v. Ewing, IN, Amended Complaint, Jail Conditions, 2016

Brief • November 22, 2016

Filed under: Medical, Injury -- Misc., Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Sanitation, Jail Specific, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Fifth Amendment

Huerta v. Ewing, IN, Amended Complaint, Jail Conditions, 2016 Case 2:16-cv-00397-JMS-MJD Document 14 Filed 11/22/16 Page 1 of 18 PageID #: 87 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION Jauston Huerta, Durand Randle, Carl Sherb, Thomas Bolton, Jr., Curtis Gillie, Derek Hicks, Individually And On Behalf …

Indiana Woman Spared Death Penalty and Eventually Released Takes Own Life

Article • November 15, 2016

Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform, Release and Reentry, Collateral consequences of prison, Death Penalty/Death Row, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides

Indiana Woman Spared Death Penalty and Eventually Released Takes Own Life by Derek Gilna Paula Cooper, convicted for participating in a murder of an elderly grandmother in Indiana in 1984, when she was 15, was sentenced to death before eventually having her sentence  commuted  in 1989 to 60 years in …

Indiana Federal Court Certifies Habeas Corpus Class of Prisoners Disciplined for Refusing to Admit Guilt in Sex Offender Program

Article • November 7, 2016 • from PLN November, 2016

Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Class Certification, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Sex Offender Treatment

Indiana Federal Court Certifies Habeas Corpus Class of Prisoners Disciplined for Refusing to Admit Guilt in Sex Offender Program by Matthew Clarke On September 30, 2015, a U.S. district court certified a class of Indiana state prisoners who refused to admit their guilt as part of the Indiana Sex Offender …

Garwood v. Cass County, IN, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016

Brief • August 12, 2016

Filed under: Retaliation, Failure to Treat, Strip Searches, Eighth Amendment, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Failure to Protect (Staff), Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Garwood v. Cass County, IN, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2016

Seventh Circuit Holds Indiana Must Provide Process to Appeal Errors in Sex Offender Registry

Article • August 9, 2016

Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Appeals, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

Seventh Circuit Holds Indiana Must Provide Process to Appeal Errors in Sex Offender Registry by Matthew Clarke On August 26, 2012, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals held that the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) must provide a procedure by which persons listed on the state's "Sex and Violent Offender …

Indiana Prisoner Dies after Cell Extraction

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

Filed under: Lockdowns, Restraints, Wrongful Death

Indiana Prisoner Dies after Cell Extraction by In 2012, Pendleton Correctional Facility prisoner Justin Addler was one of 40 people charged in connection with a cell phone smuggling ring at three Indiana prisons. The phones were used to arrange sales of methamphetamine, heroin and LSD outside the facilities. [See: PLN, …

Indiana ACLU Announces Settlement to Help Mentally Ill Prisoners

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

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Eighth Amendment, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Indiana ACLU Announces Settlement to Help Mentally Ill Prisoners by Derek Gilna In 2008, long before the issue became a focus of national attention, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana filed a federal civil rights suit against the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC), challenging inadequate treatment of mentally …