R.I. Prisoner Gets a New Liver that Nobody Wants to Pay For by Rhode Island bureaucrats are tossing around a state prisoner's liver transplant like a hot potato. Too chicken to advocate for the humane treatment of prisoners or to explain how the lifesaving operation will be paid for. Jose …
Untreated Intoxication Death at Massachusetts Jail Results in $232,500 Settlement by The City of Lowell, Massachusetts agreed to a $232,500 settlement in a civil rights action related to the alcohol poisoning death of a woman in the Lowell Police Department (LPD) lockup. Police officers arrested Alyssa Brame, 31, on January …
Massachusetts Prisoners Involved in Reform Efforts Transferred, Held in Solitary by Christopher Zoukis Three Massachusetts state prisoners have been placed in segregation in apparent retaliation for their prison reform activism. Timothy Muise, Shawn Fisher and Steven James, all incarcerated at the medium-security prison MCI Shirley, were taken from their cells …
Settlement Prohibits Lengthy Segregation of Mentally-Ill Massachusetts Prisoners, Awards $1,250,000 in Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke On April 12, 2012, a Massachusetts federal court entered an order approving a private settlement agreement between the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) and the Boston-based Disability Law Center (DLC) which prohibits lengthy segregation …
Massachusetts Crime Lab Chemist Arrested for Falsifying Results by Matthew Clarke Annie Dookhan, 34, was arrested on September 28, 2012, and charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of falsifying her academic record during her nine-year career as a state crime lab chemist. Each obstruction charge …
Vermont Prisoners Riot in Massachusetts County Jail by Derek Gilna Eleven prisoners from Vermont were the principal participants in a recent disturbance at the Franklin County, Masschusetts county jail, according to Vermont Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito. Three other prisoners from Massachusetts also took part in the incident, which resulted in …
$3 Million Settlement in Death Following Arrest During Celtic Celebration by The Boston Police Department paid $3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after being arrested during celebrations over the Celtics 2008 NBA title. David Woodman, 22, had been partying with friends …
Petitioners' Opposition to Securus Technologies' Request to be Removed from the Service List in DTC 11-16, Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts, 2016
BOP Reverses Termination of Disabled Guard in Settlement by Steven Dacey was a tenured Senior Officer (GS-07) at the BOP Federal Medical Center Devens in Ayer, MA, earning $41,000 a year when he was terminated on April 4, 2003. The reason for his termination was that he had not reported …
Internet Publication of Massachusetts Sex Offender Information Enjoined by Mark Wilson On March 26, 2014, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court enjoined the retrospective application of a law requiring Internet publication of level two sex offender registry information. In 1999, Massachusetts established a sex offender registration law (SORL), which classified sex …
Gender Outlaws: Transgender Prisoners Face Discrimination, Harassment and Abuse by by Emily Alpert, Oakland, California In Idaho, prisoner Linda Patricia Thompson wanted a transfer to a women's prison. A male-to-female transgender woman, or MTF, she had been living as a woman for several years, had changed her name legally, and …
Massachusetts Man's Estate Paid Millions for Wrongful Conviction by The town of Ayer, Massachusetts, and five insurance companies have agreed to pay the estate of a man who spent 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit a total of $3.4 million. A sixth insurance company, Western …
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor... A Report on Due Process Issues in the Handling of Immigration Detainees in Massachusetts, NLG MA, 2005 Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor... A Report on Due Process Issues in the Handling of Immigration Detainees in Massachusetts Detention Working Group of the Massachusetts Chapter …
BOP Pays $20,000 to Settle Sexual Harassment Complaint by The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) paid $20,000 to settle on Equal Employment Opportunity complaint alleging sexual harassment. Brenda Fornengo, a counselor at FCI Sandstone in Massachusetts, alleged her supervisor, Mr. McMahan, harassed her in her work place. Her allegations included …
MA DOC ICS Rates effective April 2016 OFFICIAL NOTICE Massachusetts Department of Correction Inmate Calling Rates New Call rates are effective on April 1st, 2016. The rates do not include applicable federal, state or local taxes or regulatory fees. All Calls are a flat Per Minute Rate Instate calls: ……… …
FOIA Request, Commonwealth of MA, 2016 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health 250 Washington Street Boston, MA 02125 CHARLES D. BAKER MARYLOU SUDDERS Governor Secretary KARYN E. POLITO MONICA BHAREL, MD, MPH Lieutenant Governor Commissioner Tel: 617-740-2600 www.mass.gov/dph/rvrs June 21, 2016 …
DTC, MA, Interlocutory Order, telephone rates, 2016 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE D.T.C. 11-16 June 14, 2016 Petition of Recipients of Collect Calls from Prisoners at Correctional Institutions in Massachusetts Seeking Relief from the Unjust and Unreasonable Cost of such Calls ___________________________________________________________________________ INTERLOCUTORY ORDER I. INTRODUCTION The …
$8,000 Settlement for Medical Maltreatment by BOP; Court Finds Experts Not Required by Derek Gilna Federal prisoner Michael Alan Crooker filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging “malicious prosecution, negligence, and medical maltreatment by the United States Marshal’s Service (USMS) and the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP).” …
