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San Francisco Civil Grand Jury Cites Continuing Jail Deficiencies by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg In November 2005, the jurors of the San Francisco Grand Jury inspected city and county jails and found longstanding unremediated problems of inadequate budgets, staffing shortages, overcrowding and high (40%) recidivism rates. The Jury …
Article • July 15, 2007 • from PLN July, 2007
Governor’s Task Force Recommends Changes in Florida’s Prison System Mission by Governor's Task Force Recommends Changes in Florida's Prison System Mission Recognizing that 90% of all Florida prisoners will eventually be released into society, former Governor Jeb Bush commissioned the Ex-Offender Task Force (Task Force) on February 7, 2005 to …
New York Jail’s Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court by New York Jail's Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a federal court may only grant relief in a civil rights action filed by a prisoner on federal law claims …
Supreme Court Discusses § 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status by The United States Supreme Court held that a South Carolina nonprofit private school, which prescribed and enforced racially discriminatory admission standards on the basis of religious doctrine, did not qualify as a tax-exempt organization under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. …
Denial of Compensation to Unemployed Prisoner Doesn't Violate Constitution by The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Pennsylvania federal district court's dismissal of a state prisoner's suit where the prisoner claimed that denial of "idle pay" violated his constitutional rights. Joseph Fidtler sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections …
Retaliation for Prisoner's Political Views States §1983 Claim by Retaliation for Prisoner's Political Views States §1983 Claim New York state prisoner Stanley Sczerbaty filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 claim alleging that prison officials punished him for his political views by removing him from college classes one week after he filed …
Years Later, $95,000 Attorney Fees Paid in Essex County Jail Conditions Suit by After 12 years of disputing the amount to be paid to Massachusetts Correctional Legal Servicer (MCLS) for attorney fees relating to a class action suit, officials in Essex County agreed on July 8, 2004, to pay $95,069.89 …
Sixth Circuit Remands Hadix For Termination on Hearing by The Sixth Circuit has reversed the district court's order "terminating" the Hadix consent decree because the order did not comply with the requirements of the PLRA on termination orders, 18 U.S.C. § 3026(b). This case involves a class action civil rights …
Article • May 15, 2007
New Jersey Ad-Seg Prisoners Have No Right to Education by The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey has held that prisoners in administrative segregation (ad-seg) do not have an equal protection right to education. Henry T. Little, a prisoner at the New Jersey State Prison (NJSP), …
Court Appoints Monitor to Oversee Michigan Prison Implementation by Court Appoints Monitor To Oversee Michigan Prison Implementation The District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D., on remand from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, ordered the Michigan Corrections Commission to appoint a Special Administrator to bring the female prisoner educational programs to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sanctions Ordered Against Michigan Prison by For failing to comply with district court orders to implement vocational programs, the District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D., ordered contempt sanctions against Michigan prison officials. See: Glover v. Johnson, 9 F.Supp. 799 (ED MI 1998).
Article • May 15, 2007
Educational Administrator Appointment Ordered in Michigan Discrimination Case by The District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D., held that the Michigan Department of Corrections failed to comply with court order requiring the appointment of an educational administrator to bring female prisoners' education programs to parity with male counterparts. The court ordered (1) …
Article • May 15, 2007
Education Administrator Appointment Vacated and Remanded by Education Administrator Appointment Vacated And Remanded The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the order of the E.D. Michigan, S.D., District Court appointing an educational administrator for the female prisoners who sought to have educational parity with the male prisoners. The court held …
Article • May 15, 2007
Court Orders Appointment of Education Administrator in Michigan Discrimination Case by The District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D., appointed an education administrator after the Michigan Department of Corrections failed to hire one on their own. The court ordered the defendants to pay the administrator $1,000/40-hour week to implement educational programs for …
Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007
Jail Chaplains Scrutinized for Affairs with Female Prisoners by Two county jail chaplains in different states are being accused by female prisoners of seeking sex from them while in custody. When she was held in Indiana?s Morgan County Jail, Susan L. Robbins, 38, was involved in the jail?s GED program. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Compensatory Damages Not Allowed for Value of Violated Rights by The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Sixth Circuit's affirmation of a district court's award of compensatory damages. A Michigan public school teacher brought suit against a school district under 42 U.S.C. §1983 upon suspension for his teaching methods. A jury …
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Prison Teacher Taken Hostage Settled for $1.3 Million by Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Prison Teacher Taken Hostage Settled for $1.3 Million Kevin Taylor, husband and Administrator of his deceased wife Beverly's estate, a former teacher at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, settled a State Court civil …
Article • May 15, 2007
Segregation Conditions at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary Not Unconstitutional by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's order holding the conditions of confinement in the segregation building at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary were not unconstitutional. This action was brought by two prisoners at the Penitentiary and certified as …
Yale University Divests CCA Stock Following Student and PLN Protests by According to a May 12, 2006 Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Farallon Capital Management LLC, a hedge fund that handles part of Yale University's $12 billion endowment, has sold all of its shares in Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), …
Brief • October 27, 2006
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