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1980s Settlement Agreement Heads to Improved Conditions in Nevada Prisons by The state of Nevada has agreed to a comprehensive settlement agreement that will improve conditions at all Nevada prisons. Billy Shapley and other Nevada state prisoners filed a class action suit against Nevada prison officials alleging that their First, …
Article • April 15, 2009
Slavery Haunts America's Plantation Prisons, by Maya Schenwar by Maya Schenwar by Maya Schenwar, Truthout On an expanse of 18,000 acres of farmland, 59 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, long rows of men, mostly African-American, till the fields under the hot Louisiana sun. The men pick cotton, wheat, soybeans and corn. …
$2,925,000 in Recent Settlements Involving Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The most recent developments in a thirty-year history of abuse and medical neglect of prisoners by Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) include three lawsuits in which the county paid almost $3 million …
Audit Faults New York Prison Oversight by Mark Wilson The New York State Commission of Correction (SCOC) is failing to fulfill its prison and jail oversight duties, according to an audit released on August 25, 2008 by the State Comptroller. SCOC is responsible for overseeing New York’s 69 adult prisons, …
Article • February 15, 2009
District Of Columbia Moultrie Courthouse Deemed Seriously Substandard by The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), prepared a report revealing substandard conditions as well as safety and security inadequacies at the District of Columbia's (DC) H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse. In 1975, construction began on …
Officials Agree To Cap Population at D.C. Jail by Michael Rigby After decades of fighting lawsuits, skirting court orders, and defying legislative decrees, the District of Columbia Mayor’s Office has finally agreed to a definitive population cap at the notoriously overcrowded and dangerous D.C. Jail. Under the terms of the …
ACLU Request for Investigation into Violations at the Reeves County Detention Center, 2009 February 5, 2009 VIA EMAIL: inspector.general@usdoj.gov Glenn A. Fine Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General ATTN: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Complaints 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Room 4706 Washington, DC 20530 Re: Request for Investigation …
Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David Reutter Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice by David M. Reutter On July 11, 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division issued a letter to officials at Illinois’ Cook County Jail (CCJ) which found …
Arkansas Juvenile Center Continues Violating Rights Despite 2003 Court Enforceable Agreement by Bob Williams By Bob Williams Arkansas protection and advocacy group Disability Rights Center (DRC) reported on conditions at the Alexander Youth Services Center (Center) in 2006. The programs at the Center were determined inadequate and discriminatory in some …
Substandard Pretrial Confinement Conditions Justify Downward Sentence Variance by by David M. Reutter A New Jersey federal district court has granted a downward variance to a federal prisoner’s sentence on the grounds that to do otherwise, when considering the pretrial conditions of confinement, would constitute excessive punishment. The court’s ruling …
Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John Dannenberg Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA by John E. Dannenberg A landmark 1980 federal consent decree that covers all manner of living conditions for San Quentin State Prison’s death …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Alabama Federal Court Awards $538,178 in Attorney Fees and Expenses for Women Prison Conditions Litigation by Alabama Federal Court Awards $538,178 in Attorney Fees and Expenses for Women Prison Conditions Litigation On August 31, 2007, an Alabama federal court awarded $484,406.35 in attorney fees and $53,771.79 in expenses to prisoners …
Monetary Sanctions Permitted for Milwaukee Jail’s Violation of Consent Decree by David Reutter Monetary Sanctions Permitted for Milwaukee Jail’s Violation of Consent Decree by David Reutter Wisconsin’s First District Court of Appeals has held that an intentional contempt finding against the Milwaukee County Jail (MCJ) entitles prisoners who were injured …
Indiana Judge Refuses to Send Juveniles to Unsafe Facility by On December 17, 2007, Judge Peter Nemeth of St. Joseph County, Indiana informed Governor Mitch Daniels that he would no longer send female juvenile offenders to the Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility (formerly known as the Indiana Girls School). Nemeth found …
Class Certified in Conditions Suit at SD Juvenile Prison by Plaintiffs challenged conditions in a juvenile training school, including the use of mechanical restraints, strip searches by opposite sex guards, excessive force, arbitrary lockdown or isolation, lack of disciplinary due process, etc. The court certifies a class of a present …
Article • August 15, 2008
1992 Order to Change Georgia Jail Conditions Lifted Under PLRA by Cherokee County, Georgia Sheriff Roger Garrison moved for the termination of a 1992 consent order implemented to improve conditions at the county jail. The motion was granted because no current or recent violations had been proven. In 2002 the …
MA Prison Conditions Might Amount to Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Richard Smith, a Massachusetts state prison at MCI-Concord, filed suit against prison officials after being disciplined for fighting. He sued numerous guards and administrators in state court alleging a multitude of constitutional and statutory violations. Among them was a …
Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008
A Long Road Toward Reform: An Interview with John Boston, Director of the Prisoners’ Rights Project of the New York City Legal Aid Society by Todd Matthews For New York City attorney John Boston, law school was a calling of sorts. “I went to law school because legal work seemed …
Virgin Islands Prison Ordered Revamped After Ignoring Court's Warnings by U.S. District Court Judge Warren Young ordered change-at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility (GGACF) in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. The court's original recommendation spurred by numerous complaints was ignored, leading to a persuasive Memorandum Opinion and accompanying order in …
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